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Continuing Legal Education
Live CLE | Bankruptcy 101: Critical Issues and Chapter 13 Plan
Knowing how to utilize a Chapter 13 bankruptcy on behalf of your client during foreclosure is an effective, but complicated tactic employed by lawyers. 
In this CLE, you will learn how to deal with issues of automatic stay, mortgage modifications and proof of claim, along with lien stripping issues such as statutory and case law, execution and post plan completion.
Our experienced presenters will help explain how a Chapter 13 bankruptcy can be the best option for a homeowner in the midst of foreclosure proceedings.
The following Key topics will be discussed:
- Addressing Strategic Defaults
- Essentials of the Stay
- Plan Treatment of Mortgages in Chapter 13
- Lien Stripping Statutory and Case Law Basis
- Post Plan Completion and Discharge
- Completing the Chapter 13 Local Plan Form
- Separately Classifying Creditors Such as Student Loans
01:00 – 01:30 |
Registration |
01:30 – 02:00 |
State-Specific Foreclosure Laws |
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• Judicial vs. Non-Judicial States |
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02:00 – 02:30 |
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy |
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• Essentials of the Stay (When to File, When is it Too Late, Does it Exist for This Client?) |
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02:30 – 03:00 |
Curing Defaults in a Chapter 13 Plan |
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• Right to cure under §1322(c) |
03:00 – 03:45 |
Lien Stripping |
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• Statutory and case law basis |
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03:45 – 04:00 |
Break |
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04:00 – 05:00 |
Structuring the Chapter 13 Plan |
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• Use the right form |
CLE Course Speakers: |
Mary Beth Ausbrooks |
Attorney Mary Beth Ausbrooks
Rothschild & Ausbrooks, P.L.L.C. - Nashville, TN
Mary Beth practices in Nashville and is a partner in the consumer debtor firm of Rothschild & Ausbrooks, PLLC. She is a board certified Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist and has been certified as such by the Tennessee Supreme Court and the American Board of Certification. She has served as the Tennessee State Chair for the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and presently is a member of its Board of Directors. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for the American Board of Certification. Mary Beth has served as President, Vice-President and Secretary for the Middle Tennessee Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. Mary Beth has been recognized as a Super Lawyer and was named a Mid South Rising Star for 2010 and 2011. She has offered several presentations on best practices for consumer debtor attorneys and on other aspects of the consumer debtor practice. Mary Beth is admitted to practice in the District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.
Live CLE • Bankruptcy 101: Critical Issues and Chapter 13 Plan
January 26, 2012 • Nashville, TN
Credits:
Total TN Cle credits: 3.25 Hours
This course has been approved by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education.
Location:
Union Station -
A Wyndham Grand Hotel
1001 Broadway
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Time:
Start 01:30 PM – Finish 05:00 PM
Tuition:
$200 First Registrant
Add Associate $100 dollars*
Add Paralegal $100 dollars*
$125 Young Lawyers - Under 4 years acceptance to the Bar.**
*Young Lawyers with under 4 years acceptance to the Bar may use the coupon code YL75 to receive the $75 discount when checking out.
**Discounts can not be combined.
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