Total Credits: 7.2 MCLE, 1.2 Ethics
8:30-9 a.m. | Registration and continental breakfast
9-10 a.m. | Case law updates
Speaker: TBD
10-10:10 a.m. | Break
10:10-11:10 a.m. | Debtors on the fringe: Strategies for dealing with vulnerable clients
Speakers: Hon. Kathy A. Surratt-States, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis
11:10-11:20 a.m. | Break
11:20 a.m.-12:20 p.m. | Lien-o-rama: Everything you always wanted to know about liens but were afraid to ask
Speaker: Hon. Brian C. Walsh, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis
12:20-1:20 p.m. | Lunch (included)
1:20-2:20 p.m. | Evidence: Adventures with expert witnesses
Speaker: Hon. Bonnie L. Clair, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis
2:20-2:30 p.m. | Break
2:30-3:30 p.m. | Chapter 13 hot topics
Speaker: TBD
3:30-3:40 p.m. | Break
3:40-4:40 p.m. | Who DOES that?: Forty years of ethics adventures (1.2 Ethics hours)
Speaker: Hon. Cynthia A. Norton, United States Courthouse, Kansas City
4:40 p.m. | Adjourn
Opinions and positions stated by presenters of MoBarCLE programs are those of the presenters and not necessarily those of The Missouri Bar. This program is intended as information for lawyers in Missouri, in conjunction with other research they deem necessary, in the exercise of their independent judgment.
Bonnie L. Clair is the Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Conference News and serves on the NCBJ-UST Liaison Committee for the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, but people only want to hear about her appearance on Jeopardy! in 2006.
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Cynthia A. Norton was appointed to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the W.D. of Missouri on Feb. 1, 2023. She currently serves as Chief Judge and as a member of the Eighth Circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. Judge Norton is a frequent speaker and writer on ethics topics. |
Judge Surratt-States was sworn in as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri on March 17, 2003 and appointed Chief Judge on February 1, 2013.
Judge Surratt-States received her B.A., cum laude, from Oklahoma City University and her J.D. from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis.
Brian Walsh was appointed as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri in January 2023. Before taking the bench, he practiced for more than 25 years in Atlanta and St. Louis. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.
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