Bankruptcy, Foreclosure & Collection Law

Security Agreements and UCC Article 9 Overview

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1 hours 28 minutes
Yessica Pinales
With Yessica J. Pinales from Otterbourg P.C.
Recorded October 02, 2025
Product ID 101109

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Overview

Shield Assets, Avoid Pitfalls

Navigate secured transactions with a concise overview of security agreements and UCC Article 9! This legal course offers a foundational understanding of how to create, perfect, and prioritize security interests in personal property. Explore essential elements of a security agreement, delve into the requirements for attachment and perfection, and examine the rules governing priority among competing claims. We'll help you master the basics quickly - register today!

  • Learn to identify and address potential risks and opportunities in your clients' business dealings.
  • Follow the steps for perfecting security interests, ensuring your clients' claims are enforceable against third parties.
  • Explore remedies upon a debtor's default to guide clients through the enforcement process.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Secured Transactions and the Role of UCC Article 9
  2. Crafting the Security Interest: Attachment
    1. Essential Elements of a Security Agreement
    2. Value and Debtor's Rights in the Collateral
    3. Practical Considerations for Drafting Security Agreements
  3. Perfecting the Security Interest
    1. Methods of Perfection
    2. The Financing Statement: Requirement and Best Practices
    3. Where to File
  4. Priority of Security Interests
    1. Basic Priority Rules: First-to-File or Perfect
    2. Purchase Money Security Interests (PMSI)
    3. Special Priority Rules for Specific Types of Collateral
    4. Fixtures and Accessions
  5. Default and Remedies

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Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 1.5 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 1.5 Total
California CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 2 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Florida CLE Approved 2 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Kansas CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Kentucky CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Maine CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 1.8 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Montana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 1.5 Total
North Dakota CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 1.8 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New York CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 2 Total
Oregon CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Texas CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Utah CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 1.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 1.8 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 1.5 Total
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  1. Security Agreements and UCC Article 9 Overview

    1. Secured Transactions and the Role of UCC Article 9
    2. Crafting the Security Interest: Attachment
      1. Essential Elements of a Security Agreement
      2. Value and Debtor's Rights in the Collateral
      3. Practical Considerations for Drafting Security Agreements
    3. Perfecting the Security Interest
      1. Methods of Perfection
      2. The Financing Statement: Requirement and Best Practices
      3. Where to File
    4. Priority of Security Interests
      1. Basic Priority Rules: First-to-File or Perfect
      2. Purchase Money Security Interests (PMSI)
      3. Special Priority Rules for Specific Types of Collateral
      4. Fixtures and Accessions
    5. Default and Remedies

Who Should Attend

This legal briefing is designed for attorneys. Financial advisers and paralegals will also benefit.

Speakers

Yessica J Pinales
Yessica J.
Pinales
Otterbourg P.C.
Speaker bio
Yessica J Pinales

Yessica J. Pinales

Otterbourg P.C.
Yessica Pinales

is a corporate finance associate in the Banking and Finance group at Otterbourg P.C., a midsize law firm in New York City, where she represents banks, financial institutions, private creditors, administrative agents, and corporate borrowers in U.S. and cross-border commercial financing transactions, including bilateral and syndicated lending, acquisition and leveraged finance, cash-flow lending, asset-based lending, equipment finance, private equity sponsor finance, project finance, and commercial real estate finance. Her work includes drafting and negotiating key financing documents, such as credit and security agreements, subordination agreements, guarantees, and term sheets, and conducting comprehensive due diligence to evaluate risk and ensure proper perfection of collateral. Ms. Pinales also leads loan closings, coordinates with multiple parties, and mentors junior team members throughout the deal process. She has co-authored advisory articles on borrower due diligence and collateral structuring. Ms. Pinales was recognized in the "Ones to Watch" 2023, 2024 and 2025 list by Best Lawyers in America. Prior to joining Otterbourg, she was an associate at a law firm in New Jersey, and previously served as a judicial law clerk in the New Jersey Superior Court. Ms. Pinales earned her J.D. degree from St. John's University School of Law and her B.A. degree from the State University of New York at Albany. Raised in New York and proud of her Dominican heritage, she currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and two daughters. Outside of work, Ms. Pinales enjoys traveling, long-distance running, and dancing.

 

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