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SECTION UPDATE SECTION UPDATE
The Bankruptcy Section is pleased to announce that the hon-
orable Judge W. Homer Drake, Jr. has been selected to receive
the American Inns of Court Foundation and Bankruptcy Inns
Alliance Distinguished Service Award for 2017. The award will
be presented to Judge Drake on Tuesday, October 10, 2017
at 8:45 a.m. as the opening part of that day’s session at the
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. Judge Drake’s
long-standing dedication to professionalism and civility made
him a natural choice for this honor. If you have any proposals for Bankruptcy Section activities or
projects, please contact any of the officers or board members.
We look forward to another great year and welcome your
participation.
BANKRUPTCY
BUSINESS AND FINANCE
First Breakfast Meeting
Registration is now open for the next Bankruptcy Section
Breakfast, which will take place on Wednesday, September 20,
2017 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The event will be held at the
offices of Troutman Sanders, LLP. The breakfast will include
a presentation by criminal defense attorney R. Alexander
Susor, entitled, “Traffic Stops: What Not to Do When You
Get Pulled Over. Tips from a Criminal Defense Attorney.”
We hope you will join us. Since the Elder Law Section does not meet during the sum-
mer months, our first breakfast meeting of 2017-2018 will be
on Wednesday, September 20 at the Buckhead Club. Patricia
Ammari of The Ammari Firm, LLC will speak on Georgia’s
new Uniform Power of Attorney Act and focus on the critical
issues that attorneys must address when representing seniors.
Speakers for our October and November meetings will be,
respectively, Keith Nabb, president of Affordable Medicare
Solutions, who will discuss what every elder law attorney
should know about Medicare Supplement and Medicare
Advantage Plans, and Anson Asbury of the Asbury Law Firm,
who will discuss common tax issues that older clients and
estates frequently face.
Registration is Open Joint CLE
Next Bankruptcy Section Breakfast
Registration is also open for the program entitled, “Everything
You Need to Know About the New Chapter 13 Plan.” In this
program, several judges and members of the Bankruptcy
Court's Bench & Bar Committee will be presenting on the new
Chapter 13 plan that will take effect in the Northern District
of Georgia on December 1, 2017. The event will be held at the
offices of Nelson Mullins on Wednesday, September 27, 2017
from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Save the Dates
Please save the dates for the following events.
• The Bankruptcy Section’s Annual Fall Social will be held on
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at JCT Kitchen. Judge Ray Mullins,
Chief Judge of the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District
of Georgia, will be honored at the event.
• The Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Year in Review CLE
program will be held on Friday, January 26, 2018 at the Capital
City Club Downtown.
• The Bankruptcy Section 2018 David W. Pollard Award &
Spring CLE Program will be held on Thursday, May 17, 2018.
The event will take place at the Ansley Golf Club.
On Thursday, February 1, 2018, we will sponsor “Planning for
the Decades of Life,” a joint event with the Estate Planning and
Probate Section and the Financial Planning Association of
Georgia that will offer attendees two hours of CLE credit and
be held at the offices of SignatureFD. Speakers will be Mark
Williamson of Alston & Bird, Murray Saylor of the Saylor
Law Firm, Patricia Ammari of The Ammari Firm, and Matt
Barber, a certified financial planner and chartered financial
analyst with SignatureFD.
Spring 2018
Section board members have also discussed possibly sponsor-
ing a joint luncheon with one or more sections in the Spring
on fiduciary issues as well as some joint social events. The
Elder Law Section has always been involved in many pro bono
activities and is also considering several avenues of service to
Atlanta’s senior community.
Linda S. Pacer
Pacer Law LLC
[email protected]
Bankruptcy Board of Directors
The Officers and Board members for the 2017-2018 year are:
Jeffery Cavender (Chair), Sage Sigler (Chair-Elect), B. Sum-
mer Chandler (Secretary), Melissa Davey (Treasurer), Alison
Elko Franklin (Immediate Past Chair), Vania Allen, Sameer
Kapoor, Howie Slomka, CC Schnapp, Gregory Taube, Bruce
Walker, Doroteya Wozniak (Members at large).
B. Summer Chandler
Visiting Assistant Professor
Georgia State University
[email protected]
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