Sponsored by PolsinelliThe panelists provide an in-depth review of mortgage issues, including post-petition mortgage defaults, mortgage mediation programs and Rule 3002.1 issues; student loan issues, including dischargeability, bankruptcy reform and applying plan payments to principal; payment of the administrative claims of trustee fees and debtors’ attorney fees.
Sponsored by Walentine O’Toole LLPIn this virtual variation on the in-person format, a group of distinguished regional judges discusses current bankruptcy and practical skills issues in an innovative Zoom-style presentation. Every 15 minutes, judges and attendees rotate to a new online “room.” Enjoy quality time and gain valuable insights into best practices with judges and colleagues.
Sponsored by Goosmann Law FirmThis panel explores a debtor's attorney's duty to represent the client competently and to perform a reasonable investigation of the facts and circumstances involved in the case before filing. Specifically, the panel explores recent case developments, applicable rules and laws, best practices, and more.
Sponsored by Spencer Fane LLP
This session focuses on several of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, including 1.1 (Competence), 8.4 (Misconduct), and ABA's Model Code of Judicial Conduct canon 2.3(b) (Bias, Prejudice, and Harassment). The panelists discuss the disparate treatment of people of color in the bankruptcy process, whether it is open or hidden, and how that treatment manifests itself. This session also addresses research that has been conducted regarding biases and perceptions on race and bankruptcy, including decisions on filing and under what chapter to file, and what the bar and the judiciary can do to correct that disparate treatment.
Our expert faculty updates you on a potpourri of automatic stay and discharge injunction violation issues, including the latest guidance from the Supreme Court on action vs. inaction, the return of repossessed cars and the collection of discharged debt.
This session highlights particularly interesting case law developments to date in 2021 and their impact on bankruptcy law and practice.
This panel covers the ins-and-outs of nondischargeability, discharge injunction violations and how to avoid them and the recent BofA sanctions.
This panel explores the interplay between state court divorce law and bankruptcy. We focus on many of the misconceptions that arise when those two unrelated areas of the law intersect or overlap.
This panel covers recent legislation and judicial decisions that have affected the consumer bankruptcy practice over the last year. The panelists discuss the recent Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit decisions on consumer cases.
The Judges Roundtable provides opportunities for discussion and interaction with our exciting panel of judges from around the country. Judges discuss the following three topics: (1) What happens when the various COVID moratoria on enforcement end; (2) who gets the benefit of post-petition appreciation of an asset when a case converts from chapter 13 to chapter 7; and (3) measuring the success of the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019.