The American Bar Association's 'Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer for 2006' to be a Featured Speaker at Credit Counseling Conference

Jeff Tenenbaum, the American Bar Association’s “Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer for 2006”, will be a featured speaker at the American Association of Debt Management Organizations’ (AADMO) Spring Conference in Austin, Texas on May 16 & 17, 2006.

(PRWEB) April 24, 2006 -- At the AADMO Spring Conference Mr. Tenenbaum will discuss the current status of non-profit credit counseling and its future. His presentations will be:

- New Legal Models for Credit Counseling Agencies: Planning for the Future

- Transferring Clients and Assets from 501(c)(3) CCAs: What You Need to Know to Stay Out of Jail!

Mr. Tenenbaum, partner at the Venable law firm, was recognized by Who’s Who in American Law in 2005 and by the Washington Business Journal as a “Top Washington Lawyer” in 2004. In the nonprofit community, he was awarded the distinguished “Chairman’s Award” from GWSAE in 1997 and from the Center for Association Leadership in 2004.

“For an industry about to go through a major transformation from tax-exempt to taxable non-profit and for-profit, credit counseling agencies are fortunate to have the knowledge and expertise of Jeff Tenenbaum available at the AADMO Spring Conference”, said Mark Guimond, Executive Director of the AADMO.

“Any credit counseling agency that has read the IRS adverse determinations or the IRS statements in the press about the scale of audits and the plans for revocations need to know the information the Jeff Tenenbaum will present”, added Guimond.

The AADMO Spring Conference will also feature the following sessions:

- Privacy and Information Security
Speaker:    Carla Stone Witzel, Gordon-Feinblatt

- Relating to Regulators: Building Positive Relationships With State Regulators While Protecting Your Company’s Interests
Speaker:    Robby Birnbaum, Greenspoon Marder

- Knowing and Understanding the NEW Law of Mississippi
Speaker:    Theresa Brady, Deputy Commissioner, Mississippi Banking Department

- Knowing and Understanding the Law and Regulations of Montana
Speaker:    Cort Jensen, Assistant Attorney General

- Are You Making Non-Conformances Work For You? Managing Document Control and Using Customer Satisfaction Surveys
Speaker:    Mandy Eden, M. Eden Consulting

- Could You Be Reducing Your Bond Costs? Factors Used to Evaluate Bond Applicants
Speaker:    Jason Jenkins, Alpha Surety & Insurance

- The Current Status of Bankruptcy Reform and Credit Counseling at the 6 Month Mark and Agency Renewal Time
Speaker:    Henry Hobbs, Assistant U.S. Trustee, Executive Office for U.S. Trustees

- Knowing and Understanding the Law of Texas and the Possibility for Change
Speaker:    Leslie Pettijohn, Texas Consumer Credit Commissioner

- Knowing and Understanding the Law of California
Speaker:    Wayne Strumpfer, Acting Commissioner, CA Department of Corporations

- The New Law of Utah: Knowing and Understanding the NCCUSL "Uniform Debt Management Services Act" as the Law of the Land
Speaker:    Michael Greenfield, Walter D. Coles Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law & NCCUSL Drafting Committee Reporter

The AADMO Spring Conference program and registration information can be found at www.AADMO.org.

ABOUT AADMO:
AADMO is the largest trade association for the credit counseling and debt management industry. Nationwide, the majority of licensed and legally operating credit counseling agencies are members of AADMO.

AADMO is an industry education and advocacy organization whose mission is to promote and ensure the continued operation and viability of credit counseling and debt management organizations. AADMO provides its members and the consumer public with information about the credit and debt counseling industry.

AADMO members are consumer credit counseling agencies, debt management organizations, credit counselors, personal finance educators, credit and debt information educators, consumer lawyers and many others.

AADMO is the only trade association to have held state law compliance workshops with the New York State Banking Department and the California Department of Corporations upon enactment of their respective laws governing credit counseling and AADMO is the only trade association for the industry to publish a formal summary of state laws that has been reviewed by state regulators.

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