Sullivan Hill’s Kathleen Cashman-Kramer authored a case summary titled, “Ineligibility to be a Chapter 13 Debtor Does Not Deprive the Debtor of the ‘Near Absolute Right’ to Dismiss His Chapter 13 Case,” published in the Insolvency Law Committee (ILC) eBulletin by the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association (CLA). The article was written by Ms. Cashman-Kramer with editorial contributions from ILC member the Hon. Meredith Jury (Ret.) (U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Court, Central District of California).
In the article, Ms. Cashman-Kramer analyzes In re Powell, 2022 WL 12394079 (9th Cir. BAP October 1, 2022), and discusses how the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit (“BAP”) addressed the issue of whether or not a Chapter 13 debtor had an absolute right to dismiss his Chapter 13 case.
Read the full article here.
Ms. Cashman-Kramer is a member of Sullivan Hill’s Insolvency & Commercial Bankruptcy practice group. She practices in the areas of bankruptcy and other insolvency matters as well as in commercial and real estate litigation. Her representation in the Bankruptcy Court includes bankruptcy trustees, secured, priority and unsecured creditors, lessors, and bankruptcy debtors in commercial Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings. She has represented a Chapter 13 Trustee for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California. Ms. Cashman-Kramer currently serves as the vice-chair of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the San Diego County Bar Association, and is currently the secretary of the Insolvency Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association. She has served on the Bankruptcy Mediation Panel for the United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of California since 1995, and was named Mediator of the Year in September 2021. Ms. Cashman-Kramer has also served as a Pro-Tem Judge for the Small Claims Department of the San Diego Municipal Court since 1992.
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