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SMALL BUSINESS FILINGS, E-DISCOVERY AND HOT TOPICS IN BANKRUPTCY LITIGATION AMONG ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED AT ABI’s MID-ATLANTIC BANKRUPTCY WORKSHOP

May 25, 2011, Alexandria, Va. —Bankruptcy judges and leading practitioners from the Third and Fourth U.S. Judicial Circuits will head the faculty for ABI’s Seventh Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, to be held Aug. 4-6 at the Hotel Hershey in Hershey, Pa. More than 250 attendees are expected to take part in the event, which brings together this region’s top insolvency professionals for three days of current developments and networking, with the opportunity to earn 7 hours of CLE/8 hours of CPE credits, including 1 hour of ethics.
 
Program co-chairs for the Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop are Edward T. Gavin of NHB Advisors (Wilmington, Del.), Linda V. Donhauser of Miles & Stockbridge, PC (Baltimore) and Frank A. Monaco Jr. of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC (Wilmington, Del.). The judicial co-chairs for the workshop are Bankruptcy Judges Rosemary Gambardella (D. N.J.; Newark), Kevin Gross (D. Del.; Wilmington) and Kathryn Preston (S.D. Ohio; Columbus).
 
Topics to be discussed at the Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop include:
 
·      Proxies, E-mail and the Rules of the Road
·      Anything but Bankruptcy, Redux
·      When Creditors Overreach: Tales of Bad Faith
·      Hot Topics in Bankruptcy Litigation
·      Post-Confirmation Issues
·      Financial Advisor Issues
·      Young and New Bankruptcy Practitioner Case Study
·      Examiners: Their Use, Misuse and Creative Applications
·      Analog Trouble in a Digital World: E-discovery Issues
·      Jaunty Judicial Debates
 
To view a full schedule and list of speakers at the Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, please click the following link: http://www.abiworld.org/MA11/schedule.html
 
For more information about the Seventh Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, call ABI at (703) 739-0800 or visit http://www.abiworld.org/MA11.   
 

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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 more than 13,000 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.abiworld.org/conferences.html.