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Practice tips, rule changes, and news for attorneys, creditors, and debtors in Chapter 13 cases in the Eastern District of Kentucky.
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Register Now for the UK Consumer Bankruptcy Law Conference, August 6-7, 2026 in Lexington
The 18th Biennial UK Consumer Bankruptcy Law Conference will be held on August 6-7, 2026 at the Campbell House Hotel, Lexington, Kentucky. This seminar is a must for bankruptcy practitioners in the Eastern and Western Districts…
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Miscellaneous – Rules, Forms, and Other Information
Prime rate is 7.5% as of December 18, 2024. New, so-called “restyled” Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure became effective on December 1, 2024. Virtually every bankruptcy rule has been rewritten. Some subparts of the rules have…
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New EDKY Plan; New No-Look Fee Effective With Cases Filed On or After 12/1/21
The Eastern District of Kentucky has a new chapter 13 plan form applicable to cases filed on or after today (Dec. 1, 2021). You can find a PDF version here . I’ll have a fillable Word form available shortly. Dec. 2, 2021 update…
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Electronic Disbursements to Debtors’ Attorneys
Attention Debtors’ Attorneys: You can now have my office pay your fees to you via direct deposit instead of by paper checks. Click here for an information sheet and instructions for EFT disbursements , and click here for the…
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Retainer Agreements, Fee Disclosures, and the EDKY Rights and Responsibilities of Debtors’ Attorneys
Are you adequately and accurately disclosing to your clients and to the court what your fee agreement is for representing debtors in chapter 13 cases in the EDKY? Many attorneys, I fear, are not. Debtors’ attorneys as debt relief…
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Substitution of Counsel (Debtors’ Attorneys)
You agree to the $3,500 “no-look” fee. Sometime before confirmation, you and your client part ways, and you do an agreed order of substitution with the debtor’s new attorney. Who is supposed to be paid, and how much ? Neither…
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The purpose of this blog is to provide timely practice tips to attorneys representing debtors and creditors in chapter 13 bankruptcy cases in the Eastern District of Kentucky. These posts represent my thoughts and opinions and do not constitute legal advice, nor should they be considered a substitute for legal research.
As the trustee in the EDKY, I reserve the right to take a contrary position in any particular case depending on the facts of that case, and I reserve the right to argue an interpretation of the law that may differ from that set forth in any post. I also reserve the right to change my mind at any time for any reason.
— Beverly M. Burden, Chapter 13 Trustee, Eastern District of Kentucky