Contact: John Hartgen
(703) 739-0800
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ABI’S
POPULAR NORTHEAST BANKRUPTCY CONFERENCE AND NORTHEAST CONSUMER FORUM TO
ADDRESS CURRENT BANKRUPTCY AND ECONOMIC TOPICS
size='3'>April 15, 2009,
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Alexandria, Va
size='3'>. –More than 400 practitioners will join a 14-judge
faculty at ABI’s 16
size='3'>th Annual Northeast Bankruptcy
Conference, July 16-19 at the Mount Washington Inn in Bretton Woods,
N.H. The conference provides up to 8.75 hours of continuing education
credits including 1.5 hours of ethics. This year’s conference will
again offer a separate three-day consumer forum at a reduced conference
rate. Hon.
Conference co-chairs
are Michael A.
Fagone of Bernstein Shur (Portland, Maine)
and Robert P.
Wexler of The Tron Group (Boston). Bankruptcy
Judge Joel B.
Rosenthal (D. Mass.; Worcester) is the
judicial chair.
Programs at the main conference
include:
The “Nuts and Bolts
of Representing a (Really) Small Business” session, moderated
by Lynne
Riley of Altman Riley Esher LLP (Boston), will
feature panelists
size='3'>William S. Gannon of William S.
Gannon, PLLC (Manchester, N.H.), Bankruptcy Judge
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Enrique S. Lamoutte
size='3'>(D. P.R.; San Juan) and
size='3'>Thomas J. Raftery of the Raftery Law
Offices (Carlisle, Mass.).
size='3'>Andrew Z. Schwartz of Foley Hoag LLP
(Boston) will moderate the “Single-asset Real Estate”
session, which includes panelists
size='3'>Jeffery L. Jonas of Brown Rudnick LLP
(Boston) and D. Sam
Anderson of Bernstein Shur (Portland,
Maine).
The “Outlook for
Restructuring Industry” session will be moderated by
Richard E. Mikels
of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC
(Boston) and include panelists
size='3'>Jameson J. Grant of Mirus Special
Situations Group (Burlington, Mass.), Josh Davis of D.E. Shaw &
Co. (Bethesda, Md.) and
size='3'>Shelia T. Smith of Deloitte Financial
Advisory Services LLP (Boston).
Moderator
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Daniel C. Cohn
size='3'>of Cohn Whitesell & Goldberg LLP (Boston) will be joined by
panelists Bankruptcy Judge
size='3'>James B. Haines, Jr. (D. Maine;
Portland), Richard L.
Levine of Nelson, Kinder, Mosseau &
Saturley, P.C. (Boston) and
size='3'>John O. Mirick of Mirick O'Connell
(Worcester, Mass.) for the “Ethical Considerations in Insolvency
Cases – Beyond Conflicts” session.
The
“Evidence” session, moderated by Elizabeth J. Austin of
Pullman & Comley LLC (Bridgeport, Conn.), will feature panelists
Bankruptcy Judge Frank
J. Bailey (D. Mass.; Boston), Bankruptcy
Judge Joan N.
Feeney (D. Mass.; Boston),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Julia Frost-Davies
size='3'>of Bingham McCutchen LLP (Boston) and
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Robert J. Kerwin
size='3'>of Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, PC
(Boston).
size='3'>Marjorie Kaufman of Getzler Henrich
& Associates LLC (Boston) will moderate the “Fraud
Investigations” session with panelists Alistaire Bambach of the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (New York), Bankruptcy
Judge Gerardo
Carlo (D. P.R.; San Juan),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Douglas E. Spelfogel
size='3'>of Baker & Hostetler LLP (New York) and
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Christopher Stavrakos
size='3'>of Wells Fargo Business Credit, Inc. (New
York).
Panelists
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Peter J. Haley
size='3'>of Wolf Block LLP (Boston), Adam L. Ruttenberg of Looney
& Grossman LLP (Boston) and Bankruptcy Judge
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Elizabeth S. Stong
size='3'>(E.D.N.Y.; Brooklyn) will join moderator
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>D. Ethan Jeffrey
size='3'>of Hanify & King, PC (Boston) for the “Asset
Protection in Bankruptcy – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”
session.
The “Hedge Fund
Workouts and Chapter 11 Cases” session, moderated by
Eric A. Henzy
size='3'>of Reid and Riege, PC (New Haven, Conn.), will feature
panelists Charles A.
Dale of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston
Gates Ellis, LLP (Boston) and
size='3'>Francis C. Morrissey of Edwards
Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP (Boston).
size='3'>Lee Harrington of Nixon Peabody LLP
(Boston) will moderate the “Industry Focus: Retail and Restaurant
Bankruptcies” session including panelists
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Craig M. Boucher
size='3'>of CRG Partners (Bethesda, Md.), Robert J. Duffy of FTI
Consulting, Inc. (Boston) and Bankruptcy Judge
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>William C. Hillman
size='3'>(D. Mass.; Boston).
The Effective Strategies
for Trade Creditors” session will be moderated by
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Joseph S. U. Bodoff
size='3'>of Bodoff & Associates, P.C. (Boston) and feature panelists
Bankruptcy Judge Robert
E. Gerber (S.D.N.Y.; New York),
Lisa E. Herrington
of Choate Hall & Stewart LLP (Boston) and
John P. McVeigh
of Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP
(Portland, Maine).
The “Mountainside
Bankruptcy Chat” will feature Bankruptcy Judge
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Joan N. Feeney
size='3'>(D. Mass.; Boston), ABI Resident Scholar Prof.
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Adam J. Levitin
size='3'>of Georgetown University Law Center (Washington, D.C.) and
Bankruptcy Judge James
F. Queenan (retired).
The “Judges
Roundtable,” moderated by
size='3'>Bruce A. Harwood of Sheehan, Phinney,
Bass + Green (Manchester, N.H.) will feature Bankruptcy Judges
Frank J. Bailey
(D. Mass.; Boston), Gerardo Carlo (D. P.R.; San
Juan), Michael Deasy (D. N.H.; Manchester), Joan N. Feeney (D. Mass.;
Boston), James B.
Haines, Jr. (D. Maine; Portland),
Robert E. Gerber
(S.D.N.Y.; New York), Enrique S. Lamoutte (D. P.R.;
San Juan), Joel B.
Rosenthal (D. Mass.; Worcester)
Elizabeth S. Stong
(E.D.N.Y.; Brooklyn), Brian K. Tester (D. P.R.; San
Juan) and Mark W.
Vaughn (D. N.H.;
Manchester).
For more information on
the Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, please
visit
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size='3'>http://www.abiworld.org/NE09/index.htm
size='3'>.
In conjunction with the
Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, ABI’s Fourth Annual Northeast
Consumer Forum will be held July 16-18 and focus on consumer bankruptcy
educational programs designed for both experienced and new
professionals. Back by popular demand, this three-day forum offers
insolvency practitioners an opportunity to earn approximately 6.0 hours
of CLE/CPE credit.
size='3'>Patricia Antonelli of Partridge, Snow
& Hahn, LLP (Providence, R.I.) and Nina M. Parker of Parker &
Associates (Winchester, Mass.) are co-chairs of the Northeast Consumer
Forum.
The Consumer Forum programs
include:
The “Home Retention
and Loss Mitigation Update” session, moderated by
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Peter V. Guaetta
size='3'>of Guaetta & Benson, LLC (Chelmsford, Mass.), features
panelists Jerrold S.
Levinsky of The Massachusetts Fair Housing
Center (Holyoke, Mass.), Bankruptcy Judge Joel B. Rosenthal (D.
Mass.; Worcester) and
size='3'>Mitchell E. Starr of Mitchell Starr,
PC (Boston).
size='3'>Patricia Antonelliof Partridge, Snow
& Hahn, LLP (Providence, R.I.) will moderate the “Credit Card
Defaults” session with panelists Bankruptcy Judge
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>J. Michael Deasy
size='3'>(D. N.H.; Manchester),
size='3'>David C. Phalen of Bartlett Hackett
Feinberg P.C. (Boston) and
size='3'>Mary F. Stewart of Stewart Law
Offices (Concord, N.H.).
The “Cramdowns Now
and New: Ins and Outs of Chapter 13 Mortgage Cramdowns” session
will be moderated by
size='3'>Deidre Keady of Harmon Law Offices PC
(Newton, Mass.) and feature panelists William J. Amann of Sheehan,
Phinney, Bass + Green, PA (Manchester, N.H.),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Nicholas F. Ortiz
size='3'>of Law Office of Nicholas F. Ortiz, PC (Boston) and Bankruptcy
Judge Mark W.
Vaughn (D. N.H.;
Manchester).
Moderator
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Nina M. Parker
size='3'>of Parker & Associates (Winchester, Mass.) will be joined
by panelists James F.
Molleur of James F. Molleur, LLC (Biddeford,
Maine), Bankruptcy Judge
size='3'>Brian K. Tester (D. P.R.; San
Juan), Christopher J.
Panos of Craig and Macauley, PC (Boston)
and Michael J.
Pappone of Goodwin Procter LLP (Boston) for
the “High-income, High-debt Reorganization: Chapter 11 for the
People” session.
For more information
about the Northeast Consumer Forum, visit
href='http://www.abiworld.org/NE09/consumer.html'>
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