Alexandria, Va. —Bankruptcy judges and leading practitioners from the Third and Fourth U.S. Judicial Circuits will head the faculty for ABI’s Tenth Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, to be held July 31 – Aug. 2 at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay in Cambridge, Md. More than 200 attendees are expected to take part in the event, which brings together the region’s top insolvency professionals for three days of current developments and networking, with the opportunity to earn 7 hours of CLE/8 hours of CPE credit, including 1 hour of ethics credit. Program co-chairs for the Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop are Kevin P. Clancy/ of CohnReznick LLP (Edison, N.J.), Linda V. Donhauser of Miles & Stockbridge PC (Baltimore), Edward T. Gavin of Gavin/Solmonese (Wilmington, Del.) and Laurie Selber Silverstein of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP (Wilmington, Del.). The judicial co-chairs for the workshop are Bankruptcy Judges Nancy V. Alquist (D. Md.; Baltimore) and Christopher S. Sontchi (D. Del.; Wilmington) Topics to be discussed at the Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop include: • Ethics Issues in Bankruptcy Litigation, Redux: Who’s Suing Whom? • Checking In with the Supremes: All Clear after Bellingham? • The Principles of Compensation: The New U.S. Trustee Fee Guidelines • Shakedowns vs. The Pursuit of Justice: The Current Landscape of Avoidance Actions • What’s Yours Might Not Be: Section 541 and Property of the Estate • Convoluted Pollution: The (Sometimes) Messy Collision of Bankruptcy and Environmental Issues • Financial Statements: What’s Hiding Beneath the Surface, and Why Does It Matter? • Caveat Emptor: The Purchase and Sale of Debt in Bankruptcy • Commercial Chapter 7 Track • Jaunty Judicial Debates • Consumer Chapter 7 Track To view a full schedule and list of speakers at the Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, please click the following link: http://www.abiworld.org/MA14/schedule.html. For more information about the Tenth Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, call ABI at (703) 739-0800 or visit http://www.abiworld.org/MA14. ### ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes more than 13,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abiworld.org/conferences.html.

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