Alexandria, Va. — The Ninth Annual Credit & Bankruptcy Symposium, at the Mohegan Sun Resort & Casino in Uncasville, Conn., on May 7-8, 2015, will include sessions on getting retained and paid, the economic outlook for the middle market and a judges’ panel. ABI teams with the Turnaround Management Association’s Connecticut Chapter and the New York Institute of Credit to offer the symposium, which features 3.5/4 hours of CLE/CPE credit. Panels and speakers for the Symposium include:

Views from the Bench: Judges will discuss key issues affecting secured creditors in the Final Report of the ABI Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11.

• Moderator Andrew I. Silfen of Arent Fox LLP (New York)
• Bankruptcy Judge Joan N. Feeney (D. Mass.; Boston)
• Bankruptcy Judge Michael B. Kaplan (D. N.J.; Trenton)
• Bankruptcy Judge Julie A. Manning (D. Conn.; New Haven)
• Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth S. Stong (E.D.N.Y.; Brooklyn)

Financial Alchemy: Turning Financial Lead into Gold

• Moderator David M. Weinstein of Ares Management (Tarrytown, N.Y.)
• Bill McAndrew of Citibank Middle Market Lending Group (New York)
• Robert Meyers of Bibby Financial Services (Chicago)
• Andrew H. Moser of Salus Capital Partners (Needham, Mass.)
• Greg Pignataro of People’s United Bank (Hartford, Conn.)

How to Ensure that You Are the Sharpest Tool in Your Client’s Toolbox: A Multi-Disciplinary Look at Middle-Market Corporate Renewal and Restructuring

• Thomas Donnelly of Webster Bank (Waterbury, Conn.)
• Bankruptcy Judge Allan L. Gropper (S.D.N.Y.; New York)
• Bert Weil of Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC (New York)

Members of the press looking to attend the conference should contact ABI Public Affairs Manager John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or [email protected]. For more information on the Symposium, please click here.

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