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DAVID C. FARMER earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1970 and 1973 and law degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law in 1985. He practices primarily in the areas of commercial litigation and bankruptcy. Currently the sole member of David C. Farmer, Attorney at Law, LLLC since 2002, he was previously an associate and partner with Case & Lynch, a partner with Lynch & Farmer, counsel with Ashford & Wriston, and an associate with Wagner Watson & DiBianco. Mr. Farmer has been a member of the American Bar Association since 1982, and its litigation and business sections, and the Hawaii State Bar Association since 1983. He serves on the Board of Bar Examiners and the HSBA Publications Committee and has been an editor and contributing author to the Hawaii Bar Journal since 1991. Mr. Farmer has served as the president and a director of the Bankruptcy Law Section, treasurer and director of the Collection Law Section, and a member of the CLE Committee. He is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Farmer has taught secured transactions, debtor-creditor rights, and business reorganization in bankruptcy from 1998 through 2005 at the William S. Richardson School of Law as a visiting assistant professor and adjunct professor. Mr. Farmer currently serves as a Chapter 7 panel trustee for the Hawaii Bankruptcy Court. Selected seminars and manuals include contributions to Hawaii Collections Law Seminar and Hawaii Collections Manual (editor-in-chief and author; HICLE, 1997; HSBA, 2002, 2006); Bankruptcy Exemption Manual (West's Bankruptcy Series, 2005 - 2010 eds.); Revised UCC Article 9 Secured Transactions: What Hawaii Practitioners Need to Know (NBI, July 2005); How to Successfully Collect on Judgments in Hawaii (NBI, May 2005, 2006); Hawaii Foreclosure and Related Bankruptcy and Title Issues (NBI, 2001 and 2002); Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Issues in Hawaii (NBI, 1998, 2000, 2003); The Impact of Bankruptcy on Dissolution of Marriage (NBI, 1996, 1998); Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law and Procedure in Hawaii (NBI, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001); (NBI 1995); and Advanced Collections and the Bankruptcy Process in Hawaii (NBI, 1994). ELIZABETH A. KANE is a sole practitioner in Honolulu, where her practice is concentrated in the areas of bankruptcy law, creditors' rights and commercial litigation. She earned her B.A. degree from James Madison University and her J.D. degree from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley. Ms. Kane has lectured on her areas of practice. She is a member of the Hawaii State (member, Bankruptcy Section) and American bar associations and the State Bar of Arizona. NEIL J. VERBRUGGE is a partner at the law firm of Wagner Choi & Verbrugge in Honolulu. Mr. Verbrugge's practice focuses on insolvency, business, and commercial litigation matters, both in federal bankruptcy court, federal district court and state courts. He has been the trial attorney in numerous contested evidentiary hearings in bankruptcy courts. Mr. Verbrugge's practice includes fraudulent transfer, preference, lien priority, equitable subordination, nondischargeability, claim objections/allowance, automatic stay, and jurisdictional litigation in bankruptcy courts. He has a wide range of experience in commercial real estate foreclosure, both for lenders and borrowers. Mr. Verbrugge has represented parties dealing with issues arising in judicial foreclosure proceedings, appointment of receivers, sales process, credit-bid rights, lender liability, second lien lender rights, confirmation proceedings, and bankruptcy litigation matters relating to real estate, including automatic stay relief and property of the estate issues. He earned his B.S.S. degree, cum laude, from Cornell College and his J.D. degree, with distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law where he was a member of the Iowa Law Review. Mr. Verbrugge is a previous lecturer in his areas of expertise. He is a member of the Hawaii State (member, Bankruptcy Law Section, Collection Law Section) and American bar associations and the American Bankruptcy Institute.
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