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Bankruptcy Fundamentals and Tips for Avoiding Common Pitfalls

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About

COVID-19 has upended our economy and, with a future uncertain for many, is expected to result in an increase in both consumer and commercial bankruptcies.

For those new to this area of practice and for those who are experienced and striving to remain competitive, PBI delivers a fundamental study of bankruptcy practice that will help you hone your skills and build your practice. 

Learn from experienced bankruptcy attorneys, judges, and an Assistant U.S. Trustee, as they provide you with the building blocks for handling both business and consumer bankruptcy cases.

Bankruptcy Overview 

  • The most common forms of bankruptcy 
  • Notice
  • Automatic stay defined
  • Discharge of debts
  • Property of the estate & exemptions
  • Claims

Filing under Chapter 7

  • Pre-bankruptcy planning and avoidance for exemptions
  • Prepetition planning and intake questions
  • Forms for filing petitions and schedules
  • Means test
  • Avoidance actions 
  • Dischargeability issues and objections to discharge
  • Top mistakes attorneys make & avoiding common pitfalls

Filing under Chapter 13

  • Identifying the Chapter 13 debtor
  • Benefits and strengths of the Chapter 13 case, including goals and exit strategy
  • Pre-filing considerations
  • Meeting with the debtor: due diligence, document gathering, verification
  • Plan treatments, common objections and confirmation
  • Top mistakes attorneys make & avoiding common pitfalls

Filing under Chapter 11

  • Pre-filing considerations
  • Meeting with the debtor
  • Checklist for filing first day motions
  • Rejection or assumption of executory leases and contracts – benefits of rejection
  • Exclusivity period to file disclosure statement and plan
  • Chapter 11 plan voting process
  • Top mistakes attorneys make & avoiding common pitfalls

All attendees will receive the course book as a digital download. A printed copy of the course book is available, at a discount to attendees, for $40. Additional copies are available at full price. If you wish to purchase the printed version of the course book, please call PBI Customer Service at 800-932-4637. Printed versions of the course book will not be distributed at the course; please allow up to two weeks after the program for the printed versions of the course book to be shipped.

Recorded in March 2021.

Practice Areas

Faculty

NameFirm/Company
Hon. Ashely M. Chan US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of PA
Keila Estevez Esq. Bernstein-Burkley PC
Hon. Judith K. Fitzgerald (Ret.) Tucker Arensberg, P.C. (Pgh)
Kara K. Gendron Esq. Mott & Gendron Law
Michelle V. Lee Esq. Dilworth Paxson LLP (Phila)
Honorable Robert N. Opel II US Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of PA
Gary F. Seitz Esq. Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown LLC (Phila)
D. Troy Sellars Esq. United States Department of Justice, Office of the United States Trustee
Abagale E. Steidl Esq. Steidl & Steinberg PC
Hon. Gregory L. Taddonio United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Hon. Henry W. Van Eck US Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of PA
James C. Vandermark Esq. White and Williams LLP (Phila)
Faculty may vary by location.
PBI reserves the right to substitute speakers at all programs.
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