Judge Jeff Bohm

The rift in the bankruptcy universe created by Viegelahn v. Frost (Matter of Frost), 744 F.3d 384 (5th Cir. 2014) continues to widen, drawing more exemptions into its vortex in seeming disregard of Supreme Court precedent.   The latest opinion to come down is  In re Hawk, 2015 Bankr. LEXIS 309 (Bankr. S.D. Tex. 1/30/15) which holds that the Debtor in a chapter 7 proceeding forfeited his IRA exemption when he liquidated the account after the deadline to object had expired.   

Texas bankruptcy judge Jeff Bohm has ruled that a chapter 7 debtor who sold his homestead over a year after filing bankruptcy could not keep the portion of the proceeds when he failed to reinvest them within six months.  In re Smith, 2014 Bankr. LEXIS 3344 (Bankr. S.D. Tex.

A debtor who was denied a job based on a bankruptcy filing found out the hard way that subtle differences in wording can make a big difference. Burnett v. Stewart Title, No. 10-20250 (5th Cir. 3/4/11). You can find the opinion here.