The Honorable August B. Landis

August B. Landis was appointed as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Nevada on November 27, 2013. Between 2005 and his appointment to the bench, he served as the Acting U.S. Trustee for Region 17; as the U.S. Trustee Programs first Acting Associate General Counsel for Chapter 11 Practice; and as an Assistant U.S. Trustee for the District of Nevada in Las Vegas. Prior to joining the U.S. Trustee Program, he was an attorney in private practice with the Des Moines, Iowa, firms of Neiman, Neiman, Stone & Spellman (1987 1990) and Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C. (1990 2005), mostly representing creditors rights in commercial litigation, secured transactions, and bankruptcy cases. Judge Landis received his J.D. from Drake Law School in Des Moines, and is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Eighth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa.