Longtime bankruptcy attorney Jill Jacoway sets retirement date

After 40 years as a bankruptcy trustee for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Arkansas, Fayetteville attorney Jill Jacoway is retiring.

Jacoway said her departure is effective Tuesday (Dec. 31), though she’ll continue working through the early part of 2020 to wind down existing cases. She said she has not been assigned any cases since September when she made her retirement plans known to the court.

The U.S. Trustee Program, the division of the U.S. Justice Department that oversees the bankruptcy courts, will appoint Jacoway’s successor at a date to be determined.

Jacoway is one of 13 Chapter 7 trustees in Arkansas, and one of eight in the Western District. A Chicago native, Jacoway’s parents retired to Russellville, but she attended the University of Florida and later lived in Indianapolis. She earned a degree from UF in 1968 and a law degree from the University of Arkansas in 1976.

Fayetteville attorney Bianca Rucker will take Jacoway’s case assignments until her replacement is appointed. Rucker was appointed a bankruptcy trustee in 2016.