This is a calendar of events of interest to Los Angeles bankruptcy professionals. All start times are Pacific Time. If you would like an event to be posted on "the dog," please send your announcement to J. Scott Bovitz. Include the link to the registration page on your group's web site. Thank you.
December 1, 2025, amendments
• Bankruptcy Rules 3002.1 and 8006
• Official Forms 410S1, 410C13-M1, 410C13-M1R, 410C13-N, 410C13-NR, 410C13-M2, and 410C13-M2R (mortgage claim stuff)
Rule amendments: https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/pending-rules-and-forms-amendments
Form amendments: https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/pending-rules-and-forms-amendment/pending-or-recent-changes-bankruptcy-forms
November 20, in person
Financial Lawyers Conference, also sponsored by Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. Bankruptcy Transactional & Litigation Skills. Golubchik, Sahn, Agam, Bagdanov, Hays.
November 21, Zoom (on Zoom only due to government shutdown and transition)
Federal Bar Association. 22nd Annual Bankruptcy Ethics Symposium.
FOUR PROGRAMS:
1. AI Revolution: Transforming Legal Practice? Or Just Old-Fashioned Ethics?
2. Civility Through Their Eyes: Judges and Counsel in Conversation
3. The Ethics of Mediation: 30 Years of Lessons in Mediation
4. Insights on Implicit Bias: Statistics, War Stories, and Strategies
SPEAKERS:
• Honorable Sandra Klein, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
• Honorable Barry Russell, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
• Honorable Deborah Saltzman, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
• Honorable Erithe A. Smith, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
• Professor Nancy B. Rapoport, Garman Turner Gordon Professor of Law, Boyd School of Law, and Affiliate Professor of Business Law & Ethics, Lee Business School, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• J. Scott Bovitz, Bovitz & Spitzer
• Howard Ehrenberg, Greenspoon Marder
• Misty Perry Isaacson, MPI LAW, P.C.
• Dmitri Ragano, Director of Digital Platforms and Strategy, Hoag Health Systems
• Sharon Weiss, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
• Program Chair: Joseph Boufadel, Salvato Boufadel LLP
December 1, party
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, TMA SoCal Holiday Party, sponsored by Financial Lawyers Conference, Annual Holiday Party. Los Angeles (Drago).
December 8, Zoom
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California. Central Guide Informational Sessions.
December 11, party
OCBF. Annual Holiday Party. Irvine.
January 29-30, 2026
California Receivers Forum. Loyola XI seminar. Long Beach (Hyatt).
February 2
Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum. Distinguished Speaker Program. Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe: Complicity and Conscience in America's World War II Concentration Camps. Prof. Eric Muller.
February 6, 2026, openings in Northern District
"The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit invites applications from highly qualified candidates for two Bankruptcy Judgeships for the Northern District of California."
February 12, 2026, application deadline
Opening for a Los Angeles bankruptcy judge.
February 16, deadline for comments
"The Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure (Standing Committee) has proposed amendments to their respective rules and form and requested that the proposals be circulated to the bench, bar, and public for comment. The public comment period ends February 16, 2026. To view the proposed revisions, reports explaining the proposed changes, as well as information about submitting written comments or testimony at public hearings, please visit the Rules and Policies webpage on the U.S. Courts website at http://go.usa.gov/ypeJ."
KATHLEEN J. CAMPBELL
CLERK OF COURT
May 14-17, CBF
California Bankruptcy Forum. 38th Annual Insolvency Conference. Santa Rosa.