Law Firm Bankruptcies Challenges of Stern v. Marshall and Intellectual Property Issues Among Session Topics at ABIs 18th Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference

Law Firm Bankruptcies Challenges of Stern v. Marshall and Intellectual Property Issues Among Session Topics at ABIs 18th Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference

Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) 18th Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, set to take place on Jan. 24-25 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Denver, 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 2013. The conference will feature 14 panel sessions, including four as part of a separate workshop geared toward consumer practitioners. Attendees at the Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference have the opportunity to earn 9 hours of CLE/CPE credit and 3 hours of ethics. Also featured will be a special judges roundtable program on the morning of Jan. 25 that will feature the 10 bankruptcy judges of the Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference. The 2013 conference will once again include a special program by the Mountain/Desert Network of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). Timely panel sessions include: • The Open-Pit Copper Mine: Bringing Value to the Surface—Effectively Trying Contested Matters • Into the Depths of the Coal Mines: Over, Under, Sideways, Through—Any Way to Obtain a Confirmation Order and Hang Onto It on Appeal? • Extracting Uranium from Sandstone: Hot Topics Uncovered • Finding the Silver Mining in Unexpected Places: Intellectual Property and Bankruptcy • Boom or Bust: “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” and Other Consequences of Being Avoided • Turning Lead into Gold: Mastering the New Guidelines, Conflict and Employment Issues for Estate Professionals • Legal Ghost Towns: Walking the Deserted Streets of Law Firm Disasters • Rock Drills and Chipping Hammers: Cutting Through the Jurisdictional Challenges of Stern v. Marshall The Consumer Workshop track will include the following sessions: • Ventilating: Fresh Air for Miners, Fresh Start for Debtors—How Fresh Is Fresh? • Stope and Retreat or Stope and Fill: Using the Mining Method Best Suited for Your Post-Filing Issues • Staking Your Claim: Pre-Bankruptcy Planning, Part I • Maintaining Your Claim: Pre-Bankruptcy Planning, Part II To review a comprehensive schedule of programming and speakers, including the Consumer Bankruptcy Workshop sessions, please click on the following link: http://www.abiworld.org/RM13/schedule.html. The programming co-chairs for the Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference are Annette Jarvis of Dorsey & Whitney LLP (Salt Lake City) and Risa Lynn Wolf-Smith of Holland & Hart LLP (Denver). The judicial chair for the conference is Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth E. Brown (D. Colo.; Denver). Click here for a full list of conference advisory board members. Full information on ABI’s 18th Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, including sponsors, optional events and rates, can be found at http://www.abiworld.org/RM13.