E. Eugene Hastings has been serving as the Chapter 13 Trustee for the Monroe Division of the Western District of Louisiana since 2003. From 2015 until 2021 he was also appointed to the position of case Trustee for all of the Chapter 12 cases pending in the State of Louisiana. Prior to being selected for the position of a Chapter 13 Trustee, Gene was a Chapter 7 Trustee for approximately eight years. During the time that he was a Chapter 7 Trustee he was also named as Trustee in several Chapter 11 cases. He received his undergraduate degree from Louisiana Tech University and is a 1984 graduate of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at LSU.