Fraudulent Transfers And Voidable Transactions Practice



Jay emphasizes the area of fraudulent transfers, now called avoidable transactions. Jay was an American Bar Association Adviser to the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act ("UVTA"), a/k/a the 2014 Revisions to the Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act ("UFTA"). Jay has litigated numerous fraudulent transfer issues in both federal and state courts, and has been qualified to testify in trial as an expert witness on the subject.


Articles On Fraudulent Transfers And Voidable Transactions



2024.09.06 ... Court Division Of Marital Property Not Subject To UVTA Claim In Bijan Boutiques

2024.08.22 ... Common Law Fraudulent Transfer Claims Subject To UVTA Extinguishment Period In California

2024.07.06 ... Eleventh Circuit Says No Fraudulent Transfer Remedy Against The Debtor/Transferor Only In SE Property Holdings

2023.12.11 ... Debtor's Late Transfer To Tenancy By The Entireties Fails In Paulsen

2023.07.20 ... Attorneys Fees Awarded For Fraudulent Transfer Deemed Not Dischargeable In Kruse

2022.12.23 ... Why The Political Campaigns That Received FTX Donations Will Have To Pay Those Funds Back To FTX

2022.09.16 ... Understanding Overextending Insolvency And Sinking Insolvency: The UVTA's Two Strangest Tests

2022.06.20 ... Understanding The Limits Of The Transferee's Good Faith Defense In Voidable Transaction Law

2021.10.30 ... Ninth Circuit Agrees That Damages Is Not An Element Of A Fraudulent Transfer Case In Medina

2021.10.21 ... Residence Underwater Due To Liens Not An Asset That Could Be Fraudulently Transferred In Tootian

2021.02.08 ... Decade-Long Limitations Period For IRS Can Be Utilized By Bankruptcy Trustee For All Creditors In Zagaroli

2021.01.24 ... UVTA Held Not To Require A Third-Party Transferee In Nagel

2020.10.22 ... Eleventh Circuit Affirms Punitive Damages For A Fraudulent Transfer And Rejects Constructive Notice In Judkins

2020.07.30 ... Zambri Zaps Harrah’s Casino For $850,449.60 In Fraudulent Transfers Ordered Repaid To Bankruptcy Trustee

2020.06.30 ... Attorney Fees Held Awardable Under Nevada Fraudulent Transfer Law In Morgan Stanley Opinion

2020.06.11 ... Bank That Was Financially Involved With Debtor Gets Caught Up In Fraudulent Transfer Case In Wilson

2020.05.21 ... Utah Supreme Court Rejects Mixed Motive Test For Intentional Fraudulent Transfers In Jones Case

2020.01.06 ... Twyne’s Case And The Most Infamous Flock Of Sheep In Anglo-American Law

2019.12.07 ... New York Finally Modernizes Its Fraudulent Transfer Laws By Adopting The Uniform Voidable Transactions Act

2019.10.29 ... Repeal Of Kentucky’s Fraudulent Transfer Law In Favor Of UVTA Causes Headaches In Orchard

2019.10.19 ... Texas Homestead Gets Constitutional Protection From Fraudulent Transfer Claim In Lapides

2019.09.13 ... The Sackler Family And Fraudulent Transfers

2019.08.21 ... Of Jeffrey Epstein And The Assets He Placed Into Trust Two Days Before His Death

2019.07.27 ... Cortez Rule For California Uniform Voidable Transactions Act Reaffirmed In Potter

2019.07.08 ... Fraudulent Transfers And The Statute of 13 Elizabeth Translated To Contemporary Legal English

2019.05.30 ... Understanding The Elements Of The UVTA Tests For A Voidable Transaction

2019.05.20 ... Good Faith Not Enough For Transferee To Establish Fraudulent Transfer Defense In Hawk

2019.03.31 ... Voidability Of Sham Lawsuit And Judgment At Issue In Chen

2019.02.22 ... California Court Of Appeals Swings And Misses On Pre-Marital Fraudulent Transfer Agreement In Sturm

2019.02.12 ... Why The Mere Incorporation Or Formation Process For A New Entity Is Not A Fraudulent Transfer

2019.01.30 ... Resignation Of Corporate Officer Not A Fraudulent Transfer In Texas Opinion

2018.10.28 ... Advising About Or Assisting With A Fraudulent Transfer Is About To Get Very Dangerous In California

2018.08.24 ... Undocumented Loans Easy Fodder For Florida Fraudulent Transfer Claim In Kaplan

2018.08.13 ... Late-Arriving Member To LLC Results In Fraudulent Transfer Finding And Punitive Damages In Lacava

2018.07.26 ... Ninth Circuit Rules For IRS In Shareholder Distribution Claw-Back Fraudulent Transfer Case In Slone

2017.12.18 ... Revocation Of A Company's S-Election By Shareholders Not Deemed A Voidable Transaction In Arrowsmith

2017.12.07 ... 'I Only Gave It To My Spouse In Case I Got Sued' Defense Flops Once Again In Soley Case

2017.08.20 ... One Year Discovery Rule For Fraudulent Transfers Tested In PNC Bank Case

2017.05.30 ... The Good Faith Transferee Defined In Nautilus

2017.01.18 ... Fraudulent Transfer Law Trumps Tenancy By The Entireties In Knoll

2016.09.30 ... The Silver Lining In The IRS's Proposed Rule Changes For Valuation Discounts

2016.09.10 ... The 10-Year Lookback for Tax Liability Overrides State Fraudulent Transfer Law In Kipnis

2016.08.22 … Sacred Heart University Dodges Fraudulent Transfer Claim For Tuition Paid In Palladino

2016.08.14 … Fraudulent Transfers Into An ERISA Plan Can Be Unwound Despite The ERISA Protections

2016.07.30 … Fraudulent Transfer Defeats Tenancy By The Entireties Protection Of Sarasota Home In Major

2016.07.29 … Blixseth Loses On Marital Settlement Agreement and Fraudulent Transfers

2016.05.21 … Actual Fraud Includes Fraudulent Transfers In Bankruptcy Says Sotomayor

2016.04.07 … The Golf Channel Gets The Answer It Wants From The Texas Supreme Court

2016.03.25 … Estate Planners: Worry Not About The Uniform Voidable Transactions Act

2016.01.30 … Fraudulent Transfers In Hypnotic Taxi

2015.11.27 ... Silver Bars and Fraudulent Transfers in Rego Group

2015.11.22 ... U.S. Jurisdictions That Criminalize Fraudulent Transfers

2015.11.16 ... Attorney's Fees Deemed To Constitute Reasonably Equivalent Value In Magnum Steel

2015.09.30 ... Minnesota Attorney Suspended For Assisting With A Fraudulent Transfer In Sheehan

2015.08.22 ... Son of BOSS Leads To A Divorce And Fraudulent Transfer Troubles In Baker

2015.07.29 ... Cevdet Aksut -- Fraudulent Transfer Means Civil Conspiracy And Civil RICO Claims Against Law Firm

2015.07.27 ... The Fifth Circuit Declares A Mulligan In The Golf Channel Innocent Transferee Case

2015.06.19 ... Kettering Article On The UVTA , er, UFTA -2014, Provides The Definitive Guide To Changes

2015.05.27 ... Kekonas ' Punitive Damages Award For Fraudulent Transfers Gets Bigger On Appeal

2015.04.26 ... The Fraudulent Transfer Laws Do Indeed Apply To Future Creditors

2015.04.02 ... Nevada Supreme Court's Fraudulent Transfer Ruling Keeps Innocent Law Firm Out Of The Woods

2015.03.31 ... The Common But False Myth Of The Asset-For-LLC Interest Exchange In Asset Protection Planning

2015.03.17 ... The Fifth Circuit Slices The Golf Channel Into The Pond

2015.03.14 ... Medici Gambles At The Venetian But It Is The Venetian Who Gets Played

2015.01.16 ... Debtor's Pre-Petition Transfers Result In Denial Of Discharge In Drumm

2014.11.18 ... Positive Health Of The Fraudulent Transferee's Good Faith Defense

2014.11.01 ... The Insolvent Debtor - Are Charity And Family Gifts Still Possible?

2014.10.26 ... Living Expenses Of No Utility To Creditors In Schlussel

2014.10.09 ... Dilution Of Corporate Stock As A Fraudulent Transfer In Antonello

2014.08.31 ... The Uniform Voidable Transactions Act – New Section 11 and Series LLCs

2014.07.27 ... The Uniform Voidable Transaction Act And The Shifting Of Burdens

2014.07.22 ... The Uniform Voidable Transactions Act and Conflict of Laws

2014.07.18 ... The Uniform Voidable Transactions Act – What’s With The Name Change?

2014.03.31 ... Iowa Attorney Narrowly Dodges Bar Complaint For Murderer's Fraudulent Transfers

2014.01.22 ... The $867 Dispute Becomes An $883,654 Judgment In Ravet

2014.01.18 ... Attorney's Time Slips Slip Up Post-Judgment Attempts To Defraud Creditors In Frankel

2013.12.19 ... Two Year Suspension For California Attorney Who Engaged In Fraudulent Transfer In Morris

2013.10.30 ... Good Faith Transferees And The Perils Of Third-Party Payers

2013.10.15 ... Hawaiian Fraudulent Transferee Hangs Ten To Punitive Damages

2013.09.23 ... Fraudulent Transfers Trigger Crime-Fraud Exception And $10 Million Punitive Damages In Cutuli

2013.08.30 ... One-Year Vacation From Practice For Attorney Who Fraudulently Transferred Assets

2013.07.02 ... Bankrupt Milwaukee Archdiocese Apparently Caught In Fraudulent Transfer

2013.04.23 ... Fraudulent Transfer Leads To Punitive Damages And Attorney's Fees Equal To Six Times The Amount Of The Underlying Judgment In Renbolt

2013.03.22 ... What The Debtor Received In Return Is Key To Fraudulent Transfer Value Analysis

2013.01.31 ... Existence Of Claim Renders Some Clients Seeking Asset Protection Effectively Dead On Arrival

2013.01.30 ... Interspousal Transfers Without Value To Avoid Personal Guarantee Voided As Fraudulent Transfers In Lilly

2013.01.19 ... Kremen -- Failure To Prove Fraudulent Transfer

2012.12.31 ... Cohen - Lawyer's Transfer Of Wages To Entireties Account Only Partially Protected From Creditor When Fraudulently Transferred

2012.11.29 ... Kilker - Asset Protection Intent In Making Transfers To Protect Against Future Creditors Means Disaster When Creditor Appears

2012.10.31 ... Kenrob Information - The IRS Fights Off Fraudulent Transfer Claim For Debtor S-Corporation's Tax Reimbursements To Shareholders

2012.10.29 ... Elephants and Donkeys Find Unhappiness In Sir Scam-A-Lot's Court

2012.10.20 ... Goldberg - Affidavit of Solvency Allows Asset Protection Attorney To Keep Fees Against Fraudulent Transfer Claim

2012.09.30 ... Pearl -- Transfers to Revocable Trusts Were Not Fraudulent Transfers As To Creditors Of The Settlor

2012.08.29 ... Kendall: Distressed Debtor's Late Transfers Set Aside As Fraudulent Transfers In Bankruptcy

2012.07.31 ... Howrey: When The Sinking Ship Seeks The Cheese Back From The Fleeing Rats

2012.05.08 ... Fraudulent Transfer Leads To Punitive Damages Award In California

2011.12.23 ... Cohen: Temporary Restraining Order Issued Against Those Assisting Debtor With Fraudulent Transfers

2011.10.13 ... The Sad Last Ballad of Jerry Lynn Williams: Divorce Decree Fails To Defeat Fraudulent Transfer Action

2011.09.27 ... Schofield-Johnson: Husband's Failed Attempt To Shield Assets From The IRS By Transferring To Wife Who Transferred To An LLC

2011.09.20 ... Racsko : Bankruptcy Trustee Of Mother Can Invade Her Children's Trust On Fraudulent Transfer Grounds

2011.08.13 ... Dad's Looting Of Corporation By Making Gifts To His Kids Gets Them Caught Up In Fraudulent Transfers


Past Speaking Appearances On Fraudulent Transfers And Voidable Transactions



2021.10.09 ... Webinar ... Jay Adkisson presented "Voidable Transactions" at the Annual Meeting of the California Association of Judgment Professionals

2017.10.10 ... Webinar ... Jay Adkisson and Dave Slenn presented "Voidable Transactions" for a nationwide webinar hosted by the National Business Institute.

2016.9.15 ... Los Angeles ... Presented the sections, "Business Asset Protection", "Understanding Charging Orders" and "California's New Uniform Voidable Transactions Act" at a seminar sponsored by Pincus Professional Education.

2016.4.18 ... NBI Webinar ... Presented "Understanding Fraudulent Transfers" for a webinar sponsored by the National Business Institute.

2015.7.29 ... Las Vegas ... Presented "The Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act" to the Las Vegas Chapter of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners

2014.10.17 ... San Diego, CA ... Jay Adkisson and David Slenn presented two programs, "Ethics Issues In Asset Protection" and "Asset Protection Update and the New Uniform Voidable Transaction Act", at the Southern California Tax & Estate Planning Forum

2014.5.8 ... Miami ... Presented "Fraudulent Transfers and Charging Orders" at the Florida Bar Tax Section seminar Asset Protection Industry Leaders Present Key Tools, Technologies, and Insights to Create a Successful Wealth Protection Plan

2013.7.23 ... Teleconference panelist on the topic "When Does Fraudulent Transfer Law Trump Estate Planning" presented by the American Bar Association Section on Real Property, Trusts & Estates

2008.10.11 ... San Jose, CA ... Presented "Understanding Fraudulent Transfer Law" at the Annual Meeting of the California Association of Judgment Professionals