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1. Collection Litigation and Motion Practice
2. Identifying Fraudulent Conveyances
3. Asset Searches and the Judgment Debtor Exam
4. Post-Judgment Collection Strategies
5. Domestication and Collection of Foreign Judgments – Avoiding Pitfalls
6. Creditor Remedies Available in Bankruptcy

Collection Litigation and Motion Practice
9:00 - 10:00, Elbert E. Haley Jr.

• 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
10:15 - 11:15, Bradley T. Golmon

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

Asset Searches and the Judgment Debtor Exam
11:15 - 12:15, Elbert E. Haley Jr.

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

Post-Judgment Collection Strategies
1:15 - 2:15, Bradley T. Golmon

• 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
2:30 - 3:30, Elbert E. Haley Jr.

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

Creditor Remedies Available in Bankruptcy
3:30 - 4:30, Bradley T. Golmon

• 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

BRADLEY T. GOLMON is an attorney with the Oxford law firm of Holcomb Dunbar, P.A., where he practices in the areas of commercial litigation, collection, residential and commercial financing and insurance defense. His experience with commercial matters includes litigation over contract matters, land based and maritime matters, handling commercial and residential financing, collection of debt and foreclosure, representing creditors in bankruptcy matters, and contract advice and preparation. He is a member of the Lafayette County Bar Association and The Mississippi Bar. Mr. Golmon received his B.A. degree from Mississippi College and his J.D. degree from the University of Mississippi.

ELBERT E. HALEY JR. is a sole practitioner in Flowood, where he practices in the areas of collections, foreclosures, repossessions, bankruptcy, general courtroom litigation and general creditors. He lectures on FDCPA and creditor issues for the county bar associations and various CLE seminars. He is a member of the American and Rankin County bar associations, and The Mississippi Bar. Mr. Haley received his B.A. degree from the University of Mississippi and his J.D. degree from Jackson School of Law.

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