Questions:

1. What is a liquidation proceeding under Chapter 7? How is one initiated? What is the difference a voluntary bankruptcy and an involuntary bankruptcy? What is "means testing"?

2. How does a Chapter 13 bankruptcy differ from Chapter 7 bankruptcy? What happens if a company files for reorganization under Chapter 11?

3. During the course of their twenty-five-year marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Jones have had their family attorney, Mr. Shapiro, prepare their wills, handle their legal estate purchases, and assist them with other legal matters. On Monday, Mrs. Jones calls Mr. Shapiro and makes an appointment. She explains that she wants to file a divorce action against Mr. Jones. On Wednesday, Mr. Jones calls Mr. Shapiro. He wants to make an appointment to discuss filing a divorce action against Mrs. Jones. May the attorney, Mr. Shapiro, represent both Mr. Jones and Mrs. Jones in the divorce action?

4. Theft crimes often are committed against clients' estates. Consider the following theft. A paralegal at a California law firm stole a $19,000 check from the firm, made it payable to herself and her roommate, and changed the amount of the check to $285,000. She deposited the check into a bank account that was jointly held with her roommate. They chartered to jet to New York, rented rooms in a luxury hotel, and went on a shopping spree. The two were also accused of obtaining two cashier's checks in the amounts of $100,000 and $33,000 from the stolen funds to use as a down payment on a $3.7 million house in California. They were caught when the $285,000 check was rejected by the bank that had initially issued the $19,000 check. What laws and ethics rules have been violated? What might be the outcome for the paralegal in this case? For her roommate? For her law firm?

5. Yoda desires to have the following work done to the 2012 Honda Civic automobile that is owned by Yoda...... oil change, oil filter, four-wheel alignment, detail the interior of the vehicle, detail the exterior of the vehicle, and replace the exhaust system.

Yoda wants to hire Darth of Darth Auto Repairs to complete the work.

Prepare a contract between Yoda and Darth so that paragraph one above can be accomplished.

Search the INTERNET for a suitable contract form for the Automobile repair as described above.