ABI’s 17th Annual Southwest Bankruptcy Conference
The 17th Annual Southwest Bankruptcy Conference will be held September 10-12 at the gorgeous Four Diamond Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort & Casino in Incline Village, Nev. This year's program will offer the best regional and national speakers who will address timely topics that appeal to everyone. The resort is nestled in the Sierra Mountains and offers everything from private boat cruises to a world-class spa and casino. Enjoy the stunning beauty of the area, relax with your family and network with your colleagues. Two of the sessions will be of particular interest to the committee.
Panelists in the session "Current Developments (Consumer)" will discuss recent precedent-setting consumer cases, the constitutional standing of lenders seeking to foreclose, the importance of pre-bankruptcy planning and the advantages and disadvantages to individuals filing chapter 11 versus chapter 13. Panelists will include Ford Elsaesser of Elsaesser, Jarzabek, Anderson, Marks, Elliott & McHugh, Chtd. in Sandpoint, Idaho, Hon. Eileen W. Hollowell of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Ariz.) in Tucson, Ariz., Hon. Christopher M. Klein of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Calif.) in Sacramento, Calif. and Randy Nussbaum of Nussbaum & Gillis, PC in Scottsdale, Ariz. Please click the link below to view the materials.
Current Developments (Consumer)
The session "Residential Mortgages: Burning Down the House" will provide an in-depth overview of the mortgage crisis, attorney accountability issues, class actions and court decisions. Panelists will include Rudy J. Cerone of McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC in New Orleans, Hon. David W. Houston, III of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Miss.) in Aberdeen, Miss., Kathleen A. Leavitt, the chapter 13 trustee in Las Vegas and Lenard E. Schwartzer of Schwartzer & McPherson Law Firm in Las Vegas. Please click the link below to view Mr. Cerone's materials.
Residential Mortgages: Burning Down the House
Save the Date for ABI's Upcoming Consumer Conferences
The 29th Annual ABI/UMKC Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute will be held in Kansas City, Mo. at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown on October 2nd. ABI and the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law will team up again to stage a day-long program program with a lively mix of panels and debates on recent issues. Customize the experience by attending the business or consumer-oriented track. Register for the Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute.
This year's Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference will be held at the Standard Club in Chicago on October 12th. The conference caters to the consumer bankruptcy professional and will focus on issues affecting debtors and creditors in consumer cases. This program offers up to five hours of CLE credit and includes a lunchtime discussion on current legislative developments affecting consumers with ABI's Scholar in Residence and Associate Professor of Law at Georgetown University, Adam Levitin. Register for the Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference.
The 2009 Detroit Consumer Bankruptcy Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn in Dearborn, Mich. on November 11th. This year's program will cover topics about which consumer practitioners need to know: making your case go more smoothly with your trustee, case law update, best practices, the problems of high-income debtors, non-bankruptcy alternatives, what mortgage companies are doing now, and fraudulent transfers and preferences. Register for the Detroit Consumer Bankruptcy Conference.