Bankruptcy Litigation Manual: What Civil Litigators Need to Know

by Deborah D. Williamson, Charles A. Beckham Jr., R. Scott Williams

Overview

This Manual provides the basic framework of bankruptcy litigation and is of particular use to civil litigators and other attorneys who do not have extensive experience in bankruptcy litigation. It can also serve as a quick reference tool for the more experienced bankruptcy attorney. The Manual provides a broad overview of bankruptcy; discusses the establishment of a claim in a bankruptcy case; highlights the effects of the bankruptcy petition, including retention of counsel and the automatic stay; outlines the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court; explores procedural considerations such as removal, remand and abstention; addresses discharge and dischargeability of debts; and highlights issues related to settlements. Recognizing the lack of uniformity in the courts and the concurrent jurisdiction that exists in many areas of the state and bankruptcy courts, this Manual is heavily annotated.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014389334
Publisher:	American Bankruptcy Institute
Publication date:	05/24/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	100
Sales rank:	824,593
File size:	403 KB

About the Author

Deborah D. Williamson is a shareholder with Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated in San Antonio, where she is head of the firm’s Creditors’ Rights, Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Department. Ms. Williamson is a former chair and past president of ABI as well as the former executive editor of the ABI Journal, for which she remains a contributing editor. She is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, San Antonio Bar Foundation and Texas Bar Foundation, and also served as chair of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. In 2007, Ms. Williamson was named one of the top five bankruptcy attorneys by Texas Lawyer, and she was recognized as one of the Top 100 “Super Lawyers” in the state of Texas by Texas Monthly for the past four years. She is also listed in the Chambers Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers, the Euromoney Guide to Insolvency Lawyers and the Best Lawyers in America. Ms. Williamson is licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas and the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. She received her J.D. cum laude from the University of Houston Law Center.

Charles A. Beckham Jr. is a partner at Haynes and Boone LLP in Houston and has more than 25 years of experience helping a broad spectrum of clients with bankruptcy and insolvency problems. Mr. Beckham has represented numerous debtors and creditors in energy and cross-border bankruptcy and insolvency cases in the United States and Mexico. He has been recognized for the last four years as one of the “Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of Texas” in Texas Monthly and is listed in the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers and in the Best Lawyers in America. He earned his B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and his J.D. at St. Mary’s University School of Law.

R. Scott Williams is a partner at Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker LLC in Birmingham, Ala., where he concentrates his practice in bankruptcy, reorganization and creditors’ rights and related commercial litigation. In 2007, Mr. Williams became the first practicing lawyer from Alabama to serve on the Board of Directors at ABI. He earned his B.A. at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign and his J.D. at the University of Alabama.