The full schedule and list of speakers for NACBA's 31st Annual Convention is available! NACBA's planning committee put together a convention filled with sessions, speakers and networking opportunities that practicing bankruptcy attorneys will not want to miss. Check it out!
 
NACBA's room rate at the Washington Hilton starts at $245 a night. Be sure to secure your room along with your registration.
 
Enjoy early-bird savings through Friday, March 24, 2023.
Early bird member price: $795
Non-member price: $1,049

Thursday, April 27, 2023
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
 
While other associations "add consumer tracks," NACBA is the only national association dedicated to serving the professional needs of consumer bankruptcy attorneys. If you practice consumer bankruptcy and represent debtors, the NACBA annual convention is where you grow your practice. NACBADC's Pre-con Session: Student Loan Workshop is a must attend event! Learn directly from those involved in conversations with DOJ & ED.

November 27-29, 2023

Lowes Nashville

Nashville, TN

The bankruptcy court properly exercised its discretion to grant an extension of stay in the debtor’s second Chapter 11 case where the case was filed in good faith as to the creditors to be stayed even though one of the creditors to which the stay applied was not served with the motion. FourWs, LLC. V. Miller, No. 21-1273 (E.D. Cal. Jan 30, 2023).

Where statements sent by the mortgage servicer listed the higher, pre-modification amount due, but specifically stated they were not an attempt to collect a debt and did not include an amount in potential late fees, the bankruptcy court erred in finding the statements were in violation of the automatic stay. Freedom Mortgage Corp. v. Dean, No. 22-1469 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 26, 2023).

PNC’s TILA obligation to provide regular statements concerning the plaintiffs’ debt resumed after the debtors received their bankruptcy discharge even though the plaintiffs’ bankruptcy case was not closed until almost four years later. Polonowski v. PNC Bank, NA, No. 20-151 (W.D. Mich. Jan. 23, 2023).

Bankruptcy debtors, lacking both financial resources and exposure to the bankruptcy system, often do not have the ability to protect the integrity of the bankruptcy system and preserve the bankruptcy rights of consumer debtors more generally. The National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center (NCBRC) was created to fill that vacuum. NCBRC provides assistance either by working directly with debtors’ attorneys or by filing amicus briefs in courts throughout the country. Consider supporting NCBRC today!

Are you, or do you know, a legal aid attorney who would be a first time attendee at NACBA's Annual Convention? Announcing NACBA's Henry J. Sommer Legal Aid Scholarship!
 
One scholarship is available to a legal aid attorney who attends NACBA's 31st Annual Convention and is a first-time attendee at an NACBA educational program. This scholarship has been created in recognition of the extraordinary contributions to NACBA by President Emeritus Henry J. Sommer, who served on NACBA’s Board from 1992 to 2011 and as President from 2005 to 2008. The scholarship covers the registration fee ($795+) and materials for the Convention.
 
Interested candidates should submit by email a cover letter and resume to admin@nacba.com no later than Friday, March 24, 2023.

One of the most popular features of NACBA membership is the ability of NACBA members to pose bankruptcy questions and get real time responses from their colleagues around the country. NACBA Listserv participants enjoy the unparalleled ability to post both the easy and hard questions to some of the best consumer bankruptcy attorneys in the nation. This listserv, which also functions as a virtual community of people doing the same type of work, is a boon for the new practitioner as well as the most sophisticated consumer bankruptcy attorneys.