Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum — “Six First Day Motions in Sixty Minutes”
The program will discuss various First Day Motions including Cash Collateral, Utilities, Critical Vendors, Insider Compensation, Employee Issues and Existing Cash Management Systems
October 15, 2012
Networking starts at 6:00 p.m.
Dinner served at 6:45 p.m.
Program starts at 7:30 p.m.
The LA Hotel (formerly Los Angeles Marriott)
333 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles Read more…
Dear Jon:
I will be one of two panelists speaking on September 21, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the University of West Los Angeles (Chatsworth campus) on chapter 11 issues which are vital, especially to newer practitioners, but which are rarely discussed. The topics to be discussed include the following:
• How does the bankruptcy attorney determine if a debtor can solve its problems and reorganize?
• How does the bankruptcy attorney determine if a company’s principals and leaders can take the company through reorganization? Chapter 11 cases are difficult for leaders who have a lot to learn and much to unlearn.
• Do the company’s leaders suffer from common failures of leadership, e.g., entitlement, abdication or other infirmities?
• How does the bankruptcy attorney help the debtor reorganize before, during and after the chapter 11 reorganization?
• In a chapter 11 reorganization, which financial numbers and reports matter? Too often, the bankruptcy attorney lacks a good understanding of the company’s financial numbers when deciding if the business can reorganize.
• Why does this chapter 11 case matter? In too many chapter 11 cases, the attorney does not educate the bankruptcy judge why this case matters. Without educating the judge, the likelihood of a successful reorganization decreases. What does the bankruptcy attorney need to learn about the debtor in order to make this case matter to the bankruptcy judge?
• We will review basic concepts and examine first day pleadings. Read more…
ANNUAL SUPREME COURT REVIEW
September 27, 2012
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Registration: 11:30 a.m.
Featuring UCI Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.
Also Featuring Annual Judge Barry Russell Scholarship Awards.
Location: The Biltmore Hotel
506 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA
Cost: $75 (FBA Members), $50 (government employees/Clerks/Students) $90 (non members)
Group Registration Fees: FBA member table of 9 $650; Nonmember table of 9 $775
Federal judiciary receive complimentary admission.
UPDATE: Prof. Hayes’ son Cassidy Hunter Hayes will receive the Judge Barry Russell Scholarship Award for excellence in the field of federal practice at UCLA. So exciting! We will all be there to cheer him on.
Inn of Court is starting again. We get a lot of questions about how to join during the year. Here is the application. Inn of Court Flyer We are starting up again next month.
It may look expensive, but you are paying for six dinner meetings. The meetings are fun. They usually have a skit where an area of bankruptcy is covered.
You will be put in a group with a couple of grey haired lawyers with a lot of experience to whom you can direct questions.
Jill Sturdevant is President and Judges Kwan and Robles are co vice-presidents, attend the dinners and do a lot of chit-chatting.
Come join us!
Dennis McGoldrick
| Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Review 2011-2012 |
| 09/25/2012
Program Information: This program is a survey of published bankruptcy decisions in 2011-2012 from the Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit BAP, and selected District and Bankruptcy Courts. Speakers: Location: Los Angeles County Bar Association 1055 West 7th Street, 27th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017 Parking: Self Parking is available for $10.00. Times: Registration: 11:30 AM Meal/Reception: 11:30 AM -12:00 PM Program: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Read more… |
The program is free to members of the Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Assn.
The flyer is here. Nominations for the Thirteenth Annual Award are due by September 14, 2012.
Does your calendar seem a little light this week, appearance-wise anyway? This week is the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference in Maui. The calendar for the conference is here. Virtually all of the bankruptcy judges are there. I hope they come back happy and rested.
Hi everyone,
Please join us for the Earle Hagen Memorial Golf & Tennis Tournament, Monday, October 1st, 2012!
This year CDCBAA and LABF, co-sponsors of the event, are proud to announce a new addition, the very first Tennis Tournament.
Proceeds from the Earle Hagen Memorial Golf & Tennis Tournament will go towards the support of Public Counsel’s Debtor Assistance Project.
For over a decade, Public Counsel’s Debtor Assistance Project has helped thousands of individuals to navigate the bankruptcy system when they are no longer able to support their families while struggling under crushing debt loads. Public Counsel’ DAP serves as a valuable resource to which bankruptcy court personnel can refer frustrated pro se debtors who are in dire need of legal counsel. Public Counsel’s DAP provides greatly needed pro bono legal services to over 4,000 individuals and families every year by:
