Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI’s) 2023 Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference will be held at the Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek in Salt Lake City Jan. 26-27. The conference, which will also feature a virtual attendance option, will examine the lessons learned in both business and consumer bankruptcy cases over the past year, and take a look at what trends may lie ahead in 2023. The program features 13 panel sessions, including two as part of a separate workshop geared toward consumer practitioners. The conference also will feature an economic update by Robert Spendlove, senior vice president of Zions Bank in Sandy, Utah. Attendees of the Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference have the opportunity to earn up to 9.25 hours of CLE/CPE credit and 1 hour of ethics.

Timely panel sessions include:

• ABI Talks: Chapter 11 Cases of Interest
• Subchapter V and § 523 Nondischargeability
• Cryptocurrency
• Refresher on Advising Corporate Boards
• Interest Rates and Valuation
• Third-Party Releases
• Employing and Effectively Using Nonattorney Professionals
• Judges’ Roundtable & Fireside Chat
• Current Events with Bill Rochelle (and Guests!)
• Ethics Jeopardy

The Consumer Workshop track will include the following sessions:

• Consumer Case Law Update
• Consumer Hot Topics: Student Loans, Proofs of Claim, Post-Petition Assets and More

In addition, the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation will be presenting a separate program in conjunction with the conference, titled “Restoring the Fresh Start: Four Areas of Bankruptcy Law that Need to Be Fixed NOW!”

Judicial co-chairs for the 2023 Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference are Bankruptcy Judges Kevin R. Anderson (D. Utah; Salt Lake City) and Joseph G. Rosania (D. Colo.; Denver), and program co-chairs are Chad S. Caby of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP (Denver) and Sherilyn A. Olsen of Holland & Hart LLP (Salt Lake City).

If you are a member of the press and would like to attend the Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference either in person or virtually, please contact ABI Public Affairs Officer John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or [email protected]. For more information about the conference, please click here.

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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.