Subchapter V of Chapter 11: Reorganizing a Small Business

Essential Information for Litigators and Transactional Lawyers with Small Business Clients Facing Insolvency

Date: May 27th, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.
Venue: Zoom (link provided after registration)
MCLE Credit: 1.0 Hour (general)

How a small business can use Subchapter V of Chapter 11 to continue in business even if faced with apparently crippling debt. Many businesses survived COVID by taking on debt beyond their ability to pay. Can Subchapter V — which took effect in 2020 — help?

Speakers: William C. Beall Esq. & Ryan W. Beall Esq.

William C. Beall was a graduate of Yale Law School in 1980 and has been practicing since 1981. After two years in a clerkship in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, he joined the firm of Michaelson, Susi & Michaelson in 1982. In 1988, he entered into the solo practice. In 1993, Mr. Beall and Eric Burkhardt formed the partnership Beall and Burkhardt, the predecessor entity to Beall & Burkhardt, APC. From 1982 to the present, Mr. Beall has practiced exclusively in the areas of bankruptcy and other debtor-creditor related issues.

Ryan W. Beall received his undergraduate degree in Political Science with a minor in Human Communication from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas in 2012, and his law degree from University of California Irvine, School of Law in 2016. While at law school, he served a judicial externship to the Honorable Brian E. Hill, Superior Court of Santa Barbara, and a judicial externship to the Honorable Scott C. Clarkson, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California. Upon graduation, Mr. Beall served a judicial clerkship for the Honorable Christopher M. Klein, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of California from August 2016 to August 2018.

Cost: Members $20 Non-Members $25

Questions? Please send any questions regarding to program to William Beall, will@beallandburkhardt.com