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NEW TITLE! Personal and Small Business Bankruptcy Practice in California Approx. 950 pages, 2 looseleaf volumes, 2003, BU-33520, $199

The best practical guide for California attorneys involved in personal and small business bankruptcy cases, Personal and Small Business Bankruptcy Practice in California has been written by practicing California bankruptcy specialists, all experts in their field, and reviewed by consultants who include bankruptcy judges and bankruptcy law professors, as well as practicing bankruptcy attorneys. Throughout the book are extensive citations to the sources of bankruptcy law, including the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, selected local rules of the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in California, leading U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and recent decisions from the Ninth Circuit, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit, and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in California. Like other CEB titles, this book is directed to practicing attorneys.

Highlights
• Focuses on bankruptcy practice in California
• Covers small business as well as consumer bankruptcies
• Gives extensive practical advice on counseling clients, filing bankruptcy cases, and handling issues arising after a case is filed
• Covers pre-bankruptcy counseling
• Includes extensive treatment of both debtor and creditor representation in Chapters 7, 11, and 13 cases
• Provides in-depth coverage of key bankruptcy law topics such as property of the estate, preferences, fraudulent conveyances, claims, executory contracts, the automatic stay, relief from stay, and bankruptcy litigation
• Details the interaction of bankruptcy and California family law
• Addresses selected tax issues in bankruptcy
• Covers the federal bankruptcy code and rules, and selected local rules and guidelines of U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in California
• Includes leading U.S. Supreme Court decisions and recent decisions from the Ninth Circuit and bankruptcy courts within California

Executive Editor: J. Scott Bovitz

Authors: J. Scott Bovitz, Kathryn M.S. Catherwood, Scott C. Clarkson, Steven H. Felderstein, David R. Hagen, Michael Koch, Bruce Lindsey, Iain A. Macdonald, Margaret M. Mann, Elmer Dean Martin III, Sandra K. McBeth, Christa K. McKimmy, Michael T. O’Halloran, Paul J. Pascuzzi, David M. Reeder, Mark M. Sharf, David A. Tilem, Joel B. Weinberg, Kimberly S. Winick, Timothy J. Yoo

Consultants: The Honorable Peter Bowie, The Honorable W. Richard Lee, The Honorable Ernest M. Robles, Leon D. Bayer, Christopher L. Blank, Richard L. Dombrow, Jonathan R. Ellowitz, Marsha D. Galinsky, Karen Lynn Grant, Richard G. Heston, Professor George W. Kuney, Joel A. Levine, Professor Bruce A. Markell, Mark M. Sharf

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