Monday, January 17
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:00-9:15 a.m.
Welcome
Hon. Joan N. Feeney
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Mass.); Boston
Carole Wagan
Director of Advanced Legal Studies, Suffolk University Law School; Boston
Anne J. White
Demeo & Associates, P.C.; Boston
Jenny Yandell
Parker & Associates; Boston
9:15-10:30 a.m.
Today’s Chapter 13: Most recent case law regarding “Projected disposable income” and latest issues concerning feasible chapter 13 plans
Hon. Melvin S. Hoffman, Moderator
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Mass.); Worchester
Carolyn A. Bankowski
Office of the Chapter 13 Trustee; Boston
Elaine M. Benkoski
Office of Elaine M. Benkoski; Dedham, Mass.
Peter C. Fessenden
Standing Chapter 13 Trustee; Brunswick, Maine
William J. McLeod
McLeod Law Offices; Boston
John F. Sommerstein
Law Offices of John F. Sommerstein; Boston
10:30-10:45 a.m.
Networking and Coffee Break
10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Today’s Chapter 7: Recent developments, including exemption issues, trust issues, asset disclosure—what does the trustee want, and how does debtor’s counsel respond?
Hon. William C. Hillman, Moderator
U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Boston
Donald R. Lassman
Law Offices of Donald R. Lassman; Needham, Mass.
James F. Molleur
Molleur Law Offices; Biddeford, Maine
Mary F. Stewart
Mary Stewart Law, PLLC; Concord, NH
Steven Weiss, Esq.
Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C.; Springfield, MA
12:00-12:45 p.m.
U.S. Trustee’s Office Perspective: Recent Developments
William K. Harrington
Office of the U.S. Trustee, Region 1; Boston
12:45-1:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15-2:15 p.m.
Consumer Issues in the New Congress
Samuel J. Gerdano
Executive Director
American Bankruptcy Institute; Alexandria, Va
Additional Presentation by Prof. Lois R. Lupica, University of Maine School of Law "BAPCPA’s Costs: An Empirical Study"
2:15-4:30 p.m.
Litigation Symposium
Mortgage Documentation Mess
Sand in the Gears: Wrong or no paperwork, flawed assignments, robo signatures; class actions and defenses
Hon. Carol J. Kenner (ret.), Moderator
Newton, Mass.
Patricia Antonelli
Partridge, Snow & Hahn, LLP; Providence, R.I.
Michael J. Pappone
Goodwin Procter, LLP; Boston
Max Weinstein
WilmerHale Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School; Jamaica Plain, MA
3:00–3:45 p.m.
Foreclosure Resistance: How to discover facts to establish or defend against mortgage authenticity—what documents to request, who to depose, best practices in depositions, best evidence and trial preparation
Panelist
Edward S. Cheng
Sherin and Lodgen LLP; Boston
Patrick P. Dinardo
Sullivan & Worcester LLP; Boston
Julia Frost-Davies
Bingham McCutchen LLP; Boston
Frederic D. Grant
Law Office of Frederic Grant; Boston
Robert Kerwin
Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, PC; Boston
Patrick J. O’Toole
Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Boston
Judge Participants
Hon. Henry J. Boroff, Chief Judge
U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Boston
Hon. J. Michael Deasy
U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Manchester, N.H.
3:45-4:30 p.m.
Vignettes/Mock Presentations of Evidence on Mortgage Documentation Issue: Skills presented include authentication, business records exception to hearsay rule, non-hearsay admissions, impeachment of a witness by prior inconsistent statements in a deposition, procedures for refreshing recollection as opposed to introduction of past recollection recorded, introduction of appraisal evidence, testimony and reports, charts and summaries
Panelist
Edward S. Cheng
Sherin and Lodgen LLP; Boston
Patrick P. Dinardo
Sullivan & Worcester LLP; Boston
Julia Frost-Davies
Bingham McCutchen LLP; Boston
Frederic D. Grant
Law Office of Frederic Grant; Boston
Robert Kerwin
Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, PC; Boston
Patrick J. O’Toole
Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Boston
Judge Participants
Hon. Henry J. Boroff, Chief Judge
U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Boston
Hon. J. Michael Deasy
U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Manchester, N.H.
Witnesses
Hon. Joan N. Feeney
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Mass.); Boston
Anne J. White
Demeo & Associates, P.C.; Boston
Jenny Yandell
Parker & Associates; Boston
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Networking Reception
On-Site Registration Only