The National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center is pleased to announce the publication of its 2025 Year in Review, highlighting a year of sustained appellate advocacy, national collaboration, and meaningful impact on consumer bankruptcy jurisprudence. The full report is available here: NCBRC 2025 Year in Review.
Read more: NCBRC Releases 2025 Year in ReviewIn 2025, NCBRC’s advocacy reached seven federal circuits and the United States Supreme Court. Through amicus participation, moot courts, case monitoring, and direct collaboration with debtors’ counsel, NCBRC engaged in cases addressing exemptions, Chapter 13 plan feasibility and modification, discharge enforcement, arbitration, and the scope of bankruptcy court authority. Over the course of the year, the organization published more than 28 substantive case-law and advocacy updates and strengthened its Board of Directors with the addition of two distinguished attorneys.
The Year in Review details NCBRC’s work in significant matters such as Warfield v. Nance, Bronitsky v. Saldana, Conte v. Hill, Mission Hen, LLC v. Lee, and Valdellon v. Wells Fargo, among many others. It also outlines the organization’s continued efforts to preserve the integrity of the fresh start, protect exemptions, defend Chapter 13 as a viable reorganization tool, and resist efforts to privatize core bankruptcy remedies through arbitration.
As NCBRC looks ahead to 2026, several major appellate matters are already underway. With the continued support of debtors’ counsel nationwide, board members, and contributors, NCBRC remains committed to shaping bankruptcy law in ways that protect consumer debtors and promote fairness and uniformity in the federal appellate courts.
We invite practitioners, supporters, and members of the bankruptcy community to read the full 2025 Year in Review and join us in advancing the rights of consumer debtors nationwide.