The struggles of the economy continue to affect governmental entities in their roles from tax collector, to regulator, to collector of funds owed to its citizens, and even to its own status as an economic actor with amounts owed to other parties. The current reduction in revenues at a time of growing needs make it even more imperative that every effort be made to collect the amounts due and owing to the government. This year, accordingly, in addition to covering the full panoply of new and continuing bankruptcy issues, the curriculum has also been revised and expanded to include more than a full day of sessions dealing with collection issues prior to bankruptcy. The topics include an analysis of the use of receivers; pre-planning of enforcement activities to make settlements and judgments “bankruptcy proof;” use of tools such as garnishment and execution to be able to actually collect on settlements and judgments that are entered into; and consideration of when and how to bring third parties into the litigation who may be both liable and financially capable of satisfying those judgments. These pre-bankruptcy tools are integrated into the bankruptcy curriculum because they are the background against which bankruptcy cases proceed and often determine how well the government will succeed if a bankruptcy is later filed. Understanding those interrelationships is key to your office being able to collect your state’s revenues and enforce its laws as far as possible, despite a respondent’s bankruptcy filing.
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Bankruptcy and Collection Issues: Protecting Government Resources and the States’ Citizens During Economic Turmoil
The struggles of the economy continue to affect governmental entities in their roles from tax collector, to regulator, to collector of funds owed to its citizens, and even to its own status as an economic actor with amounts owed to other parties. The current reduction in revenues at a time of growing needs make it even more imperative that every effort be made to collect the amounts due and owing to the government. This year, accordingly, in addition to covering the full panoply of new and continuing bankruptcy issues, the curriculum has also been revised and expanded to include more than a full day of sessions dealing with collection issues prior to bankruptcy. The topics include an analysis of the use of receivers; pre-planning of enforcement activities to make settlements and judgments “bankruptcy proof;” use of tools such as garnishment and execution to be able to actually collect on settlements and judgments that are entered into; and consideration of when and how to bring third parties into the litigation who may be both liable and financially capable of satisfying those judgments. These pre-bankruptcy tools are integrated into the bankruptcy curriculum because they are the background against which bankruptcy cases proceed and often determine how well the government will succeed if a bankruptcy is later filed. Understanding those interrelationships is key to your office being able to collect your state’s revenues and enforce its laws as far as possible, despite a respondent’s bankruptcy filing.
Fee Requirements
The fee for the seminar is $525; a reduced fee of $475 will be available until September 23, 2010. In addition, to encourage the greatest possible participation from your offices, we will be be offering a discount of $100 per registration for groups of three or more persons from the same office, registering at the same time.
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Course Nomination
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Bankruptcy and Collection Issues: Protecting Government Resources and the States’ Citizens During Economic Turmoil.
Register By
Friday, September 23, 2011
Karen Cordry
NAAG Bankruptcy Counsel
kcordry@naag.org
(202) 326-6025