The district at a glance
- Four divisions — Atlanta, Gainesville, Newnan, Rome — with eight active bankruptcy judges led by Chief Judge Barbara Ellis-Monro; division venue is county-driven, and the court can transfer cases between divisions on its own motion
- 2025 consumer filings: 20,263 (11,107 Chapter 7 · 9,141 Chapter 13 — the #2 Chapter 13 district in the country)
- Filing fees: $338 for Chapter 7, $313 for Chapter 13; amending the creditor schedules or mailing list costs $34
- NextGen CM/ECF (individual upgraded PACER accounts; clerk payments through pay.gov — no cash, no personal checks)
- Consumer §341 meetings virtual by Zoom under U.S. Trustee Region 21 practice, with each trustee office posting its own meeting links
- Local rules effective September 1, 2019 — but Chapter 13 practice actually runs on the general orders layered on top (G.O. 41-2020 plan form, G.O. 42-2020 attorney fees), which is where out-of-district preparers get caught
Official court website: ganb.uscourts.gov
Flat per-case pricing, N.D. Ga. or anywhere
$300 personal Chapter 7 · $400 business Chapter 7 · $400 Chapter 13 without plan · $500 with the district plan form drafted. No retainer, no minimum, no long-term contract — and if the trustee kicks something back, we fix it at no charge.
District details verified August 2026 against the court's Bankruptcy Local Rules (eff. Sept. 1, 2019), General Order 41-2020 and the district's Chapter 13 Plan Form (Version 1.4), the court's filing-requirements and creditor-list guidelines, the trustees' published submission channels, the U.S. Trustee Program's §341 notices and means-testing tables, and the AO's CY2025 filing statistics. Rules, forms, trustee assignments, and median-income figures change — always confirm against current sources at ganb.uscourts.gov and justice.gov/ust. Services are provided exclusively to licensed attorneys and law firms. We are not a bankruptcy petition preparer and do not provide legal advice or services to the public.