April 25, 2017
The monthly meeting for April, 2017 will be held on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at the San Antonio Country Club, at 4100 N. New Braunfels Ave., San Antonio, Texas.

Put down, for a little while, your Fiesta cascarones and make a dent in your Ethics CLE Requirement*.

The program will be Ethics: Issues Involving Counsel in Recent Bankruptcy Cases.   Our speakers are  Jim Rose and Kevin Epstein.  

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

* One hour Ethics Credit.

Attached is the Opinion entered by the District Court in Lowe V. DeBerry, holding that Frost applies to Chapter 7 cases.

Thanks to Rick Flume for sending this to the SABBA.;  and he makes his Thanks to Jackie Riemenschneider for bringing this to his attention. Mr. Flume is at Rick Flume, 210-930-7000, www.flumelaw.com.

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Members,

The editor has made these links further available, as they may be relevant to the presentation in February:

COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE Texas Western District Wide 13 Plan and Order Adopting HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MARCH 2, 2017 –  NOTICE LINK ; PROPOSED PLAN LINK

Case SCOTUS Harris v Viegelahn

Case WDTX District Court: In Re: Garcia

LINKS REGARDING TAX INFORMATION AND REFUNDS

1. Trustee’s Motion to Dismiss re Tax Returns
2. Annual Turnover of Tax Returns/Refunds
3. Sample Tax Return Letter

The monthly meeting for February, 2017 will be held on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at the San Antonio Country Club, at 4100 N. New Braunfels Ave.

Our speaker is Mary Viegelahn, the Chapter 13 Trustee for the San Antonio Division. The program will be “Current Issues in Chapter 13.”

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

Links:
Ms. Mary Viegelahn indicated that she will not have any “handouts” for the presentation; so listen closely and take notes!

Editor has included links that may be relevant, here:

Suggested Links

1. Post a Page with the 2017 Officers and contact information.
2.  Fill in the announcement of the January 2017 at http://sanantoniobankruptcybar.net/2017/01/17/january-2017-sabba-meeting/
3. Send email announcing the January meeting.  This can be done from DB has the list that Mr. Cain used for membership requests earlier in the month.
4. Post to request Speakers for future months.
5. Page for 2017 Bankruptcy Continuing Education and Conferences.
6. Post to request future members.
7. Consider establishing a Paypal account to accept payments online.

The Honorable Judge Gargotta is the guest speaker for SABBA on October 25, 2016 at 5:30 P.M. at the monthly meeting of the San Antonio Bar Association.

Picture by Federal Bar Association (http://www.fedbar.org/Sections/Bankruptcy-Law-Section/Recent-Events.aspx)

Please note that Judge Gargotta will discuss three bankruptcy cases wherein the Supreme Court has granted certiorari. In addition, Judge Gargotta will briefly discuss issues regarding compliance with local rules and new Chapter 13 Standing Order.

Looking forward to seeing everyone.

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The PowerPoint document can be requested from email sanantoniobankruptcybar@gmail.com

Attached is the PowerPoint document that Judge Gargotta will be using in the presentation:

San Antonio Bar Association presents Mary Elizabeth Heard, a senior attorney with Akin Gump on September 27, 2016.

Will speak on Tax Lien transfers. She discusses the Billings vs Propel Financial Services case in the United States Court of Appeals Circuit. Attached below is the case that she will discuss.

billings-vs-propel-financial-services