Mr. Sellars serves as the Assistant United States Trustee for the Middle District of Pennsylania.  Prior to his appointment as the AUST for the Middle District, Mr. Sellars served as a Trial Attorney for the United States Department of Justice – Office of the United States Trustee, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  Whether as the AUST or a Trial Attorney, Mr. Sellars works to protect the integrity of the bankruptcy system through active litigation and oversight of cases and issues in Chapters 7, 11, 12, 13 and 15. Prior to joining the U.S. Trustee’s Office, Mr. Sellars clerked for a federal judge in Jacksonville, Florida, after graduating law school. Following that clerkship, Mr. Sellars joined the U.S. Department of Justice – Tax Division, where he served as a federal prosecutor and as counsel to the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Tax Matters.  As a federal prosecutor, he tried complex tax and white collar crimes in U.S. District Courts throughout the United States.  As counsel to the DAAG, Mr. Sellars helped oversee and manage the operations of, and litigation conducted by, the Tax Division.  Mr. Sellars transferred from the Tax Division to the U.S. Trustee’s Office in January 2004, where he served until February 2009.  Mr. Sellars returned to the U.S. Trustee’s Office in August 2016. From Feburary 2009 to August 2016, Mr. Sellars worked in private practice in the Harrisburg area.  While in private practice, Mr. Sellars represented clients in various energy matters including negotiation of lease agreements, contractual issues, due diligence issues with respect to consumer protection law matters, litigation and settlement matters, and bankruptcy advice to utility providers. Additionally, he represented clients including banks, secured lenders and mortgage servicers in matters of creditors’ rights in state and bankruptcy courts.  Mr. Sellars has also represented various professionals before state administrative boards, conducted internal investigations for corporate clients and is a court certified mediator. Mr. Sellars has been a frequent lecturer at professional CLE events.  Additionally, Mr. Sellars served a three-year term on the Middle District Bankruptcy Bar Association’s Board of Directors. Mr. Sellars received his B.S. in finance with a minor in business law from the Pennsylvania State University in 1991.  He received his J.D. from Stetson University College of Law in 1996, graduating cum laude.  He was a member of Stetson’s nationally recognized National Trial Team, Moot Court Board and National Client Counseling Team.  Mr. Sellars is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, Florida and before various federal courts including the Supreme Court of the United States of America.

Mr. Baker is currently an Assistant United States Trustee for Region 3 with supervisory responsibility for bankruptcy cases filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. For ten years he also worked on cases filed in the District of Delaware. He received his J.D. cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to joining the United States Trustee’s Office, Mr. Baker represented the federal taxing authority both as a trial attorney at the Department of Justice Tax Division and later as a Special Assistant United States Attorney. Mr. Baker is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy matters, both within and outside of the United States Trustee Program.