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By | March 30, 2012 | Programs | 1 Comment

April 05, 2012
Time: 11:30 a.m. Registration 12 noon Lunch
Registration: 11:30 a.m.

Featuring:
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski
United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit

Chief Judge Audrey B. Collins
United States District Court, Central District

Chief Magistrate Judge Suzanne H. Segal
United States District Court, Central District

Chief Bankruptcy Judge Peter H. Carroll
United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District

Location: Kyoto Grand Hotel
120 S. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Cost:
FBA Members $75
Government Employees/Students $50 – Table of 9 $650
Non-Members $90 Non-Member Table of 9 $775

http://www.fbala.org/Events.php

Spring 2012 Symposium at Pepperdine School of Law on Individual Chapter 11 Cases, March 29, 2012,

By | March 20, 2012 | Programs | No comments

JOURNAL OF BUSINESS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE LAW

SPRING 2012 SYMPOSIUM

THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012, 12:30 – 1:30 PM

APPELLATE COURTROOM. Pepperdine School of Law (in Malibu)

Post-BAPCA Individual Chapter 11 Bankruptcy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Individuals are permitted to file for Chapter 7, 13 or 11 bankruptcies.  Sometimes, due to debt limits provided in the Bankruptcy Code, the individual debtor must either file a Chapter 11 or not file for bankruptcy at all.  This panel will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of filing a Chapter 11 as an individual, and provide some practical points.

Panelists

Honorable Thomas Donovan, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
Kenneth Lau, Office of the U.S. Trustee, Region 16
Jon Hayes, Law Offices of M. Jonathan Hayes

Moderator

Professor Mark Scarberry

NACBA Roundtable in RIVERSIDE on Friday 3/30/2012 – Meet Tara Twomey

By | March 20, 2012 | Programs | No comments

NACBA/NCBRC Roundtable

Join NACBA’s Field Coordinator, Zach Manifold, and NCBRC’s Project Director, Tara Twomey, for a roundtable discussion focused on recent legislative efforts and appellate work in the Central District of California (and the Riverside Division, in particular).

March 30, 2012 at 1:00pm — Mission Inn, 3649 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA

View the flyer here.

LABF Program April 16, 2012

By | March 19, 2012 | Programs | No comments

Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum   April 16, 2012

Our Favorite Bizarre Bankruptcy Cases of 2011  

From time to time you read an opinion that makes you scratch your head and say “Huh!?!?”  The year 2011 saw more than its share of such cases.  The Panel members will review their favorite bizarre bankruptcy cases of 2011 (and perhaps from other years)  and discuss what made them say “Huh!?!?”

Moderator: Cynthia M. Cohen, Paul Hastings

Panelists:    Hon. Robin L. Riblet      U. S. Bankruptcy Court

William N. Lobel      The Lobel Firm

Richard L. Wynne    Jones Day

$80.00 Members              Doors Open 6:00             Omni Hotel  251 South Olive St    Los Angeles, CA  90067

Orange County Bar Assn Meeting

By | March 13, 2012 | Programs | No comments

Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section Meeting

March 22, 2012

Topic:
A Discussion of Overlap Issues Between Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors, Receiverships, and Bankruptcy
  • What is an ABC? How is an ABC similar and different than bankruptcy?
  • Under what circumstances should a debtor consider an ABC rather than bankruptcy?
  • Tips and strategies for representing secured and unsecured creditors in ABCs
  • Impact of threatened or actual bankruptcy on pending receiverships
  • Using bankruptcy to terminate receiverships
  • Receiver’s and secured creditor’s obligations in bankruptcy
  • The pros and cons of receiverships vs. bankruptcies

Speakers:

Michael B. Reynolds
Attorney at Law, Partner
Snell & Wilmer
Joel B. Weinberg
Attorney at Law, Principal
Insolvency Services Group

Advance Registration Ends and Standard Registration Begins on: March 20, 2012

Location: Tustin Banquet Center 721 W. First St. Tustin, CA

Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Bankruptcy Attorney Night at the LA Kings

By | March 11, 2012 | Programs | No comments

The Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney Association (“CDCBAA”) invites you to come experience the excitement of the LA Kings Hockey VIP Style!

LA Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers Monday, April 2nd at 7:30pm          STAPLES Center

       $150 per person

Your VIP package includes:

  • VIP Credential Grants You Exclusive Access To “The Green Room”, Located On The Event Level, By The LA Kings Locker Room
  • Watch The Players Walk From Their Locker Room To The Ice Up Close
  • 100 Level Seats Close To All The On-Ice Action
  • Access To The Green Room, A VIP Hospitality Area Throughout The Game
  • All-Inclusive Catering (FREE Food!)
  • Open Bar (FREE Beer, Wine, and Soda!)
  • Private Appearance Following The Game By 2 Kings Players
  • The Kings Will Donate Auction Items, Including A Jonathan Quick Autographed Jersey – Proceeds Benefit The EHMGT (our annual fundraiser golf tournament) and The Debtor Assistance Program

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Shinbrot’s Five Rules of Litigation

By | March 8, 2012 | Programs, Specialist Information | No comments

We had a great cdcbaa meeting on Saturday.  Jeff Shinbrot and Judge Mitchell Goldberg (Ret.) discussed dischargeability litigation.  Jeff regaled us with his five rules of litigation.

  1. Keep your judge happy.  File your motions timely, show up to hearings on time, solve your discovery disputes without court intervention, be professional, open minded.  Judge Goldberg commented that a better way of saying rule 1 is “Keep your judge neutral.”
  2. Develop a good story.  Trials, he said, are about telling a story.  Make sure you have your story straight, and present it at trial.  Judge Goldberg commented that it would be nice if the lawyers understand the rules of evidence and use the rules to tell the story.
  3. Know the local rules and the local, local rules.  Look up your judge’s page on the bankruptcy court website.  Ask around about the judges preferences.  Follow the local rules specifically made for trials, like lodging depo transcripts, timely pre-trial orders, the judge’s trial rules.
  4. Learn and follow FRCP 26.  This is huge.  Rule 26 requires disclosure throughout the process without a request by the other side.  It requires continuing disclosure and will result in striking your evidence if you have not followed rule 26.
  5. Have a good trial notebook.  Your trial notebook will include the entire trial.  It will remind you of what you need to do.  All the witnesses, all the exhibits, checklists, legal briefs, opening and closing statements.  In a trial, he said, you are caught up in the moment, you are focusing on the witness in front of you and the judges comments at the time.  A trial notebook will help you remember to ask the court to “admit” the exhibits for example.

San Fernando Valley Bar Program – March 22, 2012

By | March 5, 2012 | Chapter 11, Programs | No comments

Jon,

On Thursday, March 22nd, from 12 noon until 1:15 p.m., the San Fernando Valley Bar Association will be putting on what I believe is a highly needed program, especially for bankruptcy attorneys new to chapter 11 practice or who are considering trying their hands at chapter 11.

As attorneys, we learn the law and how to apply it.  Chapter 11 is foremost not the practice of law; it is the practice of understanding.  Understanding people, e.g., the client or the client’s principal, understanding why they have failed and what we can do to help create success out of failure, understanding the creditors and seeing what we can do to bring them on board for the reorganization, and giving understanding the bankruptcy judge who will have reason to support the debtor too.

The attorney needs to set the rhythms of a case but the rhythms do not come from the law.  The things we learn in law school really do not help us in chapter 11.  What we learn in other areas of bankruptcy practice do not help us much in chapter 11 either.  We set the rhythms, we make a difference and we help our clients succeed by understanding business, understanding people and, of course, understanding the law.

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Defense of Complaints to Determine Dischargeability or to Deny Discharge, Notes from the Trenches — cdcbaa Program

By | February 23, 2012 | Programs | No comments

cdcbaa — Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Association Program

Defense of Complaints to Determine Dischargeability or to Deny Discharge, Notes from the Trenches

March 3, 2012

Speakers: Judge Mitchell Goldberg (RET.); Jeffrey S. Shinbrot, Esq.

Southwestern Law School 3050 Wilshire Boulevard, Westmoreland Building – Room W329, Los Angeles, CA 90010

Parking is $8.00

Registration: 10:00am – 11:00am; cdcbaa Membership Meeting: 10:30 am – 11:00 am; Program: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

24th Annual Insolvency Conference, May 18- 20, 2012

By | February 17, 2012 | Programs | No comments

The California Bankruptcy Forum’s Annual Insolvency Conference is being held this year in Rancho Mirage.  The last day to receive the group rate at the Westin Hotel is April 23, 2012.  The brochure can be accessed here.

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