Apr 2007
Attorney Melchionne is speaker at NACBA Convention
Saturday, Apr 21 2007 Filed in:
What's New
At the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
(NACBA)
in Philadelphia, Attorney Melchionne joined
Professor Peter Rubin
and
NACBA
President Henry Sommer
in a talk covering the Constituional challenge to portions of the
Bankruptcy law changes enacted in 2005. Professor Rubin is a
Consitutional law expert and teacher at Georgetwon Law School in
Washington, D.C. Henery Sommer is not only the president of NACBA,
but also Editor in Chief of Collier on Bankruptcy and the entire
Collier line of bankruptcy publications. Attorney Melchionne told
the 2,000 attendees his experiences with the new law and how it has
affected his practice. Those problems included advertising
requirements, required disclosures, prohibited discussions and the
requirement to have clients execute a retainer agreement for
bankruptcy within 5 days of the initial consultation.
Attorney Melchionne quoted in Waterbury Rupublican
Sunday, Apr 08 2007 Filed in:
What's New
The Sunday Republican for April 9, 2007 published an article about
the large increase in foreclosures in New Haven and Litchfield
counties. In the last quarter, foreclosure cases filed in these two
counties have increased 60 percent. Writer Steven Gambini called on
Attorney Melchionne to comment on the casues. You can read the
article on line
here.
Or you can download a PDF of the article
here.