The focus of this program would be on locating and hiring the best most cost effective expert witness for your client's preference action(s). Things to consider include:
1) Obtaining, considering and investigating a potential expert witness using their C.V.
2) Number of cases where they have provided a report
3) Industries that they cover
4) Level of experience that they have in the industry of the Defendant
5) Articles/Books published by the expert witness
6) Number of years they have taught classes related to preference actions
7) Have they represented both Defendants and Plaintiffs
8) Do they have access to Industry Data
9) What type of analysis have they examined (i.e., Subjective/Objective, Contemporaneous Exchange, New Value, Industry's idiosyncrasies, Seasonality, Covid, etc.)
10) Number of times they have testified in Court (both for Defendant and Plaintiff)
11) Number of times they have been Disposed
12) Number of Daubert Motions filed against them and have they won all of them
13) Number of Defendant can number of Plaintiff cases
14) Other Bankruptcy Related Experience
15) Professional background and expertise
16) Number of years acting as an Expert Witness
17) Number of years in their overall profession
18) References
19) Are they a team player
20) Recognize the need for confidentiality
21) Worked for numerous firms
22) Have a well defined and clear C.V.
23) Have familiarity with a case and have recommendations for mediators, local counsel (if needed), etc.
24) Is well recognized in their field and have been recommended by other bankruptcy attorneys
25) Why even hire an expert witness and what do they bring to resolving your client's preference action
This will offer to attorneys the means to obtain the best results for their clients and show the client that the attorney firm is always focused on obtaining a solid resolution to their client's case(s).
Business
During the Covid Pandemic, the Federal , State and Local governments make billions of dollars in loans to all sizes of business. These programs were rolled out very quickly and the potential for fraud was huge. Now as things shake out, various of the entities that provided the funds are discovering fraud, of all shapes and sizes and bringing suits to recover wrongfully made or fraudulently obtained loans. This session will discuss the various programs, the litigation that is now being pursued by the various "lending sources" and how and when Bankruptcy is being used or implicated by this litigation. This session should address loans made to all size businesses - from the mom and pop business to the multi-million or billion businesses and the various frauds that have been discovered .
Attendees will understand the various types of frauds and other issues that have arisen as a result of these "lending" programs being used improperly.
Attendees will understand the various ways in which Bankruptcy can or may be used to either pursue recovery or avoid recovery as a result of the fraud and other improper ways in which these programs were used and abused.
Debtor
Janet
Baer
janet_baer@ilnb.uscourts.gov
US Bankruptcy Court, ND IL
