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

Education

Publications

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)

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

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!

VETERANS BANKRUPTCY CLINIC

Sponsored by the San Antonio Bar Association Community Justice Program, the San Antonio Bankruptcy Bar Association, the Bankruptcy Section of the State Bar of Texas and the San Antonio Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

September 19, 2017

5:30-8:30 pm

ST. JOSEPH’S SOCIETY HALL

420 E. CESAR CHAVEZ

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78204

A bankruptcy clinic for veterans of the United States Armed Forces in need of legal advice and representation in bankruptcy matters will be held on September 19, 2017. The clinic is an excellent opportunity to provide much needed pro bono services to those who have served their Country.

We are currently recruiting attorneys to staff the clinic and agree to meet with potential clients, give advice and to potentially take a consumer case. If you cannot agree to take a case, we would still like you to volunteer to meet with potential clients and give advice.

Additionally, St. Mary’s University School of Law students volunteering with the Bankruptcy Pro Bono Project will be available to be paired with volunteer attorneys to work individual Chapter 7 cases. Training for staffing the clinic and handling Chapter 7 or 13 cases will be held: Monday, August 7, 2017 11 AM, in Courtroom 3 on 5^th Floor of the Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building & Courthouse, 615 E. Houston St. Sandwiches will be provided, so let us know if you will be attending.

Please contact Beth Smith at 210-731-9177 or beth@egsmithlaw.com for more information or to sign up to serve.

The monthly meeting for July, 2017 will be held on Tuesday, July 25, 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.

San Antonio Country Club map.

Tuesday, July 25, 2017.

Behind the Chambers Door: What Law Clerks Really Want You to Know About Presenting Your Case.”
Amber Fly, Law Clerk to the Honorable Ronald B. King
Audrey Leeder, Law Clerk to the Honorable Ronald B. King

Megan Young, Law Clerk to the Honorable Craig A. Gargotta
Sarah Nickodam, Law Clerk to the Honorable Craig A. Gargotta

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picture courtesy http://www.lawyerswithdepression.com/

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