PRESIDENT’S REPORT
By Edward C. Boltz
Partner, John T. Orcutt
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“
“My thanks go out to
all of the speakers,
and particularly Gene
Melchionne and Pam
Stewart for heading up
the convention, with
special appreciation
to the NACBA staff for
putting it all together.”
Fellow NACBA Members,
Whether its seeing friends and
colleagues that I’ve only interacted with
through the listserv for the last year,
meeting eager newbies for the first
time, or learning about bankruptcy until
my brain is about to burst, it is always
a bit of a letdown after our annual
convention. This year after the Chicago
Convention was no different, as it was
a roaring success on all counts. My
thanks go out to all of the speakers, and
particularly Gene Melchionne and Pam
Stewart for heading up the convention,
with special appreciation to the NACBA
staff for putting it all together.
But bankruptcy, even in times of slow
filings, waits for no one, so NACBA has
continued to be busy since then. We
have continued to work with not only
our allies in Congress on legislation
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regarding student loan discharge, but
also with the Obama administration
to expand the access that Chapter 13
Debtors have to other forms of student
loan relief, including participation in
income-driven repayment plans.
Following one settlement of a mortgage
class action by the Executive Offices of
the United States Trustees, NACBA,
in conjunction with the Chapter
13 Trustees, has been working to
ensure that the settlement with
JPMorgan Chase in the Belzak case
is administered fully and fairly and
that any future settlements with other
mortgage servicers improve on the
resolution obtained here.
Also with the U.S. Trustee and both
NABT and NACTT, we continue to
meet to discuss the Trustee Best
Practices, which can be found at:
Summer 2015
http://tinyurl.com/ndmnmov,
and
have been gladdened to see that our
concerns about onerous §341 Meeting
of Creditors questionnaires are starting
to be taken seriously, with increasing
examples of excessive requests being
reined in. If you are still having troubles
with these Best Practices being applied,
please let us know.
I am very excited about the upcoming
months. With a number of webinars
already scheduled (more on the way)
and the Virtual Fall