The district at a glance
- A single statewide district with two divisional offices — Baltimore (101 W Lombard St) and Greenbelt (6500 Cherrywood Ln)
- Chief Judge David E. Rice, with Mark A. Neal as Clerk of Court
- Consumer filings: 12,047 total — 7,584 Chapter 7 and 4,455 Chapter 13, a 37.0% Chapter 13 share
- Filing fees: $338 for Chapter 7, $313 for Chapter 13
- Chapter 13 plan must conform to Local Bankruptcy Form M under LBR 3015-1(a) — not Official Form 113
- Local rules and forms are versioned: the current package is Ver. 25.01, effective December 1, 2025
- Confirmation hearings set not less than 35 days after the plan is filed, with objections due 7 days before
- The debtor AND the debtor's attorney must attend all scheduled confirmation hearings unless excused
- Wage orders may be entered by the court without notice or a hearing on the trustee's proposed order
Official court website: mdb.uscourts.gov
Flat per-case pricing, D. Md. or anywhere
$300 personal Chapter 7 · $400 business Chapter 7 · $400 Chapter 13 without plan · $500 with Form M drafted. In a district with this much required paperwork, the flat fee is doing more work than usual. No retainer, no minimum, no long-term contract — and if the trustee kicks something back because we got it wrong, we fix it at no charge.
District details verified August 2026 against the court's Local Bankruptcy Rules and Forms, Ver. 25.01 effective December 1, 2025 (LBR 3015-1 through 3015-5 and Local Bankruptcy Forms M, M-1 and O); filing counts are from Administrative Office consumer filing data. Chapter 13 trustee assignments are confirmed per case rather than listed here. Median-income figures are the U.S. Trustee table for cases filed on or after July 15, 2026 and are revised periodically. Because this district versions its rules and forms together, confirm the current version before relying on a form letter. Always confirm against current sources at mdb.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.