The Portable Bankruptcy Code & Rules

by Henry, Sally McDonald

• ISBN13: 9781614388630
• ISBN10: 1614388636
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-02-07
• Publisher: American Bar Association

Summary

The Portable Bankruptcy Code & Rules, 2013 Edition is a convenient and updated portable compendium provides you with easy access to the Bankruptcy Code and Rule provisions including all the new changes that became effective through February 2013. This easy-to-use reference guide features page tabs and complete keyword indexes that guide you straight to material relevant to your case. The indices are useful to lawyers with diverse practices who use the Code, from the general practitioner who occasionally represents a Chapter 13 debtor, to the lawyer whose practice is almost exclusively bankruptcy related. Included in this edition are 2012 case law summaries affecting bankruptcy practice; what's coming from the U.S. Trustee Program; a notification about pending Congressional legislation that could affect bankruptcy cases, student loans, and mortgage modification. Contents include:
• Bankruptcy Code
• Titles 18 and 28
• Bankruptcy Code Index
• Bankruptcy Rules
• Bankruptcy Rules Index
• U.S. Trustee Guidelines
• Rules of Evidence

Author Biography

Sally McDonald Henry resides in Lubbock, Tx and is an assistant professor of law at Texas Tech School of Law. Prior to joining academia, she was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where she represented a diversified group of clients, including debtorsin-possession, secured and unsecured creditors, financially troubled companies, and Chapter 11 trustees, as well as entities that acquire assets from troubled or reorganizing companies. Her debtor and trustee representations included Coral Petroleum, Inc., A. H. Robins Co., Cardinal Industries, Inc., Levitz Furniture, Co., Vlasic Foods, International, Inc., Aurora Foods, Inc., Winn-Dixie, Inc., and Refco, Inc.