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Involuntary Bankruptcy: A Powerful Tool for Creditors

SKU: BNK3600
General Credits
1
Price$50
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Live Webinar
October
23
Fri 10/23/2026
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Eastern Time (EDT)

Description

This CLE course will explore involuntary bankruptcy as a powerful tool for creditors. It will cover the process for initiating or opposing an involuntary bankruptcy, including the history of involuntary bankruptcy, statutory requirements, common issues in motions to dismiss, grounds for abstention, the risk of bad-faith findings and attorneys’ fees awards, and remedies available to a trustee in successful proceedings.

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Lecturer Bio

Austin Smith, Esq.

Austin Smith is an associate at Taroff & Taitz specializing in commercial debt collection. Prior to joining Taroff & Taitz, Mr. Smith ran his own small firm that specialized in consumer class actions. As part of his practice, Mr. Smith successfully overturned 20 years of case law and established new precedent at three federal circuit courts of appeals that a certain category of private student loans were dischargeable in bankruptcy.

Mr. Smith is a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association and is on the Advisory Board of Upsolve, a tech nonprofit which provides free bankruptcy services to low-income individuals. In his spare time, he competes in triathlons, writes fiction and produces a podcast on Greek Tragedy.

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