The hardest debts to discharge in bankruptcy—taxes, student loans, etc.—are the topic of a dinner program on July 17, 2012 hosted by the Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum (IEBF); and D. Edward Hays will be among the IEBF speakers on a
On April 17, 2012, Richard Marshack will speak at a dinner program sponsored by the Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section of the Orange County Bar Association (“OCBA”). The program begins at 5:30 p.m. and addresses the question—“How Absolute is the
Marshack Hays LLP is pleased to announce that D. Edward Hays has been selected for inclusion in Southern California Super Lawyers 2012. Recognition in this publication is a well-deserved honor attained by no more than 5% of the lawyers in
By D. Edward Hays: On January 14, 2012, Richard Marshack and I presented an hour-long program at the “20th Annual MCLE Last Dash & Trade Show″ Continuing Legal Education Marathon organized and sponsored by the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA).
Marshack Hays LLP is pleased to announce that Chad V. Haes has joined the firm as an associate attorney. Mr. Haes has a wide range of bankruptcy and litigation experience and also brings to his practice the perspective of a
We wish to congratulate Cynthia S. Conners on being inaugurated as Mayor of the City of Laguna Woods, California. Her inauguration comes after serving as the Mayor Pro Tem for the preceding year. Ms. Conners maintains a busy law practice
My partner, Ed Hays, will be presenting and speaking at the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum’s (OCBF) Trial Advocacy Program on Saturday, November 5, 2011, at the Chapman University School of Law. This program features, among other things, a mock non-dischargeability
In just a few days, on October 27, 2011, Ed Hays and I will be presenting a program along with Barry S. Engel at the 31st Annual Southern California Tax & Estate Planning Forum (SCT&EP) in San Diego. The program
Do inherited IRAs constitute “retirement funds” that may be exempted from a bankruptcy estate? This issue causes some consternation among bankruptcy trustees when debtors assert exemption claims on money they receive as an inheritance—money that they did not set aside
By Ed Hays: When a debtor re-files a bankruptcy petition within a year of dismissal, §362(c)(3)(A) ((Unless stated otherwise, all section references are to the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§101-1330.)) provides that the automatic stay “shall terminate with respect to
By Ed Hays: Trustee’s often face a procedural quagmire where debtors fail to accurately list or value assets and then seek to amend schedules and claims of exemption. Yet the Ninth Circuit BAP recently provided solace to trustees and creditors
By Richard Marshack: In a prior post, I began a review of when beneficial interests under spendthrift trusts may be reached as property of the estate in the Ninth Circuit. Today I’ll look more closely at the decisions in In
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