January 24, 2012 Anaheim, CA

Continuing Legal Education
Live CLE | Bankruptcy 101: Critical Issues and Chapter 13 Plan

CLE - Continuing Legal Education Credit Course - Forclosure Defense SeminarKnowing how to utilize a Chapter 13 bankruptcy on behalf of your client during foreclosure is an effective, but complicated tactic employed by lawyers. Continuing Legal Education CLE Credit Course - Special Offer

 

In this CLE, you will learn how to deal with issues of automatic stay, mortgage modifications and proof of claim, along with lien stripping issues such as statutory and case law, execution and post plan completion.

 

Our experienced presenters will help explain how a Chapter 13 bankruptcy can be the best option for a homeowner in the midst of foreclosure proceedings.

 

The following Key topics will be discussed:

  • Addressing Strategic Defaults
  • Essentials of the Stay
  • Plan Treatment of Mortgages in Chapter 13
  • Lien Stripping Statutory and Case Law Basis
  • Post Plan Completion and Discharge
  • Completing the Chapter 13 Local Plan Form
  • Separately Classifying Creditors Such as Student Loans

 

Agenda

01:00 – 01:30

Registration

   

01:30 – 02:00

State-Specific Foreclosure Laws

 

• Judicial vs. Non-Judicial States
• Addressing Strategic Default (Is There Equity? Can the Client Afford the House? Household Budget)

 

 

02:00 – 02:30

Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

 

• Essentials of the Stay (When to File, When is it Too Late, Does it Exist for This Client?)
• Ascertaining Client Objectives

   

02:30 – 03:00

Curing Defaults in a Chapter 13 Plan

 

• Right to cure under §1322(c)
• Plan treatment of mortgages in Chapter 13

   

03:00 – 03:45

Lien Stripping

 

• Statutory and case law basis
• Planning considerations
• Execution
• Potential issues
• Post Plan completion and Discharge

 

 

03:45 – 04:00

Break

 

 

04:00 – 05:00

Structuring the Chapter 13 Plan

 

• Use the right form
• Completing the Local Plan Form
• Secured
• Priority
• Unsecured
• Separately Classifying Creditors such as Student Loans
• Other Provisions - Trustee required provisions and additional language that should be used


CLE Course Speakers:

Michael H. Raichelson
cle credit course speaker

Attorney Michael H. Raichelson

Law Offices of Michael H. Raichelson - Anaheim, CA

 

Michael Raichelson grew up in the Los Angeles area and has been practicing law for more than 17 years, focusing on all aspects of bankruptcy, business, and commercial disputes.  He is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the California Bankruptcy Forum, and the Los Angeles County Bankruptcy Forum. He is also a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the San Fernando Valley Bar Association.

 

Michael Raichelson has been involved in numerous bankruptcy cases throughout Southern California, with clients located in Los Angeles, Kern, Santa Barbara, Orange, Riverside, and Ventura counties.  He has also tried numerous jury and non-jury trials, and he has represented clients in arbitration proceedings.

 

Mr. Raichelson graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science.  He received his law degree, cum laude, from Pepperdine University School of Law.  Since then, he has taught numerous paralegal and legal classes and lectured to elementary, junior high school, and high school students regarding their legal rights and responsibilities.  As an attorney-coach for the Constitutional Rights Foundation, he educated high school students concerning trial skills, and he has also served on the Board of Governors for United Cerebral Palsy.

 

Mr. Raichelson also has substantial experience in complex litigation, representing clients throughout the United States in state and federal courts, including the federal multi-district court. He previously worked for firms specializing in real estate litigation, as well as for a full-service multi-state law firm.  He has represented countless consumers in bankruptcy, and he has also represented real estate developers and brokers, mortgage and escrow companies, contractors, law firms, banks, insurers, and corporate directors and officers.

Register online or call: (800) 648-8604

Live CLE • Bankruptcy 101: Critical Issues and Chapter 13 Plan

January 24, 2012 Anaheim, CA
CLE Credit Course in Anaheim, CA

Credits:

Total CA Cle credits: 3.25 Hours

This course has been submitted for approval to the California State Bar-final approval pending.

 

Location:

Sheraton Anaheim Hotel

900 South Disneyland Drive
Anaheim, California 92802

Directions

 

Time:

Start 01:30 PM – Finish 05:00 PM

 

Tuition:

$200 First Registrant

Add Associate $100 dollars*
Add Paralegal $100 dollars*

$125 Young Lawyers - Under 4 years acceptance to the Bar.**

*Young Lawyers with under 4 years acceptance to the Bar may use the coupon code YL75 to receive the $75 discount when checking out.
**Discounts can not be combined
.

 

 

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Receive a copy of the complete audio recording of this live CLE along with the Power Point and materials. (Audio recordings are made available approximately 2 weeks after completion of the live CLE.)

 

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