NCBJ 2021: Speeding Out of the Pandemic: Courts, Practitioners and the Road Ahead

This panel looked at how Covid has affected the legal professional and how it will affect the practice going forward. The panel consisted of Judge Elaine Hammond (Bankr. N.D. Cal.), Judge Christopher Sontchi (Bankr. D. Del.), Judge Laura Taylor (Bankr. S.D. Cal.), Matthew Feldman of Wilkie Farr and Stuart Gold from Gold Lange Majoros Smalarz PC. This was the last session of the conference that I attended and one of the most interesting. Some of the topics discussed included a nurse in scrubs doing her reaffirmation hearing from the breakroom, a judge conducting court from his dining room table and a law firm with story time and honey on the roof. And then there was the vitriol seeping from online hearings.

Random Thoughts from the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges

I have attended and blogged about this conference for a number of years. I remember being captivated by Paul Begala talking about Barack Obama's belief in American Exceptionalism and Gene Wedoff being honored for his service as a judge. This made me realize that NCBJ is a conference where really interesting people talk about important stuff.