Live CLE Seminar

Bankruptcy 101: Critical Issues and Chapter 13 Plan

March 20, 2012 • Atlanta, GA

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credit Course – 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
	Judicial vs. Non-Judicial States Addressing Strategic Default (Is There Equity? Can the Client Afford the House? Household Budget)

02:00 – 02:30	Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
	Essentials of the Stay (When to File, When is it Too Late, Does it Exist for This Client?) Ascertaining Client Objectives

02:30 – 03:00	Curing Defaults in a Chapter 13 Plan
	Right to cure under §1322(c) Plan treatment of mortgages in Chapter 13

03:00 – 03:45	Lien Stripping
	Statutory and case law basis Planning considerations Execution Potential issues Post Plan completion and Discharge

03:45 – 04:00	Break

04:00 – 05:00	Structuring the Chapter 13 Plan
	Use the right form Completing the Local Plan Form Secured Priority Unsecured Separately Classifying Creditors such as Student Loans Other Provisions – Trustee required provisions and additional language that should be used

CLE Course Speakers: Peter Bricks • Susan S. Blum

Attorney Peter Bricks

The Brick Law Group – Atlanta, GA

A 1998 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Peter earned his law degree from Georgia State University. Immediately upon his admission into the Georgia bar in 2006, he began working at the Bricks Law Firm, at the time focusing primarily on residential real estate closings. He has since started his own firm, Peter Bricks, PC. Located in Dunwoody and Jonesboro, his office represents clients throughout the metro Atlanta area, focusing on a variety of legal issues, with an emphasis on bankruptcy.

Peter regularly represents individual debtors in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases throughout the Northern District of Georgia. He has been an active member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys since 2008, regularly participating in listserv discussions and attending conferences. He is also a member of the bankruptcy section of the Georgia bar as well as the Metro Atlanta Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney Group (MACBAG) and participates in several bankruptcy pro bono projects.

Attorney Susan S. Blum

Ginsberg Law Offices, P.C. – Atlanta, GA

Susan S. Blum is Of Counsel with the Ginsberg Law Offices, P.C. She focuses her practice on bankruptcy, with particular expertise with Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 filings. Susan also practices in all areas of U.S. immigration and nationality law.

Susan earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Georgia State University College of Law. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Columbia College, Columbia University and a Master of Public Administration and Public Policy from New York University. Susan was Associate Editor Lead Articles for the Georgia State University Law Review and co-founder of the Immigration Law Society.

Susan’s background in public service makes her well suited to be a bankruptcy attorney and to advocate on behalf of her Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 clients. She sees her role as a bankruptcy attorney as more than just filing a petition, as she works to resolve clients’ immediate problems and put them on a path towards financial wholeness.

Susan is a member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the Superior Court of Fulton County.

Live CLE • Bankruptcy 101: Critical Issues and Chapter 13 Plan

March 20, 2012 • Atlanta, GA

Credits:

Total GA CLE credits: 3 hours

This course has been submitted and is pending approval by the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency of the State Bar of Georgia.

Location:

Hyatt Regency Atlanta

265 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Directions

Note: Parking is on your own.

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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