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Mr. Brett Weiss

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The Weiss Law Group, LLC
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The Weiss Law Group, LLC
8843 Greenbelt Road, Suite 299
Greenbelt, MD 20770
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Work: (301) 924-4400

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Brett Weiss, Principal at The Weiss Law Group, LLC, has represented people and businesses in all phases of bankruptcy for nearly 40 years. He has experience in complex individual Chapter 7, Chapter 11, and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases, and in Chapter 11 small business restructuring and reorganization.

Brett Weiss is the co-author of Chapter 11 for Individual Debtors, published by LexisNexis, The Absolute-Priority Rule Should Not Apply in Individual Ch. 11 Cases and Who Gets the Money? The DIP Account, Liquidation Test and Conversion in Individual Chapter 11 Cases for the ABI Journal (the later being selected for The Best of ABI 2014: The Year in Consumer Bankruptcy), and written Fail to Make Direct Payments to Secured Creditors? Discharge OK (Point-Counterpoint) for the ABI Journal (selected for The Best of ABI 2019: The Year in Consumer Bankruptcy), The Small Business Reorganization Act: A Brief Overview and Justice Scalia and Consumer Bankruptcy for the Consumer Bankruptcy Journal, and Not Dead Yet: Bankruptcy After BAPCPA, for the Maryland Bar Journal, as well as over 200 blogs for the Bankruptcy Law Network and Maryland Bankruptcy Blog.

He has been involved in a number of cases of first impression, including In re Maharaj, 681 F.3d 558 (4th Cir.)(the absolute priority rule in individual Chapter 11 cases); Branigan v. Bateman, 515 F.3d. 272 (4th Cir.)(§ 1328(f) applicability and time­frames); Ford v. Roberson, 420 Md. 649 (applicability of ipso facto clauses); Hernandez v. Suburban Hospital, 319 Md. 226 (dischargeability of assignments); In re Tubman, 364 B.R. 574 (prior filing does not lift the stay as to “property of the estate”); Bunch v. Hopkins Savings Bank, 249 B.R. 667 (automatic stay and estate property); and In re Baker (No. 05-24007, Bankr.D.Md.)(venue for foreign debtors).

Mr. Weiss lectures nationally on bankruptcy issues. He has spoken before the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attor­neys, and the Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association, among others. He was selected as the consumer presenter for the prestigious American Bankruptcy Institute “Great Debates” and served on the ABI Individual Chapter 11 Task Force. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the Maryland State Bar Association Consumer Bankruptcy Council. He has testified before the Bankruptcy Rules Committee and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has twice testified before Congress on bankruptcy and credit issues.

Mr. Weiss has received international media attention in connection with his work. He was interviewed by Barbara Walters on The View, has appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC News with Peter Jennings, the Montel Williams Show, National Public Radio, AARP-TV, the BBC World Service, and numerous local radio and television programs, and been quoted in Money magazine, The Washington Post and The Daily Record, among others.

Education

University of Maryland School of Law
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Juris Doctor, with Honors, 1983
Law
1980 To 1983

University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland, United States
Batchelor of Arts, 1980
Physics, Opera, Government and Politics
1976 To 1980