Representing a Pro Bono Debtor

FREE Program*
Friday, November 14, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Sponsored by: The Bankruptcy Pro Bono Committee

Join us for our annual Bankruptcy Pro Bono Training program. Attendees will learn how to file a Chapter 7 case for low-income clients and how to avoid common pitfalls.

Discussion topics will include:

1. Pre-filing considerations
2. How to prepare and file the case
3. Debtor obligations
4. Maximizing Exemptions (including declarations of homestead)
5. Asset Abandonment
6. The role of the Chapter 7 Trustee
7. Issues that can hold up the administration of a Chapter 7 case
8. Chapter 13 as an alternative to Chapter 7

Following this discussion there will be a question and answer period.

Panelists:

Hon. Joan Feeney
United States Bankruptcy Judge

Phoebe Morse
United States Trustee for Region One

Bill McLeod
McLeod Law Offices, PC

Mark C. Rossi
Rossi Law Offices

Joanna Allison
Volunteer Lawyers Project

*There is no fee for this program, but we ask that attendees put their new skills to work by taking on a pro bono case through the Volunteer Lawyers Project.

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