Cheryl Edwards James

Cheryl E. James is a staff attorney for Chapter 13 Trustee Beverly M. Burden in Lexington, Ky. Duringher nine years with the trustee, she’s covered cases in every division of the Eastern District of Kentucky and currently focuses on the Frankfort, Covington and Ashland divisions. Prior to joining the trustee’s staff, Ms. James was a member of the staff of the late Judge Joseph M. Scott, Jr. and the late Judge JoeLee in the Eastern District Bankruptcy Court. She worked with the judges on two occasions for a total of seven years. In between her service with the bankruptcy court, Ms. James was an associate on the bankruptcy and litigation teams at the law firm of Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC (now Dentons Bingham Greenbaum). She worked as program manager for the National Association of Chief Information Officers’s (NASCIO’s) information architecture program prior to joining the bankruptcy court staff. Ms. James is a member of the John Rowe Chapter of the National Bar Association, the KentuckyBar Association and ABI. In addition, she is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Lexington and a former board member of God’s Pantry Food Bank and Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky. Ms. James received her B.A. with honors in computer science from Transylvania University with a minor in math and her J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law.