Legal Studies & Paralegal

For courses in Bankruptcy.

Designed to bridge the gap between basic business law and the complex concepts in the Bankruptcy Code, this text takes students inside the arenas where clients conduct business and helps them appreciate the laws and processes that govern collection of debts, repossession of personal property, prejudgment remedies, and enforcement and collection of judgments.

• A typical business transaction.

  • Shows students how “business really works” and how debts arise and how liens are created.

• The Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act—And some recent case law interpreting the statute.

  • Provides students with an overview of laws that limit collection activity.

• Security interests under the Uniform Commercial Code.

• Basics of bankruptcy.

  • Provides students with a road map of the fundamental principles and procedures of this complex federal law.

• Chapter-end exercises.

  • Challenges students to think critically and to work through specific business scenarios.

Preface: An Overview of the Debtor/Creditor Relationship.


1. Key Concepts.


2. A Typical Business Transaction.


3. Laws that Limit Collection Activity.


4. Prejudgment Remedies.


5. Postjudgment Collection.


6. Secured Transactions Under the Uniform Commercial Code.


7. Bankruptcy Basics.


Bibliography.


Glossary.


Appendix 1: Credit Applications with Release Language.


Appendix 2: Personal Guaranty.


Appendix 3: Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit.


Appendix 4: Sample Demand Letters (9).


Appendix 5: Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.


Appendix 6: State Debt Collection Practices Act (3).


Appendix 7: Personal Property Exemption Statutes (4).


Appendix 8: Florida Fraudulent Transfer Act.


Appendix 9: Bankruptcy Forms (11).


Index.

Bankruptcy (Legal Studies & Paralegal)

A native of Dallas, Texas, Barbara E. Kirby earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1980, and a juris doctor degree from Southern Methodist University in 1983.

After specializing in business and commercial litigation for five years with a small firm, Barbara joined Xerox Corporation in 1987. She was one of the first attorneys in a unique program designed to move the majority of collection-related legal matters to a corporate legal staff, as opposed to the traditional use of outside counsel. As region attorney for the Collection Services Law Department at Xerox, Barbara currently has responsibility for negotiation and settlement of commercial law and collection related matters, as well as the management of complex bankruptcy cases, for a 22-state region. Barbara has won numerous awards while at Xerox, including the national "Xerox All Star" award for the Financing Businesses organization.

Since 1990, Barbara has also been an instructor of bankruptcy and creditors' rights at Southeastern Paralegal Institute, an ABA-approved paralegal school in Dallas.

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