Monthly Archives: August 2017

Save the Date – Western District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference will be held on April 11-13, 2018

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SAVE THE DATE!

The Western District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference will be held on April 11-13, 2018 at Horseshoe Bay Resort in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. This seminar will offer a unique ability for you to get to know the Western District Bankruptcy Judges, Law Clerks, Trustees and fellow Bankruptcy Lawyers in an educational and social setting. The seminar will be one of the most affordable bankruptcy conferences available and will feature great CLE from the Western District of Texas Bankruptcy Judges and other attorneys. Professor Jay Westbrook, University of Texas’ Bankruptcy Law Professor, has agreed to be our keynote luncheon speaker at the Conference. Attendees will also have the opportunity to join the “team” of one of the four Western District Bankruptcy Judges and participate in a miniature golf tournament on Wednesday evening, April 11th. On Thursday evening, attendees and their guests can also attend a tour, wine tasting and dinner at a local vineyard. So, please mark your calendar and plan on attending this upcoming Conference. A Conference brochure will be emailed and sent later, but please mark your calendar and plan on joining your Judges, Trustees and fellow bankruptcy lawyers in Horseshoe Bay next year!
Vanessa DeLeon Guerrero
Comptroller & Senior Staff Attorney
Office of the Chapter 13 Trustee, Western District of Texas (San Antonio)
Mary K. Viegelahn, Trustee
10500 Heritage Blvd., Ste. 201
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(210)824-1460

August 2017 Meeting – Michael O’Connor Speaks on “Legal Malpractice”

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The monthly meeting for August, 2017 will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at the San Antonio Country Club, at 4100 N. New Braunfels Ave., San Antonio, Texas.

Social begins at 5:00 p.m., followed by an informative presentation at 5:30 p.m.

Map to San Antonio Country Club.

 

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The August presentation by Michael O’Connor will be on LEGAL MALPRACTICE and includes .5 ETHICS MCLE Credit

Michael O’Connor practices in San Antonio, Texas, principally in the area of Business Bankruptcy, Civil Trial, and Business Organizations.

He will be speaking on the latest cases and concerns in order to avoid Legal Malpractice for the practitioner.

Mr. O’Connor has provided this list of cases:  SABBA August 2017 Paper Legal Malpractice

Please click, and open, for review or download.

 

 

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MICHAEL O’CONNOR:

Background

Michael O’Connor began practicing law in 1985 with Branton & Hall, PC, a civil litigation firm founded by former State Bar of Texas President James L. Branton. During his employment he had the opportunity to try cases varying from product liability and aviation damages cases to deceptive trade and insurance litigation cases.  He became board certified in Civil Trial Law five years later in 1990.  From 1989 to 1995 he was litigation counsel for a Chapter 7 Trustee, practicing almost exclusively in the areas of bankruptcy litigation and commercial litigation prior to opening his own practice in 1995.

Education

Michael O’Connor is a 1985 graduate of St. Mary’s University Law School and was licensed to practice law in the State of Texas in November 1985. He received his BBA degree from the University of Iowa in 1979. He passed the CPA exam in Iowa in 1980 and practiced as a CPA in Iowa prior to enrolling in law school.

Publications

Author, Family Limited Partnerships and LLCs Creditors’ Rights & Remedies, 2008 Eplanners Estate Planning Seminar
Author, Home Equity Loan Litigation, 2005, San Antonio Bankruptcy Bar Association
Author, Bankruptcy Litigation and Family Law, 2001, Mexican American Bar Association of San Antonio
Author, Bankruptcy Overview, 1999, Mexican American Bar Association of San Antonio
Author, Bankruptcy Appeals 1994, Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Seminar, State Bar of Texas
Author, Changes in the Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 1990, San Antonio Bankruptcy Bar Association
Co-Author, How to Make it Admissible 1986, Tactics and Techniques Seminar, State Bar of Texas

Published Opinions
Zacharie v. U.S. Natural Resources, 94 S.W.3d 748 (Tex. App. San Antonio 2002)
Basin Credit Consultants v. Obregon, 2 S.W.3d 372 (Tex. App. San Antonio 1999)
Ransom v. Center for Health Care Services, 2 S.W.3d 643 (Tex. App. San Antonio 1999)

 

“If I owe you a pound, I have a problem, If I owe you a million pounds, the problem is yours.” John Maynard Keynes
“If I owe you a pound, I have a problem, If I owe you a million pounds, the problem is yours.”
John Maynard Keynes

Information lifted from http://www.oconnorlawtx.com/