8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

The Initial Client Interview and Pre-Petition Advice

What you need to know to talk to your client prior to the bankruptcy process; ethical parameters, practical pre-petition planning and what your client needs to know; how to conduct the initial interview; what kinds of information your client needs to bring; and how to conduct an interview so that you don't miss anything.

- Richard J. Pearson, Prescott & Pearson, PA, New Brighton

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.

BREAK

10:15 - 11:30 a.m.

The Choice Between Chapter 7 & Chapter 13

Basic means testing and calculations; use of IRS Guidelines; U.S. Trustee positions; and means test issues.

- Ian Traquair Ball, Attorney at Law, Minneapolis

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Completing the Bankruptcy Petition, the Automatic Stay, and Preparing and Attending the 341 Meeting of Creditors

Key provisions of the bankruptcy code; overview of all the information that needs to be included on the petition and how it should be included; electronic filing; overview of the automatic stay including the general injunction, the exceptions, relief from the stay, application in Chapter 13 cases, and special rules.

- Terri A. Running, Attorney at Law, Saint Paul

12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

LUNCH (on your own)

1:15 - 2:45 p.m.

Assets and Exemptions; Schedules A, B, C, D and F

A look at the schedules concerning real property, personal property and property claimed as exempt; overview of co-provisions concerning assets and exemptions; comparison of state and federal law concerning assets and exemptions; key issues in the choice of exemptions; key property that is not exempt; overview and analysis of key provisions necessary to complete Schedules D and F; and an overview of creditors rights under the bankruptcy code and other existing state and federal law.

- Ron Lundquist, Attorney at Law, Eagan

2:45 - 3:00 p.m.

BREAK

3:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Ethics and Professionalism in Bankruptcy Practice

.5 ethics credit applied for

- Honorable Nancy C. Dreher, Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, District of Minnesota, Minneapolis
- Terri A. Running, Attorney at Law, Saint Paul

3:30 - 4:15 p.m.

Litigation in the Bankruptcy Court

What you need to know in motion practice and adversary proceedings - ranging from compliance with local rules to evidentiary issues.

- William J. Fisher, Gray Plant Mooty, PA, Minneapolis

4:15 - 5:00 p.m.

Statement of Affairs; Discharge and Dischargeability

Preferences, fraudulent transfers - duties to disclose and criminal issues.

- Andrea Cobery, Hoglund Chwialkowski & Mrozik, PLLC, Roseville