The Cutting Edge: Hot Topics and Cool Trends

Friday, December 9th

Time 12:00 PM-12:30 PM ET

Presented by: Tara Twomey, Esq.

Tara will plumb the depths of current consumer bankruptcy issues identified by NCBRC, NACBA’s amicus project including the latest on the McCoy rule, the application of judicial estoppel to unlisted claims, the dischargeability of restitution and court debt, debt for dirt (paying claims with property of the estate), vesting, and more.

More About Tara: 

Tara Twomey is the Amicus Project Director for the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and currently Of Counsel to the National Consumer Law Center. She is currently a Lecturer in Law at Stanford, and has previously lectured at Harvard and Boston College Law Schools. Tara is a former Clinical Instructor at the Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School where her practice focused, in part, on sustainable homeownership for low- and moderate-income homeowners. She is a contributing author of several books published by the National Consumer Law Center including, Foreclosures: Defenses, Workouts and Mortgage Servicing and Bankruptcy Basics. Ms. Twomey is also a co-principal investigator, along with Professor Katherine M. Porter of the University of Iowa, for a national study examining mortgage claims in consumer bankruptcy cases.

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