Bankruptcy Law Committee

A message from the Chair
Norma Ortiz, Esq.

About the Committee

The Committee members comprise counsel for corporations, in house and outside, and individuals, as well as judges.  We seek to further our individual practices while benefiting the professional community.  The Committee reviews and distributes summaries and practice pointers regarding recent and trend setting case law from federal bankruptcy courts located in New York as well as new legislation of interest to Committee members.  In addition, full committee meetings are held four times a year, in-person or telephonically, to bring the members together from all over the State in an atmosphere that is conducive to helping each other and working with each other.  Also, committee meetings provide a platform for educational programs presented by relevant specialists, either members or non-lawyer professionals.

Committee Activity in Review

Committee Roster

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Pre-Petition Compliance Checklist

Download PDF of Checklist

PLEASE NOTE: This is an informal assist, to be used only by an experienced attorney who may want to add, subtract or modify one or more check-list items. Any suggested changes are welcomed and should be directed to the bankruptcy committee for consideration.

October 2005 Bankruptcy Reform Act CLE Program Materials

October, 2005 Bankruptcy Committee Statewide CLE course program on New Bankruptcy Reform Act, effective October 17, 2005 (PDF)
Course book and black lined code book coming soon from NYSBA.

Bullet Points of 2005 Bankruptcy Reform Act (PDF)
Full text of Bankruptcy Committee CLE course materials and black lined code book coming soon from NYSBA.

Case Summaries

February 17, 2005 Summary (PDF)

Web Sites for Attorneys

1. www.law.cornell.edu/topics/bankruptcy.html

This site has a good overview of bankruptcy. In addition, it has links to primary and secondary bankruptcy sources that the general practitioner, student lawyer, and bankruptcy lawyer need. Although the Nolo Legal Encyclopedia is one of those links, it is listed separately below to assist the consumer in easily accessing general information on bankruptcy.

2. www.abiworld.org/

This site is recommened for the bankruptcy lawyer, the general practitioner, and the student lawyer. It contains primary materials that include international bankruptcy laws, secondary materials, and news articles. An alphabetized list of these materials may be accessed either by clicking on the site map or by clicking on the link to the site map listed in paragraph 3.

3. www.abiworld.org/sitemap.html

This link is listed separately to aid the inexperienced researcher in easily accessing the information that he/she needs. Note, however, that there is no link to international bankruptcy laws from the site map; they must be accessed from ABI’s homepage. That link is listed in paragraph 2.

4. www.nyeb.uscourts.gov/

www.nynb.uscourts.gov/

www.nysb.uscourts.gov/

www.nywb.uscourts.gov/

www.uscourts.gov/links.html

The lawyer or law student may access local rules and other information from the bankruptcy courts of New York from the first four of these links and may access any federal court from the fifth link.

5. http://thomas.loc.gov/

Equally important, the lawyer or law student may track the status of federal legislation and obtain legislative history at this site.

6. www.abanet.org/abapubs/home.html

The lawyer or law student may search here for publications by the American Bar Association pertaining to bankruptcy.

Web Sites for Consumers

1. www.nolo.com/lawcenter/ency/index.cfm/catlD/734BECB6-ADDE-4041-AEC595AF30EA15CE

Here, consumers may access general information on bankruptcy including, but not limited to, chapters 7 and 13 of the bankruptcy code from Nolo’s Legal Encyclopedia.

2. www.abiworld.org/consumer/proto/question.html