The district at a glance
- Two courthouse locations — Old San Juan (José V. Toledo Federal Building) and Ponce — covering the whole Commonwealth as a single district
- Four bankruptcy judges: Chief Judge Mildred Cabán, and Judges Enrique S. Lamoutte, Edward A. Godoy, and María de los Ángeles González
- Consumer filings: 5,893 total — 2,039 Chapter 7 and 3,836 Chapter 13, a 65.1% Chapter 13 share
- Filing fees: $338 for Chapter 7, $313 for Chapter 13
- Chapter 13 plan is Local Form G, mandatory under PR LBR 3015-3(b), with instructions that must be strictly followed — not Official Form 113
- Local rules adopted by General Order 13-01 (May 16, 2013), with newer general orders layered on top — most recently General Order 26-01 (August 6, 2026) adopting LBR 9019-1 and 9019-2
- §341 meetings run virtually by Zoom for Chapters 7, 12 and 13 for meetings held on or after October 2, 2023, with access details in the Notice of Bankruptcy Case
- One Chapter 13 standing trustee, Osmarie Navarro-Martínez, who assumed the prior trustee's caseload effective October 1, 2023
Official court website: prb.uscourts.gov
Flat per-case pricing, D.P.R. or anywhere
$300 personal Chapter 7 · $400 business Chapter 7 · $400 Chapter 13 without plan · $500 with Local Form G drafted. Bilingual intake is included, not a surcharge. 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 complete Local Bankruptcy Rules (adopted by General Order 13-01, May 16, 2013), its general orders index, and the court's published trustee and virtual §341 notices; filing counts are from Administrative Office consumer filing data. Median-income figures are the U.S. Trustee table for cases filed on or after July 15, 2026 and are revised periodically. Rules, forms, trustee assignments and medians change — always confirm against current sources at prb.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.