Consumer Bankruptcy Committee

This panel discusses the role of the subchapter V trustee, the parallels with mediation, and the meaning of "facilitating the development of a consensual plan."

This panel will discuss the impact on consumers, and consumer bankruptcy cases, when a consumer lender or loan-servicer files for chapter 11.

With the climate of COVID-19 in the rearview mirror, the consumer bankruptcy process now largely resembles the normalcy that had been elusive during the pandemic. However, remnants of COVID legislation have influenced escrow accounts of consumer debtors and consequently impacted mortgage creditor proofs of claim.

This panel will discuss the ins and outs of mediating consumer bankruptcy issues, including the types of issues typically mediated, selecting a mediator, and special considerations involved.

This panel will explore industry trends and commonalities between the parallel issues of failing health care systems and debtors bankrupted by medical debt. The panelists will discuss and debate what could happen when these two debtor groups overwhelm the bankruptcy system, the challenges that health care debtors, consumer debtors and insurance payors face today, and how practitioners across various insolvency disciplines involved in these industries can plan for the future with these trends on the horizon.

Join our panelists as they discuss the DOJ’s new student loan guidelines and provide context on how the guidelines will impact debtor attorneys, trustees and other entities in the bankruptcy process.

These overviews from ABI committee experts will arm you with vital information you can use in your practice well into the new year.

This panel will explore and discuss ethical issues that arise in consumer practice. The panelists will review recent cases and provide hypotheticals to invoke audience participation and discussion regarding topicsrelated to attorney fees, conflicts, and attorney/client privilege and confidentiality.

The steep rise in student loan debt is one of the most pressing issues our country faces as it strives to create a more just and equitable society. Getting a college degree has become steadily more expensive, and graduates are often left with overwhelming debt burdens that sometimes take decades to repay. Coupled with the nondischargeability of student debt under the Bankruptcy Code, the “student debt problem” has become one of the most pressing issues of our time.

This webinar will discuss how new Bankruptcy Student Loan Management Programs are helping debtors solve their student loan issues. The webinar will cover the issues affecting debtors and their student loans as well as the solutions and tools the courts are implementing.