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)