Ethics And Professional Compensation Committee

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Post date: Sunday, August 01, 2010
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Richard P. Carmody [1]

You have been hired to represent a secured lender in a bankruptcy case. Thankfully, the lender took a lien on collateral with a value greatly exceeding the amount of the debt, and the loan documents provide coverage for legal fees and expenses.

Post date: Tuesday, December 01, 2009

In a nondischargeability action under 11 U.S.C. §523(a)(2)(A) against an attorney by his client, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that attorney Harold Riebesell could not discharge a loan made to him by his client in his chapter 7 case where he failed to disclose his perilous financial condition to his client. Johnson v.

Post date: Monday, May 05, 2008

Cases—like seasons—come and go. What remains is the indelible mark left by the professional footprint of counsel.

Post date: Saturday, March 01, 2008

Cases—like seasons—come and go. What remains is the indelible mark left by the professional footprint of counsel. Long after the mediation is concluded, the plan confirmed, the jury discharged, the defendant sentenced, the loan closed, the adoption granted and file retired, there will remain both intended and unintended impressions and appreciations of the parties and their counsel.

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Ms. B. Summer Chandler
Co-Chair
LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Baton Rouge, LA
(404) 307-2754

Ms. Sarah Primrose
Co-Chair
King & Spalding LLP
Atlanta, GA
(404) 572-2734

Ms. Daniela Mondragon
Communications Manager
Reed Smith LLP
Houston, TX
(713) 469-3622

Mr. Adam D. Herring
Education Director
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Atlanta, GA
(404) 322-6143

Ms. Leanne McKnight Prendergast
Membership Relations Director
Pierson Ferdinand LLP
Jacksonville, FL
(904) 479-6612

Ms. Hayley J. Franklin
Newsletter Editor
Stewart Robbins Brown & Altazan
Baton Rouge, LA
(225) 571-8414

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