Presentations
Panelist: Subchapter V Issues, 39th Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Conference, September 26, 2024
Panelist: Recent Developments, Virginia Bar Association 24th Annual Bankruptcy Law Conference, May 12, 2023
Moderator and Panelist: Richmond Judges’ Round Table: Supreme Court Cases and Circuit Splits, Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association, November 17, 2022
Panelist: “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be”: Fiduciary Duties and Ethical Issues in Chapter 11 Cases, Virginia Bar Association 23rd Annual Bankruptcy Law Conference, May 13, 2022
Panelist: Something Beats Nothing: Evidentiary Tips, Tricks, and Reminders, American Inns of Court Bankruptcy Series: DC Circuit, March 2022
Panelist: Point-Counterpoint: A Discussion of Recent Circuit Splits, Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association, November 18, 2021
Moderator and Panelist: Richmond Judges’ Round Table, Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association, November 19, 2020
Panelist: Recent Developments, 35th Annual Mid-Atlantic Institute on Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice, September 11, 2020
Panelist: State of the Court and Recent Case Updates, Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association, September 26, 2019
Panelist: Point-Counterpoint: A Discussion of Recent Circuit Splits, 27th Annual Hal J. Bonney Jr. Seminar on Bankruptcy Law and Practice, February 22, 2019
Panelist: Point-Counterpoint: A Discussion of Recent Circuit Splits, Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association, October 4, 2018
Panelist: Upright Law or Downright Unethical?: The Dangers of the National Consumer Practice Model, Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association, April 26, 2018
Publications
Co-Author: Chapter 15 Proceedings, LexisNexis Practical Guidance (2019-2023)
Co-Author: Compensation for Attorneys and Other Professionals, in BANKRUPTCY PRACTICE IN VIRGINIA Ch. 13 (Hon. Kevin R. Huennekens & H. David Cox eds., 4th ed., 2017)
Co-Author: Stern v. Marshall in Virginia, 24 Bankr. L. News, no. 10, at 1 (2013)
Co-Author: Bankruptcy Law, 47 Univ. Richmond L. Rev. 51 (2012)
Author: Outsourcing Infrastructure: Expanding the Use of Public-Private Partnerships in the United States, 39 Pub. Cont. L.J. 351 (2010)
ARTICLES
August 16, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on many sectors of the US economy. The hospitality industry has been particularly hard hit, causing many hotels and other conference venues to seek bankruptcy protection. Such bankruptcy filings can create considerable problems for organizations with conferences and events scheduled at these venues, many of which must be booked and planned years in advance. Therefore, organizations often include “ipso facto” provisions in their event contracts entitling them to declare a default under the contract or to terminate the contract outright if the venue files a bankruptcy case.
January 5, 2017
A resident filing for bankruptcy can have a serious impact on the financial outlook of a community association. The financial impact on a community association can go well beyond lost dues, however. A fundamental purpose of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.) is to give a person in bankruptcy (a “debtor”) a “fresh start.” To advance this purpose, the code imposes restrictions on creditors, including community associations, once a resident files for bankruptcy. One of these restrictions is found in Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, which imposes an “automatic stay” upon the filing of a bankruptcy case that prohibits certain actions against a debtor in order to give the debtor time to reorganize its financial affairs. The scope of the automatic stay is extremely broad.
