Brooklyn lawyers receive free bankruptcy CLE for taking on pro bono cases
Attorneys looking to get an introduction to bankruptcy law were treated to a free continuing legal education seminar hosted by the Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project last Wednesday, in exchange for agreeing to take on a case pro bono.
Sheldon Barasch, supervising attorney for District Council 37, and Bruce Weiner, a partner at Rosenberg, Musso & Weiner, LLP, led two-hour lecture that was designed for attorneys new to low-asset and low-income Chapter 7 bankruptcies. They also provided an overview of the steps in a consumer bankruptcy and general principles and form preparations.
“A lot of people think there is a stigma to filing bankruptcy and they don’t want that stigma,” said Barasch. “Consider the people who have filed for bankruptcy — Lehman Brothers, Hostess Cupcakes, General Motors, Texico, Bernie Madoff, Donald Trump, they have all done it. Your clients can do it too.