Section 01Overview
Nicole Nigrelli serves as Subchapter V Trustee for cases venued in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (D.N.J.). This page is a neutral public-record roster entry — it identifies the trustee’s role and the statutory framework that governs it, and links to the United States Trustee Program region office that supervises trustee activity in this district. It does not list cases the trustee has administered, attorneys who have appeared in those cases, or any characterization of trustee conduct.
Section 02Statutory Role
Subchapter V trustees are appointed by the United States Trustee from a regional panel maintained under 28 U.S.C. § 586. Subchapter V was added to the Bankruptcy Code by the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) and provides a streamlined Chapter 11 reorganization track for debtors below the debt-eligibility cap. The Subchapter V trustee’s role is defined by 11 U.S.C. § 1183.
Unlike a Chapter 11 trustee appointed under section 1104, a Subchapter V trustee does not displace the debtor-in-possession in the ordinary case. The statutory duties focus on facilitating a consensual plan, appearing at status conferences, reviewing financial documents, and ensuring distributions under a confirmed plan occur in accordance with the plan terms.
Section 03Supervising Office
USTP Region 3
Region 3 of the United States Trustee Program covers DE, NJ, PA. The Office of the United States Trustee supervises private trustees and reviews bankruptcy administration within the region under 28 U.S.C. § 586.
Section 04Compensation Framework
Subchapter V trustees are compensated under 11 U.S.C. § 330 on an hourly basis unless a flat fee is fixed by the court or the US Trustee. The Subchapter V compensation framework is distinct from the percentage-fee structures used for standing Chapter 13 trustees and asset-case Chapter 7 panel trustees.
Section 05Court Where Trustee Appears
Court where trustee appears
United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey
401 Market
Street Second Floor Camden, NJ 08101
Section 06Privacy Rule (FRBP 9037) Context
Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9037 requires that Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, financial account numbers, and minor-child identifiers be redacted in bankruptcy filings. Trustees commonly encounter unredacted personal identifiers on proofs of claim, schedules, and exhibits. The Federal Judicial Center’s April 2024 empirical study, Unredacted Social Security Numbers in Federal Court PACER Documents, documented systemic compliance shortfalls — particularly in proof-of-claim filings, which the study found to be 98% noncompliant. OBP cites the FJC study only as national context; OBP does not publish per-trustee or per-district Rule 9037 compliance numbers.
Primary source: Unredacted Social Security Numbers in Federal Court PACER Documents (FJC, April 2024).
Section 07RECAP Coverage
Bankruptcy filings administered by trustees in the D.N.J. are accessible through the RECAP Archive hosted by the Free Law Project — no PACER fee, no login. If a docket you need is not yet in RECAP, the free RECAP browser extension contributes PACER documents you already paid for to the public archive at no cost to you. OBP does not maintain per-trustee case lists.
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