As an experienced practitioner, you know bankruptcy law is complex and full of gray areas. Couple that with bankruptcy reforms and you have a situation that even the most experienced attorney can find daunting. Listen in on an in-depth discussion of complex issues and challenges in the consumer bankruptcy arena, and stock your toolbox with some new, advanced techniques. Be prepared to tackle whatever cases come your way. Order today!

• The Means Test
• Determining Disposable Income: Chapter 7 and 13
• Dischargeability Issues and Denial of Discharge
• Automatic Stay and Motion for Relief from Stay
• Update on U.S. Trustee Decisions
• Avoidance Actions
• Ethics and Professionalism

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The Means Test
10:00 - 11:00, Julianne R. Frank

Determining Disposable Income: Chapter 7 and 13
11:15 - 12:15, Julianne R. Frank

• Monthly vs. Projected Disposable Income
• Income Sources
• Applicable Median Family Income
• Defining the "Applicable Commitment Period"
• Marital Adjustments
• National Standards and Local Standards
• Necessary Expenses
• Charitable Contributions
• Payments on Claims
• Hypothetical Chapter 13 Plan Payments

Dischargeability Issues and Denial of Discharge
12:15 - 1:00, Brad Perri

• Reaffirmation Agreements
• Correctly Determining if Debt is Dischargeable
• §727 Complaints
• Lien Stripping Issues and Limitations
• 341 Meetings – What is Expected of the Attorneys
• Post-Discharge Issues

Automatic Stay and Motion for Relief from Stay
1:30 - 2:00, Julianne R. Frank

Update on U.S. Trustee Decisions
2:00 - 3:00, Julianne R. Frank

• Discharges Considered to be Substantial Abuse
• Excessive Attorneys' Fees
• Case Conversion and Dismissal
• Clarification on Material Misstatements
• Bankruptcy Fraud
• Enforcement Measures

Avoidance Actions
3:15 - 4:00, Brad Perri

Ethics and Professionalism
4:00 - 5:00, Brad Perri

• Multiple Representation
• Professional Conflicts
• Disclosure Obligations
• Attorneys' Fees

JULIANNE R. FRANK is a shareholder in the firm of Frank, White-Boyd, P.A., with offices in Palm Beach Gardens, Stuart, Vero Beach and Royal Palm Beach. Her practice has been limited to business and consumer bankruptcy matters and asset protection planning. She is a frequent lecturer and has appeared on national radio and television programs discussing financial distress planning. Ms. Frank wrote, "Freedom From Debt: Taking Control of Financial Crisis," Guideline Press. She earned her B.A. degree from Tulane University and her J.D. degree from Northwestern University Law School. Ms. Frank is one of less than 200 lawyers who are board-certified in both consumer and business bankruptcy law by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification. She is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the South Florida Bankruptcy Bar Association, the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees and the Palm Beach County Bar Bankruptcy CLE Committee.

BRAD PERRI graduated in 2002 from Drake Law School where he served as editor in chief of the Drake Law Review. For the first six years of his career, he worked as a municipal construction attorney in the City of Chicago, first at a law firm, and, later, as in-house counsel to the City of Chicago's O'Hare Modernization Program. In 2008, Mr. Perri moved to Saint Paul where he opened his own office practicing exclusively in consumer bankruptcy. As part of his practice, Mr. Perri serves as volunteer counsel for the District of Minnesota's pro bono Bankruptcy Advice Clinic located in Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

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