Brett Weiss

2023

• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Subchapter V: Nuts & Bolts, Washington, DC, April 2023
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys 2022-23 Caselaw Review, Washington, DC, April 2023

2022

• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Recent Changes to the Bankruptcy Code that Affect Your Practice, National Webinar, July 2022

2021

• San Fernando Valley Bar Association, WebinarSubchapter V Cases, One Year In, June 2021
• Maryland Legal Aid, Webinar Chapter 7 Basics, May 2021

2020

• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys 2022-23 Caselaw Review, Washington, DC, April 2023
• Max Gardner’s Boot Camps, National Webinar Nuts and Bolts of Chapter 13, October 2020
• Max Gardner’s Boot Camps, National Webinar Nuts and Bolts of Chapter 7, September 2020
• National Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Section, National Webinar Subchapter V of Chapter 11, July 2020
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Hollywood, California Full-Day Workshop: The New Chapter 11 Subchapter V Provisions, April 2020 (Cancelled due to Covid-19)
• MSBA Consumer Bankruptcy Section, Greenbelt, Maryland The Small Business Reorganization Act, April 2020 (Canceled due to Covid-19)
• Chapter 11/SBRA Boot Camp, Chicago, IL Four-day immersive Chapter 11 training, February-March 2020
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, National Webinar The New Chapter 11 Subchapter V Provisions, February 2020
• National Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Section, National Webinar Chapter 11 Basics, February 2020
• MSBA Consumer Bankruptcy Section, Greenbelt, Maryland Basics of Chapter 11 for Individuals, January 2020

2019

• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Puerto Rico Multi-Day Workshop: Chapter 11, Chapter 12 and new Small Business Act, December 2019
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Cleveland, Ohio Chapter 11, May 2019

2018

• National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, Miami, Florida Surrender or Retention of Secured Collateral and Potential Loss of Purchase Money Security Interest, June 2018
• Maryland Consumer Bankruptcy Section, Greenbelt, Maryland Mary Park McLean Brown Bag Seminar: Hourly Fees in Chapter 13 Cases, March 2018

2017

• Montgomery County Bar Association Bankruptcy for Non-Bankruptcy Attorneys, November 2017
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Orlando, Florida When a Chapter 13 Needs to be a Chapter 11 Getting Paid: Hourly vs. “No Look” Fees Tax Traps in Bankruptcy, May 2017
• Bankruptcy Bar Association of Maryland, Greenbelt, Maryland Judge Neil Gorsuch on Bankruptcy, February 2017

2016

• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, National Webinar Harris v. Viegelahn and Getting Paid, April 2016
• Bankruptcy Bar Association of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland What Happens to the DIP Account and Chapter 13 Escrow Funds Upon Conversion or Dismissal: Harris v. Viegelahn and its Progeny, March 2016

2015

• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, Greenbelt, Maryland Changes to the Official Bankruptcy Forms, November 2015
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Chicago, Illinois What to Do When You’ve Been “Schlehubered”: Involuntary Individual Conversions to Chapter 11, April 2015
• Bankruptcy Bar Association of Maryland, Bethesda, Maryland Involuntary Conversion of Individuals to Chapter 11, January 2015

2014

• American Bankruptcy Institute 10th Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, Cambridge, Maryland You and Me and Dependent Student Make Three: Consumer Hot Topics
• Same Sex Marriage Issues in Bankruptcy Involuntary Individual Chapter 11—Getting Paid or Involuntary Servitude? August 2014
• American Bankruptcy Institute, Washington, D.C. The 18th Annual Great Debates—Opponent
• Resolved: The Bankruptcy Rules and Forms Should Require That a National Chapter 13 Official Plan Form be Used in All Cases, April 2014
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, New York, New York Cross-Border Insolvency Issues in Consumer Bankruptcy
• Estate Planning Issues in Consumer Bankruptcy Current Issues in Chapter 11, April 2014

2013

• 36th Annual Bankruptcy Institute, Wilmington, North Carolina Individual Chapter 11 Cases After Maharaj—Making Sense of the Senseless, November 2013
• American Bankruptcy Institute, Alexandria, Virginia You Can’t Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy—Or Can You? November 2013
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, National Webinar Attorney’s Fees in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13, October 2013
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, New Orleans, Louisiana Attorney’s Fees in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13, October 2013
• Max Gardner’s Bankruptcy Boot Camp Basic Bankruptcy Training Series (13-hour in depth bankruptcy training videos), August-November 2013
• Max Gardner’s Bankruptcy Boot Camp, Los Angeles, California Chapter 11 Boot Camp, July 2013
• Bankruptcy Bar Association of Maryland, Annapolis, Maryland Same-Sex Marriage Issues in Bankruptcy Cases, May 2013
• Max Gardner’s Bankruptcy Boot Camp, Orlando, Florida Chapter 11 Boot Camp, April 2013
• Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, Atlanta, Georgia When a Chapter 13 Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda Been a Better Chapter 11, March 2013

2012

• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Ameila Island, Florida Testing the Chapter 11 and Business 13 Waters (2-day workshop), November 2012
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Columbia, Maryland Best Practices Seminar: Exemptions and Reaffirmation Agreements, October 2012
• Max Gardner’s Bankruptcy Boot Camp, Chicago, Illinois Chapter 11 Boot Camp, October 2012
• Testimony before the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on behalf of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Washington, D.C. Consumer Advocacy, August 2012
• Maryland State Bar Association, Ocean City, Maryland Establishment of Purchase Money Security Interests in Personal Property, June 2012
• Consumer Bankruptcy & Pro Bono/Debtor Assistance Project Chapter 13, March 2012

2011

• Howard County, Maryland Bar Association Bankruptcy and Domestic Relations, November 2011
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Colorado Springs, Colorado Brief Writing for the Busy Practitioner, October 2011
• Civil Justice Roundtable, Baltimore, Maryland Stern v. Marshall and Its Impact, September 2011
• Maryland State Bar Association Consumer Bankruptcy Section, Greenbelt, Maryland Ford Motor Credit Corp. v. Roberson—Groundbreaking or Irrelevant? August 2011
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Washington, D.C. Valuation Issues in Bankruptcy, April 2011
• Pro Bono Resource Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Consumer Bankruptcy for New Practitioners, March 2011
• Testimony before the Bankruptcy Rules Committee on behalf of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Washington, D.C. Proposed Rule 3001: Debt Buyer and Mortgage Lender Claims, February 2011

2010

• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, San Juan, Puerto Rico Plan Modifications, Stay Litigation and Chapter 13 Motions Practice, November 2010
• National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, New Orleans, Louisiana Supreme Court Case Review: Milavetz, Lanning, Schwab & Espinosa, October 2010
• Bankruptcy Bar Association of Maryland, National Harbor, Maryland Individual Bankruptcy Under Chapter 11, May 2010
• Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, Atlanta, Georgia Bankruptcy Relief for the Entrepreneur/Developer Chapter 13 vs. Chapter 11, March 2010
• MICPEL, Columbia, Maryland Chapter 13 Plan Modifications Discharge and Dischargeability, March 2010
• Maryland State Bar Association Consumer Bankruptcy Section, Columbia, Maryland Getting Your Chapter 13 Plan Confirmed, March 2010
• RTTV America, Television Interview HAMP Loan Modifications, March 2010

2009

• Brown Bag Lunch, Greenbelt, Maryland Open Questions in Chapter 13 Cases, November 2009
• 9th Annual Taxpayers Against Fraud (Qui Tam) Education Fund Conference, Washington, D.C. Bankruptcy Issues and the False Claims Act, October 2009
• Consumer Bankruptcy & Pro Bono/Debtor Assistance Project Best Practices for New Practitioners, October 2009
• Testimony before the U.S. Congress House Judiciary Committee An Undue Hardship? Discharging Educational Debt in Bankruptcy, September 2009
• Sacramento Valley Bankruptcy Forum, Sacramento, California Bankruptcy’s New Frontier: Individual Chapter 11’s after BAPCPA, August 2009
• National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, Boston, Massachusetts Evidentiary Issues in Consumer Real Estate Cases, July 2009
• Testimony before the U.S. Congress House Judiciary Committee Consumer Debt: Are Credit Cards Bankrupting Americans? April 2009
• Brown Bag Lunch, Greenbelt, Maryland Objecting to a Proof of Claim, April 2009
• Bankruptcy Bar Association of Maryland, Greenbelt, Maryland Individual Bankruptcy Under Chapter 11, February 2009

2008

• Brown Bag Lunch, Greenbelt, Maryland Chapter 11 vs. Chapter 13, November 2008
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Baltimore, Maryland Chapter 13 “Nuts and Bolts: Property of the Estate/Exemptions,” October 2008
• National Association for Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Hilton Head, SC Bankruptcy Litigation Techniques and Strategies Pre- and Post-Filing Issues Evidence Primer Appeals, Settlement, Collections and Mock Trial, October 2008
• AARP TV “Medical Bankruptcy,” October 2008
• MICPEL, Columbia, MarylandBest Practices for Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys in Maryland, July 2008
• Maryland State Bar Association, Ocean City, Maryland The Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Reversing the Hijacking of the American Dream, June 2008
• Bankruptcy Bar Association of Maryland, Annapolis, Maryland Ethical Transgressions in a Bankruptcy Practice, May 2008
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Hollywood, California Individual Chapter 11, May 2008

2007

• Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Institute, MICPEL, Columbia, Maryland Chapter 11 for Individuals Under BAPCPA Securitization Basics Tales from the Listserv and Blogs: FAQ’s and Baffling Issues, November 2007
• 22nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Institute on Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice, Charlottesville, Virginia Does the Failure to Extend the Stay Under § 362(C)(3) Lift It as to All Matters? What Lies Beneath the Surface: Frightening Issues in Chapters 7 and 13 Cases Individual Chapter 11, September 2007
• National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, Baltimore, Maryland Plan Modifications: Do the Trustee and Creditor Get Another Bite at the Income Apple? August 2007
• Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association 11th Annual Spring Break Weekend, Annapolis, Maryland Means Testing and US Trustee Audits, May 2007

2006

• Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Institute, MICPEL, Columbia, Maryland Structuring the Chapter 13 Plan Objecting to a Proof of Claim, November 2006
• Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association, Rockville, Maryland Due Diligence Under BAPCPA Household Size and Income Under the Means Test Phone Consultations Under BAPCPA, May 2006

2005
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• Brown Bag Lunch, Greenbelt, Maryland Section 521, BAPCPA and the “Fourth Option,” October 2005