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 9th Circuit BAP opinions. Read more…
Below is a great bio of Judge Thomas Donovan written by Corey Weber, Uzzi O. Raanan, Leib Lerner, and Asa S. Hami. From the State Bar of California, Business Law Section, Insolvency E BulletinJudge Donovan was appointed to the bench in March 1994, and reappointed in 2008. Although his current term expires in 2022, he plans to retire as of March 24, 2017. Read more…
I had a pretty fun time doing the 9th Circuit Review with San Diego Judge Louise Adler and Oakland Judge Charles Novack last weekend. It’s the 5th time doing the program with Judge Novack. And I definitely learned a few things. I believe you can get the program, at least in audio form, from the state bar.
I will probably get pitched out of the consumer bar for saying this but I like the San Diego Chapter 7 RARA. You can access the form here. The form would make a nice retainer agreement. Most of the body of the form is below. Read more…
This is some pretty big news. Munger Tolles & Olson (where my son Hunter is an associate) is going to open an office in Washington DC. Heading up the office will be former Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. Mr. Verrilli clerked for Justice William J. Brennan Jr. and ultimately succeeded Elana Kagen as the Solicitor general. Joining him will be veteran litigator Michael B. DeSanctis and former Deputy Associate Attorney General Chad Golder. The announcement is here. A NY Times article about Verrilli is here.
Email from Steve Fox:
Dear All:
This Friday, our panel will answer one of your most pressing questions: How is the judge going to rule on my matter and why? Okay, they won’t answer exactly that question but they will answer something close to that. Read more…
This is a preview of the upcoming term from the Georgetown Supreme Court Institute. There is only one bankruptcy case on the docket so far, Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corporation (15-649)
According to the preview:
Question Presented: Whether a bankruptcy court may authorize the distribution of settlement proceeds in a manner that violates the statutory priority scheme.
Summary: The Bankruptcy Code prioritizes the order in which a debtor in bankruptcy under Chapter (Ch.) 11 or Ch. 7 must pay the claims of its creditors. Section 507 identifies unsecured claims entitled to priority, and specifies the order of payment. Higher-priority claims must be paid in full before lower-priority claims are paid anything. The question in this case is whether a bankruptcy court may order a structured dismissal of a Ch. 11 case that settles claims against the estate and pays settlement proceeds to creditors in violation of the Code’s priority scheme. Read more…
Shout out to Scott Bovitz who maintains the Bankruptcy Dog website. Scott makes a yeoman’s attempt to keep us apprised of all of the bankruptcy practitioner programs in the area. It is especially useful to program planners who can check and make sure their program does not conflict with another. You can access the Bankruptcy Dog here.
Hon. Alan Haber was a Judge in the Los Angeles Superior Court for more than 20 years. I appeared in front of him a few times. He was refreshing to me because he had a good knowledge of bankruptcy law. Judge Haber passed away on September 10, 2016. You can access the LA Times Obituary here.
This report is really nice. You can get it here. Congratulations to Kathy Campbell and her gang.
