Consumer Bankruptcy

Chapter 13 Debtor Keeps Postpetition Appreciation in Nonexempt Property, BAP Says

Courts are split on whether creditors in chapter 13 are entitled to the postpetition appreciation in a debtor’s property.

Faculty Biographies (2020 Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference)

Consumer Workshop IV: It’s About You: Mental Health, Professionalism and Burnout

Consumer Workshop III: Cleaning It Up: Messy Chapter 7s

Consumer Workshop II: Family First: Bankruptcy and Family Law

Consumer Workshop I: Let the Winning Continue: Getting to Confirmation

Technicalities Insulated a Lawyer from Liability for Misusing an IOLA

A creditor lost a dischargeability suit by failing to call the right witnesses to prove that a lawyer’s trust account was used to hide assets.

A Prior BAP Opinion Is Virtually Binding on a Later BAP Panel

A later First Circuit BAP panel should follow BAP authority unless the prior opinion seems “dead wrong.”

So You Want to Be a Ch. 7 Trustee?

March 2020