Michael J. Bujold

Michael J. Bujold is the associate general counsel for General and Administrative Law in the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. He also currently serves as the acting assistant U.S. Trustee (AUST) for the U.S. Trustee Program’s Houston field office. As associate general counsel, Mr. Bujold provides leadership and guidance on complex administrative issues to both EOUST senior leadership and to U.S. Trustee field offices, oversees all aspects of the USTP Ethics Program, assists the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) in its implementation of policy initiatives. He also manages a broad range of administrative and general law matters on the USTP’s behalf, such as those related to the Privacy Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Federal Tort Claims Act, the Administrative Procedures Act, the Equal Access to Justice Act and the Department’s Touhy regulations. In addition,he supervises a team of OGC trial attorneys and received an Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service. As Acting AUST, Mr. Bujold manages the administrative and legal operations of the USTP’s Houston field office, including supervision of personnel, the implementation of USTP policies and priorities and enforcement strategies to combat fraud and abuse in the bankruptcy system, and the supervision of private trustees. Prior to becoming associate general counsel, he served as a trial attorney in OGC and focused on chapter 11 proceedings. Before joining OGC in 2014, he served as a trial attorney in the U.S. Trustee’s Riverside field office and clerked for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Mr. Bujold has lectured on bankruptcy retention and compensation, chapter 11 creditor committees and USTP case oversight. He is an active ABI member and a published author in the ABI Journal. Mr. Bujold received both his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.