Friday, November 21, 2025 - Federal Bar Association's 22nd Annual Bankruptcy Ethics Symposium

November 21, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Virtual | Four Programs
4 Hours MCLE (CA)

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SPEAKERS

  • Honorable Sandra Klein, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California

  • Honorable Barry Russell, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California

  • Honorable Deborah Saltzman, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California

  • Honorable Erithe A. Smith, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California

  • Professor Nancy B. Rapoport, Garman Turner Gordon Professor of Law, Boyd School of Law, and Affiliate Professor of Business Law & Ethics, Lee Business School, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

  • J. Scott Bovitz, Bovitz & Spitzer

  • Howard Ehrenberg, Greenspoon Marder

  • Misty Perry Isaacson, MPI LAW, P.C.

  • Dmitri Ragano, Director of Digital Platforms and Strategy, Hoag Health Systems

  • Sharon Weiss, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

  • Program Chair: Joseph Boufadel, Salvato Boufadel LLP

PROGRAMS

  1. AI Revolution: Transforming Legal Practice? Or Just Old-Fashioned Ethics?

  2. Civility Through Their Eyes: Judges and Counsel in Conversation

  3. The Ethics of Mediation: 30 Years of Lessons in Mediation

  4. Insights on Implicit Bias: Statistics, War Stories, and Strategies

MCLE: 4.0 Hours. (A) 1 hour of Legal Ethics; (B) 1 hour of Technology in the Practice of Law; (C) 1 hour of Civility in the Legal Profession; (D) 1 hour of Implicit Bias.

Cost: (1) FBA members $25; (2) CDCBAA, CLA, Bankruptcy Forum - Insolvency Law Committee members $35; (3) Non-Members & At-Door $50; (4) Judges and Clerks - Complimentary