Alexandria, Va. – Leading insolvency professionals from the Northeast region will join seven judges to present their insights on a variety of important and timely topics pertaining to both consumer and business bankruptcy practice at ABI’s 2021 Northeast Virtual Bankruptcy Conference and Consumer Forum. Being held July 13-15 via an innovative virtual meeting environment, the conference provides up to 5 hours of total CLE credit, including 1 hour of Wellness. This online workshop will also provide participants with ample opportunities to network virtually with bankruptcy professionals in the Northeast and beyond.

Bankruptcy Judge Diane Finkle (D. R.I.; Providence) is the judicial chair of the Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, and Julia Frost-Davies of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (Boston) and David A. Rychalsky of Capstone Headwaters (Boston) are the co-chairs. Janet J. Goldman, Attorney at Law (Warwick, R.I.) and Anthony J. Manhart of PretiFlaherty (Portland, Maine) are the co-chairs of the Northeast Consumer Forum.

Sessions for the Northeast Virtual Bankruptcy Conference and Consumer Forum include:

• Hot Topics in Evidence
• Wellness Issues Facing Insolvency Professionals
• Consumer Practice Legislative Potpourri
• The Walking Dead: How (and When) to Address Post-Pandemic Debt Zombies
• Great Debates: The Circuit Split Edition
• Subchapter V Demystified
• Where Federal Statutes Collide: What § 363 Does Not Clear Out

While the conference is being hosted virtually, there are optional in-person networking events available to attendees in the Northeast region, including a golf tournament sponsored by Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C., at Granite Links Golf Club in Quincy, Mass., and a cocktail reception at the Hardshore Distilling Company in Portland, Maine, sponsored by Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A.

For more information about the program, please click here. Members of the press that would like to attend ABI’s 2021 Northeast Virtual Bankruptcy Conference and Consumer Forum 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.