Into the Depths of the Coal Mines: Over, Under, Sideways, Through—Any Way to Obtain a Confirmation Order and Hang Onto It on Appeal
The panel will discuss in depth an operating manual for Chapter 11 and a Chapter 11 Plan checklist.
The Open-Pit Copper Mine: Bringing Value to the Surface—Effectively Trying Contested Matters
The key elements to trying contested matters are planning, writing effective pleadings, knowing rules of evidence, knowing when to use expert testimony and having a strong oral argument. The techniques, among others, are discussed in this panel.
Ethics: Representation Issues: Don't Gamble With Your Reputation or Getting Paid
This panel will focus on the ethics of limiting the scope of employment as well as attorney's fees in Chapter 7 and how they get paid.
Evidence: What It Is, Why You Need It, and How to Get It Admitted
This panel will discuss valuation, motion to lift stay, objections to claim and adversaries.
The Latest on the Mortgage Mess
This panel will discuss the update on mortgage relief programs; litigation between homeowners and lenders; intersection with bankruptcy and motions for relief from stay.
Individual Chapter 11: Not Just Chapter 13 on Steroids
This panel will discuss what consumer practitioners need to know about individual Chapter 11s and how they differ from Chapter 13 cases
Consumer Update
This panel will focus on the latest local bankruptcy rules, as well as the most current cases and the related decisions.
Great Debates
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
Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation from Soup to Nuts
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.