Total Credits: 1 CLE
Topics covered by the Chapter 13 Trustees will include litigating student loan discharge, post-petition claims, ability to pay and others.
| Seminar Handout (2.7 MB) | 56 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Mr. Conte practiced law for almost 20 years with Helmsing Leach Herlong Newman & Rouse PC in Mobile before being appointed the Chapter 13 Truestee for the Southern District of Alabama in 2022. He received his BA with Honors from the University of South Alabama and his J.D. from Cumberland School of Law.
Mrs. Gore graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee at Martin and Cumberland School of Law. She served as the judicial law clerk for the Hon. L. Chandler Watson. She was appointed Chapter 13 Trustee and Chapter 12 Trustee for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Alabama in March, 1991. She has taught Business law for Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. She is an active member of the NACTT and serves as Chair of the Trustee Outreach committee. She also serves on the Editorial Board for the NACTT Quarterly and she is the author of the case notes section of that periodical. In 2012 and 2014, she received awards for her outstanding service to other Trustees from the NACTT.
Sabrina McKinney is a native of Autauga County Alabama, received her undergraduate degree from Auburn University in 1990 and her J.D. from Jones School of Law in 1993.After law school, she was in private practice where her focus was on plaintiff’s litigation, decedent’s estates, creditor’s rights and the representation of creditors in both state and bankruptcy courts. In 1997 she was hired as Senior Staff Attorney for Curtis C. (Cleve) Reding, Jr., Standing Chapter 13 Trustee for the Middle District of Alabama and served in that capacity until her recent appointment as Trustee. Mrs. McKinney was appointed as the Chapter 12 Trustee in August 2016 and as the Chapter 13 Trustee for the Middle District of Alabama in April 2017. She has been a speaker at numerous CLE’s on various bankruptcy and collection issues. She is currently admitted to practice by the Alabama Supreme Court, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Courts for the Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama. She has served as an officer and is a past president of the Alabama Bar Association’s Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section and currently serves on the Bar’s Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee.
