13 Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy

28th Annual

Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Course Arrive a day early to attend the

Bankruptcy 101 Course

Topic Highlights • Special lunch presentation by Dr. Ray Perryman • Using Technology in the Courtroom and/or Your Practice • Rule 3001 and 3002.1 Impacts • Litigation During Bankruptcy • A Debtor’s Fifth Amendment Rights and Privileges • New this year: Three breakout sessions on Thursday afternoon

Course Amenities • • • •

Lunch provided the first day An evening social on Thursday Complimentary wireless signal in the meeting room Complimentary parking available

Course materials available on a USB drive

LIVE Dallas January 31-February 1, 2013 Cityplace Events

MCLE CREDIT | 11.5 HOURS (Up to 2 ETHICS)

TexasBarCLE presents the 28th Annual

Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Course Cosponsored by the

Thursday 6.75 hours including up to 1 ethics hour

Bankruptcy Law Section

8:00 Registration Coffee & Pastries Provided

Mark B. French, Bedford Law Office of Mark B. French

8:40 Welcoming Remarks Course Directors Hon. Jeff Bohm, Houston Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas

John Dee Spicer, Fort Worth Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee Cavazos, Hendricks, Poirot & Smitham

of the State Bar of Texas

live Dallas January 31-February 1, 2013 Cityplace Events Register by January 17 and save $50!

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Alice L. Whitten, Fort Worth Chapter 13 Trustee

8:45 Case Law Update 1 hr Hon. Marvin Isgur, Houston Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas

Mary K. Viegelahn, San Antonio Chapter 13 Trustee

9:45 341 Meetings - Preparation and Conducting (Pt. 1) .75 hr (.25 ethics) Allison D. Byman, Houston Chapter 7 Trustee Hughes Watters & Askanase

Dinorah Gonzalez, Houston Staff Attorney, Chapter 13 Trustee’s Office Gwendolyn Hunt, Dallas Attorney at Law

MCLE CREDIT

11.5 HOURS (Up to 2 ETHICS) MCLE COURSE NO: 901256712

Applies to the College of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Bankruptcy Law.

10:30 Break 10:45 341 Meetings - Preparation and Conducting (Pt. 2) .75 hr (.25 ethics) Angela D. Allen, Fort Worth Staff Attorney, Tim Truman Chapter 13 Trustee

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11:30 Using Technology in the Courtroom and/or Your Practice .5 hr Peter Johnson, Houston Law Office of Peter Johnson 12:00 Break - Lunch Served 12:15 Luncheon Presentation: Impact of the Economy on Consumer Bankruptcy Filings .75 hr Dr. M. Ray Perryman, Waco The Perryman Group 1:00 Break 1:15 Rule 3001 and 3002.1 Impacts 1 hr Hon. Marvin Isgur, Houston Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas

Edgar J. Borrego, El Paso Tanzy & Borrego

Mitchell J. Buchman, Houston Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner & Engel

David G. Peake, Houston Chapter 13 Trustee

2:15 Break – Concurrent Sessions: Choose one track or change tracks whenever you like.

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2:30 Reaffirmation Agreements 1 hr (.25 ethics) Hon. Stacey G. C. Jernigan, Dallas Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Texas

Pamela Arnold Bassel, Fort Worth Bassel & Wilcox Michael V. Baumer, Austin Law Office of Michael Baumer

3:30 Break 3:45 Preference/Fraudulent Conveyance Actions 1 hr Areya Holder, Irving Holder Law

Michael P. Lynn, Dallas Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox

Afton D. Sands, Austin Brown McCarroll

2:30 Scamming Debtors - 526 & BPP Issues 1 hr Tom Powers, Dallas Chapter 13 Trustee

2:30 Auditing Your Cases (Conduit Cases) 1 hr (.5 ethics) David G. Peake, Houston Chapter 13 Trustee

Eduardo V. Rodriguez, Brownsville Malaise Law Firm

Mary K. Viegelahn, San Antonio Chapter 13 Trustee

3:30 Break 3:45 Individual and Small Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 1 hr (.25 ethics) Hon. Marvin Isgur, Houston Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas

3:30 Break 3:45 Plan Modification Issues 1 hr Moderator Alice L. Whitten, Fort Worth Chapter 13 Trustee Jason P. Miller, Fort Worth Staff Attorney to Alice Whitten Chapter 13 Trustee Deborah B. Morton, Irving Staff Attorney to Tom Powers Chapter 13 Trustee

4:45 Adjourn

John M. Vardeman, Tyler Office of the United States Trustee

Eduardo V. Rodriguez, Brownsville Malaise Law Firm

Behrooz P. Vida, Bedford The Vida Law Firm

4:45 Adjourn

Shelly K. Terrill, Plano Staff Attorney to Janna Countryman Chapter 13 Trustee 4:45 Adjourn

social

Meet other attendees and speakers, as well as local practitioners and financial professionals, at the monthly happy hour on Thursday of the DFW Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers (DAYBL). Location to be announced.

Friday 4.75 hours including 1 ethics hour 8:15 Coffee & Pastries Provided

8:40 Announcements 8:45 Litigation During Bankruptcy 1 hr Moderator Hon. Jeff Bohm, Houston Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas

Leticia ‘Letty’ Evans, Fort Worth Law Office of Leticia Martinez Evans

Yolanda A. Gutierrez, Corpus Christi Yolanda Gutierrez Burns, Attorney at Law

Lisa L. Lambert, Dallas Assistant U.S. Trustee

9:45 Recent Developments in Estoppel and Preclusion Doctrines in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases .75 hr Hon. D. Michael Lynn, Fort Worth Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Texas

K.M. Lewis, Fort Worth Clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Paul M. Lopez, Fort Worth Clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Court

2:00 Judges Panel 1 hr (.5 ethics) Hon. Harlin D. ‘Cooter’ Hale, Dallas Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Texas

Hon. Stacey G. C. Jernigan, Dallas Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Texas

Hon. D. Michael Lynn, Fort Worth Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Texas

Hon. Russell F. Nelms, Fort Worth Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Texas

Hon. Brenda T. Rhoades, Plano Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Texas

10:30 Break 10:45 A Debtor’s Fifth Amendment Rights and Privileges 1 hr (.5 ethics) Hon. Jeff Bohm, Houston Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas

Ashley Gargour, Houston Berg & Androphy

11:45 Lunch on Your Own 1:00 Proposed New Bankruptcy Forms 1 hr Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff, Chicago, IL Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Illinois 3

3:00 Adjourn

Come a day early to attend the

Course Location Dallas Live Cityplace Events 2711 N. Haskell Ave. Dallas, TX 75204 214-515-5100 www. CityplaceEvents .com

Reserve Your Hotel Room

by January 8

VIDEO REPLAY

Hotel rooms have been blocked at special rates on a space available basis. To make a reservation, contact the hotel and indicate that you will be attending this State Bar of Texas course.

(separate registration fee required) VIDEO Dallas January 30, 2013 Cityplace Events

Melrose Hotel 3015 Oak Lawn Ave. Dallas, TX 75219 214-521-5151

Wednesday 5.75 hours including .5 ethics 8:00 Registration 9:00 Life of a Bankruptcy Case 1 hr (.25 ethics) Sara Mya Keith, Houston Johnson DeLuca Kurisky & Gould

Erin B. Shank, Waco Erin B. Shank, P.C.

10:00 Means Tests and Mortgage Loans 1 hr Hon. Marvin Isgur, Houston Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas

Judy A. Robbins, Houston Office of the United States Trustee

11:00 Break 11:15 Filing Claims and Objections .75 hr Hon. Richard S. Schmidt, Corpus Christi Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas Corpus Christi Division

Frances A. Smith, Dallas Shackelford Melton & McKinley

12:00 Lunch on Your Own

1:00 Cash Collateral .5 hr Hon. David R. Jones, Houston Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas

Rakhee V. Patel, Dallas Pronske & Patel

1:30 Communicating with Clients .75 hr (.25 ethics) Areya Holder, Irving Law Office of Areya Holder

Thomas Kirkendall, The Woodlands Law Office of Tom Kirkendall

2:15 Opposing and Obtaining Relief from Automatic Stay 1 hr Thoedore O. “Thad” Bartholow III, Dallas Armstrong Kellett Bartholow

Branch M. Sheppard, Houston Johnson DeLuca Kurisky & Gould

3:15 Plans and Confirmations .75 hr Layla Danielle Milligan, Austin Office of Chapter 13 Trustee

Chasless L. Yancy, Houston Andrews Kurth

$149 single or double Deadline: January 8 www. warwickmelrosedallas .com

Course Directors Hon. Jeff Bohm.................................................Houston Alice L. Whitten............................................Fort Worth

Planning Committee Allison Davison Byman......................................Houston Tagnia M. Clark..............................................Beaumont Janna Ward Clarke........................................Fort Worth Leticia ‘Letty’ Evans.......................................Fort Worth Dinorah Gonzalez.............................................Houston Eduardo V. Rodriguez.................................. Brownsville Afton D. Sands....................................................Austin

Bankruptcy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas Thomas A. ‘Tom’ Howley ......................................Chair Michelle A. Mendez......................Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Layla D. Milligan .............................................Secretary William L. ‘Bill’ Wallander................................ Treasurer Hon. Harlin D. ‘Cooter’ Hale......... Immediate Past Chair

TexasBarCLE Planning Team

4:00 Adjourn

Kandi Botello....................................... Program Planner Michelle Townley......................Sr. Program Coordinator Heather Armstrong..........Written Materials Coordinator Mary A. Galarza.............. Meeting Services Coordinator

State Bar of Texas

MCLE CREDIT

5.75 HOURS (.5 ETHICS) | MCLE COURSE NO: 901248349

Applies to the College of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Bankruptcy Law. 4

Buck Files........................................................President Frank E. Stevenson II......................... Chair of the Board Lisa M. Tatum......................................... President-Elect Bob Black............................... Immediate Past President C.E. Rhodes............................................TYLA President Deborah Bullion...........................Chair, CLE Committee Sylvia Cardona...................Chair, Board PDP Committee Michelle E. Hunter............................. Executive Director Patrick A. Nester........................... Director, TexasBarCLE

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I’m entitled to 1 or 2 discounts on the Advanced Course: q $50 OFF because I’m registering by January 17, 2013. (If by mail, date of postmark will be determinative.) $25 OFF because (choose 1 box only) I’m a member of the q Bankruptcy Law Section q State Bar College q Legal Administrators or Paralegal Division OR q I am licensed 2 years or less.

I may attend complimentary because: I am q a qualifying judge or q court staff attorney (see p. 6).

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Register by January 17, 2013, and save $50 because early registrations help us ensure that sufficient course books, seating, and refreshments are available. Course materials and seating will be reserved for preregistrants until the start of the first topic.

If You Need Special Accommodations to Attend, please contact us as soon as possible at 800-204-2222, x1748.

For Cityplace Events in Dallas, please call us in advance of your arrival so that assisted parking can be arranged for drivers of handicap-designated vehicles.

Bankruptcy Law Section Members Can Save $75 by registering by January 17 (thereafter, save $25). Not a member? To join, e-mail sections@texasbar.com or phone 800-204-2222, x1425. Please do not send Section membership payment with your registration fee.

Registered But Can’t Attend? Still Earn MCLE Credit and receive course materials by taking the course online later, in which case you’ll automatically be sent the course materials; see “FREE TO OUR REGISTRANTS!” below. If you wish a refund instead, mail or fax (512-427-4443) your request so that we receive it at least one business day before the program.

Earn Discounts by Registering Five or More from your firm or agency. Contact Firm & Group Sales Manager Laura Angle of TexasBarSolutions at 512-250-5575 or laura.angle@texasbar.com.

FREE TO OUR REGISTRANTS! Online Videos & MP3s of Topics, as Well as PDFs of Materials, will be available to registrants 6-8 weeks after the course.

Provide your e-mail address when preregistering to be notified when and how these benefits may be accessed. (Note: Presentation lengths may vary from that which was advertised.)

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Interested in Sponsoring or Exhibiting at This Course?

Contact Mary A. Galarza at 512-427-1748 or mary.galarza@ texasbar.com.

Active State and Texas-Area Federal Judges and Their Court Staff Attorneys May Attend for Free, Provided: (1) the course directly relates to the judge’s tribunal’s jurisdiction, (2) the judge is a full-time judge or retired under the Texas Judicial Retirement System and (3) space is available for all paying registrants. This privilege does not extend to receivers, trustees, other court staff, or persons serving parttime in a judicial capacity. Actual attendance is required in order to receive course materials.

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