Consumer Debate
Resolved: Limited-scope representation should be allowed in consumer bankruptcy cases.
Brian T. Fenimore 102536, Moderator
Lathrop & Gage LLP; Kansas City
PRO: Theresa V. Brown-Edwards 211813
DARBY | BROWN-EDWARDS LLC; Wilmington, Del.
CON: Hon. Robert D. Berger 185770
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Kan.); Kansas City
Business Debate
Resolved: Bankruptcy judges are authorized to do structured dismissals in chapter 11 bankruptcies.
Brian T. Fenimore 102536, Moderator
Lathrop & Gage LLP; Kansas City
PRO: G. David Dean, II 222886
Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, PA; Baltimore
CON: T. Patrick Tinker 545420
Office of the U.S. Trustee; Wilmington, Del.
Judicial Debate
Resolved: A debtor can force a secured creditor to accept title to its collateral pursuant to a plan that provides for its surrender or vesting in that creditor.
Brian T. Fenimore, Moderator
Lathrop & Gage LLP; Kansas City
PRO: Hon. Robert E. Nugent 105973
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Kan.); Wichita
CON: Hon. Arthur B. Federman 102540
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D. Mo.); Kansas City