Alexandria, Va. – Attendees will join a faculty comprised of 12 active and retired judges, top practitioners and leading academics at ABI’s 2023 Northeast Bankruptcy Conference and Consumer Forum, taking place July 13-15 at the Newport Marriott in Newport, R.I. The conference is eligible for up to 12.25 hours of CLE, including 2.75 hours of ethics, and will again offer a separate three-day Consumer Forum at a reduced registration rate. Co-chairs for the Northeast Bankruptcy Conference are Jeremy R. Fischer of Drummond Woodsum (Portland, Maine) and Lindsay Zahradka Milne of Bernstein Shur (Portland, Maine). Bankruptcy Judge Peter G. Cary (D. Maine; Portland) is the judicial chair.

Sessions for the Northeast Bankruptcy Conference include:

·      Recent Developments

·      Ethics

·      The Rise of Creditor-on-Creditor Violence

·      Involuntary Bankruptcies: Often Discussed, Seldom Used

·      Anatomy of a Small- to Middle-Market Restructuring in Today’s New World

·      Crypto

·      Avoidance Actions

·      Retail Bankruptcy, Redux: Before, During and After COVID

In conjunction with the Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, ABI’s 2023 Northeast Consumer Forum will focus on consumer bankruptcy educational programs designed for both experienced and new professionals. This three-day forum offers consumer insolvency practitioners an opportunity to earn approximately 8.75 hours of CLE credit, including 1.25 hours of ethics. Janet J. Goldman of Law Office of Janet J. Goldman (Warwick, R.I.) and Tanya Sambatakos of the Molleur Law Office (Saco, Maine) are the co-chairs of the Northeast Consumer Forum.

The Consumer Forum sessions include:

·      Inside the Debtor’s Finances

·      The New Process to Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy

·      Recent Consumer Case Law

·      Ethics Potpourri

For more information about the speakers and sessions at the Northeast Consumer Forum, please visit https://www.abi.org/hybrid/conference/ne23/page. Members of the press who would like to attend ABI’s 2023 Northeast 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.