Attorney Amann presents talk on Fraudulent Transfers for National Business Institute….and has to wing it (kind of).
Fraudulent Transfer power point slides NBI August 17 2023
Degiacomo vs. sacred heart in re Palladino 548 clawback
I’ve been lecturing for the National Business Institute on legal topics for over fifteen (15) years. So, it came as no surprise when Kim Rudy at NBI contacted me and asked if I could stand in as a substitute presenter and deliver a ninety (90) minute lecture; apparently the original presenter could not make it on the 17th. Sure, no problem, I said. The materials would be sent to me and all I had to do was present the already completed materials. Usually doing a presentation requires drafting the lecture materials from scratch, conducting hours of research and putting it all into Power Point and making sure all the materials are coherent, up to date and flow for a smooth presentation. In this case, I was just going to be a substitute teacher of sorts.
Well…after presenting all the materials (see Fraudulent Transfer power point slides NBI August 17, 2023) above, the producer chimed into the live audience presentation and said, “Attorney Amann, you have another forty (40) minutes to go.” Since I can’t tap dance and my singing and joke telling skills are sub-par, I needed to keep going. Fortunately, even though I was just asked to present the materials prepared for me, I am naturally curious and I took some time before the lecture to review my notes and files to jog my memory about the topic, which was Fraudulent Transfers.
I wound up discussing two (2) cases, the links to which are both above. The Sacred Heart case was an example of a successful 11 USC 548 action. The Traverse case was an example of how the Debtor vanquished the Chapter 7 Trustee and defeated his 548 and 551 approaches. After the lecture, I realized that it was a really good thing that I had to slow down and revisit these cases (both still good law). Sure, I had to scramble just a bit but focusing on the cases and analyzing them in greater detail than I had expected yielded, I think, a more natural and hopefully better lecture. I thank Attorney Gregory P. Bailey of Margulis Gelfand, LLC in St. Louis for putting together the Power Point materials on the Uniform Voidable Transaction Act (f/k/a Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or UFTA); they were well organized and helped tremendously. As always, I thank NBI for the opportunity to present and discuss on legal topics near and dear to Amann Burnett’s practice. Our practice focuses on Commercial litigation, Business Bankruptcy and Bankruptcy Litigation and Land Use. We handle cases in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut and have been admitted as pro hac counsel in Maine Bankruptcy Court, Rhode Island Bankruptcy Court and Federal Court for the Southern District of New York.
