Business Debate
Resolved: Success fees for financial advisors should be eliminated.
(Sides to be chosen by a coin toss at the beginning of the session.)
Candace C. Carlyon
Shea & Carlyon Ltd.; Las Vegas
Frank A. Merola
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP; Los Angeles
Judicial Debate
Resolved: Claims benefiting from third-party guaranties may be separately classified.
Pro: Hon. Barry Russell
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Calif.); Los Angeles
Con: Hon. Eileen W. Hollowell
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Ariz.); Tucson
Consumer Debate
Resolved: Section 523(a)(8) limiting discharge of student loans should be eliminated.
Pro: Kasey Cameron Nye
Mesch, Clark & Rothschild, PC; Tucson, Ariz.
Con: Madeleine C. Wanslee
Gust Rosenfeld, PLC; Phoenix