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Fixing Broke: Consumer Bankruptcy Diary

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The Academy has just dropped two new podcast episodes – Do Not Engage Parts 1 & 2. Host Jody Bledsoe interviews Trustee Ed Maney and Attorney Ross Mumme regarding the Cestui Que Vie of Arizona. Entertaining for everyone but particularly educational for trustees who may run into this particularly difficult type of debtor. Wherever you listen to podcast, search “Fixing Broke: Consumer Bankruptcy Diary.” While there, leave a positive review!!
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Critical Case Comment – In the Windfalls Category

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Laurie Williams Selected as 2026 Recipient of the Judge Julie A. Robinson Award

April 19, 2026
Congratulations Laurie!!!!
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May 10, 2020
By Professor Nancy Rapoport, University of Nevada Dear Readers: Regina Logsdon has just asked me a great question: In this new world of Zoom, is it okay to record meetings? Video and audio? Permission needed? Does it vary state to state? We are living in a new normal, and video conferencing will continue to be part of our lives even...
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Unscheduled Creditor May Not File a Late Proof of Claim

July 14, 2019
By Beverly M. Burden, Standing Chapter 13 Trustee (Lexington, KY) An unscheduled creditor without notice of the bankruptcy case was denied an extension of time to file a proof of claim pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3002(c)(6)(A) in a recent opinion from the Eastern District of Kentucky. In the case of In re Fryman,1 the debtor did not include creditor Kentucky...
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Plan Confirmation, Valuation of Claims, and Burden of Proof

November 10, 2024
Some courts require debtors to prove collateral value as part of plan confirmation, while others shift the burden to creditors if debtors cast doubt on claim validity. Here Drummond looks at a new decision casting the burden on the debtor.
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Sugar’s Soured Misstep Equals Sanctions

April 6, 2025
Sanctions were appropriate against debtor’s counsel for advising the debtor that she could sell her residence without obtaining court approval as required by local rule when the residence had been listed as “exempt” in the petition and the plan provided that the property vested in the debtor at confirmation.
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Discharging Student Loans Under §523(a)(8)? Don’t Consolidate After Filing!

November 12, 2023
If you intend to seek to discharge student loans under §523(a)(8), do not consolidate the loans after the case is filed. Prebankruptcy planning is most important if one wishes to discharge student loans. A recent Texas Chapter 7 case highlights the pitfalls if one does not act accordingly. Debtors obtained 27 separate student loans prior to when they filed their...
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A Story of a Vermont Farm Community and a Chapter 12 Reorganization

April 5, 2026
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How My Law Firm Learned to Stop Leaving Money on the Table Part 1 – Looking at Bankruptcy Cases Differently

April 17, 2022
Mark Leffler, of the Boleman Law Firm in Virginia and also the current President of the Academy for Consumer Bankruptcy Education, begins a series of articles describing his firm’s development of a broader practice on behalf of consumer debtors. Look for subsequent parts of this series over the next few weeks. My fellow self-described consumer bankruptcy lawyers: you wield more...
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