Alexandria, Va. —Top experts from the Cincinnati area will gather to discuss top bankruptcy issues at ABI’s 2021 Virtual Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar Aug. 19-20. The workshop, being presented on an innovative virtual platform, will assemble the region’s top insolvency professionals for two days of engaging sessions and networking. A faculty of outstanding judges, academics and practitioners will present workshops on the key trends in the industry, with concurrent sessions looking at key business, consumer and skill-focused topics. Attendees will also have the opportunity to earn 7.75 hours of CLE credit, including 1.50 hour of ethics, and will have access to program recordings until September 20.

Program co-chairs for the Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar are Ellen Arvin Kennedy of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP (Lexington, Ky.) and Jason V. Stitt of Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL (Cincinnati). The judicial co-chairs for the workshop are Bankruptcy Judges Hon. Beth A. Buchanan (S.D. Ohio; Cincinnati) and Jeffery P. Hopkins (S.D. Ohio; Cincinnati).

Sessions at the Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar include:

• Case Law and Rules Update
• Commercial Session: Out-of-the-Ordinary Out-of-Court Restructuring Issues
• Consumer Session: “Stop Where You Are: A Bankruptcy Has Been Filed. But Don’t Just Stand There!”
• Disparate Treatment of People of Color in the Bankruptcy Process
• Judicial Town Hall
• Current Economics and the Continuing Effects of COVID-19
• Subchapter V

For more information about speakers and other program details, please visit https://www.abi.org/virtual/conference/mrbs21/page. Members of the press who would like to access ABI’s 2021 Virtual Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar should contact ABI Public Affairs Officer 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 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.