Contact: John Hartgen
(703) 894-5935
ABI’S
ATLANTA CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY SKILLS TRAINING SET FOR FEB.
3
size='3'>December 9, 2009, Alexandria, Va. —
size='3'>The Atlanta Consumer Bankruptcy Skills Training program on Feb.
3, 2010, will provide Georgia practitioners and bankruptcy professionals
the tools necessary to hone their consumer bankruptcy litigation skills.
The American Bankruptcy Institute, the Bankruptcy Section of the Atlanta
Bar Association and the Metro-Atlanta Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
Group are sponsoring this interactive one-day training seminar that will
allow attendees to earn up to 6.0 total CLE hours
in Georgia, including five trial hours, one ethics hour and one
professionalism hour. The programming will be led by a faculty of
prominent consumer bankruptcy practitioners and trial
attorneys.
The program chairs for
the seminar are Tamara
Miles Ogier of Ellenberg, Ogier, Rothschild
& Rosenfeld, PC (Atlanta) and
size='3'>Richard H. Thomson of Clark and
Washington, PC (Atlanta). The judicial chair for the seminar is
Bankruptcy Judge C. Ray
Mullins (Atlanta).
Seminar programming
includes:
- Debtor and Creditor
Representation Breakouts (Two-part Session), led by bankruptcy and trialfacilitators, covering stay litigation, mortgage litigation and
adversary proceedings - Preparing the Trial Notebook,
and Witness Examination Skills (Direct, Cross and Experts) - Mock Trial and
Feedback/Discussion - Ethical Quandaries and
Professional Pitfalls for Attorneys Regarding the Subprime Mortgage
Crisis
To view the full list of
panelists and session descriptions for the Atlanta
Consumer Bankruptcy Skills Training, please click
here:
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ABI is the largest
multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and
education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to
provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy
issues. The ABI membership includes more than 12,400 attorneys,
accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround
specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for
the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on
ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information,
visit
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