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September 24 presentation:
Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys' Association. Recovering the Repoed Vehicle. Esbin, Lively, Tilem. Los Angeles.
September 28 lunch:
Beverly Hills Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section and the Entertainment law Section. Pitfalls and Opportunities: What to Expect When Entertainment Industry Celebrities and Distributors File Bankruptcy. Davidoff, Lieberman. Beverly Hills.
September 29 lunch:
California Receivers Forum LA/OC Chapter. Business Development for Receivers and their Support Professionals in a Receivership Downturn. Chillar, Haboucha, Mirman, Stapleton, Ormond. Costa Mesa.
September 29 to October 2 conference:
California State Bar Annual Meeting. Consumer law update program with Avery, Hayes. San Diego.
October 5 (Wednesday) Monday Night Lawyer Movie Club Unless It's On Tuesday -- probably Deepwater Horizon:
Every now and then, members of the "Monday Night Lawyer Movie Club Unless It's On Tuesday" gather for a quick bite (usually around 6:00 p.m.) and watch the latest film (usually around 7:30 p.m.) at the Regal Cinema (at L.A. Live, by Staples) or the Arclight in Hollywood. For upcoming film selections, dates, and times, visit bankruptcydog.com or send a note to bovitz@bovitz-spitzer.com.
October 13 lunch:
Orange County Bar Association, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section. Structured Dismissals and Gift Plans: An Exercise in Judicial Efficiency or Improper Subversion of the Bankruptcy Code? Hon. Smith, Bastian, O'Dea
October 15 presentation:
Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys' Association. Anatomy of a Chapter 7 Asset Case. Avery, McGoldrick, Hagen, Havkin.
October 18 lunch:
Bar Association of San Francisco, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Section. Common evidentiary mistakes. Hon. Russell, Bovitz. San Francisco.
October 26-29 conference:
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. San Francisco.
November 3 lunch:
Beverly Hills Bar Association. Trusts. Hon. Saltzman, Wallach, Zwicker.
November 3 dinner:
Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys' Association.2016 Calvin Ashland Awards Dinner (David A. Gill, trustee of the year). Los Angeles.
November 7 board meeting:
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. Board meeting. Los Angeles (Greenberg & Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP, 1900 Avenue of the Stars, 21st Floor).
November 10 lunch:
California Receivers Forum LA/OC Chapter. Judges' Panel Lunch. Pasternak and Hons. Chalfant, Hogue, Strobel. Los Angeles.
November 14 lunch:
Annual ADR (mediation) lunch. TBA. Hon. Barry Russell.
November 18 seminar:
Federal Bar Association. Annual Bankruptcy Ethics Symposium. Boufadel (chair), Bovitz, Salvato, and many more. Los Angeles (Roybal, second floor).
December 1-3 conference:
American Bankruptcy Institute. Winter Leadership Conference (with a special CONSUMER CONNECT program directed to consumer practitioners). Rancho Palos Verdes.
December 5 holiday party and tribute:
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum and other sponsoring groups. Holiday party and retirement tribute to Hon. Thomas B. Donovan. Los Angeles.
January 10, 2017 (Tuesday) board meeting:
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. Board meeting, 6:00 p.m. Los Angeles (Greenberg & Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP, 1900 Avenue of the Stars, 21st Floor).
January 28:
Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys' Association. 11th Annual Review of 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Decisions. Hon. Zurzolo, Hon. Taylor, Hayes. Los Angeles.
February, 6, 2017 Berfeld dinner:
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. Joe Bernfeld speaker dinner. Los Angeles.
March 6 board meeting:
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. Board meeting, 6:00 p.m. Los Angeles (Greenberg & Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP, 1900 Avenue of the Stars, 21st Floor).
April 24 dinner:
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. Dinner program. Los Angeles.
May 8 board meeting:
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. Board meeting, 6:00 p.m. Los Angeles (Greenberg & Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP, 1900 Avenue of the Stars, 21st Floor).
June 5 dinner:
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. Annual night with the bankruptcy judges. Los Angeles. (Also Bovitz' birthday.)