Please be advised that Chambers staff cannot discuss cases and related matters with parties. If you have ANY question about your case, you must call 502-627-5700.

Additionally, please be advised that pursuant to the direction of the United States Marshals Service regarding courthouse security protocols, Chambers and Clerk's Office staff cannot divulge the physical location of the Judge on any day or at any particular time of day, even on those days hearings are scheduled. 

Upcoming Court Hearing Dockets

LOUISVILLE 2026 (Chapter 13) - August 12, September 29, October 27, November 17, December 15

LOUISVILLE 2026 (Chapter 7,11,12) - August 25, September 22, October 6, November 3, December 8

BOWLING GREEN 2026 (All Chapters) - August 10, September 17, October 22, November 19, December 17

For requested language to be included in proposed order to continue these hearings, please view the Requested Language document. These dates are subject to change at the needs of the Court.

Electronic Evidence

Effective July 1, 2015, all evidentiary hearings/trials scheduled before the Honorable Joan A. Lloyd in Courtroom 1 in Louisville, Kentucky will require the use of the Electronic Presentation System. Counsel will be responsible for providing their own laptop, which must have a HDMI output. Counsel shall 14 days prior to the scheduled evidentiary hearing /trial notify the Court of the need for evidence presentation equipment and schedule with the Court training and familiarization with the evidence presentation system. Parties should contact Judge Lloyd's Courtroom Deputy to schedule training.  For a complete Guide and FAQs, click here.

Attendance at Hearings

Judge Lloyd requires in-person attendance of attorneys and witnesses at all trials and evidentiary hearings. Judge Lloyd holds confirmation hearings in all Chapter 13 cases in which she is the presiding Judge. A notice setting the confirmation hearing for a date after the Section 341 Meeting date will be issued separately from the 341 notice by the Court. Debtors and their counsel are required to attend all confirmation hearings. Attendance at regularly-scheduled motion hours and routine Chapter 13 dockets may be permitted by video conferencing within the Western District of Kentucky, using the Court's videconferencing equipment, subject to the following:

• Videoconferencing involves an appearance at either the Bowling Green or Louisville courthouse as these are the courthouses and equipment used for Judge Lloyd's cases.
• The Court is under no obligation to make special accommodations for any attorney or litigant who cannot attend a hearing in either Bowling Green or Louisville and Judge Lloyd does not permit video-conferencing from other government or private facilities or via use of personal software such as Zoom or other applications.

• ANY PARTY WISHING TO APPEAR BY VIDEO CONFERENCE AT ONE OF THE VIDEO CONFERENCE SITES IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT MUST CONTACT THE COURT BY PHONE AT 502-627-5600 OR EMAIL KRISTIN GOSS, COURTROOM DEPUTY AT  Kristin_goss@kywb.uscourts.gov. NO LATER THAN TWO BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED HEARING. THE EMAIL SHOULD INDICATE WHICH LOCATION AN ATTORNEY WISHES TO APPEAR EITHER BOWLING GREEN OR LOUISVILLE. 

• The attorney must be physically present either in the Bowling Green courthouse or the Louisville courthouse.

• The email is required so that the Courtroom Deputy can notify personnel who will be present in a particular courthouse.  Please provide the attorney’s name, who the attorney represents, the case number, and the courthouse from which counsel will appear. 

   

NOTE REGARDING TELEPHONIC APPEARANCES: Please be advised that Judge Lloyd's policy is not to allow telephonic appearances at ANY hearing, regardless of circumstances or reason for the request. The Court may consider a motion to continue or reschedule a hearing with cause. Requests made by phone or by filing for telephonic appearances may be terminated by entry, rejected/stricken, or returned to the filer without additional entry or notice in the case. All parties should assume unless they receive an Order or Notice rescheduling a hearing that the hearing will be held as scheduled on the record. This policy includes requests to appear by personally-owned apps such as Zoom and WhatsApp as the Court does not use these in any hearing (Section 341 Meetings held by the trustees are not Court hearings).