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.

