Eighteen Bankruptcy Judges Featured at ABIs Bankruptcy 2008 Views from the Bench Conference
Eighteen Bankruptcy Judges Featured at ABIs Bankruptcy 2008 Views from the Bench Conference
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EIGHTEEN BANKRUPTCY JUDGES FEATURED AT ABI’S “BANKRUPTCY 2008: VIEWS FROM THE BENCH” CONFERENCE
June 9, 2008, Alexandria, Va. — Eighteen bankruptcy judges
will participate at the American Bankruptcy Institute’s
“Bankruptcy 2008: Views from the Bench” program on Sept. 12
at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. David R.
Kuney of Sidley Austin LLP (Washington, D.C.) is the program
chair for the conference. Attendees will have the opportunity to earn
7.0 CLE credits, including 1.0 hour of ethics, at the conference.
Panel sessions include:
The “Liquidating Cases and Asset Disposition; Sales, Auctions,
Appeals” session, moderated by Melanie L. Cyganowski of
Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, PC (New York) and
facilitated by Irving E. Walker of Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman
& Leonard, PA (Baltimore) will include Bankruptcy Judges Judith
K. Fitzgerald (W.D. Pa.; Pittsburgh), Michael B. Kaplan (D.
N.J.; Trenton) and Eugene R. Wedoff (N.D. Ill.; Chicago).
Moderator David R. Kuney of Sidley Austin LLP (Washington, D.C.)
will be joined by facilitator Michael L. Bernstein of Arnold
& Porter LLP (Washington, D.C.) and Bankruptcy Judges Rosemary
Gambardella (D. N.J.; Newark), Robert A. Mark (S.D. Fla.;
Miami) and Gregg W. Zive (D. Nev.; Reno) for the “Real
Estate: Homebuilders, Commercial and Hotels” session.
“The New Wave of Retail Bankruptcies” session moderated by
David L. Pollack of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
(Philadelphia) and Laura Davis Jones of Pachulski Stang Ziehl
& Jones LLP (Wilmington, Del.) will feature Bankruptcy Judges
Christopher S. Sontchi (D. Del.; Wilmington), Douglas O. Tice,
Jr. (E.D. Va.; Richmond) and Peter J. Walsh (D. Del.;
Wilmington).
The lunch programming will feature four working break-out sessions. The
first three break-out sessions will feature the facilitators leading a
discussion from the three morning panels and allow a unique opportunity
for attendees to follow up on the morning’s topics in small groups
over lunch with the judges and speakers.
The fourth break-out luncheon session will focus on debtor-in-possession
financing, moderated by Marcia L. Goldstein of Weil, Gotshal
& Manges, LLP (New York) and facilitated by Peter S. Clark,
II of Reed Smith LLP (Philadelphia) with Bankruptcy Judge Gregg
W. Zive (D. Nev.; Reno).
The afternoon sessions resume with “The Changing Paradigm in
Distressed Debt and Claims Buying: Securitized Lending and Capital
Markets Issues” session. Jay M. Goffman of Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (New York) will moderate the session along
with facilitator Alan J. Carr of Strategic Value Partners, LLC
(Greenwich, Conn.) and a panel with Bankruptcy Judges Thomas B.
Bennett (N.D. Ala.; Birmingham), Kevin J. Carey (D. Del.;
Wilmington) and Robert D. Drain (S.D.N.Y.; New York).
Moderator Richard M. Meth of Day Pitney LLP (Morristown, N.J.)
and facilitator Mark D. Taylor of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
(Washington, D.C.) will be joined by Bankruptcy Judges Stephen S.
Mitchell (E.D. Va.; Alexandria), S. Martin Teel (D. D.C.) and
Judith H. Wizmur (D. N.J.; Camden) for the “Current
Developments in Ethics” session.
The “Confirmation Issues” session will be moderated by
Robert J. Rosenberg of Latham & Watkins, LLP (New York) with
facilitator Mark D. Collins of Richards, Layton & Finger, PA
(Wilmington, Del.) and feature Bankruptcy Judges Leif M. Clark
(W.D. Texas; San Antonio), Arthur J. Gonzalez (S.D.N.Y.; New
York) and Barbara J. Houser (N.D. Texas; Dallas).
Those who register by June 13 can save $50. For more information on the
“Views from the Bench” conference, please be sure to visit
http://www.abiworld.org/GT08.
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