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| CD only: | $449.00 |  |
| Date: | Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - Thursday, July 9, 2009 |
| Time:* | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET |
| Featured Speaker: | Randolph C. Houts |
| Duration: | 180 Minutes |
| Location: | Your office or conference room |
| Prerequisites: | None |
If your area does NOT observe Daylight Saving Time, the time will be one hour earlier.
“Ten-hut there, financial warriors! We’re in for a tough battle and you better know what it means if one of your debts or collateral winds up in a Bankruptcy cuz your Momma won’t be there wipe your nose and give you your binky… now suck in that gut and LISTEN UP!”
Unemployment is expected to rise in the next year as major employers engage in layoffs. Many households untouched by the financial crisis to date may face tightening budgets or foreclosures, causing them to seek shelter in Bankruptcy proceedings of various kinds. The Bankruptcy Boot Camp audio conference will give you intensive, practical and tactical information on what it means to be a creditor in Bankruptcy. You’ll know your rights and your questions will be answered.
Even if you been down the road before with Bankruptcy, this is your chance to get the latest developments and a refresher on issues that may not arisen for you, but might.The program includes a 30-minute Q&A session following each session. Listen in and get the chance to ask your specific questions!
Registration Includes:
- Admittance to two 90-minute calls for as many people as you can fit in a room with a speakerphone
- Access to the specially created presentation handouts (made available 48 hours in advance)
- Participation in two 30-minute live Q&A sessions with the speaker following the presentations
- Certificates of attendance for all audio program attendees
Day-by-Day Topics:
First Session: “Push-ups, drop and give me 50”
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
- The unique terminology of Bankruptcy… how to sound like you know what you’re talking about
- Policies of the Bankruptcy Code
- The Estate Concept
- Comparison of Chapters 7 and 13
- The impact of commencement
- The effect of the Automatic Stay
- Powers and role of the Trustee
- The effect of prior bankruptcy filings
- What debts are discharged and which survive
- Special rules for luxury purchases and cash advances
- Considerations for secured creditors
- New requirements for debtors; counseling and education
- The means test “simplified”
Second Session: “If I say it’s safe to surf this beach soldier,
it’s safe to surf this beach!”
Thursday, July 9, 2009
- The hows and whys of Relief from Stay
- The effect of prior bankruptcy filings on the Stay
- New time frames for Relief from Stay
- Dealing with the Trustee
- New rules for serial or bad faith filers
- New limitations on creditor sanctions for violating the stay
- Forced election rules and the fate of the “Ride Through”
- What the heck is an executory contract, anyway?
- The privileged status of the 910 auto
- The continued viability of the “cram down”
- Changes in redemption amounts and reaffirmation agreements
- New rule on how long creditor has to perfect security interests
- What tax returns can creditors obtain from the debtor
- Changes in the homestead exemption rules
“Dis-missed!!”
About Our Speaker
Randolph C. Houts is the editor of Pratt’s State by State Debt Collections. He is the owner of Randolph C. Houts and Associates, a firm that represents financial institutions in collections and creditor bankruptcy proceedings. Houts has taught and worked in the area of debt collections for more than 20 years. He was the managing partner for Houts, Bot, & Barnes and a litigator with Sullivan, Delafield, McDonald, and Middendorf, two firms which represented individual and business creditors in financial litigation, collection, foreclosure, and bankruptcy. He also has served as the associate general counsel and director of human resources for a mortgage banking company.