Upcoming Events
In the coming months, ABI has several offerings for the consumer practitioner. On Jan. 28, ABI’s second consumer bankruptcy Webinar stops in Tennessee, where experts including a bankruptcy judge, debtor’s counsel, the U.S. Trustee and a chapter 13 trustee from the Nashville area will look at income, expenses and related issues under BAPCPA. Moderator Felicia S. Turner, ABI’s Deputy Executive Director and a former U.S. Trustee, will be joined by Bankruptcy Judge George W. Emerson Jr. (W.D. Tenn.), Melissa R. Burgess of the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees (Washington, D.C.), Maria M. Salas of Salas Slocum Law Group PLLC (Nashville) and Standing Chapter 13 Trustee Henry E. ("Hank") Hildebrand III of Lassiter, Tidwell, Davis, Keller & Hogan PLLC (Nashville), who will discuss specific issues, arguments and rulings related to §§707(b) and 1325.
The ABI's 13th Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, to be held at the Westin Tabor Center in Denver from Feb. 14-15, 2008, features four consumer workshops: “Unmarked Hazards: Ethics, Creditor Abuse of Debtors and Remedies;” “Season Pass or One Day Lift Ticket? Almost Poor, but Honest Debtors: Good Faith Test;” “First and Last Runs: First Meetings and Confirmation Hearings under Chapter 13” and “Reading the Trail Map: Pre-bankruptcy Planning under BAPCPA,” among other sessions of general interest.
ABI’s Annual Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C., April 3-6, 2008, will hold a Consumer Bankruptcy Fundamentals Workshop prior to the opening reception. Consumer programming also includes “Confirmation, Modification and Consummation of Chapter 13 Plans in the post-BAPCPA World” and a great debate entitled “Resolved: Congress Should Amend the Bankruptcy Code to Allow Modification via a Chapter 13 Plan of the First Mortgage on the Consumer Debtor’s Primary Residence.” In the debate, the pro position will feature John Rao from the National Consumer Law Center and the con position will be taken by Prof. G. Marcus Cole from the Stanford Law School.