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The SVBF sponsors many programs throughout the year. Visit this website often for notices of upcoming programs. Current programs include:


Reprenting Clients with Distressed Properties? The Real Estate, Tax and State Law Every Bankruptcy Practicioner Should Know
Date: August 15, 2008
Place: Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento
MCLE: 4.25 hours of MCLE credit available

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7th Annual Northern California Bankruptcy Conference
Date: February 22-23, 2008
Place: Radisson Hotel, Sacramento
MCLE: Up to 12 hours of MCLE credit available, including 1.5 hours of ethics and 1 hour of substance abuse
This annual two-day conference has been a wonderful success in years past. This year the program included the following topics:
  • Substance Abuse
  • Chapter 7 Means Testing—A Case Update
  • Ninth Circuit BAP Judges’ Mock Court
  • BAPCPA, Ethics and Malpractice
  • Credit Issues
  • 524(i) and RESPA
  • Ethics Through the Looking Glass
  • Chapter 13 Trustee Panel




20th Annual California Bankruptcy Conference
Date: May 16-18, 2008
Place: Hyatt Grand Champions Resort, Indian Wells
  • Keynote Speaker Wilbur Ross
  • Buying and Selling Trouble Companies
  • Securitization Transactions
  • Ethical Issues for Bankruptcy Attorneys
  • Judges' Roundtable - Venue of Business Bankruptcy Cases
  • Internet Ponzi Schemes
  • Judges' Panel - Bankruptcy Squares
  • Consumer Track Program on Chapter 7 and Chapter 13




Ask the Judges Dinner Program
Date: November 14, 2007, 5:30p.m.
Place: Embassy Suites
MCLE: 1 hour of MCLE credit available
Featuring: Judges McManus, Klein, Holman, Lee and Bardwil



Chapter 13 and 7 Practice After BAPCPA
Date: August 17, 2007, 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Place: McGeorge School of Law
MCLE: Up to 3.5 hours of MCLE credit available
This program will cover the following topics:
  • What You Need to Know to Get a Chapter 13 Plan Confirmed
  • U.S. Trustee Audits
  • Lien Stripping/910 Claims




6th Annual Northern California Bankruptcy Conference
Date: February 9-10, 2007
Place: Radisson Hotel, Sacramento
MCLE: Up to 12.25 hours of MCLE credit available, including 1 hour of ethics and 1 hour of bias
This annual two-day conference has been a wonderful success in years past. This year the program included the following topics:
  • Means Test
  • Case Law Updates after BAPCPA
  • Marketing and Technology
  • Ethics
  • 910 Claims and Other Hot Topics
  • Chapters 7, 11, and 13 Tax Issues
  • Bias
  • Chapter 11 Matters
  • Judge's Roundtable



Deposition Disasters and How to Avoid Them
Date: November 16, 2006
Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
Place: Radisson Hotel, Sacramento
MCLE: Up to 1.5 hours of MCLE and CE credit available



A Judges’ Roundtable Addressing: The Ten Most Common, Avoidable Mistakes in Trial and Law and Motion Matters
Date: October 13, 2006
Time: 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Place: McGeorge School of Law
MCLE: Up to 3 hours of MCLE and CE credit available




5th Annual Northern California Bankruptcy Conference
Date: February 10-11, 2006
Place: Radisson Hotel, Sacramento
MCLE: Up to 12.5 hours of MCLE credit available, including 1 hour of ethics and 1 hour of substance abuse. This annual two-day conference has been a smashing success in years past. This year the program included the following topics:
  • “Current Hot Topics,” by Judge Thomas F. Waldron
  • Prefiling Debt Counseling and Post Filing Debtor Education
  • Credit Issues in Bankruptcy
  • Consumer Bankruptcy Under the New Code
  • Chapter 11 as an Alternative to 7 or 13
  • Ethics under the New Code
  • Chapter 7 Trustee's Panel
  • Bad Faith Chapter 11's
  • Substance Abuse
  • Chapter 13 Trustee's Panel
  • Judge's Roundtable


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