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Joel was an invited panelist to the 2008 Debtor/Creditor Bar Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he spoke about application of payments and general abuses of mortgage servicers in Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases. Joel has been appointed to the Bankruptcy Bar Advisory Committee for the Eastern District of Arkansas. The Committee focuses on areas of common concern for bankruptcy practitioners, ways for the Bankruptcy Clerk's office to improve operations and implementing changes in the Bankruptcy Court's and Clerk's office procedures. The Committee is comprised of practicing debtor and creditor bankruptcy attorneys as well as the Assistant United States Trustee, a Standing Chapter 13 Trustee, a Standing Chapter 7 Trustee and the Clerk of Court. Committee membership is organized by the Bankruptcy Clerk, based on a selection process with the Bankruptcy Judges. In the fall of 2006, Joel attended a five day 12 hour a day intensive training session in bankruptcy litigation at O. Max Gardener’s Bankruptcy Boot Camp. The Bankruptcy Boot Camp was conducted on Gardner’s 160-acre Farm located deep in the South Mountains of Western North Carolina near the small town of Casar. Max Gardner is widely recognized as a leading lawyer in America in the areas of Predatory Mortgage Servicing and the collection of discharged debts in consumer bankruptcy cases. Max and his Boot Camps have been featured in the NY Times, the Washington Post, Business Week, CNN, and Nightline. Gardner has trained more than 225 consumer lawyers across the country since he first opened the Boot Camps in January of 2006. Gardner says he teaches the Boot Campers to think like the creditors so that they can beat them at their own game. Gardner also educates lawyers in federal and state laws consumer protection statutes to enhance the protections provided by the Bankruptcy Code. Joel is listed amoung Mid-South Super Lawyers 2011 "Rising Stars" in the areas of Bankruptcy & Credit/Debtor Rights and Consumer Law. Professional Associations:
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Joel G. Hargis is graduated from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a double emphasis in political science and English. Joel received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. He is currently admitted to practice law in the State of Arkansas, the Arkansas Supreme Court, and the United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Since obtaining his license, Joel has focused his practice exclusively in the area bankruptcy, debtors’ rights, consumer protection, and bankruptcy litigation.