The monthly meeting for July, 2024 will be held on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 as an ONLINE CONFERENCE. Zoom invitation is included in the email sent out with this announcement.
Social* begins at 5:00 p.m., followed by an informative presentation at 5:30 p.m.
*(Comestibles and libations are the participant’s own responsibility).
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The presentation for July, 2024 is “Chapter 7 Trustees’ Panel.”
Current Chapter 7 Trustees taking assignments in the San Antonio Division of the Western District of of Texas are:
John Patrick Lowe, Chapter 7 Panel Trustee 2402 East Main Street Uvalde, Texas 78801 (830) 407-5115
Randolph N. Osherow, Chapter 7 Panel Trustee 342 West Woodlawn, Suite 100 San Antonio, Texas 78212 (210) 738-3001
Jose C. Rodriguez, Chapter 7 Panel Trustee 342 W. Woodlawn, #103 San Antonio, Texas 78212 (210) 738-8881
Johnny W. Thomas, Chapter 7 Panel Trustee St. Paul Square 1153 East Commerce San Antonio, Texas 78205 (210) 226-5888
The monthly meeting for June, 2024 will be held on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 as an ONLINE CONFERENCE (by request of the speaker). Zoom invitation will be in an email notification to be sent on Tuesday.
Social* begins at 5:00 p.m., followed by an informative presentation at 5:30 p.m.
*(Comestibles and libations are the participant’s own responsibility).
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The presentation for June, 2024 is “The New Frontier: Generative AI in the Law and in the Courtroom”, presented by Eugene Volokh, from the UCLA School of Law.
Eugene Volokh teaches First Amendment law and a First Amendment amicus brief clinic at UCLA School of Law, where he has also often taught copyright law, criminal law, tort law, and a seminar on firearms regulation policy.
Before coming to UCLA, he clerked for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court and for Judge Alex Kozinski on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Volokh is the author of the textbooks The First Amendment and Related Statutes (6th ed. 2016), and Academic Legal Writing (5th ed. 2013), as well as over 90 law review articles. He is a member of The American Law Institute, a member of the American Heritage Dictionary Usage Panel, and the founder and coauthor of The Volokh Conspiracy, a leading legal blog. His law review articles have been cited by opinions in eight Supreme Court cases and several hundred court opinions in total, as well as several thousand scholarly articles.
Volokh worked for 12 years as a computer programmer. He graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in math-computer science at age 15, and has written many articles on computer software. Volokh was born in the USSR; his family emigrated to the U.S. when he was seven years old.
Articles by Mr. Volokh regarding AI include:
Freedom of Speech and AI Output (with Mark A. Lemley and Peter S. Henderson), 3 J. Free Speech L. 651 (2023). Full Text
Large Libel Models? Liability for AI Output, 3 J. Free Speech L. 489 (2023). Full Text
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Information contained herein, and a list of Mr. Volokh’s other publications and activities are at: UCLA Faculty Information Link.
The monthly meeting for May, 2024, will be held on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 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.
Please join us on May 28, 2024, for our SABBA meeting where Assistant U.S. Trustee Aubrey Thomas will provide important information regarding the rollout of Zoom § 341 Meetings. Our session will cover a variety of topics like how to connect to a Zoom meeting, best practices for participating in a virtual meeting, and debtor ID verification. Attached are important handouts that will be discussed during the training session.
Please bring a smart phone, tablet, or laptop computer because at the end of the presentation, all participants will have an opportunity to log into a zoom 341 meeting room. If you plan to use a smart phone, be sure to download the Zoom application onto your device before attending the training. Special thanks to Trustees Viegelahn and Rodriguez for making a live practice possible.
Best,
Aubrey L. Thomas Assistant United States Trustee United States Department of Justice Office of The United States Trustee 615 E. Houston Street, Suite 533 San Antonio, TX 78205 Aubrey.Thomas@usdoj.gov 202-527-5701 Mobile
The monthly meeting for April, 2024, will be held on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024 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.
The presentation for April, 2024 will be “Recent Bankruptcy Opinions That Raise Various Ethical Concerns”, presented by trial attorneys Jim Rose, Erin Coughlin, and Shane Flannery of the U.S. Trustee Program.
The monthly meeting for March, 2024 will be held on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 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.
The monthly meeting for November, 2023, will be held on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 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.
The presentation for November is: Bankruptcy Headlines and News, plus “Name That Trustee” Top Ten, by Judge Ronald B. King, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas.
The monthly meeting for October, 2023, will be held on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 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.
The presentation this month will be Top Cases from WDTX, by the Honorable Craig A. Gargotta, Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Texas.
The monthly meeting for September, 2023, will be held on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 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.
The topic for the SABBA Meeting for September will be:
“Keep Your Business From Being Hacked
Three Simple Mistakes Business Owners Make With Their Data That No One Is Talking About””
presented by Neal Juern .
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Neal Juern is the President and CEO of Juern Technology now known as 7tech, a cybersecurity and IT firm based out of San Antonio, Texas providing IT services and security to small and mid-size businesses with internal IT departments for over 10 years now.
Neal is passionate about educating businesses on how to decrease their threat surface so they can run faster, easier, and more profitably. Neal knows the challenges that small and large organizations face in cybersecurity and protecting the investment they make in their IT infrastructure. In addition to his role at 7tech, Neal serves on the advisory board for top industry vendors and enjoys contributing to the community.
You may have heard of some of their clients, including Meals on Wheels, Angel Staffing, Valcor Commercial Real Estate, and VA Electrical Contractors.
Neal has helped 7tech become a highly rated IT services firm and award-winning cybersecurity company receiving accolades such as Clutch Leader awards for Top IT Services and Top Cybersecurity Services Companies; twice being named among the fastest growing companies in the nation by Inc. 5000, and a Top Worldwide MSP on the MSP501 list.
Contact information: Juern Technology IT Services, Support, & Cybersecurity for Texas
I.T. Computer Support San Antonio: 2546 MacArthur View San Antonio, TX 78217 Phone: (210) 864-5572 Email:info@juerntech.com
The monthly meeting for August, 2023, will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 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.
