Alexandria, Va. — ABI and the UMKC School of Law are pleased to present the 2021 Virtual Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute, featuring engaging business and consumer sessions via a convenient and flexible online platform. A special luncheon lecture titled “The Wall of Debt, and Other Economic Legacies of COVID-19” will feature Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Harner (D. Md.; Baltimore), Richardo I. Kilpatrick of Kilpatrick & Associates, P.C. (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and James E. Millstein of Guggenheim Securities, LLC (New York). The program will also feature ABI’s popular ABI Talks session, with top experts focusing on industry and filing trends, PPP loans and fraud, and bad-faith filings. Andrea Chase of Spencer Fane LLP (Kansas City, Mo.) and Nicholas J. Zluticky of Stinson LLP (Kansas City, Mo.) are the program co-chairs, and Bankruptcy Judge Dennis R. Dow (W.D. Mo.; Kansas City) is the judicial chair. Attendees will be able to earn 6.66 hours of total CLE credit, including 0.8 of an hour of ethics. Session recordings will be viewable until November 1, 2021.

Program sessions include:

• Case Law Update
• Current Issues and Practice in Subchapter V Cases
• Not-So-Obvious Fraudulent Transfers
• Who Is My Client, Anyway? Ethical Dilemmas in Chapter 11
• Ethics: Duty to Perform
• Judicial Round & Round
• Chapter 11 Feasibility and Related Confirmation Topics
• Hot Topics in Chapter 13
• Learn Mindfulness to Curtail Implicit Bias and Make Ethical Decisions

If you are a member of the press and would like to attend the Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute, please contact ABI Public Affairs Officer John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or [email protected].

                                                                ###

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.