In the News: Same-Sex Marriage, Student Loan and Marijuana Cases
Featuring Students from the Memphis University Duberstein Moot Court Team
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In the News: Same-Sex Marriage, Student Loan and Marijuana Cases
Featuring Students from the Memphis University Duberstein Moot Court Team
Free
Shedding the Pounds of Debt: Mortgage Lien-Stripping in Chapters 7 and 11
11This panel will discuss practical considerations in addressing wholly unsecured junior mortgages, determining the amount of senior mortgages, timing of valuations and the burden of proof.
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Financing Our Future: Treatment of Student Loan Debt
Student loan debt has created a significant and growing national economic crisis. This panel will explore dischargeability issues and also discuss how student loan debt affects all of us – even those without student loans to pay off
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Consumer Tax Toolbox: What Wrenches, Hammers and Nails Do You Need to Deal with Consumer Tax issues
This panel will provide updates on the law and suggest the necessary tools for your consumer tax toolbox, in particular chapter 7 vs. chapter 13, what happens to IRS claims after discharge, offers in compromise, when creditors can send a 1099, whether a debtor can ask a creditor not to send 1099 as part of a settlement; and other thorny tax issues frequently facing consumer bankruptcy lawyers.
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Effectiveness of Reaffirmation Agreements
Reaffirmations of both secured and unsecured obligations remain a major component of consumer bankruptcy practice. This panel will discuss the ins and outs of the reaffirmation process from the debtor’s, creditor’s and debtor’s attorney’s perspectives.
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Consumer All Stars: Hot Topics and Hotter Opinions
This is not your run-of-the-mill current developments session. The all-star members of this panel will explore recent consumer topics, case law and rules, and proposed rules and forms, and will offer their varying opinions and arguments in a lively debate-filled format that is sure to enlighten and entertain.
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Second City Improvisational Debates
Moderator:
Brian L. Shaw
Shaw, Fishman Glantz & Towbin LLC
Resolved: Credit counseling received on the petition date, though after the time of the filing, satisfies the requirements of section 109(h)(1).
Speakers:
Pro: Hon. Robert D. Martin
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D. Wis.); Madison
Con: Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Ill.); Chicago
Resolved: Student loans should be dischargeable in bankruptcy.
Speakers:
Pro: William J. Factor
The Law Office of William J. Factor, Ltd.; Northbrook, Ill.
Con: Monette W. Cope
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA; Chicago
Resolved: “Fee jumping” in chapter 13 cases is legal and ethical.
Speakers:
Pro: Nicholas Perino
Swanson & Desai, LLC; Chicago
Con: Justin R. Storer
Lakelaw; Chicago
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