Since most debtors default in chapter 13 plans before they reach completion, are modifications needed to the law's rehabilitation goals? Pro: Hon. Pamela Pepper Con: Catherine Peek McEwen Should the U.S. Trustee's enforcement role in chapter 11 cases yield to creditor preferences? Pro: Robert M. Fishman Con: Clifford J. White, III Do creditors' committees serve a useful purpose in cases where the debtor's assets are overly encumbered and the amount of unsecured claims is a fraction of the amount of secured debt? Pro: Robert J. Feinstein Con: Jay M. Goffman
Business Track-Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation from Soup to Nuts
This program will present a mock hearing involving the myriad procedural and substantive issues associated with fraudulent-conveyance litigation brought by an estate representative, including Stern v. Marshall jurisdictional issues, Twombly and Iqbal and other issues.
Bench:
Hon. Joy Flowers Conti
U.S. District Court (W.D. Pa.); Pittsburgh
Hon. Barbara J. Houser
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Tex.); Dallas
Hon. Barry Russell
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Cal.); Los Angeles
Litigants:
David M. Stern
Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP; Los Angeles
David B. Wheeler
Moore & Van Allen, PLLC; Charleston, S.C.