This session will examine the new Eastern District of Michigan (Detroit) program, touch upon the Eastern District of Michigan (Flint/BC) program, and compare and discuss programs in other districts. Panelists will explain the substantive and procedural differences for trial modifications, permanent loan modifications and plan modifications.
This session will cover the valuing of real property and subsequent trustee sale, carve-outs on real estate claims of exemption, equitable vs. legal title to property, and § 363 sales of foreclosed homes during the redemption period, as well as a discussion on rental properties and who gets the rent.
This session will include a discussion on the effect of prior state and federal court litigation, full faith and credit, res judicata, collateral estoppel, Rooker-Feldman and abstention.
This panel is for participants who are either solo or small-firm practitioners and will include such topics as paperless offices, trust funds and accounting, managing workflow, and the implications on the office in the event of a natural disaster.
A panel of younger lawyers and financial professionals will talk about the issues and challenges of working for senior lawyers and will suggest ways to improve the working relationships between senior and junior lawyers.