Contact: John Hartgen
703-894-5935
MORTGAGES, PENSIONS, PRE-PACKAGED CHAPTER
11’s AND RECENT SUPREME COURT BANKRUPTCY DECISIONS TO BE DISCUSSED
AT ABI’S POPULAR NORTHEAST BANKRUPTCY CONFERENCE AND NORTHEAST
CONSUMER FORUM ON JULY 8-11
March 31, 2010, Alexandria, Va. –More than 400 practitioners
will join a 14-judge faculty at ABI’s 17th
Annual Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, July 8-11 at the Ocean Edge
Resort in Brewster, Mass. 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. Co-chairs for the Northeast
Bankruptcy Conference are Michael J. Epstein of CRG Partners Group LLC
(Boston) and Francis C. Morrissey of Morrissey, Wilson &
Zafiropoulos (Boston). Bankruptcy Judge
size='3' face='Times New Roman'>Joel B. Rosenthal (D. Mass.;
Worcester) is the judicial chair.
Topics to be discussed at the Northeast Bankruptcy Conference
include:
- Real Estate Loan Enforcement and Workouts in a Securitized
World - The Assault on the Secured Creditor
- Current Controversies in Bankruptcy Sales
- Is the PBGC Next? Retirement Plans and the Chapter 11 Debtor
- Need for Speed: Pre-Packaged and Pre-Negotiated Plans
For a list of speakers and more information on the programs at the
Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, please visit
href='http://www.abiworld.org/NE10/schedule.html'>http://www.abiworld.org/NE10/schedule.html.
In conjunction with the Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, ABI’s
Fifth Annual Northeast Consumer Forum will be held July 8-10 and will
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. 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:
- Mortgages! Mortgages! Mortgages!
- The Supreme Court Takes On Consumer Bankruptcy (and the Unintended
Consequences) - Individual Chapter 11s Are Not Just Big Chapter 13s
For a list of speakers and more information on the programs at the
Northeast Consumer Forum, please visit
href='http://www.abiworld.org/NE10/consumer.html'>http://www.abiworld.org/NE10/consumer.html.
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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
12,600 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
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conference information, visit
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