NCBJ Behind the Bench: Special Report: Veterans Issues in Bankruptcy - Insights from the ABI Task Force for Veterans & Servicemembers' Affairs
Multimedia Date
Date: 11-28-2023
Resources
Analysis and Reference
- Legal Intel for Veteran Entrepreneurs
- Biden-Harris Administration Introduces New Entrepreneurship Training Course for Military Spouses
- Homestead Exemptions for Military Members on Assignment
- HAVEN Act Congressional Record
- Helping Those Who Have Borne the Battle (presentation from Insolvency 2020)
- Copy of the ruling in In re Gresham, 18-56289 (E.D. Mich. March 10, 2020)
- Copy of the ruling in In re Price (N.D. Texas; Nov. 21, 2019)
- HAVEN Act Primer
- 6 HAVEN Act FAQs
- National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center's Guide to the HAVEN Act
- Intake Form to Screen for History of Military Service
- HAVEN Act TPM Addendum A
Multimedia
ASM 2022 - Veterans' and Servicemembers' Affairs Task Force
Multimedia Date
Date: 04-30-2022
Veterans and Active-Duty Service Members Volunteer Panel
Multimedia Date
Date: 04-22-2021
Brig. Gen. Charles M. Walker Speech
Multimedia Date
Date: 03-03-2021
Money Problems? Don't Know What to Do? We Can Help!
Multimedia Date
Date: 03-02-2021
abiLIVE WEbinar: The HAVEN Act: Understanding the Intricacies of the Act and its Application to Military and Nonmilitary Clients
Multimedia Date
Date: 02-26-2020
Webinar: Experts Discuss New Bankruptcy Laws to Help Distressed Small Businesses, Disabled Veterans and Family Farmers
President Donald J. Trump on Aug. 23 signed the “Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019” (H.R. 3311), “HAVEN Act” (H.R. 2938) and “Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019” (H.R. 2336) into law. The bipartisan bills, which ABI testified in support of in June, passed the House in late July and the Senate on August 1. Experts provide an overview of the new laws and how they will help financially distressed small businesses, disabled veterans and family farmers going forward.
Multimedia Date
Date: 08-28-2019
Video: Holly Petraeus Testifies in Support of HAVEN Act at House Judiciary Hearing
Multimedia Date
Date: 06-25-2019
Video: Rep. Lucy McBath Speaks on the House Floor After Introducing H.R. 2938, the HAVEN Act
Multimedia Date
Date: 05-23-2019
Video: John W. Ames of Bingham Greenebaum Doll (Louisville) Discusses the Work of the Veterans Affairs Task Force with ABI's Bill Rochelle
Multimedia Date
Date: 04-12-2019
Podcast: Examining Need to Fix Means Test Disparity for Disabled Veterans - Ep. 225
ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano talks with Jay Bender of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (Birmingham, Ala.), Kristina M. Stanger of Nyemaster Goode, P.C. (Des Moines, Iowa) and John H. Thompson of McGuireWoods LLP (Washington, D.C.) about proposals to equalize the means test treatment for veterans who seek chapter 7 relief. Bender, Stanger and Thompson, who are part of the legislative committee of ABI's Veterans' Task Force, talk about the problem of including VA disability payments as income and efforts to correct this disparity in the Code, such as the HAVEN Act.
Multimedia Date
Date: 01-16-2019
Podcast: Exploring Veterans' Affairs Task Force, Ways to Participate Ep. 218
ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano talks with ABI President Ted Gavin of Gavin/Solmonese LLC (Wilmington, Del.) and John Ames of Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP (Louisville, Ky.), a former ABI President), about ABI's new Veterans' Affairs Task Force. Gavin announced the formation of the Task Force in his speech when he became ABI President at the 2018 Annual Spring Meeting in April. Providing more details on the formation of the Task Force, which also includes former ABI President John Penn of Perkins Coie (Dallas) and former ABI Resident Scholar Jack Williams and Susan Seabury of Baker Tilly (Atlanta), Gavin and Ames discuss what the Task Force aims to accomplish — and ways that ABI members can help.
Multimedia Date
Date: 06-08-2018