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Alan Hochheiser
Douglas Leney
Richard Feinsilver
Trev Peterson
Candace Carlyon
With Alan C. Hochheiser from Maurice Wutscher LLP + 4 others

Wed, Jun 10, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

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Overview

Navigating Filing Procedures, Plan Confirmation, and Creditor Claims

This intensive course provides a fundamental understanding of the U.S. business bankruptcy system, focusing primarily on Chapter 11 reorganizations. Navigate the lifecycle of a case, from the initial pre-filing assessment and the immediate impact of the automatic stay, through the critical "First Day" motions, the tools available to both debtors and creditors, and the essentials of the plan confirmation process. Gain the essential procedural knowledge needed to competently advise clients who are facing - or are owed money by - an insolvent business. Register today!

  • Discover the foundational laws and critical pre-filing due diligence for distressed businesses.
  • Leverage "First Day" motions, DIP financing, and contract powers for operational viability.
  • Gain strategies to protect creditor rights, lift the stay, and defend against avoidance actions.
  • Navigate plan confirmation requirements.
  • Clarify mandatory ethics rules for conflicts of interest in business bankruptcy.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Business Bankruptcy: Key Chapters, Stays, and Pre-Filing Steps
  2. The Debtor's Tools and First Day Motions
  3. Creditors' Rights and Remedies in Business Bankruptcies
  4. Plan Treatment, Objections, and Confirmation
  5. Personal Exposure for Officers, Directors, and Owners
  6. Ethical Traps for the Unwary

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Credits Available
Credit Status Total
California MCLE Paralegal Approved 6 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
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 7.2 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 7 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
Arizona CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
New York CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
Washington CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
Wisconsin CPE for Accountants Approved 7.2 Total
Delaware Certified Paralegal Program Approved 6 Total
Florida Registered Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Indiana Paralegal CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals Approved 6 Total
CPE for Accountants/NASBA Approved 7 Total
North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of Approved 6 Total
Ohio Certified Paralegals Approved 6 Total
NFPA Approved 0 Total
Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division Approved 6 Total
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  1. Business Bankruptcy: Key Chapters, Stays, and Pre-Filing Steps

    1. The Statutory Ecosystem: Chapters 7, 11, 13, and 15
    2. Subchapter V (SBRA): Eligibility, Trustee Role, and Simplified Plan Process
    3. Voluntary vs. Involuntary
    4. The Automatic Stay
    5. Pre-Filing Due Diligence Checklist
    6. Notice of Bankruptcy Filing

  2. The Debtor's Tools and First Day Motions

    1. DIP (Debtor-in-Possession) Status and Professional Retention
    2. Cash Collateral and DIP Financing
    3. Executory Contracts and Leases: Assume, Assign or Reject?
    4. Debtor's Initial Motions (With Samples)

  3. Creditors' Rights and Remedies in Business Bankruptcies

    1. Seeking Relief From Stay
    2. Secured Creditor Rights and Remedies
    3. Unsecured Creditor Claims
    4. Creditors' Committees
    5. Filing a Proof of Claim (With a Sample Form)
    6. Avoidance Actions: Fraudulent and Preferential Transfer Claims

  4. Plan Treatment, Objections, and Confirmation

    1. The Disclosure Statement and Solicitation
    2. Sales Under § 363
    3. Creditor Objections
    4. Confirmation Requirements: Best Interests Test, Feasibility, and "Cramdown"
    5. Subchapter V (SBRA): Eligibility, Trustee Role, and Simplified Plan Process

  5. Personal Exposure for Officers, Directors, and Owners

  6. Ethical Traps for the Unwary

    1. Conflicts of Interest in Representing Affiliated Entities
    2. Attorney Fees
    3. Required Disclosures vs. Client Confidentiality
    4. Duty of Candor and Pre-Filing Fraudulent Conduct of the Filing Business

Who Should Attend

This legal guide is designed for attorneys. Accountants, fiduciaries, creditors, and paralegals will also benefit.

Speakers

Alan C Hochheiser
Alan C.
Hochheiser
Maurice Wutscher LLP
Douglas G Leney
Douglas G.
Leney
Archer & Greiner P.C.
Richard S Feinsilver
Richard S.
Feinsilver
Richard Feinsilver Esq.
Trev E Peterson
Trev E.
Peterson
Knudsen Law Firm
Candace C Carlyon
Candace C.
Carlyon
Carlyon CiCa CHTD.
Speaker bio
Alan C Hochheiser

Alan C. Hochheiser

Maurice Wutscher LLP
Alan 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 co-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).

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Douglas G Leney

Douglas G. Leney

Archer & Greiner P.C.
Douglas Leney

is a partner in Archer & Greiner P.C.'s Litigation Department, concentrating his practice in matters involving bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, and debtor/creditor rights. He is a trusted advisor to debtors, trustees, creditors' committees, unsecured creditors, and secured creditors in Chapter 11 reorganization and sale cases, Chapter 7 cases, Chapter 15 international proceedings, and related adversary proceedings, including avoidance actions involving claims of preferences and fraudulent transfers, as well as complex proceedings involving breaches of fiduciary duties by former officers and directors. Mr. Leney also represents various parties in non-bankruptcy state and federal court matters, ranging from commercial disputes and foreclosures to cases arising under various statutory regimes, including the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). He has significant experience in representing banks, private lenders, and asset-based lenders in connection with loan inception and closing, as well as workouts and forbearance, inter-creditor arrangements, and related litigation. In conjunction with Archer's Corporate Department, Mr. Leney issues legal opinions related to commercial lending transactions, including non-consolidation and "true sale" opinions. He earned his J.D. degree from Rutgers University Newark School of Law and is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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Richard S Feinsilver

Richard S. Feinsilver

Richard Feinsilver Esq.
Richard Feinsilver

is a solo practitioner with multiple offices where he focuses his practice on bankruptcy law, debtor/creditor and real estate law. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Feinsilver was employed in the financial services industry for more than ten years in various capacities, focusing in the areas of consumer credit and real estate financing. Over the past 22 years, he has represented in excess of 5,000 clients in the prosecution of consumer and business bankruptcy proceedings. Mr. Feinsilver is a member of the New York State, Nassau County and Queens County bar associations. He is admitted to practice law in the state of New York and before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Feinsilver earned his B.A. degree from St. John's University in Queens and his J.D. degree from New York Law School in New York.

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Trev E Peterson

Trev E. Peterson

Knudsen Law Firm
Trev Peterson

is a partner with Knudsen Law Firm. He has more than 40 years of experience in the commercial and real estate lending, real estate, bankruptcy, foreclosure, and commercial litigation practice areas. Mr. Peterson has represented lenders in cases under Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13 of the bankruptcy code. He is a frequent speaker at seminars involving lending, bankruptcy and foreclosure. Mr. Peterson is a member of the American, Nebraska State, and Lincoln bar associations; and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He is a fellow in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and Litigation Counsel of America, as well as a past president of the Banking Law Section and Bankruptcy Section of the Nebraska State Bar Association. Mr. Peterson earned his B.A. degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and his J.D. degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law.

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Candace C Carlyon

Candace C. Carlyon

Carlyon CiCa CHTD.
Candace Carlyon

is an owner and attorney at Carlyon CiCa CHTD. She has over three decades of legal experience, including representation of a myriad of constituencies in commercial reorganization and credit restructuring matters. Ms. Carlyon is a tenacious litigator, representing clients in complex commercial litigation matters, including fraud, contract, deficiency, business disputes and receiverships. She also conducts mediations and serves as a pro tempore short trial judge for the Eighth Judicial District Court. She has been certified as a commercial bankruptcy specialist by the American Board of Certification of Bankruptcy and Commercial Rights Specialists since 1994 and is a past president of that organization. She has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America since 1996, and has held an A-V rating, the highest available, since 1989. She earned her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Loyola Marymount University and her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Pepperdine University School of Law.

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