Bankruptcy, Foreclosure & Collection Law

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Bankruptcy: From the Creditor's Perspective

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6 hours 2 minutes
Peter Gannott
James Zack
Joshua Burnett
William Amann
With Peter M. Gannott from Gannott Law Group, PLLC + 3 others
Recorded September 11, 2025
Product ID 100771

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Overview

Understand All Relief Options Available to Creditors

The debtor who's been avoiding repayment for months has just filed for bankruptcy; do you know what options are available so you can collect what is owed? Even during bankruptcy proceedings, creditors still have rights and remedies. Take advantage of your rights with help from this practical course. You'll learn the nuts and bolts of creditor involvement during bankruptcy proceedings and gain the skills to employ each possible tactic. Register today!

  • Gain real-life strategies for lifting automatic stay in various scenarios.
  • Find out what special rights landlords and lessors have in bankruptcy.
  • Know how to handle lien stripping situations.
  • Review good, bad, and ugly case remedies.
  • Identify how to uphold ethical standards when representing creditors.
  • Examine the basics of both unsecured and secured creditors.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Secured and Unsecured Creditors in Bankruptcy: The Basics
  2. Automatic Stay (From the Creditor's Perspective)
  3. The Good (For Creditors)
  4. The Bad (For Creditors)
  5. The Ugly (For Creditors)
  6. Ethical Representation During Bankruptcy

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Product ID 100771

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Secured and Unsecured Creditors in Bankruptcy: The Basics

    1. Pre-Bankruptcy Planning
    2. Claims Filing
    3. Administration
    4. Unexpired Leases and Executory Contracts
    5. Negotiations With the Various Committees
    6. Creditor's Rights During Bankruptcy Under Each Chapter

  2. Automatic Stay (From the Creditor's Perspective)

    1. What NOT to Do!
    2. Secured vs. Unsecured Creditors
    3. What Chapters Does it Apply to? What are the Creditor's Rights for Each Type?
    4. Exceptions to the Automatic Stay That Provide Relief to Creditors
    5. Motion for Lift of Stay: How and Why You Can Request It

  3. The Good (For Creditors)

    1. Reaffirmations
    2. Objections to Discharge and Dischargeability
    3. Dismissal and Conversion
    4. Creditors' Committees
    5. Appointment of Examiners or Trustees (Chap. 11)

  4. The Bad (For Creditors)

    1. Sales Free and Clear
    2. Lien Stripping and Cramdown
    3. Claim Bifurcation

  5. The Ugly (For Creditors)

    1. Avoidance Power: Preferences
    2. Avoidance Power, Fraudulent Conveyances
    3. Notes on Adversary Proceedings Generally

  6. Ethical Representation During Bankruptcy

    1. Collection Letters and Communication With the Debtor
    2. Misrepresentation
    3. Intermingling Activities of Collection Agency and Attorney
    4. Harassment
    5. Attorneys' Fees
    6. Avoiding Violations of the Injunction

Who Should Attend

This course offers a creditor's perspective of bankruptcy for attorneys. It may also benefit paralegals.

Speakers

Peter M Gannott
Peter M.
Gannott
Gannott Law Group, PLLC
James B Zack
James B.
Zack
Ballard Spahr
Joshua Burnett
Joshua
Burnett
Amann Burnett, PLLC
William J Amann
William J.
Amann
Amann Burnett, PLLC
Speaker bio
Peter M Gannott

Peter M. Gannott

Gannott Law Group, PLLC
Peter Gannott

is the principal of the Louisville law firm of Gannott Law Group, PLLC. Since 1985, he has focused his practice in the areas of business and consumer bankruptcy, creditors' rights and commercial collections, complex commercial litigation, and real estate matters. Mr. Gannott works with clients on everything from the creation and dissolution of business entities, to representation of our business clients in business-to-business collections or large asset issues. He is a frequent lecturer on his areas of practice and has been an adjunct faculty member at the University of Louisville. Mr. Gannott is board-certified in business bankruptcy law by the American Board of Certification. He graduated, with honors, from the University of Illinois and earned his J.D. degree from the Washington College of Law, American University.

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James B Zack

James B. Zack

Ballard Spahr
James Zack

is a shareholder with Ballard Spahr. Within his practice, he works in the industries of blockchain and cryptocurrency, creditor's rights and bankruptcy, finance and banking, financial institutions litigation and investigation. Mr. Zack focuses his practice on bankruptcy, receivership, commercial litigation, and out-of-court workouts. He represents a wide array of constituents in complex corporate restructurings and insolvency matters; including financial institutions, secured and unsecured lenders, lessors, trade creditors, asset purchasers, intellectual property licensors and licensees, trustees, receivers, plan administrators, foreign insolvency representatives, and bankruptcy preference defendants. Mr. Zack earned his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Seattle University School of Law.

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Joshua Burnett

Joshua Burnett

Amann Burnett, PLLC
Joshua Burnett

is an attorney licensed in Massachusetts and is a partner with Amann Burnett, PLLC, which represents clients in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He concentrates his practice in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation. Mr. Burnett has appeared pro hac vice in a variety of bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy matters in other jurisdictions, including New York, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Virginia. In addition to representing consumer and business clients in Chapter 7, Chapter 13, and Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, he regularly assists both debtor and creditor clients in adversary proceedings and contested matters in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, including non-dischargeability actions, preference and recovery actions, automatic stay, and claim-related matters. As a litigator, Mr. Burnett represents both plaintiff and defendant clients in state and federal court in variety of civil matters, including business and partnership disputes, contract disputes, real estate and mortgage disputes, Uniform Commercial Code, consumer protection, and foreclosure defense. In addition to his present areas of concentration, he also has a background in mortgage foreclosure, landlord/tenant, probate law, and family law. Prior to creating Amann Burnett, PLLC with Attorney William Amann, Mr. Burnett worked for many years with a former Chapter 7 trustee in a boutique firm with a primary focus on consumer bankruptc,y and was of counsel to several other bankruptcy and litigation offices in the Boston area. He also teaches bankruptcy law at Massachusetts School of Law and regularly presents local and national programs and lectures on bankruptcy-related topics for several continuing legal education providers. Mr. Burnett is a 1997 graduate of the University of Massachusetts Lowell and a 2010 graduate of the Massachusetts School of Law. He is also an accomplished pianist who played music professionally for many years, and worked extensively in in the performance, technical, and business side of the music industry.

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William J Amann

William J. Amann

Amann Burnett, PLLC
William 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, Mr. Amann 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 recharacterization, 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 an annual editor for the New Hampshire Bar Association's Supreme Court At-a-Glance article series. Mr. Amann regularly speaks before professional and trade groups on the topics of bankruptcy, creditors' rights and real estate. Prior to practicing law, he was employed by Fidelity Investments as a trade resolution specialist, and by Ford Motor Credit Company as an account executive and branch legal liaison. Mr. Amann 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.

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