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A Case Study in How Judges Determine Witness Credibility

04/05/20

When a judge hears from multiple witnesses, he or she must make a decision on how much weight to give to what each witness says. Bankruptcy judges frequently make their credibility decisions a part of their opinions. This is both helpful to the parties and increases the likelihood that fact findings will not be found to be clearly erroneous on appeal.

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NCBJ 2014: Hedging Your Bets, Examining an Expert and Secured Creditors in Charge

10/11/14
I spent the morning listening to presentations on very disparate topics:  hedge funds, examining an expert witness and the balance between secured creditors and unsecured creditors.   I was not able to capture the full extent of the discussions and in some cases my descriptions below may be a bit cryptic.   My intent is not to provide a transcript, but rather to provide a flavoring of issues being discussed at NCBJ. 
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