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The 16th Annual Northeast Bankruptcy Conference will be held in conjunction with the 4th Annual Northeast Consumer Forum July 16-19 at the historic Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. This year’s program offers more than 8 hours of CLE and features a roster of the best regional speakers. Outdoor enthusiasts and families can take advantage of an array of activities as well. Several of the sessions will be of particular interest to the committee.
Panelists in the session “Nuts and Bolts of Representing a (Really) Small Business” will discuss basic guidelines and issues specific to small businesses in bankruptcy. Materials include a glossary of terms and a timeline. Lynne Riley of Altman Riley Esher LLP in Boston will moderate. Panelists will include William S. Gannon of William S. Gannon, PLLC in Manchester, N.H., Hon. Enrique S. Lamoutte of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. P.R.) in San Juan and Thomas J. Raftery of Raftery Law Offices in Carlisle, Mass. Please click the link below to view the materials.
Nuts and Bolts of Representing a (Really) Small Business
Panelists in the session “Home Retention and Loss Mitigation Update” will outline the actions that lawmakers in New England states are taking to attempt to quell the rising tide of foreclosures as well as changes to government programs that are meant to help homeowners who are in trouble. Panelists will include Jerrold S. Levinsky of the Massachusetts Fair Housing Center in Holyoke, Mass., Hon. Joel B. Rosenthal of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Mass.) in Worcester and Mitchell E. Starr of Mitchell Starr, PC in Boston. Peter V. Guaetta of Guaetta & Benson, LLC in Chelmsford, Mass. will moderate. Please click the link below to view the materials.
Home Retention and Loss Mitigation Update
The session “Credit Card Defaults” will explain implications of the Credit Cardholder’s Bill of Rights Act of 2009, including unfair and deceptive acts, truth-in-lending and truth in savings. It will also address the impact of the Great Collapse of 2008 on the consumer debtor facing the prospect of a bankruptcy filing. Patricia Antonelli of Partridge, Snow & Hahn, LLP in Providence, R.I. will moderate. Panelists will include Hon. J. Michael Deasy of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. N.H.) in Manchester, David C. Phalen of Bartlett Hackett Feinberg P.C. in Boston and Mary F. Stewart of the Stewart Law Offices in Concord, N.H. Please click the link below to view the materials.
Panelists in the session “Cramdowns Now and New: Ins and Outs of Chapter 13 Mortgage Cramdowns” will discuss the difficulties of completing a cramdown plan since the 2005 amendments to BAPCPA and how consumers are turning to alternative non-bankruptcy approaches. Deirdre Keady of Harmon Law Offices PC in Newton Highlands, Mass. will moderate. Panelists will include William J. Amann of Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA in Manchester, N.H., Nicholas F. Ortiz of the Law Office of Nicholas F. Ortiz, PC in Boston and Hon. Mark W. Vaughn of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. N.H.) in Manchester, N.H. Please click the link below to view the materials.
Cramdowns Now and New: Ins and Outs of Chapter 13 Mortgage Cramdowns
The session “High-income, High-debt Reorganization: Chapter 11 for the People” will address issues and ambiguities that arise for individual debtors who file chapter 11 in the post-BAPCPA environment. Nina M. Parker of Parker & Associates in Winchester, Mass. will moderate. Panelists will include James F. Molleur of James F. Molleur, LLC in Biddeford, Maine, Christopher J. Panos of Craig and Macauley, PC in Boston, Michael J. Pappone of Goodwin Procter LLP in Winchester, Mass. and Hon. Brian K. Tester of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. P.R.) in San Juan. Please click the link below to view the materials.
High-income, High-debt Reorganization: Chapter 11 for the People
Please click the link below to read biographies of our esteemed faculty members at this year’s Northeast Consumer Forum.