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BANKRUPTCY WORKSHOP FEATURES THIRTEEN BANKRUPTCY JUDGES
May 2, 2008,
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faculty for
Fourth Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, to be held July 31-Aug.
2 at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay in
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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
of ethics.
Program co-chairs for the
Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop include Howard Brod Brownstein,
CTP, of NachmanHaysBrownstein, Inc. (
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Day (Cleveland) and Francis A. Monaco Jr. of Womble Carlyle
Sandridge & Rice PLLC (Wilmington). The judicial co-chairs for the
workshop are Bankruptcy Judges Kevin J. Carey (D.
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and Raymond T. Lyons (D. N.J.;
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Sessions at the Workshop
include:
Bankruptcy Judge Ronald G.
Pearson (S.D.
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Narrow: Ethics Issues” plenary session with panelists Victoria
Watson Counihan of Greenberg Traurig, LLP (
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Ronald S. Gellert of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
(Wilmington), U.S. Trustee for Region 3 Kelly Beaudin Stapleton
(Philadelphia) and David I. Swan of McGuireWoods LLP (McLean,
Va.).
“What’s on
OUST’s Radar?,” moderated by Bankruptcy Judge Judith K.
Fitzgerald (W.D. Pa.;
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Roberta A. DeAngelis and Ramona D. Elliott of the
Executive Office for U.S. Trustees (Washington, D.C.) and U.S. Trustee
for Region 4 W. Clarkson McDow (Columbia, S.C.).
The “Good Earth: Real
Estate Issues” will be moderated by Bankruptcy Judge Gloria M.
Burns (D. N.J.; Camden) and include panelists Andrew C.
Kassner of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Philadelphia), Brian
Francis Kenney of Miles & Stockbridge PC (McLean, Va.),
Michael J. Viscount of Fox Rothschild LLP (Atlantic City, N.J.)
and Joseph Zagraniczny of Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
(Syracuse, N.Y.).
Bankruptcy Judge
Sontchi (D. Del.;
moderate the “Understanding Today's Capital Markets” session
with panelists Michael L. Bernstein of Arnold & Porter LLP
(
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Ziehl & Jones LLP (
Scott Victor of National City Capital Markets (West Conshohocken,
and Irving E. Walker of Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman &
Leonard, PA (Baltimore).
The “Anything but
Bankruptcy! - Revisited: Nonbankruptcy Alternatives” session,
moderated by Bankruptcy Judge Nancy V. Alquist (D. Md.;
Baltimore), will feature panelists Edward T. Gavin, IV of
NachmanHaysBrownstein, Inc. (
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Greenhalgh of Duane Morris LLP (Newark, N.J.), Adam G. Landis
of Landis Rath & Cobb LLP (Wilmington) and James J. Tancredi
of Day Pitney LLP (Hartford, Conn.).
Panelists Jack B.
Fishman of Epiq Bankruptcy Advisory Services, Inc. (
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Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC (Wilmington), Ryan T.
Routh of Jones Day (Cleveland) and Ashley B. Stitzer of
Bayard P.A. (Wilmington) will join moderator Bankruptcy Judge Richard
E. Fehling (E.D. Pa.; Reading) for the “Navigating the New
Claims Rules” session.
Bankruptcy Judge Kevin
Gross (D. Del.; Wilmington) will moderate the “Swords into
Plowshares: Mediation and ADR” session with panelists Daniel J.
DeFranceschi of Richards,
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(
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Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP (Wilmington), H. Jason
Gold of Wiley Rein LLP (McLean, Va.) and Vincent J. Poppiti
of Blank Rome LLP (Wilmington).
“Leveling the Playing
Field: Avoidance Issues Update,” to be moderated by
Bankruptcy Judge Mary D. France (M.D. Pa.;
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Fallon of Morris James LLP (
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Kelley of Dilworth Paxson LLP (Cherry Hill, N.J.), Gregory J.
Mascitti of Nixon Peabody LLP (Rochester, N.Y.) and Kathleen M.
Miller of Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, LLP
(Wilmington).
Bankruptcy Judge Kevin R.
Huennekens (E.D. Va.; Richmond) will moderate the “After the
Storm: Post-confirmation Issues” session with panelists Leon R.
Barson of Pepper Hamilton LLP (
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Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP (Wilmington),
Geraldine E. Ponto of Gibbons PC (Newark, N.J.) and Dean C.
Waldt of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP (Voorhees,
N.J.).
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Williams of Georgia State University (Atlanta) will moderate the
breakfast plenary session “When Circuits
Collide—Revisited,” featuring Bankruptcy Judges Randolph
Baxter (N.D. Ohio; Cleveland), Jean K. FitzSimon (E.D. Pa.;
Jr. (N.D.N.Y;
Martin Teel, Jr. (D. D.C.; Washington).
For more information about the
Fourth Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, call
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