This is an all day program called Consumer Connect aimed at consumer bankruptcy lawyers.  There are great speakers including Judge Martin Barash and Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky who will give the keynote address at the luncheon (which is included with the admission).  I will be doing two programs, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, called Consumer Law Update with Chapter 7 Trustee Wes Avery and UST attorney Jennifer Braun.

Here is the info and the website where you can sign up.  See you there.  Jon  Read more…

Email from Steve Fox:

To All:

We have a killer of a program for you this time around.  Here are the participants:

Honorable Maureen Tighe, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

Christopher Wong, law clerk to the Honorable Maureen Tighe

Andrew Goodman (yes, Macky’s back)

Steven Fox Read more…

13TH ANNUAL BANKRUPTCY ETHICS SYMPOSIUM

November 18, 2016

Time: 9:00 a.m.
Registration: 8:30 a.m.

TOPICS:
9:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Ethics and Practice: Selected Issues
The Emergence of Robot Lawyers: California State Bar No. 93548 vs. Legal Zoom, the Cloud, and YouTube
Unbundling and Limited Scope Representation: Navigating Dangerous Waters in the Central District Read more…

Email from Steve Fox:

To All:

Katherine Bunker from the U.S. Trustee, Raymond Aver and Roksana Moradi, all experienced bankruptcy attorneys, will knock your socks off at the next SFVBA Bankruptcy Section meeting.  They have met, planned, plotted, revised, written, rehearsed, know their parts and will awe you with their presentation and analysis of recent 9^th Circuit BAP opinions.  Read more…