NACBA Announcements
NACBA Member Spotlight
Chief Justice John
G. Roberts, Jr., has
reappointed
Jill
A. Michaux to a
second three-year
term on the Judicial
Conference
A d v i s o r y
Committee on Bankruptcy Rules.
Michaux is a founding member of the
National Association of Consumer
Bankruptcy Attorneys and served
on the NACBA board of directors
the first six years. She is currently
a director of the National Consumer
Bankruptcy Rights Center (NCBRC).
She is active on the NACBA
listservs
and
a
frequent
speaker at NACBA meetings.
Michaux is board certified in
consumer bankruptcy law by the
American Board of Certification.
She was first certified in 1993 and
has been recertified since.
She is past president of the Kansas
Bar Association Bankruptcy and
Insolvency Section and the Topeka
Area Bankruptcy Council. She
practices law with her husband,
Mark W. Neis, in the Topeka
firm of Neis & Michaux, P.A.
B o s t o n ,
Massachusetts.
The United States
Bankruptcy Court
for the District of
Massachusetts
is
pleased
to
announce
the
recipients of its
2015 Pro Bono Publico awards.
Central Division Award: Walter
Oney, Oney Law Office, Fitchburg
and Boston is to be recognized
for his dedication to pro bono
representation of debtors in both
bankruptcy cases and adversary
proceedings, exemplified by the
large number of cases in which
he has appeared. He is also to be
recognized for his contributions in
developing a software program,
BKAssist, a bankruptcy petition
and case management software
product.
This
program
has
increased the number of lawyers
who have been willing to take pro
bono cases as he has made the
program available free of charge
to legal service agencies, law
school clinical training programs
and attorney pro bono volunteers.
Eastern Division
Award: Nina M.
Parker,
Parker
&
Associates,
Winchester
is
recognized
for
her long standing
commitment
to
pro bono services
in bankruptcy cases, including her
passion for assisting, training, and
mentoring new and experienced
practitioners
in
representing
debtors. She has been an
indispensable resource to many
legal services providers, including
the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the
Boston Bar Association and South
Coastal Counties Legal Services
and to volunteer attorneys who need
guidance representing debtors. She
has also volunteered at the Dana
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
Winter 2015
Farber Cancer Institute where she
advises patients and their families
on their remedies for financial relief.
Without doubt, her spirit of
volunteerism and enthusiasm has
inspired others to help those in need.
The United States Bankruptcy
Judges for the District of
Massachusetts will present the
awards on October15, 2015 at
a ceremony at the United States
Courthouse in Springfield, attended
by attorneys who have rendered
pro bono services in the past year.
NACBA Partners with Google
Maps
The National Association of
Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
has teamed up with Google Maps
to create the NACBA Member
Map. Live on NACBA.org, potential
clients using any connected device
(desktop, laptop, and mobile) will be
shown NACBA member firms near
them right now. Using built-in GPS
positioning technology, potential
clients will be presented with
NACBA member firms in their city
and region. They will be able to tap
the firm’s map markers to get contact
information and driving directions to
a NACBA Member office. As part of
NACBA’s enhanced Membership
Benefits, all NACBA members in
good standing have basic contact
info already listed on this state
of the art mapping interface!
Both the Member Map and
the recently introduced, brand
new Find an Attorney platform,
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