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Date: Thursday, September 22, 2022
Time: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern
NACBA Member Price: $25
Description: Join our panelist for an in-depth discussion on the benefits and requirements for submitting fee applications in Chapter 13 cases. Our panelist will discuss how to put together effective fee applications to maximize your fees.
Why You Should Attend: Get paid for the actual work you perform in a Chapter 13. Many attorneys choose to submit fee applications and receive fees significantly more than flat fees. You need to know how to put an application together.
Speaker: Cathy Moran, Esq.
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Date: Thursday, September 29, 2022
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm Eastern
NACBA Member Price: $99
Description: In August 2022, the Biden Administration announced changes and forgiveness concerning federally guaranteed student loans. In addition, there are multiple other issues and changes concerning student loans. Our panelists will discuss the following topics:
-FEDERAL “PAYMENT PAUSE” ON MOST FEDERAL LOANS UNTIL 12/31/22
-BIDEN $10k/$20k FORGIVENESS — AUTOMATIC FORGIVENESS VS. APPLICATION PROCESS — POSSIBLE LAWSUITS
-PSLF [PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS] “LIMITED WAIVER” ENDS 10/31/22
-IDR “AUDIT” TO GIVE PEOPLE MORE CREDIT TOWARD 20/25 YEAR IDR FORGIVENESS
-“FRESH START” FOR ALL DEFAULTED FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS
-CHANGES TO IDR PAYMENT PLANS PROPOSED FOR JULY 2023 or 2024 — New Plan Proposed
-BDTR [BORROWER DEFENSE TO REPAYMENT FORGIVENESS]
-SWEET v CARDONA PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT re BDTR APPLICATIONS
-FULL LOAN FORGIVENESS TO MOST WESTWOOD, CORINTHIAN & ITT STUDENTS — see dates
-DEPARTMENT OBJECTIONS TO DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BANKRUPTCY ADVERSARIES
-STAYING IN IDR PLANS DURING CHAPTER 13 BANKRUPTCY
-FORGIVENESS IN BANKRUPTCY
-JOINT SPOUSAL CONSOLIDATION LOANS
-SERVICER CHANGES
-IMPACT ON CURRENTLY FILED CHAPTER 13 CASES
-IMPACT ON FUTURE BANKRUPTCY CASES
Why you should attend: In order to represent your clients in bankruptcy, you must be aware of how and when the loans will be forgiven. Also, you need to be aware of the latest news and opportunities for your clients to reduce or eliminate their student loans.
Speakers: Karen Cody-Hopkins, Esq. and Ed Boltz, Esq.
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NACBA's 31st Annual Convention: #NACBADC
April 27 – 30, 2023
Washington Hilton
Washington, DC
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NACBA's Members-Only Workshop
November 28 – 30, 2022
Caribe Hilton Resort & Spa
San Juan, Puerto Rico
NACBA Member Early Bird Rate: $649
NACBA Non-Member Rate + Membership: $799
Early bird rate and new membership special ends October 21!
The schedule for NACBA’s Members-Only Workshop is up! The sessions and expert speakers at #NACBAPR will give the latest tips and tools to help your clients and grow your practice. The workshop is taking place at Caribe Hilton Resort & Spa in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Caribe Hilton is only minutes from the SJU Airport and a quick Uber ride to Old San Juan. It's the perfect setting to relax by the beach, take in some night life, explore great restaurants and historic sights, and earn CLE!
Registration and NACBA room block rates are OPEN! Be sure your membership is current. This is a members-only event. Non-attorney staff of members are permitted to attend.
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The Oregon Division of Child Services did not violate the automatic stay or the terms of the confirmation order when it engaged in collection activities where the efforts related to a time not covered by the debtor’s settlement agreement with his ex-wife forgiving all child support payments predating the adoption of their child. In re Bronson, No. 20-30704 (Bankr. D. Ore. Aug. 23, 2022).
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Despite agreeing that the Tenth Circuit got it wrong, the Solicitor General for the United States filed a brief opposing certiorari in the case of Kinney v. HSBC Bank USA, No. 21-599 (brief filed Aug. 30, 2022). The issue was a simple one: whether the debtor could receive a completion discharge under section 1328(a) when she missed the final three payments on her mortgage due to a car accident, but made up the payments shortly after her plan expired.
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The court held its nose and slogged through the trustee’s lengthy complaint riddled with errors and legal misconceptions to find that the debtor’s retirement accounts totaling approximately $1.7 million were not property of the bankruptcy estate. McDonnell v. Gilbert (In re Gilbert), No. 21-12725, Adv. Proc. No. 22-1005 (Bankr. D. N.J. Aug. 23, 2022).
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Where the Trustee slept on her right to challenge the debtor’s method of calculating her plan payments until shortly before the debtor completed her plan, the doctrine of laches compelled denial of the trustee’s motion to dismiss. In re Melcher, No. 16-21536 (Bankr. E.D. Ky. Aug. 30, 2022).
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Each year, millions of individuals and families across the country struggle to pay their bills. Bankruptcy may provide these debtors with the opportunity for a fresh start. NCBRC provides assistance either by working directly with debtors’ attorneys or by filing amicus briefs in courts throughout the country. NCBRC also strives to impact the national conversation on bankruptcy laws and debtor rights by increasing public awareness and education and by attracting media attention to the important issues involved.
Support NCBRC today!
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Each NACBA member receives *FREE,* as part of his/her membership, access to Fastcase’s bankruptcy database, including opinions of: (i) the U.S. Supreme Court from 1 U.S. 1 to the present; (ii) the Federal Courts of Appeal from 1 F.2d 1 to the present; (iii) the Federal District Courts from 1 F.Supp. 1 to the present; and (iv) the Bankruptcy Courts from 1 B.R. 1 to the present. In addition, NACBA members are eligible to purchase Fastcase’s “Premium Plan,” which includes access to a database of opinions of the supreme courts and courts of appeal of all 50 states, at an annual rate of just $195. This is a significant discount from the non-member annual price of $995.
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