Each year, the LABF honors Joe Bernfeld (one of its founders). At the Annual Joseph P. Bernfeld Distinguished Speakers Program, the LABF will take a broad look at California's rich heritage of esteemed bankruptcy firms and practitioners through the eyes and ears of this year's distinguished speaker, Hon. Randall J. Newsome (Ret.). Judge Newsome will speak about Western Pioneers in Bankruptcy Practice. Read more (or sign up) here.
"Appellate ECF in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will be unavailable from Saturday January 28, 2012 from 8:00 AM PST until Sunday January 29, 2012 at 5:00 PM PST for a system upgrade.
You will not be able to file any documents electronically during this time.
During this time, you will still be able to view the Ninth Circuit's docket using your PACER login.
Log into PACER from: https://ecf.ca9.uscourts.gov/cmecf/servlet/TransportRoom?servlet=CaseSearch.jsp
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit cmecf_ca9help@ca9.uscourts.gov"
"Appellate ECF in the 9th Circuit BAP will be unavailable from Saturday January 28, 2012 from 8:00 AM PST until Sunday January 29, 2012 at 5:00 PM PST for a system upgrade.
You will not be able to file any documents electronically during this time.
During this time,you will still be able to view the Ninth Circuit BAP's docket via your PACER login."
"ATTENTION ALL PETITION FILERS RE: REMINDER RE: Master Mailing List (List of Creditors) and List of Creditors in Text (.txt) Format
This is a reminder that when filing petitions electronically via the CM/ECF system, the Master Mailing List (List of Creditors) must be submitted as the last document to the petition PDF. Omitting this document will cause a deficiency notice to be issued by the court.
In addition, the electronic version of the List of Creditors must be uploaded in Text (.txt) format as an additional step once the petition has been filed. Omitting this step will cause a Notice of Dismissal of Case if Required Documents are not filed within 72 hours.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Best regards,
ECF Help Desk
(2130 894-2365"
Click here for a list of 2012 court (and Bovitz & Spitzer) holidays.
There are three bankruptcy judgeship openings in Arizona; here is the announcement. There is also one opening in the Northern District of California. Here is the application for Arizona. Here is the application for the Northern District of California.
Judge Peter Carroll has written a letter to thank the pro bono volunteers.
The Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum is an organization of bankruptcy professionals dedicated to the study of the bankruptcy laws of the United States and to the improvement of the practice of bankruptcy law in the Central District of California (focusing on the Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley divisions). Read the LABF mission statement at http://labankruptcyforum.org/mission/missionstatement.htm. If you would like to join the LABF or pay your dues on line, go to http://labankruptcyforum.org/team/members/application.htm for the membership/renewal application. If you have questions, please call Pat Garcia at (818) 972-5343.
We thank our 2011-2012 sponsors!
The Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum sponsors a clearinghouse/master calendar for local insolvency events at http://bankruptcydog.com. If you know of an event of interest to professionals in the Central District of California, please send the details to J. Scott Bovitz (bovitz@bovitz-spitzer.com). Please include a "deep link" to the sign up page on your organization's web site.
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