Bankruptcy Practice: The Basics (2011)

A greater numbers of attorneys are finding the need to learn or to re-learn how to service bankruptcy law clients while not violating the regulations on lawyering of the Bankruptcy “Reform” Act, which became effective in October 2005. In this practice-oriented program, the faculty examines the “nuts and bolts” of bankruptcy law and practice. The speakers discuss substantive issues such as property of the estate, discharge and dischargeability of debts, the automatic stay, executory contracts and leases, and voidable transfers of property that most commonly arise in bankruptcy cases. At the same time, they will discuss Chapter 7 and Chapter 13, the means test, and consumer oriented issues that face lawyers. You will learn how to commence a case as well as the ethical obligations of counsel for debtors and their creditors in the bankruptcy context.

Program Contents

• Bankruptcy Overview

• Claims and Claims Administration

• Property of the Estate and the Automatic Stay

• Discharge, Plan Confirmation, Conversion and Dismissal

• Recovery and Collection of Assets

• Pre-Filing Matters

• Ethical Obligations of Counsel


Program Speakers

Norma Ortiz, Esq. (Chair and Speaker)
Ortiz & Ortiz, LLP
—Brooklyn

Scott H. Bernstein, Esq. 
McCarter & English, LLP
—Newark, NJ

Natacha Carbajal, Esq.
Baker Hostetler LLP
—New York City

Janice B. Grubin, Esq.
Todtman, Nachamie, Spizz & Johns, P.C.
—New York City

Jil Mazer-Marino, Esq.
Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.
—Garden City

Francisco Vazquez, Esq.
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
—New York City

Total MCLE Credits  7.5
Ethics MCLE Credits 1.0

The product type below that starts with the letter 'V' is a video online program that you will view and listen to on your computer screen. The program code for each topic that you write on the included MCLE Form only appears on the screen and is not announced by audio.

The product type beginning with the number '8' is an audio-only online program that you may listen to through your computer OR download to a portable media player. You will hear the program codes for the MCLE Form announced by audio during the substantive presentations.

Product Type	Member Price	Non Member Price
Bankruptcy Practice: The Basics (2011) (This product cannot be used to receive MCLE credit) (CLE CourseBooks) 1B14	$40.00	$60.00
+ Bankruptcy Practice: The Basics (2011) (MCLE credit only if you have access to the course's audio/video/CD recording. You cannot receive MCLE credit from a coursebook alone.) (CLE CourseBooks) 1B14M	$85.00	$160.00
* Bankruptcy Practice: The Basics (2011) (MCLE Audio on CD) DB144	$175.00	$260.00
* Bankruptcy Practice: The Basics (2011) (CLE on DVD) FB144	$200.00	$290.00
Bankruptcy Practice: The Basics (2011) [Video] (On-Line Programs) VB144	$150.00	$235.00
Bankruptcy Practice: The Basics (2011) [Audio] (On-Line Programs) 80B14	$150.00	$235.00