Los Angeles Chapter: 22nd Annual Bankruptcy Ethics Symposium

The Los Angeles Chapter of the Federal Bar Association is pleased to present the 22nd Annual Bankruptcy Ethics Symposium. Participants can attend either in-person or by Zoom. (Zoom instructions will be sent the week of the event)

Coffee, tea, bagels, and pastries will be provided to our in-person attendees.

FOUR PROGRAMS:
AI Revolution: Transforming Legal Practice? Or Just Old-Fashioned Ethics?”
Civility Through Their Eyes: Judges and Counsel in Conversation
The Ethics of Mediation: 30 Years of Lessons in Mediation
Insights on Implicit Bias: Statistics, War Stories, and Strategies

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

Time: Friday, November 21, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 1:15 pm
Registration opens: 8:30 am

Location: Roybal Federal Building, Conference Room 1339 (13th Floor) – In Person & Zoom
255 E. Temple St,
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Cost:
$20 FBA Member in person
$35 CDCBAA, LABF, OCBF, IEBF or SDBF member in person
$35 CLA & Insolvency Law Committee in person
$50 Non-Member in person
Complimentary – Federal Judge/Clerk/Law Student in person
$20 FBA Member Remote
$35 CDCBAA, LABF, OCBF, IEBF or SDBF member remote
$35 CLA & Insolvency Law Committee remote
$50 Non Member Remote
Complimentary – Federal Judge/Clerk/Law Student Remote

To register, please click here.

MCLE: 4 hours of CLE comprising of: (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.

MCLE: 1.00 Hr. of Legal Ethics; 1.00 Hr. of Implicit Bias; 1.00 Hr. of Technology; 1.00 Hr. of Civility; This activity has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education Credit by the State Bar of California. The FBA certifies that this activity conforms to the standards of approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.