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Extreme Changes Are Coming Soon To California Consumer Bankruptcy Laws
(ContentDesk) September 4, 2005 -- lawyers have to learn how to practice under the extreme changes on Consumer imposed by the Amendments – The Abuse and Prevention Act of 2005, which became law in April 2005, and which apply to all cases filed on or after October 17, 2005.Los Angeles attorney Kathleen March, who was a judge in Los Angeles for a 14 year term, and who now runs her own law firm, The Law Firm, PC, in Los Angeles, is in demand to teach lawyers the new law changes.The Rutter Group, one of California's most respected legal education providers, is helping lawyers learn the new law in a hour seminar being presented in major California cities entitled "2005 Overhaul Has Become Law." This three hour program teaches lawyers the major changes imposed by the "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005." For all cases on or after October 17, 2005, the Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 will make filing more expensive for consumer debtors, put more requirements on consumer debtors before they can be eligible to receive a discharge, and restrict what types of debts can be discharged. The 2005 Amendments also contain increased liability provisions imposing personal liability on Consumer lawyers if they fail to reasonably investigate the facts before filing a case for a consumer debtor client, or if the lawyer files a Chapter 7 case for a client who can afford to pay back creditors through a Chapter 13 plan.This new Law makes it essential for consumers filing to have an attorney who has received intensive training on the requirements of the 2005 Law Amendments and is competent to represent consumer debtors under this new Law.Attorney Kathleen March wrote the "180 Minutes of Questions and Answers" for the Rutter Group Program to teach attorneys the major changes
imposed by the new Law, and was on the three person panel who taught the program in Los Angeles. The entire program was presented live in Los Angeles on June 28, 2005, and was video and audio taped by the Rutter Group. It is available for attorneys to purchase to learn the major changes imposed by the 2005 Law Amendments.March was a judge for 14 years in Los Angeles until 2002, when she completed her term and opened The Law Firm, PC, where she currently practices law full time, representing individual and small business debtors, particularly in Chapters 7 and 13. The Law Firm, PC, also represents creditors in all types of matters.Kathleen March will be teaching the 2005 Amendments to more lawyers in February 2006, for the Lorman Educational Dervices, which is an additional certified provider of continuing legal education for California attorneys. In the Lorman program, March will teach "means testing" required under the Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. She will also teach what requirements are imposed by the 2005 Amendments provisions making consumer debtor attorneys "Debt Relief Agencies," and the mew requirements consumer debtors must comply with in order to be eligible to receive a discharge, including mandatory credit counseling and mandatory debtor financial education.About Attorney Kathleen March – California Attorney and Former JudgeKathleen March is nationally dual certified by the American Board of Certification as a Consumer Law Specialist and as a Business Law Specialist. March has published several writings on topics. She currently practices law full time in Los Angeles for her own firm, The Law Firm, PC.For more information about Kathleen March and The Law Firm, PC, and for discussion of the 2005 Law Changes, visit www.bkylawfirm.com..
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