2025 Steven W. Rhodes Consumer Bankruptcy Conference

When
11 Nov 2025
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Location
Somerset Inn located at 2601 West Big Beaver, Troy, MI 48084

Registration

CBA Member - Late Registration (includes $30 late signup fee) – $204.00
CBA Member Rate – $174.00
Non-Member Rate – $199.00
Non-Member Rate - Late Registration (includes $30 late signup fee) – $229.00

Join the CBA on November 11, 2025 for the Annual Steven W. Rhodes Consumer Bankruptcy Conference!

Registration Deadline is November 4, 2025

($30 late registration fee added after Nov. 4, 2025)

Reminder: Join the CBA or Renew Your CBA Membership
prior to registering to receive the Member Rate.

Click Here to Join or Renew

(The Member Rate is available only to CBA members with paid membership as of November 11, 2025)

Location: Somerset Inn located at 2601 West Big Beaver, Troy, MI 48084

For Hotel Reservations Contact Somerset Inn at 833-577-3054

A great opportunity to join your colleagues and Bankruptcy Judges from the Eastern and Western District of Michigan!

Program Schedule:

8:00-8:30am - Registration & Breakfast

8:30-8:50am - Welcome, Introduction and Veterans Day Tribute

8:50-9:50am - Plenary: Comments from the Bench

10:00-11:00am - Choice of Breakout Session:

a. Litigation

b. Hot Topics in Chapter 13 cases

c. Intersection Between State Court Proceedings and Bankruptcy

11:10am-12:10pm - Choice of Breakout Session:

a. Chapter 7 Best Practices

b. Good Faith verses Bad Faith

c. Handling the Case of a Self-employed Debtor

12:10-1:00pm Lunch/Networking/Special CBA Presentation

1:00-2:00pm Plenary: Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law

2:10-3:10pm Choice of Breakout Session:

a. Vesting

b. Mental Health

c. Chapter 13 Best Practices

3:10-3:25 pm Snack Break

3:25-4:25 pm Plenary: Case Law Update

Through continuing education, training and open discourse, the Consumer Bankruptcy Association seeks to promote excellence and civility in the practice of Consumer Bankruptcy Law.