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1. Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA): Brief Overview
2. Collection Litigation and Motion Practice
3. Identifying Fraudulent Conveyances
4. Asset Searches and the Judgment Debtor Exam
5. Post-Judgment Collection Strategies
6. Domestication and Collection of Foreign Judgments: Avoiding Pitfalls
7. Creditor Remedies Available in Bankruptcy
8. Averting Ethical Tangles in Collections

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA): Brief Overview
9:00 - 9:30, Peter M. Gannott

Collection Litigation and Motion Practice
9:30 - 10:30, Steven A. Snow

• Preliminary Concerns
• Demand Letters and Other Ways to Get the Debtor's Attention
• Pre-Petition Discovery
• Procedures for Filing Suit: Time Limits, Venue, Etc.
• The Complaint
• Service of Process; How to Find and Serve Debtors Avoiding Process
• Settlement Offers
• Defensive Pleadings
• Handling the Late Filed Answer
• Pre-Judgment Judicial Remedies
• Obtaining a Judgment

Identifying Fraudulent Conveyances
10:45 - 11:30, Peter M. Gannott

• Laws Governing Fraudulent Conveyance
• Proving the Principle Elements
• Litigation Strategies: Asserting and Defending Against Claims
• Remedies Available

Asset Searches and the Judgment Debtor Exam
11:30 - 12:00, Peter M. Gannott

• Asset Searches: Non-Judicial and Judicial 
• Judgment Debtor Exam: Procedures, Service Requirements, Conducting the Exam

Post-Judgment Collection Strategies
1:00 - 2:00, Steven A. Snow

• Judgment Liens on Real Property
• Personal Property Liens
• Priority Conflicts: Navigating the Minefield of Judgment Liens vs. Security Interests
• Writs of Execution
• Sheriff's Sales of Property: Procedures and Creditor Priority
• Garnishment of Wages or Other Property
• Assignment Orders
• Deficiency Actions
• Exemptions of Debtor

Domestication and Collection of Foreign Judgments: Avoiding Pitfalls
2:00 - 2:30, Roy Fugitt

• Filing Requirements
• Notice Requirements
• Stay of Enforcement
• Time Limitations for Enforceability

Creditor Remedies Available in Bankruptcy
2:45 - 3:30, Roy Fugitt

• What to do With the Judgment When the Debtor Files for Bankruptcy
• Relief From Stay
• Differences Under Chapter 7 and Chapter 13: Secured or Unsecured, Payment of Judgment, Impairment of Exemptions
• Discharge of Debt/Dischargeability

Averting Ethical Tangles in Collections
3:30 - 4:30, Roy Fugitt

• Conflicts of Interest
• Dealing With Unrepresented Persons
• The Extent of Lawyer Liability

ROY FUGITT is a sole practitioner in Winchester. Mr. Fugitt has been an attorney for more than 30 years and focuses his practice on collections, bankruptcy, real estate and foreclosure. He is an occasional speaker on these topics at various professional associations, including the Fayette County and Clark County bar associations. Mr. Fugitt earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Kentucky. He is a member of the Clark County and Kentucky bar associations.

PETER M. GANNOTT is a shareholder at Alber Crafton, PSC, in Louisville, Kentucky, where his practice focuses on the areas of business bankruptcy, creditors' rights and commercial collections, and complex commercial and construction litigation. Mr. Gannott has acted as lead counsel for numerous jury trials, bench trials, and appeals. He is licensed to practice law in the state courts of Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Maryland and West Virginia, and is admitted before ten district courts, three circuit courts, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Gannott speaks in the areas of bankruptcy, creditors' rights and construction litigation, and serves as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Louisville. He graduated with Honors from the University of Illinois and earned his law degree from the Washington College of Law, American University, in Washington, D.C.

STEVEN A. SNOW is a sole practitioner in Louisville, where he practices in the areas of collections, domestic relations and family law. He has spoken to the Louisville Bar Association on topics relating to his areas of practice. Mr. Snow earned his B.A. degree from Ohio University and his J.D. and M.A. degrees from the University of Louisville. He is a member of the Louisville and the Kentucky bar associations.

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