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Collier Forms Manual, Third Edition Revised

Get the most authoritative coverage of bankruptcy law in a time-saving compact ...


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Publisher :Matthew Bender
Format: 4 Volumes, Looseleaf, updated with revisions , BOOK
ISBN: 9780820512150
2007
  $713.00
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    The Collier Forms Manual, Third Edition Revised contains a comprehensive collection of forms for use in cases under Bankruptcy Code chapters 7, 9, 11, 12, and 13. Three volumes are devoted to forms for commercial bankruptcies, while two volumes focus on consumer bankruptcy forms. Organized topically accordingly to the day-to-day "tasks" performed by bankruptcy practitioners, each chapter includes collections of related forms accompanied by practical discussion and notes explaining the forms and their use.

    The comprehensive Collier Forms Manual includes:

  • Official bankruptcy forms and practice-tested litigation forms
  • Procedural considerations and practical advice on the use of the forms
  • The text of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee Notes, detailing periodic changes to the mandatory official bankruptcy forms. Relevant Bankruptcy Code and Rule citations in the form titles, allowing ease of reference by attorneys.

    In addition to containing the relevant forms, each part contains expert analysis, including helpful practical advice for successfully drafting and filing the forms. Up-to-date coverage of developments in bankruptcy practice and procedure ensures that the advice is based on the cutting edge of the law and the most up-to-date official forms.

    Collier Forms Manual, Third Edition Revised is also published as Volumes 11, 12, 12A, 13 and 13A of Collier on Bankruptcy, 15th Edition Revised.

    5 Volumes (3 commercial, 2 consumer); Looseleaf; updated with revisions.

FORMS: COMMERCIAL BANKRUPTCY
Part 1 Abandoning Property of the Estate
Part 2 Establishing the Attorney-Client Relationship
Part 3 Disclosure of Attorney's Fees

 

Resnick, Alan N.


ALAN N. RESNICK is the Benjamin Weintraub Distinguished Professor of Bankruptcy Law at Hofstra University School of Law in Hempstead, New York. Professor Resnick, who has taught for more than 25 years, is a nationally recognized authority on bankruptcy law.

Professor Resnick is also Of Counsel to the firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in New York City, where he regularly consults on bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring matters.

Professor Resnick was appointed by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist to serve as Reporter to the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States, a position he held from 1987 to 1999. He has been a member of the Advisory Committee since 1999. Professor Resnick also testified before congressional and National Bankruptcy Review Commission committees on various issues relating to bankruptcy legislation.

Professor Resnick's writings have been cited in more than 150 judicial opinions, including opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court. He is co-author of Weintraub & Resnick, Bankruptcy Law Manual (West) and is co-editor of Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978: A Legislative History (Wm. Hein). He has written numerous articles on bankruptcy and commercial law, including articles that have appeared in the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Banking Law Journal, Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Rutgers Law Review and William & Mary Law Review. He also is a frequent speaker at professional seminars and educational programs. He has lectured at Federal Judicial Center seminars for bankruptcy judges, at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and at various bar association programs. Professor Resnick has been on the faculty of the annual New York University Workshop on Bankruptcy and the faculty of the Uniform Commercial Code Institute in Washington, D.C.

Professor Resnick is an elected member of the National Bankruptcy Conference and the American Law Institute, and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is also an elected Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and serves as that organization's Scholar-in-Residence. He received his legal education at Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.) and Harvard Law School (LL.M.).

Sommer, Henry J.


HENRY J. SOMMER is a leading authority on consumer bankruptcy law and has litigated many major cases involving bankruptcy, consumer law, civil rights and other issues. He is the Supervising Attorney at the pro bono Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project in Philadelphia and formerly served as the head of the Consumer Law Project at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia. Mr. Sommer has also served as a Lecturer-in-Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Together with Alan N. Resnick, Mr. Sommer serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Collier on Bankruptcy, 15th Edition Revised and the Collier product line.

Mr. Sommer is the author of Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide (Matthew Bender), Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice (Nat'l Consumer Law Center), Consumer Bankruptcy (Wiley) and numerous articles on bankruptcy law. He is co-author of Collier Family Law and the Bankruptcy Code (Matthew Bender), Editor of Collier Bankruptcy Manual (Matthew Bender 3d ed. rev.) and a contributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Law (Matthew Bender).

From 1991 to 1998, Mr. Sommer was a member of the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States. He has testified on many occasions before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, as well as the National Bankruptcy Review Commission, on bankruptcy and consumer law issues and has appeared as a bankruptcy expert on national and local television and radio shows. He has served on the faculty of numerous continuing legal education programs, including those presented by the Federal Judicial Center, NYU Law School, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, the Executive Office of U.S. Trustees, ALI-ABA, the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees, the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the ABA Family Law Section.

Mr. Sommer is an elected member of the American Law Institute and the National Bankruptcy Conference, for which he served as Reporter for the Bankruptcy Code Review Project's Working Group on Individual Debtors. In addition, he is an elected Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He currently serves as the President of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and Vice President of the Coalition for Consumer Bankruptcy Debtor Education. He is the former Chair of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference and a former member of the Federal Reserve Board Consumer Advisory Council.

Mr. Sommer was the first recipient of the National Consumer Law Center's Vern Countryman Consumer Law Award. He received his legal education from Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude).

 

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