Jun 2007
Attorney Melchionne attends Fordham Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable
Friday, Jun 01 2007 Filed in:
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The
Corporate Law Center of Fordham University School of Law in New
York City recently conducted a roundtable discussion on the topic
of the required pre-bankruptcy credit counseling. An invitation
only event, Attorney Melchionne was the sole bankruptcy
practitioner participating in the discussion which was also
attended by representatives of the U.S. Department of Justice, the
Federal Trade Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, the
National Consumer Law Center, the Center for Responsible Lending,
three credit counseling trade groups, several U.S. Bankruptcy
Judges and numerous Ph.D's and Law School Professors. Moderated by
Professor Susan Block-Lieb, the topics ranged from the
effectiveness of pre-bankruptcy credit counseling, to issues of
government regulation of credit counselors' behavior and whether
the credit counseling industry was capable of self-regulation.
Comments offered by Attorney Melchionne and others will form the
basis of further research and law journal articles on the subject
of consumer credit counseling.