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Saturday May 31, 2014 – CDCBAA – CHAPTER 13: MEET THE TRUSTEE’S ATTORNEYS

By | May 5, 2014 | Chapter 13, Current Events, Programs, U.S. Trustee | No comments

CDCBAA
Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney Association

CHAPTER 13: MEET THE TRUSTEE’S ATTORNEYS

Saturday May 31, 2014

Presented by:
Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney Association

SPEAKERS:
Aki Koyama
Staff Attorney to Kathy Dockery

Elizabeth Schneider
Staff Attorney to Rod Danielson

Tracy Green
Staff Attorney to Amrane Cohen

Melissa Besecker
Staff Attorney to Liz Rojas

Omid Moezzi
Staff Attorney to Nancy Curry

Masako Okuda
Staff Attorney to Nancy Curry

Moderated by Nancy Clark

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Thursday, May 1, 2014 – LATrustee.com Live Demo/ Learn the New Features

By | April 30, 2014 | Bankruptcy Data, Chapter 13, Community, Programs, U.S. Trustee | No comments

LATrustee.com

Live Demo/ Learn the New Features

Thursday, May 1, 2014

2 Sessions
Due to Limited Space Choose 2:00 pm or 3:00pm

Presented by
Kathy A. Dockery, Chapter 13 Trustee

Location for Presentation
915 Wilshire Boulevard
10th Floor, Room 3
Downtown Los Angeles

RSVP at: gmangum@latrustee.com

*When you RSVP, indicate whether you will attend at 2:00 pm or 3:00 pm

Specialist Class with Wes Avery and Dennis McGoldrick

By | April 30, 2014 | Specialist Information | No comments

From Wes Avery:

Counsel:

Our next monthly class (with MCLE credit) to prepare for the October, 2015 Exam will be held from noon to 1:30 pm on Friday, May 2, 2014 in the basement of 6055 E. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90012.  Free parking.  We will be discussing Chapter 5 of the Blum Book.  The texts for the course are as follows (available on Amazon.com):

(1) Blum, Brian A. – Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor Examples and Explanations 6th Edition (ISBN 1454833912); [Class Textbook]
(2) EZ Rules for the Bankruptcy Code (ISBN 978-0-7355-7197-6) [Bankruptcy Code translated into Layperson English];
(3) Martin, Nathalie – The Glannon Guide to Bankruptcy (ISBN 978-0-7355-0728-9); [Problem Sets]
(4) AWHFY, L.P. – Annotated Mini Code Mini Rules Western Edition (ISSN 1553-264X) [9th Circuit Caselaw]; and
(5) Markell, Bruce A. – Questions & Answers: Bankruptcy (ISBN 978-0-8205-5673-4) [Problem Sets]
Dennis and I will see you there.

Wesley H. Avery
Wesley H. Avery, Esq.

Third Annual Leslie Cohen Law 5k Benefiting Public Counsel’s Debtor Assistance Project

By | April 28, 2014 | Pro Bono | No comments

Team Simon Resnik Hayes at the Third Annual Leslie Cohen Law 5k benefiting Public Counsel’s Debtor Assistance Project on Saturday, April 26, 2014.

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Stutman Treister & Glatt to Close May 1, 2014

By | April 24, 2014 | Community, Firm Announcements | No comments

I had heard this was going to happen a month or so ago but I’m still greatly saddened to find it’s true.  I took a class at Loyola Law School in the mid-70s taught by Jack Stutman and Herman Glatt.  That class is a big reason why I am a bankruptcy attorney today.  I loved those guys.  I took a bankruptcy class from George Treister at USC in the mid-80s.  He is living in Oregon today.  Herman Glatt died a month or two ago.  They were great guys.   The news can be found here and here.

Debt Collection Tricks Exposed By the Courts

By | April 22, 2014 | Books & Articles | No comments

Nice post by Christine Wilton on a new case slapping around debt collectors for trying to collect “time barred” debts.  The post is here.  

4/29/2014 – San Fernando Valley Bar Association – Section 523(a)(4) Bullock Update Program

By | April 21, 2014 | Appeals, Bankruptcy Data, Case Briefs, Cases, Community, Current Events, Programs, Specialist Information, Supreme Court | No comments

In Bullock v. BankChampaign, N.A., 133 S. Ct. 1754 (2013), the Supreme Court resolved a split among the circuits concerning whether a “culpable state of mind” was required in order to come within the “defalcation” exception of § 523(a)(4) and whether such a state of mind was required in order to fall within the exception.

The San Fernando Valley Bar Association is presenting a panel discussion on §523(a)(4) and an update on the Supreme Court’s opinion in Bullock. You are invited to sign up and to attend the panel discussion.

As always, the discussion will be enlightening and informative.  One judge sitting at the Woodland Hills Bankruptcy Court has committed to attending the program, subject to unexpected calendar issues.

Here are the particulars for the program:

San Fernando Valley Bar Association
Attention: Linda Temkin
5567 Reseda Blvd., Ste 200
Tarzana, CA 91356
(101 Freeway at Reseda Blvd.)
Telephone (818) 227-0490 ext.105
Facsimile (818) 227-0499
E-mail: events@sfvba.org

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Leslie Cohen Running in Boston Marathon Tomorrow

By | April 20, 2014 | Community, Current Events | No comments

Leslie Cohen, chapter 11 attorney extraordinaire and the pride of Santa Monica, is in Boston and will be running the Boston Marathon tomorrow.  I don’t think its too late to sign up for her 5K this coming Saturday.   The sign up website is here.  

One Hour Seminar with Aki Koyama re Kathy Dockery’s New Website

By | April 20, 2014 | Chapter 13, Programs | No comments

From my good friend Aki Koyama:

Good afternoon my Colleagues:

On May 1, 2014 (Thursday after Judge Klein’s Confirmation Hearings), the Trustee will be holding a 1 hour seminar on how to use the new website and its many new features. Due to the size of the room available to us, we will have two sessions: one at 2 pm and one at 3 pm.

The seminar will be held at the 341(a) room at 915 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor, Room 3, Downtown, Los Angeles.

Room is limited so please RSVP to gmangum@latrustee.com as soon as possible.

Hope to see you there.

Check out the newest version of our website at: http://www.latrustee.com/

The new version can be accessed via cell phone and is much more user friendly.  We now have an e-pay option for your client’s plan payments so that they can make their plan payments over the internet.  We also have a new upload system for post confirmation tax returns called DRU (Debtor Response Upload).  We’re still working out some bugs so please feel free to contact me at akoyama@latrustee.com if you experience a problem.

Take a look and enjoy.

Aki

 

April 24, 2014 – Recent Developments in Chapter 7 and 13 Bankruptcy Case Law, Court Procedures and Best Practices

By | April 16, 2014 | Bankruptcy Data, Cases, Community, Courts, Current Events, Judges Corner, Programs, Specialist Information | 1 Comment

The Orange County Bar Association Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section presents the first annual:

Consumer Bankruptcy Law Update Recent Developments in Chapter 7 and 13 Bankruptcy Case Law, Court Procedures and Best Practices

Thursday, April 24, 2014
Registration/Dinner: 5:00 p.m.
Program: 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Dale E. Fowler School of Law at Chapman University
370 N. Glassell, Orange, CA 92866

Speakers:
Hon. Theodor C. Albert
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California

Hon. Catherine E. Bauer
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California

Hon. Scott C. Clarkson
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California

Hon. Mark D. Houle
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California

Thomas H. Casey, Esq.
Chapter 7 Trustee, Central District of California
Law Office of Thomas H. Casey

Amrane Cohen
Chapter 13 Trustee, Orange

Moderator
Michael Hauser, Esq.
Assistant United States Trustee, Santa Ana

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