LCSEN News:
May 2011: Christopher Phillips participated on May 13, 2011, in the roundtable presentation “21 Ways for a CPA to Get Retained in Bankruptcy Cases and Other Troubled Business Engagements.” PriceWaterhouseCoopers restructuring group was the sponsor of the program.
May 2011: G. Frank Nason will participate as a presenter in the Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop sponsored by the American Bankruptcy Institute to he held on July 27-30, 2011 at the Sanctuary, Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
April 2011: J. Michael Lamberth attended the Bankruptcy Rules Advisory Committee meeting in San Francisco, California on April 7-8, 2011.
November 2010: J. Michael Lamberth and G. Frank Nason each made presentations at the International Council of Shopping Centers Southeast Conference on November 9, 2010. Mr. Lamberth made his presentation on Bankruptcy and Leases: the Rights of the Parties. Mr. Nason made his presentation on Bankruptcy and the Developer: Current Issues.
October 2010: Lamberth, Cifelli, Stokes, Ellis & Nason, P.A. has answered for clients the complaint in a suit for an alleged deficiency on a promissory note brought by a lender after confirmation of a foreclosure sale against two individual borrowers. The case has been removed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and remains pending in that court.
September 2010: The Firm is serving as counsel for the debtor in possession in the Chapter 11 case of Pretty Products, Inc., Case No. 10-12286 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Newnan Division. The Debtor is a manufacturer of floor mats for vehicles and has its headquarters and manufacturing facility in LaGrange, Georgia. G. Frank Nason of the Firm is serving as lead counsel.
Appointment of Trustee; June 01, 2010: James C. Cifelli was appointed Chapter 7 Trustee in the Daniel J. Miles bankruptcy case (converted from Chapter 11 bankruptcy case) filed in the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division.
April 29th – 30th, 2010: J. Michael Lamberth attended the Bankruptcy Rules Committee Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. Lamberth was appointed to the Advisory Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure by the Chief Justice for consecutive 3 year terms in 2005 and 2008.
Appointment of Trustee; April 20, 2010: James C. Cifelli was appointed Chapter 11 Trustee in the Daniel J. Miles bankruptcy case, filed in the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division.
March 12, 2010: Gary D. Stokes of Lamberth, Cifelli, Stokes, Ellis & Nason, P.A., recently gave a presentation at the Advanced Debt Collection CLE program co-sponsored by the Creditor’s Rights Section, State Bar of Georgia, and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia. His topics were: “Practice Tips on Deficiency Collections on Real Estate Loans; Confirmation Mine Fields to Avoid; Extraordinary Post Judgment Collection Tactics: What Assets You Can Reach and How: Charging Orders, Ne Exeat Petitions, and More.
March 10, 2010: Lamberth, Cifelli, Stokes, Ellis and Nason, P.A., is pleased to announce that J. Michael Lamberth and James C. Cifelli have been selected as 2010 Georgia Super Lawyers®. This is the seventh consecutive year that Mr. Lamberth and Mr. Cifelli have been named to the list of attorneys who, based on peer recognition and professional achievement, are being recognized as part of the top 5% of Georgia attorneys in their field.
Filing date November 20, 2009: Stuart F. Clayton is representing the Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee in the bankruptcy cases of Unite Media LLC and Window Media LLC, publishers of weekly papers in the Georgia, Florida, and DC areas. These cases are before Judge Diehl in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Filing date September 28, 2009: G. Frank Nason filed a Chapter 11 case for Stone Connection, Inc., a distributor of natural stone slabs and tiles for interior design and construction in the southeast. The case is pending the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Filing date September 22, 2009: Gregory D. Ellis is representing Triad at LaGrange I, LLC, and affiliates, in their Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases in the Northern District of Georgia. The businesses operate skilled nursing facilities. The affiliates are:
Triad at Powder Springs I, LLC
Triad at Thomasville I, LLC
Triad at Lumber City I, LLC
Triad at Jeffersonville I, LLC.
