Mr. Brett Weiss, Attorney
Brett Weiss
Bankruptcy & Debt, Commercial Bankruptcy, Consumer Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy & Debt, Personal Injury
http://www.bankruptcylawmaryland.com
- Law Office: The Weiss Law Group, LLC
- Greenbelt Law Firms
- Status: In Good Standing
(301) 924-4400
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Brett Weiss has experience in complex individual Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases, and in Chapter 11 small business restructuring and reorganization. He has represented individual and corporate debtors and creditors in all phases of bankruptcy.
Brett Weiss currently heads the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Group of the law firm.
Mr. Weiss has received international media attention in connection with the bankruptcy cases he had handled. He has been interviewed by Barbara Walters on The View, appeared on the Montel Williams Show, the Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC News with Peter Jennings, and German State television, been interviewed on the BBC World Service, appeared on numerous local radio and television programs, and been quoted in Money magazine, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Baltimore Sun, among others.
Mr. Weiss is an experienced litigator, having been involved in a number of cases of first impression concerning debtor and creditor's rights, including Hernandez v. Suburban Hospital, 319 Md. 226, 572 A.2d 144 (1990) (Dischargeability of assignments in Chapter 7); Bunch v. Hopkins Savings Bank, 249 B.R. 667 (Md. 2000) (An heir's Chapter 13 filing will stop a foreclosure); In re Tubman, 364 B.R. 574 (Md.2007) ( 362(c)(3) does not lift the stay as to property of the estate); In re Barker, ___ B.R. ___ (Md. 2007) (A foreign debtor is not barred from filing bankruptcy in the U.S.); In re Bellamy, 379 B.R. 86 (Md.2007) (Counsel fees must be paid before distributions to other creditors) (NACBA amicus); Branigan v. Bateman, 515 F.3d. 272 (2006) ( 1328(f) applicability and timeframes).
Selected Recent Speaking Engagements
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Co-Chair and Presenter, Bankruptcy Litigation, Hilton Head, South Carolina, October 2008
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Individual Chapter 11, Hollywood, California, May 2008
Bankruptcy Bar Association of Maryland, Ethical Transgressions in a Bankruptcy Practice, Annapolis, Maryland, May 2008
Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL) , Co-Chair and Presenter, Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Institute, Chapter 11 for Individuals and Securitization, Columbia, Maryland, November 2007
22nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Institute on Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice, What Lies Beneath the Surface: Frightening Issues in Chapters 7 and 13 Cases, Charlottesville, Virginia, September 2007
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