COVID-19 Issues Including Employment Issues in Bankruptcy, Repurposing or Reimagining Distressed Real Estate and Eight Predictions for a Brave New Bankruptcy World Among the Discussions Set for ABI's 2021 Southwest Bankruptcy Conference Aug. 25-27

COVID-19 Issues Including Employment Issues in Bankruptcy, Repurposing or Reimagining Distressed Real Estate and Eight Predictions for a Brave New Bankruptcy World Among the Discussions Set for ABI's 2021 Southwest Bankruptcy Conference Aug. 25-27

Alexandria, Va. – ABI’s 2021 Southwest Bankruptcy Conference will be held Aug. 25-27 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas. The conference presents attendees with both an in-person and virtual option to join an outstanding faculty of leading judges, noted academics and prominent industry professionals presenting sessions on a variety of topics for both consumer and business practitioners. The conference will feature the popular “ABI Talks” series with discussions on divisive topics such as rejection of power purchase agreements, the future of oil and gas, and venue alternatives, and will provide an analytical review of Bankruptcy Appellate Panel reversals and affirmances. The conference will also feature a Judges’ Roundtable featuring Q&A with bankruptcy judges from the Ninth Circuit and across the country. Attendees have the opportunity to earn 8/9.5 hours of general CLE/CPE credit, including 1.25/1.5 hours of ethics. Session recordings will be available to attendees to view via the innovative conference portal.

Program co-chairs for the Southwest Bankruptcy Conference are Patrick A. Clisham of Engelman Berger, PC (Phoenix), Jordan A. Kroop of Perkins Coie LLP ((Phoenix) and John W. Lucas of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP (San Francisco). The sponsorship co-chairs are Louis M. Bubala, III of Kaempfer Crowell (Reno, Nev.) and Nellwyn Voorhies of Donlin, Recano & Company, Inc. (New York). Judicial co-chairs are Bankruptcy Judges Martin R. Barash (C.D. Cal.; Woodland Hills) and Daniel P. Collins (D. Ariz.; Phoenix).

Timely topics for the panel sessions include:

  • Judicial Roundtable
  • Complex Confirmation Issues
  • Consumer: Consumer Cases in the Headlines
  • Chapter 11 Cases in the Headlines
  • COVID-19: Infecting Employment Issues in Bankruptcy
  • Consumer: Intersection of Divorce and Bankruptcy
  • Repurposing or Reimagining Distressed Real Estate
  • ABI Talks
  • Nondischargeability, Discharge Injunction Violations and BofA Sanctions
  • First Look at Small Business Reorganization Act Cases
  • Eight COVID-19 Predictions for a Brave New Bankruptcy World: Hits, Misses and the Unforeseen
  • Strategies and Risks of Bankruptcy as a Response to State Court Litigation

For a list of speakers and additional details about the Southwest Bankruptcy Conference, please click here. Press looking to attend the Southwest Bankruptcy Conference should contact John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or [email protected] to obtain a press pass.

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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 10,000 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.