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December 2012
Bankruptcy Basics from the Creditor’s Perspective
What You Will Learn:
- Consumer Bankruptcy: The Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Case
- How Debts Are (or Are Not) Discharged in Bankruptcy
- Business Bankruptcy: The Chapter 11 Case
- Avoidance Actions
- The “Automatic Stay" and the Litigation That Often Surrounds It
- How to Make a Creditor’s Claim in a Bankruptcy Case
- Cases Under Chapters 9, 12 and 15
- Liens and Security Interests in Bankruptcy Cases
Program Description:
Every lawyer can benefit from understanding the basics of the bankruptcy process. Whether you emphasize another area, or whether you’re new to the practice of bankruptcy, you need a survey of bankruptcy law.
Our experienced faculty discuss each type of bankruptcy, how debts are discharged, avoidance actions, stays, and much more.
Program Chair
Kimberley H. Tyson, Esq.
Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC
Denver, CO
Topics:
Consumer Bankruptcy: The Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Case
- Chapter 7
- Challenging Who Can Be a Debtor Under Chapter 7
- What Notice is and How It is Issued
- The Debtor’s Schedules Explained
- First Meeting of the Creditors – Attendance
- What is “Reaffirmation”?
- Objecting to Claimed Exemptions
- The Chapter 7 Trustee: Duties and Authority
- Chapter 13
- Challenging Who Can be a Debtor Under Chapter 13
- The CoDebtor Stay
- The First Meeting of Creditors in a Chapter 13 Case
- Objecting to Confirmation of a Chapter 13 Plan
- Chapter 13 Trustee: Duties and Authority
- How Creditors are Paid in a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
- Motions to Dismiss a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
- Motions to Convert a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy to a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Presented by David Wadsworth, Esq.
How Debts Are (or Are Not) Discharged in Bankruptcy
- Section 727 Objections to Discharge of Debts
- Section 523 Objections to Discharge of Certain Kinds of Debts
- What Sorts of Obligations Cannot be Discharged?
- What is the Effect of Discharge of a Debt?
- What is a “Discharge Injunction”?
- Violations of a Discharge Injunction
- When and How a Discharge Can be Revoked
Presented by Robert Shilliday III, Esq.
Business Bankruptcy: The Chapter 11 Case
- What is “Adequate Protection”?
- The Uses of Cash Collateral
- About the Creditors' Committee
- Rejection or Assumption of Executory Contracts and Leases
- Fees for the Over-secured Creditor
- Challenging the Chapter 11 Disclosure Statement
- Understanding Creditor’s Committee Role
- Objecting to Confirmation of a Chapter 11 Plan
Presented by Megan Adeyemo, Esq.
Avoidance Actions
- What is an Avoidance Action?
- Types of Avoidance Actions
- “Preference” Claims
- What are the Defenses to a Preference Claim?
- Defenses to Fraudulent Transfer Claims
- Can Relief be Obtained Against Someone to Which an Asset Has Already Been Transferred?
Presented by Kimberley H. Tyson, Esq.
The “Automatic Stay" and the Litigation That Often Surrounds It
- Automatic Stay Defined
- Litigating the Automatic Stay
- Grounds for Relief
- In Rem Orders
Presented by Susan Hendrick, Esq.
How to Make a Creditor’s Claim in a Bankruptcy Case
- Requirements for Your Proof of Claim
- Objections
- Amending a Proof of Claim
Presented by Susan Hendrick, Esq.
Other Matters: Cases Under Chapters 9, 12 and 15
- Chapter 15 and Foreign Proceedings
- Chapter 9 and Municipalities as Debtors
- Chapter 12 - Special Provisions for Family Farmers
Presented by Daniel Garfield, Esq.
Liens And Security Interests in Bankruptcy Cases
- Using Perfection of a Security Interest as a Preference
- Prejudgment Attachment Liens
- Avoidance of a Lien
- Set-off
- Reclamation Under BAPCPA
Presented by Daniel Garfield, Esq.
- CLE Pass Price *FREE! - exclusions may apply
- Standard Price $329.00 USD
- Member Price $289.00 USD
- General Credits 7.00
- Ethics Credits 0.00
- EDI Credits