PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS

 

 

University of Kentucky CLE, “Biennial Consumer Bankruptcy Case Law & Rules Update” with Professor Christopher W. Frost, Lexington, KY (March 9, 2006)

 

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT), Spring Conference “Domestic Support Obligations (DSO)”, Phoenix, AZ (March 3, 2006)

 

BAPCPA Of 2005 - “From the Creditor’s Perspective”, Presentation to various creditors including western Kentucky banks and credit unions, with Todd A. Farmer, Paducah, KY (December 9, 2005)

 

Kentucky Bar Association (KBA), 2005 Kentucky Law Update “Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law or the General Practitioner” materials prepared C. R. Bowels, Jr. and Alan C. Stout, Paducah, KY (November 3, 2005)

 

University of Kentucky CLE, “Changes to Consumer Bankruptcy Practice-Chapter 7 Trustee

Duties” with Baker, Canary and Lyon, Lexington, Kentucky ( September 30, 2005)

 

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT), Annual Conference “Bankruptcy Reform Act:

Trustee  Compensation,  Business  Issues,  Means  Test  and  Due  Process”  with  Waldschmidt,

Hildebrand, Crocker, Ahern, and Swanson, New York City ( August 19th, 2005) 

           

University of Kentucky CLE, “Bankruptcy Law Update for Bank Counsel Review of Bankruptcy Reform Act” with Lee Polly Goff, Legal Issues for Financial Institutions Seminar, Lexington, Kentucky (April 15, 2005)

 

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT), Spring Conference “Bankruptcy Reform Act and How it will Impact Chapter 7 Trustees” with EOUST Director Lawrence Friedman, Robert H. Waldschmidt and Richard Steyer, Saint Petersburg, Florida (April 8th, 2005)

                                                                                               

Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys (KATA), “Bankruptcy and How It Interfaces with Personal Injury Law”, Teleconference seminar (materials adapted from Russ Wilkey and Joe Castlen), (October 26, 2004)

 

2004 Annual KBA Convention, “Bankruptcy Issues For Non-Bankruptcy Attorneys: How NOT to represent Your client in a Bankruptcy Proceeding,” Lexington, KY (June 2004) (with C. Bowles, L.D. DelCotto, M. G. Schaaf, M. Fiorella, T. Wise and S. Freeburger) (June 2004)

                                   

University of Kentucky CLE, “Issue Update: Important Cases, the New UCC’s Impact on Bankruptcy and Legislative Update (with Professor Frost and Professor Nowka), Lexington, Kentucky (May 2004)

 

United States Trustee Program, Chapter 7 Panel Trustee Training, “Trustee Professionalism” (with Felicia Turner, Clarkson McDow, and Jenice Golsen-Dunlap), National Bankruptcy Training Institute at the National Advocacy Center, University of South Carolina (May 2004)

 

Crittenden Health Systems “Introduction to Wills, Estates, and Gift-Planning,” Marion, Kentucky (March 2004)

 

Testimony before the Federal Judicial Conference Rules Committee- Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules; Administrative Office of the Courts, Thurgood Marshall Judicial Center, Washington, D.C. (January 30, 2004)

 

National Leadership of the French Judicial Administrators and Trustees (CNAJMJ) with representatives of the French Ministry of Justice, “U.S. Bankruptcy System from a Chapter 7 Trustee’s Prospective” (with Barbara Balaber-Strauss), French Embassy, Washington, D.C. (November 12, 2003)

 

Leadership Crittenden County, “Keynote Address,” Marion, Kentucky (September 23, 2003)

 

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees 2003 Annual Conference- Presided over Conference as President and made presentations on civil enforcement initiatives, bankruptcy reform legislation, and husband/wife trustee teams, Washington, D.C. (September 2003)

 

National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees Annual Conference “Overview of Civil Enforcement Initiatives” (with Lawrence Friedman, Sarah Kestler, and Judge Eugene Weedhoff), Chicago, Illinois (July 18, 2003)

 

Department of Justice United States Trustee Program “Bankruptcy Symposium I,” National Bankruptcy Training Institute at National Advocacy Center, University of South Carolina (May 14-May 15, 2003)

 

American Bankruptcy Institute, New York City Conference, “Civil Enforcement Initiatives”(with EOUST Director Lawrence Friedman, Judge Cecilia G. Morris, Martin Ochs, and Kenneth Silverman) (May 5, 2003)

 

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Spring Conference, “Status of Bankruptcy Reform Legislation,” Coral Gables, Florida (March 28, 2003)

 

West Kentucky Chapter of Credit Unions, “Bankruptcy Overview 2003," Paducah, Kentucky (March 13, 2003)

 

University of Kentucky CLE, “Biennial Case Law and Rules Update in Consumer Bankruptcy and Overview of National Trends”, (with Professor Christopher Frost), Lexington, Kentucky (December 12, 2002)

 

Department of Justice- U.S. Trustees Managers Conference, “Consumer Cases- Getting it Right” (with Judge Steven Rhodes, James Shulman, and Michael Baker), Santa Monica, California (November 20, 2002)

 

Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar, “Practicing on the Edge; Discharge, Denial, and/or Revocation; Civil Enforcement Initiatives” (with Pamela Maggied and Neal J. Weill), Cincinnati, Ohio (November 13, 2002)

 

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Annual Conference, Presided over conference, various presentations to Trustees and Trustee Assistants, Chapter 13 Trustee Executive Committee, and the EOUST, Vail, Colorado (August 2002)

 

Department of Justice-Senior Management of Executive Office of the United States Trustees, “Electronic Case Filing, Debtor ID, Civil Enforcement Initiatives, and Trustee Safety” (with Jim Boyd and Barbara Balaber-Strauss), Dallas, Texas (May 7, 2002)

 

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Annual Conference, “The Long and Winding Road-Status of Bankruptcy Reform Legislation Pending in Congress” (with Bob Waldschmidt, Richard Steyer, Lawrence Friedman, and Eugene Crane), Sanibel, Florida (September 7, 2001)

 

Department of Justice Meeting of United States Trustees Management, “Bankruptcy Reform Legislation From Chapter 7 Trustee’s Perspective,” Park City, Utah (May 2, 2001)

 

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Spring Education Seminar “High-Tech Bankruptcies-Where Has All the Venture Capital Gone?” Napa Valley, California (March 3, 2001)

 

University of Kentucky CLE, Consumer Law Update 2000 “Liquidation of Assets on the Internet by Trustees and Creditors,” Lexington, Kentucky (December 8, 2000)

 

Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar “Liquidation of Assets by Trustees on the Internet,” Cincinnati, Ohio (September 22, 2000)

 

Turnaround Management Association Annual Conference, “Small Business Turnarounds,” San Francisco, California (October 25, 1999)

 

National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Annual Conference, “The View from Washington-Legislative Update,” Conference Chair, Ashville, North Carolina (August 1999)

 

 

 

Consumer Credit Counseling Services Advisory Counsel, “Report on National Bankruptcy Review Commission, Pending Bankruptcy Legislation, and Bankruptcy Overview,” Paducah, Kentucky (May 13, 1998)