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Coping with Mortgage Defaults Means Testing among Current Bankruptcy Topics at ABIs Detroit Consumer Bankruptcy Program in November

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COPING WITH
MORTGAGE DEFAULTS, MEANS TESTING AMONG CURRENT BANKRUPTCY TOPICS AT
ABI’S
w:st='on'>DETROIT CONSUMER
BANKRUPTCY PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER

August 13, 2007, Alexandria,

Va. — Nine bankruptcy judges, as well as four chapter
13 trustees, will be participating in the American Bankruptcy
Institute’s (
w:st='on'>ABI’s) Detroit Consumer Program on Nov.

12 at the Detroit Marriott Troy in
w:st='on'>Troy,
w:st='on'>Mich. This day-long program is
designed especially for
w:st='on'>Michigan consumer practitioners to
address their clients' most important issues, including the means test,
dismissal for abuse, secured claims and options to deal with mortgage
defaults. It is also structured to help both debtor and creditor
practitioners maximize efficiencies in their practices, and to give
attendees practical and helpful insight bankruptcy procedure and
litigation. The program's co-chairs are Stuart A. Gold of Gold,
Lange & Majoros, PC (Southfield,
Mich.) and former
w:st='on'>ABI president Richardo I. Kilpatrick
of Kilpatrick & Associates, PC (
w:st='on'>Auburn Hills,
w:st='on'>Mich.). The judicial chair is
Bankruptcy Judge Steven W. Rhodes (E.D. Michigan,
w:st='on'>Detroit).

Luncheon speaker Elise
Bean, Staff Director and Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Permanent
Committee on Investigations, chaired by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), will
be presenting 'Unfair Credit Card Practices: The Results of Our
Investigation and Proposed Legislation.'

Timely topics for the panel
sessions include:

  • Bankruptcy Judge Eugene R.
    Wedoff     (N.D. Illinois, Chicago) will address means test
    calculations.
  • “Litigating the
    Presumption of Abuse under Section 707” will feature panelists
    Karen E. Evangelista of Karen E. Evangelista, PC (
    w:st='on'>Auburn Hills,
    w:st='on'>Mich.    ), Samuel G. Firebaugh of
    Firebaugh & Andrews, PLLC (Westland, Mich.) and Jill Geis of
    the U.S. Trustee's Office (Detroit) as well as Bankruptcy Judges
    Phillip J. Shefferly (E.D. Michigan, Detroit) and Eugene R.
    Wedoff     (N.D. Illinois,
    w:st='on'>
    w:st='on'>Chicago    ).
  • The “Secured Claims in
    Chapter 7 and 13” session includes panelists Krispen
    Carroll     of the Chapter 13 Trustee’s Office (Detroit),
    Michael P. Hogan of Kilpatrick & Associates, PC (Auburn
    Hills, Mich.), Kim Rattet of Trott & Trott PC (Farmington
    Hills, Mich.) and Charles J. Schneider of Charles J. Schneider,
    PC (Livonia, Mich.).
  • The “Mock Appellate
    Argument: ‘Projected’ Disposable Income Issue” will be

    presented by Chapter 13 Trustee Paul Randall (E.D. Michigan,
    Detroit) and Mark Shapiro of Steinberg, Shapiro, Clark
    (Southfield, Mich.), who will be joined by U.S. District Court Judges
    (Eastern District of Michigan) Nancy G. Edmonds, David M.
    Lawson     and George C. Steeh.


  • “New Options When Facing

    Foreclosure” will feature Marcy Ford of Trott & Trott
    PC (Bingham Farms, Mich.), and JoAnn

    Goldman and Diane Mitchell of Select Portfolio Servicing
    (Salt Lake
    City    ).


  • Chapter 13 Trustee Carl L.
    Bekofsky     (Flint, Mich.), Yuliy Osipov of Gold Lange &
    Majoros, PC (Southfield, Mich.), Bankruptcy Judge Steven W.
    Rhodes     (E.D. Michigan, Detroit), Chapter 13 Trustee David
    Ruskin     (Southfield, Mich.) and Brian J. Small of  Thav,
    Gross, Steinway & Bennett, PC (Bingham Farms, Mich.) will discuss
    “Consumer Case Management for Debtors’ and Creditors’
    Attorneys.”
  • The Judges Panel will feature
    a discussion between Bankruptcy Judges Jeffrey R. Hughes (W.D.
    Michigan, Grand Rapids), Marci B. McIvor (E.D. Michigan,
    Detroit), Daniel S. Opperman (E.D. Michigan, Flint and Bay City),

    Steven W. Rhodes (E.D. Michigan, Detroit), Walter Shapero
    (E.D. Michigan, Detroit), Phillip J. Shefferly (E.D. Michigan,
    Detroit), Thomas J. Tucker (E.D. Michigan, Detroit) and Judge
    Designate Scott Dales (E.D. Michigan, Grand Rapids).

To find out more about
ABI’s Detroit Consumer
Bankruptcy Program, please visit
title='http://www.abiworld.org/Detroit07'

href='http://www.abiworld.org/Detroit07'>www.abiworld.org/Detroit07.

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