The Hon. David N. Naugle is retiring. You are invited to his retirement celebration at 4:00 p.m. on August 28, 2008 in the Riverside bankruptcy court. Get the details here.
"Update #1: On June 16, 2008, Chief Judge Vincent P. Zurzolo hosted a brown bag lunch & learn session. Thank you to all who attended and/or participated. The e-mail announcing the brown bag luncheon contained an attachment with guidelines that pertain to Judge Zurzolos' local practice for the handling of Section 362 Orders. Section I. - Copies of Proposed Order; Envelopes, has been modified to clarify that copies for mailing are no longer required for any Section 362 Order, whether lodged via LOU or at the intake window. An updated copy of Judge Zurzolos' guideline can be accessed from the court's web site by clicking on Information > Judges' Procedures/Information > Zurzolo, V. > Forms/Instructions/Procedures/Self-Calendaring > Instructions/Procedures > How to Get Section 362 Orders Entered and Served Correctly and Quickly.
Update #2: Section III, of the courts' CM/ECF Administrative Procedures has been modified to include a new subsection "E - Employee of Registered CM/ECF User." The new subsection allows an employee of a registered ECF User who has a CM/ECF password to submit an electronic signature solely for the purpose of verifying proofs of service of documents. The registered ECF User whose password was used to electronically file or lodge the document is responsible for the accuracy of the verification. For a full copy of the administrative procedures please go to the court's web site, at www.cacb.uscourts.gov, and click Electronic Systems & Status > CM/ECF home page > Procedures & Rules > Administrative Procedures.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact us at ECF_Support@cacb.uscourts.gov, or call the ECF Help Desk, at (213) 894-2365."
ATTENTION ECF USERS: Effective on Monday, June 30, 2008, the ECF Dictionary will be updated to reflect the following information: Case Opening Module: The Case Opening module has been modified to prevent ECF users from filing bankruptcy cases under Installment, Fee not Paid or IFP Filing Fee Waived. In addition to receiving a message stating that these type of filings need to be presented at the Intake counter, the user will be prevented from continuing with the electronic filing. Involuntary Petitions: Effective on this day, users will have the ability to file Involuntary Petitions (Chapter 7 and 11 only) electronically. The event can be accessed by selecting Bankruptcy >Open Involuntary Case. The applicable on-line procedures will be available on Monday, June 30, 2008, and will be accessible either from the ECF Main Menu > Online Manual, or from the Courts web site by selecting Electronic Services & Status > CM/ECF Home page > Procedures and Rules > ECF Procedures. Employee Income Record: The title of this event has been modified as follows: 1. Event code was modified to read: Debtor's Certification of Employment Income. 2. During the case opening process of incomplete (deficient) petitions, the document title on the second deficiency screen has been modified to read: Db Cert of Empl Income The Software providers were notified in advance of this up-coming change. NOTE: As of late, we have received quite a few petitions, presumably complete, however, the Employee Income Record (soon to be Debtor's Certification of Employment Income) is missing from the petitions. To remedy this situation, when filing the Debtor's Certification of Employment Income, you can use the optional Certification of Employee Income Record form posted on the Court's web site, or, if not using the form, the pay advices (pay statements) must be submitted with the petition at the time of filing.
Best Regards
Maria Soria
ECF Project Lead
(213) 894-6206"
On June 2, 2008, the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum hosted a fast paced dinner program with:
Hon. Sheri Bluebond
Hon. Samuel Bufford
Hon. Victoria Kaufman
Hon. Robert Kwan
Hon. Geraldine Mund
Hon. Kathleen Thompson
Hon. Maureen Tighe
The topic for the dinner program was "What the judges only wish we knew." The program was very well attended.
This was the last program of the 2007-2008 "school year." Good job, David Meadows (program chair)!
Here are the questions from the game show, starring 10 of our own judges in Indian Wells!
We truly appreciate the contributions from our sponsors. Our current list of sponsors is here.
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. Or, you can print the membership application here. If you have questions, please call Pat Garcia at (818) 972-5343.
The Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum and other local organizations are sponsoring 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 Mette Kurth (mkurth@sheppardmullin.com) or J. Scott Bovitz (bovitz@bovitz-spitzer.com). Thank you.
