Past Events
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2024 PROGRAMS
August 8: OCBF Summer Social
August 1: Brown Bag, “Getting Your Chapter 13 Plan Confirmed”
Panelists:
Hon. Mark D. Houle – United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
Amrane Cohen – Chapter 13 Trustee
Anerio Altman – Lake Forest Bankruptcy
April 29: Zoom Webinar, “Show Me The Money – Do’s and Don’ts to Obtain Use of Cash Collateral and DIP Financing”
Panelists:
Honorable Mark D. Houle – U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Cathrine Castaldi – Partner, Brown Rudnick LLP
Garrick Hollander – Partner, Winthrop Golubow Hollander, LLP
Moderator:
Richard H. Golubow – Partner, Winthrop Golubow Hollander, LLP
April 25: TMA SoCal – OCBF Mixer
January 31: Zoom Webinar, “New Year’s Resolutions with the United States Trustee: Better Habits for Monthly Operating Reports”
A “Sieveke Series” Program
Panelists:
Marilyn Sorensen, Bankruptcy Analyst, United States Trustee’s Office
Marlene Fouche, Bankruptcy Auditor, United States Trustee’s Office
January 25: TMA SoCal – OCBF Mixer
2023 PROGRAMS
December 7: OCBF / OCBA CL&B Annual Holiday Party
Event Photos
October 17: Annual Judges’ Night
Featuring U.S. Bankruptcy Judges:
Hon. Theodor C. Albert, Chief Judge
Hon. Scott C. Clarkson
Hon. Mark D. Houle
October 3: Zoom Webinar, “Honest and Deserving Debtors? Good Faith in Bankruptcy in the Ninth Circuit and Beyond”
Panelists:
Hon. Scott C. Clarkson – United States Bankruptcy Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California
Jeffrey K. Garfinkle – Partner, Buchalter
Kimberly A. Posin – Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
September 21: TMA SoCal – OCBF Fall Mixer
September 14: Hybrid Event, “Worlds Collide: When Integrated Estate Planning Meets Bankruptcy”
Speakers:
Thomas H. Casey, Esq. – The Law Offices of Thomas H. Casey, Inc.
Jeffrey M. Verdon, Esq. – Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Moderator:
Laila Masud, Esq. – Marshack Hays LLP
August 10: OCBF Summer Social
June 28: Zoom Webinar, “Conduit Payments in Orange County Chapter 13 Plans”
“Sieveke Series” Program
Panelists:
Amrane Cohen – Chapter 13 Trustee
Anerio Altman – Lake Forest Bankruptcy
May 2: Hybrid Event, “Exploring Why Embracing LGBTQ Employees Should Matter to Everyone: Being Transgender is the Least Interesting Thing About My Child”
Speaker:
Jaime Shean, Esq. – Veros Real Estate Solutions
April 20: TMA SoCal – OCBF Mixer, “Cheers and Beers”
March 30: Zoom Webinar, “Bartenwerfer and 11 U.S.C. §523(a)(2)(A)”
“Sieveke Series” Program
Panelists:
Hon. Theodor C. Albert – U.S. Bankruptcy Court
J. Scott Bovitz – Bovitz & Spitzer
2022 PROGRAMS
December 8: OCBF / OCBA CL&B Annual Holiday Party
October 13: A Celebration of Our Orange County Judges
Celebrating:
Hon. Erithe A. Smith • Hon. Mark S. Wallace
Featuring:
Hon. Theodor C. Albert, Chief Judge
Hon. Scott C. Clarkson • Hon. Mark D. Houle
August 23: Zoom Webinar, “Getting Help Before Getting Out of Control”
A “Sieveke Series” Program
Speaker:
Greg Dorst J.D., CADC II – The Other Bar
August 18: OCBF Summer Social
July 19: Zoom Webinar, “Ethical Considerations in Entity and Insider Representation”
Inaugural “Sieveke Series” Program
Panelists:
Hon. Erithe A. Court – United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
Michael N. Nicastro – Nicastro & Associates
Michael T. O’Halloran – Law Office of Michael T. O’Halloran
March 16: Zoom Webinar, “Getting Paid Painlessly: How to Avoid Objections to Your Fee Applications”
Panelists:
Hon. Mark D. Houle – United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
Katherine C. Bunker – Office of the United States Trustee
Aaron J. Malo – Sheppard Mullin
David A. Wood – Marshack Hays
Moderated by Ashley M. Teesdale, Ringstad & Sanders
January 24: Zoom Webinar, “Redefining Success: It’s Not Your Mother’s Profession Anymore”
Speakers:
Hon. Erithe Smith – United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
Hon. Magdalena Reyes Bordeaux – United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
Kerry Moynihan – Owner, Moynihan Law Office
Cathrine Castaldi – Partner, Brown Rudnick
Amber Enriquez – General Counsel, ECOS Earth Friendly Products
2021 PROGRAMS
December 2: OCBF / OCBA CLB Annual Holiday Party
September 14: OCBF Fall Fiesta
May 6: Zoom Webinar, “Blockchain and Bankruptcy: Short term and long term observations of how blockchain technology can affect the law and practice of bankruptcy”
Speakers:
Jonathan Dunsmoor – Securities Attorney | Investor | Blockchain Believer
William J. Wall – The Wall Law Office
April 8: Zoom Webinar, “The Harried and Hassled Attorney: Combating Stress Through Understanding Brain Science, Embracing Adversity and Other Strategies”
Speakers:
Hon. Margaret M. Mann – Chief Bankruptcy Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of California
Hon. Mark S. Wallace – Bankruptcy Judge U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California
January 15: Zoom Webinar, “Commercial Landlord/Tenant Issues in the Era of a Pandemic”
Speakers:
Hon. Theodor C. Albert – U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Ivan M. Gold – Allen Matkins Leck Gamble & Mallory
Robert S. Marticello – Smiley Wang-Ekvall
Moderated by Marshall J. Hogan – Snell & Wilmer
2020 PROGRAMS
November 12: Zoom Webinar, “Battening Down the Tax Hatches for the Coming Economic Storm ~ Tips for Taxpayers Large and Small”
Speaker:
A. Lavar Taylor, Esq.
October 22: Zoom Meeting, “Judges’ Night: A Virtual Roundtable Discussion”
Speakers:
Chief Judge Maureen A. Tighe
Hon. Theodor C. Albert
Hon. Martin R. Barash
Hon. Sheri Bluebond
Hon. Scott C. Clarkson
Hon. Erithe A. Smith
September 10: Zoom Webinar, “Subchapter V … So Far”
Speakers:
Hon. Scott C. Clarkson – U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Caroline Djang, Esq. – Best Best & Krieger
Anerio V. Altman, Esq. – Lake Forest Bankruptcy
Rob Goe, Esq. – Goe Forsythe & Hodges LLP
Moderated by Donald W. Sieveke, Esq.
May 27: Zoom Webinar, “Bankruptcy 101: A Primer on Reorganization, Liquidation, and Creditor Issues in a Post-Covid World”
Speakers:
Lynda T. Bui – Shulman Bastian Friedman & Bui
Aaron J. Malo – Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Lei Lei Wang Ekvall – Smiley | Wang-Ekvall
Moderated by Hon. Scott H. Yun – United States Bankruptcy Court
2019 PROGRAMS
December 4: Holiday Party
November 7: Brown Bag, “Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Basics, Part 1: Successfully Launching Your Chapter 11 Petition”
Speakers:
Marilyn Sorensen, Bankruptcy Analyst, Office of the United States Trustee
Anerio V. Altman, Esq., Lake Forest Bankruptcy
September 24: “Analyzing the New National Standard for Discharge-Violation Contempt and Its Implications”
Speakers:
Hon. Mark S. Wallace, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Whitman L. Holt, Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP
September 19: Brown Bag, “Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Basics”
Speakers:
Amrane Cohen, Chapter 13 Trustee
Christopher Langley, Law Offices of Langley & Chang
August 19: “Detecting Psychopaths in the Legal Field”
Speaker:
Kathy Bazoian Phelps, Senior Counsel, Diamond McCarthy LLP
June 20: Brown Bag, “Bankruptcy Ethics”
Speakers:
Carole J. Buckner, Esq., Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Todd C. Ringstad, Esq., Ringstad & Sanders LLP
Donald W. Sieveke, Esq., Moderator
June 19: Summer Social at Pelican Hill
May 21: Brown Bag, “Insiders – In or Out?”
Speakers:
Hon. Mark S. Wallace, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Chad V. Haes, Esq., Marshack Hays LLP
Donald W. Sieveke, Esq., Moderator
April 30: “Leave it to the Experts: Selecting and Effectively Using (or Challenging) Expert Witnesses”
Speakers:
Hon. Autumn D. Spaeth, U.S. Magistrate Judge
Ali Matin, Bienert | Katzman PLC
Matthew D. Murphey, Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP
January 29: Brown Bag, “Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Basics Seminar”
Speakers:
Hon. Erithe A. Smith, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Michael N. Nicastro, Nicastro & Associates, P.C.
Karen Sue Naylor, Ringstad & Sanders, LLP
January 17: Behavioral Economics & Disrupting Bias
Speaker:
Ari Joseph, Director of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity; Brown Rudnick LLP
2018 PROGRAMS
December 12: Holiday Party
October 11: Annual Judges’ Night – Judges On Trial!
Speakers:
Hon. Theodor C. Albert
Hon. Neil W. Bason
Hon. Catherine E. Bauer
Hon. Erithe A. Smith
Hon. Mark Wallace
Moderator: Anerio V. Altman, Esq., Lake Forest Bankruptcy
September 27: No Whining – Lessons from the Premier Cru Liquidation
Speakers:
The Honorable William J. Lafferty, III, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California
J. Michael Issa, Glass Ratner
Mark Chavez, Esq., Chavez & Gertler, LLP
Moderator: Kyra Andrassy, Esq., Smiley Wang-Ekvall LLP
August 16: Brown Bag, “What is New in Chapter 13”
Speaker:
Amrane Cohen, Chapter 13 Trustee
July 12: Brown Bag, “Chapter 11 and Tax Issues: Everything You Need to Know about Avoiding an Objection from the United States of America”
Speakers:
Jolene Tanner, Assistant United States Attorney, Tax Division
Najah J. Shariff, Assistant United States Attorney, Tax
June 14: Brown Bag, “Bankruptcy Appeals – Jurisdiction and Finality of Orders and Judgments”
Speakers:
Hon. Meredith Jury, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Kevin Hoyt, Esq., Estes & Hoyt
Moderator: Ryan O’Dea, Esq., Shulman Hodges & Bastian, LLP
May 31: Brown Bag, “Attorneys Fee Compensation in Chapter 13 Cases”
Speakers:
Amrane Cohen, Chapter 13 Trustee
Misty Perry Isaacson, Esq., Pagter and Perry Isaacson, APLC
Anerio V. Altman, Esq., Lake Forest Bankruptcy
Moderator: Donald W. Sieveke, Esq.
April 4: Membership Mixer at Pelican Hill Resort
January 26: Competence MCLE: Mindfulness
Speakers:
Hon. Erithe Smith, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Kenneth N. Klee, Esq., Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP
Moderator: David A. Wood, Esq.
January 25: Brown Bag, “Oh Homestead – Where Art Thou?”
Speakers:
Hon. Theodor Albert, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Hon. Neil Bason, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
David Tilem, Esq.
2017 PROGRAMS
December 13: Holiday Party
November 16: Brown Bag, “How to Successfully Prosecute a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Using the New Forms (and Rules)”
Speakers:
Hon. Meredith Jury, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Hon. Catherine Bauer, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Amrane Cohen, Chapter 13 Trustee
October 5: Judges’ Night
Participating Judges Included:
Hon. Catherine E. Bauer
Hon. Neil Bason
Hon. Erithe A. Smith
Hon. Mark Wallace
June 29: Brown Bag, “Section 724 Decoded: A Primer for Chapter 7 Trustees and Attorneys”
Speakers:
Jolene Tanner, U.S. Attorney’s Office
David Wood, Marshack Hays LLP
Sean A. O’Keefe, O’Keefe & Associates Law Corporation
Moderator: Donald W. Sieveke
April 24: Brown Bag, “Loan Modification Management Program”
Speaker:
Hon. Martin R. Barash, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
April 20: The Impending Death of Brick and Mortar Retail as We Know It
Speakers:
Hon. Scott Yun, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
J. Michael Issa , GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC
Whitman L. Holt , Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP
Matthew G. Bouslog, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Moderator: Richard A. Marshack , Marshack Hays LLP
March 9: Brown Bag, “Mortgage Reaffirmation”
Speakers:
David E. McAllister, Esq., Aldridge Pite, LLP
Professor Katherine Porter, UCI School of Law
Moderator: Donald W. Sieveke