What Debt Collectors Need to Know About Bankruptcy

Agenda / Content Covered

2:00 - 3:00, Alan C. Hochheiser

1. Preliminary Considerations and Steps to Take When a Debtor Files Bankruptcy
2. Automatic Stay Concerns
3. Proof of Claim Filing
4. Discharge and the Dischargeability of Certain Debts
5. Dismissal

Accreditation Details:

Alan C. Hochheiser is a leading practitioner with Maurice Wutscher LLP, in the areas of creditors’ rights and bankruptcy law. He advises and represents businesses, regional and national banks, credit unions, equipment lessors and other lenders, as well as secured and unsecured creditors. Mr. Hochheiser earned his B.A. degree, cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany and his J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He is the chair of the ABA Business Law Section Consumer Bankruptcy Committee, a Consumer Committee member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, an associate member of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, a Creditors Auxiliary member of the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, the Receivables Management Association International (RMAI), and the Ohio State Bar Association.