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The SVBF sponsors many programs throughout the year. Visit this website often for notices of upcoming programs. Current programs include:
Upcoming Programs
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
Click here for registration materials
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.
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If you have any questions regarding future events, please contact SVBF President
Marilyn R. Bessey
Past Programs
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
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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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