Bankruptcy: Advanced Issues & Answers

Agenda / Content Covered

1. Proof of Claim Objection Strategies
   10:00 - 10:30, William J. Amann
2. Bringing and Defending Preference Actions
   10:30 - 11:00, William J. Amann
3. Advanced Exemption Issues
   11:15 - 11:45, William J. Amann
4. Mastering Lien Stripping and Avoidance in Chapters 7 and 13
   11:45 - 12:45, William J. Amann
5. Handling Student Loan Debt in Bankruptcy
   12:45 - 1:15, William J. Amann
   1. Discharge and the Brunner Test
   2. Creative Techniques for Debt Resolution

Accreditation Details:

William J Amann is a partner with Amann Burnett, PLLC, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, commercial litigation and real estate and commercial litigation. Mr. Amann regularly represents national and regional creditors in bankruptcy courts and the state courts in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He has recently been admitted to the Southern District Federal Court for New York representing a Massachusetts business in a contract dispute. Prior to joining the firm, he served as legal counsel to a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee for the District of New Hampshire. In addition, he has considerable experience in the areas of commercial turnarounds, debt restructuring, equitable subordination, debt re-characterization, asset sales, title insurance, real estate conveyancing, land use, receiverships, premises liability, employment law, evictions and probate administration. Mr. Amann served on the Board of Directors for the City of Manchester's Public Library Literacy Fund for two years, starting in 2009. He is an editor for the American Bankruptcy Institute and is an annual editor for the New Hampshire Bar Association's Supreme Court At-a-Glance article series and regularly speaks before professional and trade groups on the topics of bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and real estate. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Amann was employed by Fidelity Investments as a trade resolution specialist, by Ford Motor Credit Company as an account executive and branch legal liaison and he is a former police officer. He earned his B.A. degree from Saint Anselm College and his J.D. degree from Massachusetts School of Law.