The Lawyer’s Guide to Chapter 7 Bankruptcy (Including 1 hour of Ethics)
Susan’s background in public policy and advocacy make her well suited to be a bankruptcy attorney and to advocate on behalf of her Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 clients. She sees her role as a bankruptcy attorney as more than just filing a petition, as she works to resolve clients’ immediate problems and put them on a path towards financial wholeness.
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Program Summary
Session I - Foundations of Bankruptcy: Chapter 7 – Susan S. Blum
Foundations of Bankruptcy: Chapter 7 starts with the basics of bankruptcy and provides the understanding and tools needed to determine whether a consumer should file a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13. Taking you through the initial client interview and information and document gathering, Susan Blum will guide you through the bankruptcy petition, including the Statement of Financial Affairs and Schedules. She’ll discuss what the Means Test means and provide an overview of some Chapter 7 pitfalls. Finally, we’ll discuss 2 important bankruptcy topics, preferential payments and fraudulent transfers, and the treatment of taxes in bankruptcy. You’ll be ready to file a Chapter 7 after this session.
Key topics to be discussed:
- Determining which chapter of bankruptcy to file, Chapter 7 or Chapter 13
- Initial client interview, information gathering, required documents
- The bankruptcy petition, including statement of financial affairs and schedules
- The means test
- Other bankruptcy matters: Preferences / fraudulent transfers / tax debt
Session II – Ethics in Bankruptcy – Susan S. Blum
In her ethics in bankruptcy session, Susan Blum will give a comprehensive analysis of the ethical considerations in representing debtors and creditors in bankruptcy. In discussing competence; conflicts of interest; client communication and consent; confidentiality and disclosure issues; and fraudulent transfers, Ms. Blum will focus on the best practices in the area of ethics in bankruptcy. She will also provide different scenarios where ethics must be considered.
Key topics to be discussed:
- Model rules of professional conduct
- Competence and diligence
- Conflicts of interest
- Client communication and consent
- Confidentiality and disclosure issues
- Fraudulent transfers and preferential payments
This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.
Date / Time: April 25, 2025
- 1:00 pm – 4:20 pm Eastern
- 12:00 pm – 3:20 pm Central
- 11:00 am – 2:20 pm Mountain
- 10:00 am – 1:20 pm Pacific
Closed-captioning available
Speakers
Susan S. Blum | Blum Law Firm, LLC
Susan S. Blum of Blum Law Firm, LLC and Ginsberg Law Offices, P.C., focuses her practice on bankruptcy, with particular expertise with Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 filings. Susan also practices Social Security Disability, representing claimants in all phases of the social security disability process.
Susan earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Georgia State University College of Law. She has a BA in Political Science from Columbia College, Columbia University and a Master of Public Administration and Public Policy from New York University.
Susan’s background in public policy and advocacy make her well suited to be a bankruptcy attorney and to advocate on behalf of her Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 clients. She sees her role as a bankruptcy attorney as more than just filing a petition, as she works to resolve clients’ immediate problems and put them on a path towards financial wholeness.
Susan is a member in good standing of the State Bar of Georgia, the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the Superior Court of Fulton County.
Agenda
Session I – Foundations of Bankruptcy: Chapter 7 | 1:00pm – 3:10pm
- Determining which chapter of bankruptcy to file, Chapter 7 or Chapter 13
- Initial client interview, information gathering, required documents
Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm
- The bankruptcy petition, including statement of financial affairs and schedules
- The means test
- Other bankruptcy matters: Preferences / fraudulent transfers / tax debt
Break | 3:10pm – 3:20pm
Session II – Ethics in Bankruptcy | 3:20pm – 4:20pm
- Model rules of professional conduct
- Competence and diligence
- Conflicts of interest
- Client communication and consent
- Confidentiality and disclosure issues
- Fraudulent transfers and preferential payments
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