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

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11th Annual Northern California Bankruptcy Conference
Date: March 23 & 24, 2012
Place: Hyatt Regency, Sacramento
Click here for info and registration

MCLE: approximately 12 hours including 1 hour of ethics and 1 hour of substance abuse

The Friday evening reception will be back by popular demand!

Past Programs

Ask The Judges
Date: Thursday, October 27, 5:00 - 8:00 PM
Place: Hyatt Regency, Sacramento

Foreclosure Defense
Date: Friday, August 19, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
          Saturday, August 20, 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Place: Hyatt Regency, Sacramento

How to Get it Right - The First Time - Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Chapters 7 & 13
Date: Friday, July 8, 2011
Registration 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Educational Programs 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Place: University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law Lecture Hall

The Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Institute
Date: Tuesday, February 22 - Thursday, February 24, 2011
Place: Hyatt Regency, Sacramento

With Faculty: Judge Keith Lundin, Hank Hildebrand, Chapter :13 Trustee, Judge William Brown (Retired), Richardo Kilpatrick, Esq.
 

10th Annual Bankruptcy Conference
Date: Friday, February 25 - Saturday, February 26, 2011
Place: Hyatt Regency, Sacramento
MCLE: 12 hours of MCLE credit will be provided

Featuring: Judge Keith Lundin, Hank Hildebrand, Retired Judge William Brown and case law update.  Conference Brochure

SVBF Summer Program
Date: September 30, 2010
Place: Sheraton Grand, Sacramento
MCLE: Up to 5.75 hours of MCLE credit available

This program will cover the following topics:

  • Bankers' Panel: Dealing with the Troubled Commercial Borrower (Or: "What's Driving the Bank That's Driving You Crazy")
  • Key Confirmation Issues in the Individual Chapter 11 Case
  • Keynote Speaker, Ron Greenspan (FTI Consulting): Subordination of Senior Lender Liens in Bankruptcy
  • Receivers' Panel: The Interplay (or is it "The War") Between Bankruptcy and Receivership
  • Efficient Discovery Practice in Contested Matters and Adversary Proceedings
Click here for registration information.

Ask the Judges
Date: November 3, 2010, 6:30 p.m.
Place: Hyatt Regency, Sacramento
MCLE: TBA
Featuring: TBA

Please save the date for this program and further details will be announced later.

If you have any questions regarding future events, please contact SVBF President Anthony Asebedo


Past Programs

How To Get It Right - The First Time
Date: Friday, August 6, 2010
Place: McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento
MCLE: Up to 5 hours of MCLE credit available

This low cost, comprehensive six hour workshop will cover:
  • Common Mistakes with Eletronic Document Filing
  • Ethics
  • Pre-filing Meetings with the Client
  • Preparing Bankruptcy Paperwork
  • Motion Practice


9th Annual Northern California Bankruptcy Conference
Date: February 19-20, 2010
Place: Hyatt Regency, Sacramento
MCLE: Up to 12 hours of MCLE credit available, including 1 hour of ethics and 1 hour of substance abuse

This annual two-day conference promises to be as educational as past programs. This year the program includes:
  • Author and columnist Liz Pulliam Weston speaking on The Economy and Bankruptcy: An Overview
  • Counsel for the National Consumer Law Center Tara Twomey discussing Mortgages and Mortgage Servicing
  • Foreclosure Defense and Other Alternatives to Bankruptcy
  • Chapter 7 and 13 Means Test
  • Tax Issues and Your Client
  • Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
  • Judge Eugene Wedoff ~ A Special Presentation
  • Ethics
  • Judges' Roundtable


Distressed Real Estate Summit: California
Date: February 4, 2010
Place: Westin Bonaventure - Los Angeles

The California Bankruptcy Forum is a co-host of this program covering distressed real estate in California. To register, contact GreenPearl Events at (646) 862-6136, events@GreenPearl.com.



Ask the Judges
Date: November 3, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
Place: Hyatt Regency, Sacramento
MCLE: 1 hour of MCLE credit available
Featuring: Judges Klein, McManus, Holman, Bardwil and Lee



SVBF 2009 Summer Program
Date: August 21, 2009, 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Place: Hyatt Regency, Sacramento
MCLE: Up to 5.75 hours of MCLE credit available

The SVBF 2009 Summer Program will cover the following topics:
  • Bankruptcy: A Practicum
  • Loan Modification Issues: A Review of California Law, State Bar Rules & Current Trends
  • Bankruptcy's New Frontier: Individual Chapter 11's after BAPCPA
  • Cash Collateral: Using Cash in Bankruptcy and Not Getting Burned
  • Post Discharge Problems


8th Annual Norther California Bankruptcy Conference
Date: February 27-28, 2009
Place: Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento
MCLE: Up to 12 hours of MCLE credit available, including 1 hour of ethics and 1 hour of bias

This annual two-day conference promises to be as educational as past programs. This year the program included the following topics:
  • Case Law Updates by Judges Lundin and Brown and Trustee Hank Hildebrand
  • Pending Legistation Review
  • Chapter 7 Means Testing
  • Ethics and Bias Programs
  • Assistant U.S. Trustee Panel
  • Judges Roundtable


Ask the Judges Dinner Program
Date: November 6, 2008
Place: Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento
MCLE: 1 hour of MCLE credit available


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


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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