This class will be held on Zoom AND in-person at the CBA - you choose the format you'd prefer. Login to the website and click the "Register" button to register. You will receive a confirmation email from the Columbus Bar AND an email from Zoom containing information about joining the class (you will receive an email from Zoom even if you choose to attend in-person).

If you are attending via Zoom, you must use your unique link from Zoom in order to receive CLE credit.

Bankruptcy Law Institute 2022

November 3, 2022

Starting with “Why Smart People Do Dumb Things” and ending with the ever-popular Bankruptcy Law Update, this program has it all. Learn how to deal with the State of Ohio in a bankruptcy case and how to value intangible assets (think CryptoCurrency and NFTs), see your friends and colleagues, and enjoy lunch at this one day version of BLI.

• Let’s Start with Ethics: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things (Professional Conduct) Presenters: Nancy B. Rapoport (UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law) and Joseph R. Tiano, Jr. (Legal Decoder, Inc.)
• Dealing with the State of Ohio in Bankruptcy Presenters: Cory Steinmetz (Assistant Attorney General/IRS Compliance Officer in Collections Enforcement) and Michael A. Cox (Guerrieri Cox & Associates)
• Pro Bono Advocacy Presenters: Tyler Cope (LASC), Sondra Bryson (SEOLS), James Mackey (LASC), Hon. Mina Nami Khorrami (USBC SD Ohio Eastern Division), Moderator: John Cannizzaro
• CryptoCurrency, NFTs, and Other Intangible Assets Presenter: Zachary B. Pyers (Reminger Co., LPA)
• Small Business Reorganization Act – What, Who, Why, and How Presenters: Hon. Hannah L. Blumensteil (United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California), Hon. C. Kathryn Preston (USBC, Southern District of Ohio), Hon. Mina Nami Khorrami (USBC Southern District of Ohio)
• Caselaw Update Presenters: Matthew M. Zofchak (Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter) and Susie Cioffi (Law Clerk to the Hon. Mina Nami Khorrami)

6.5 CLE Hours, with 1.5 Professional Conduct