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Brett Weiss - Salt Lake City, UT
311 S State StSuite 260 Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Blue Bee Bankruptcy Law
Salt Lake City Bankruptcy Lawyer
Overview
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.
Mr. Weiss has received international media attention in connection with the bankruptcy cases he had handled...
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.
Mr. Weiss has received international media attention in connection with the bankruptcy cases he had handled...
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.
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
About Brett Weiss
Practice Areas
- Bankruptcy
Current Employment Position(s)
- Of Counsel
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Maryland
- District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Former Maryland State Chair, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA)
- Board of Directors, MSBA Consumer Bankruptcy Council
- Bankruptcy Bar Ass’n of MD
- Founding Member, Bankruptcy Law Network
Education
- University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 1983
Juris Doctor with Honors - University of Maryland, 1980
B.A.
Classes and Seminars
- Clinical Program Mentor, University of Maryland, School of Law
- Clinical Law Program, University of Maryland, School of Law, 2008 - Present
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Brett Weiss
Included on the 2023 Washington DC list
Past Lists
- 2022 Maryland Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Maryland Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Maryland Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Maryland Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Maryland Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Maryland Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Washington DC Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Maryland Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Maryland Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Maryland Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Washington DC Super Lawyers list
Office Information
Address
311 S State StSuite 260 Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone
Fax
- 801-624-6703
Offers Free Initial Consultation
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Office Hours
M-F 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. / Evening and Weekend Appts.
Publication
Articles
- Bankruptcy After BAPCPA, Maryland Bar Journal, May/June at 16, 2007
- The American Dream On the Line Obama vs. McCain: How Will the Candidates Tackle the Mortgage Meltdown, Default Servicer News, 56, 2008
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