Alexandria, Va. — Chicago-area consumer bankruptcy practitioners will have the opportunity to examine current issues affecting the profession at the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI’s) Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff Seventh Circuit Consumer Bankruptcy Conference on Oct. 8 (Columbus Day) at the Jenner & Block Conference Center in downtown Chicago. Faculty members include experienced local chapter 7 and 13 consumer attorneys and panel trustees, bankruptcy judges Janet S. Baer, Mary P. Gorman, Carol A. Doyle and Beth E. Hanan, and the conference’s namesake, ABI President and Retired Bankruptcy Judge Eugene R. Wedoff (ret.). In addition to insightful sessions, the conference will conclude with the interactive “Case Law Jeopardy, 2018 Edition” session. Attendees have the opportunity to earn up to 6.75/8 hours of CLE/CPE credit, including 1.25/1.5 hours of ethics. The judicial chair of the conference is Bankruptcy Judge Janet S. Baer.

Conference sessions include:

• Everybody Wants to Get Paid: The Complete Guide to Compensation Issues
• They Don’t Call Us Counselors for Nothing
• It Was So Much Fun; Let’s Do It Again: Cars, Parking and Municipal Violations, Take Two
• So, Now What Do We Do? Chapter 13 Hot Topics
• Don’t Be a Dinosaur
• What Do You Mean, My Credit Is Ruined? Credit Scores and Reports

For more information on the Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff Seventh Circuit Consumer Bankruptcy Conference, including the full list of panel speakers, please click here.

If you are a member of the press and would like to attend the Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff Seventh Circuit Consumer Bankruptcy Conference, please contact John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or [email protected].

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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 nearly 12,000 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.abi.org/calendar-of-events.