30th Annual Seminar

The Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar Association cordially invites you attend the 30th annual Bankruptcy Seminar on August 16, 2024 for a full day seminar in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida at the Sawgrass Marriott Resort & Spa. Our annual seminar brings together leading jurists, experts, and bankruptcy practitioners for a full day of sessions and CLE credit.

The Seminar will begin with a discussion on cybersecurity by Mark Lanterman of  Computer Forensic Services. Mr. Lanterman has provided training in digital  evidence, computer forensics, and cybersecurity to the U.S. Supreme Court and  numerous state and federal judicial conferences across the United States, including  the Federal Judicial Conferences for the Eighth and Eleventh Circuits. 

Following Mr. Lanterman’s presentation will be the Judges’ panel discussing recent  case law updates. Notably, the panel will include each of the Judges from the  Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa Divisions of the Middle District and the Northern  District of Florida. After the Judges’ panel and lunch break, Professor Justin Sevier from Florida State  College of Law will discuss the law of evidence. Professor Sevier focuses on legal  institutional design, where he identifies and examines the conditions under which  the public willingly legitimizes legal rules, actors, and tribunals. Professor Sevier  explores his research questions primarily through psychology experiments in the law  of evidence (studying both jury behavior and non-lawyers’ perceptions of trial  outcomes), while also examining the role that popular legitimacy plays in shaping the  law governing business torts and consumer behavior. 

To close the Seminar, there will be two breakout sessions – a consumer session with  a Mock Chapter 13 Trial and a business session focusing on Hot Topics in Business  Bankruptcies, including Merchant Cash Advance Lenders

Register on the website or by mail. 

 To register by mail please make checks payable to JBBA and mail to: JBBA, 221 North Hogan Street, Box 349, Jacksonville, Florida 32202 and email Allison Abbott at allison.abbott@nelsonmullins.com

Accommodations A limited number of Sawgrass Marriott rooms are available at a special rate of $249.00 plus resort fee and sales tax. Please contact Allison Abbot for hotel information. 

If you are unable to attend, seminar materials can be requested and provided for the cost of $50. Please contact Allison Abbott at allison.abbott@nelsonmullins.com and mail payment to the above address

JBBA Golfing Tournament, August 15, 2024 

This year there will be limited spots open to JBBA Members only to play in the JBBA Golf Tournament thanks to our Sponsor  Rogers Towers

There will be a questionnaire at checkout about golf.  Please indicate if you are interested in playing.  Golf will be at TPC Sawgrass starting at 8:15am. The cost is $118 per person. There will be first and second place awards and everyone will get a print of the course.  Names of interested parties will be placed in a lottery generator and the members that are selected will receive an email and a pay link.  Members that are not selected will be put on the waitlist next year. 

We also have a limited number of spectator spots at $38 per person.  If you would like to attend as a spectator please email Angela Scott. 

If you are not using the website to purchase your seminar ticket please email Angela Scott at angelas@ch13jaxfl.com to be added to the lottery and/or waitlist for 2025. 

8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 

8:50 - 9:00 Chair and President’s Opening Remarks 

Eugene H. Johnson, Johnson Law Firm, P.A.

Angela M. Scott, Office of the Chapter 13 Trustee 

9:00 - 10:15 Cyber Security Mark Lanterman Chief Technology Officer Computer Forensic Services 

10:15 - 10:20 Break

 10:20 - 12:15 Recent Case Law Updates Analysis of Cutting-Edge Bankruptcy Topics Across the District and Nation Wide 

Honorable Jacob A. Brown 

Honorable Jason A. Burgess 

Honorable Roberta A. Colton

Honorable Caryl E. Delano 

Honorable Jerry A. Funk 

Honorable Tiffany P. Geyer 

Honorable Catherine Peek McEwen

Honorable Grace E. Robson

Honorable Lori V. Vaughan 

Honorable Karen Specie 

Moderators: David E. Otero, Akerman LLP 

Jason B. Burnett, GrayRobinson, P.A.

12:15 - 2:00 Lunch on Your Own 

2:00 - 3:15 Evidence 

Professor Justin Sevier Charles W. Ehrhardt Professor of Litigation Florida State University 

Breakout Sessions 

3:15 - 4:30 Track A Consumer

Chapter 13 Mock Trial 

Honorable Jason A. Burgess 

John Freeman, Office of the Chapter 13 Trustee 

Samantha A. Kelley, Burner Wright, P.A. 

William McDaniel, Lansing Roy, P.A. 

Angela N. Grewal, Adams & Reese 

3:15 - 4:30 Track B Commercial 

Chapter 11 Hot Topics Including Merchant Cash Advance Lenders 

Jeffery Ainsworth, BransonLaw PLLC 

Scott Shuker, Shuker & Dorris, P.A. 

Mark Mitchell, Rogers Towers Law 

Moderator Scott E. Bomkamp, U.S. Trustee Program 

4:30 - 6:00 Reception Please join us for light fare and beverages