Contact: John Hartgen
(703) 739-0800
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ECONOMIC
RECOVERY, RETAIL INDUSTRY DISTRESS AND EMPLOYMENT ISSUES IN BANKRUPTCY
AMONG ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED AT ABI’s MID-ATLANTIC BANKRUPTCY
WORKSHOP
size='3'>April 29, 2009, Alexandria, Va.
— Ten regional bankruptcy judges head the faculty for ABI’s
Fifth Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, to be held Aug. 6-8 at
theHotel Hershey in Hershey, Pa.
size='3'>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 7.0 CLE credits, including 1.0 hour of
ethics.
Program co-chairs for the
Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop are Howard Brod Brownstein, CTP,
of NachmanHaysBrownstein, Inc. (Narberth, Pa.),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Heather Lennox
size='3'>of Jones Day (Cleveland) and Frank A. Monaco Jr. of Womble
Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC (Wilmington, Del.). The judicial
co-chairs for the workshop are Bankruptcy Judges
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Kevin J. Carey
size='3'>(D. Del.; Wilmington) and Kathryn Preston (S.D. Ohio;
Columbus).
One of the highlights of
the conference will be Dr.
size='3'>Herbert E. Taylor, Vice President of
the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, who will deliver insights into
the banking and financial markets during a plenary session titled
“Been Down So Long, It Looks Like Up to Me: The Economic
Recovery.”
Concurrent sessions
include:
Bankruptcy Judge
Kevin Gross
size='3'>(D. Del.; Wilmington) will moderate the “Capital Markets:
Making Bricks without Straw” session featuring panelists
Derek C. Abbott
of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP (Wilmington,
Del.), Mark D.
Collins of Richards, Layton & Finger, PA
(Wilmington, Del.),
size='3'>Geraldine E. Ponto of Gibbons PC
(Newark, N.J.) and J.
Scott Victor of National City Capital Markets
(West Conshohocken, Pa.).
The “Clean-up on
Aisle 5: Retail Industry Reorganizations and Liquidations”
session, moderated by Bankruptcy Judge Kevin R. Huennekens (E.D. Va.;
Richmond), will include panelists
size='3'>Walter Jones of J.H. Cohn, LLP
(Edison, N.J.), Stacey
L. Meisel of Becker Meisel LLC (Livingston,
N.J.), Deborah J.
Piazza of Hodgson Russ LLP (New York)
and David L.
Pollack of Ballard Spahr Andrews &
Ingersoll, LLP (Philadelphia).
Bankruptcy Judge
Judith H. Wizmur
(D. N.J.; Camden) will be joined by panelists
Jamie L. Edmonson
of Bayard, P.A. (Wilmington, Del.),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>H. Jason Gold
size='3'>of Wiley Rein LLP (Mc Lean, Va.), Raymond H. Lemisch of
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP (Wilmington, Del.)
and John K.
Sherwood of Lowenstein Sandler PC (Roseland,
N.J.) for the “After the Ball: Post-confirmation Issues”
session.
The “Prove It!
Evidence in Bankruptcy Proceedings” session will be moderated by
Bankruptcy Judge Mary
Ann Whipple (N.D. Ohio; Toledo) with
panelists Robert S.
Brady of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor,
LLP (Wilmington, Del.),
size='3'>James S. Feltman of Mesirow Financial
Consulting, LLC (Miami),
size='3'>John E. Lucian of Blank Rome LLP
(Philadelphia) and
size='3'>Jeffrey C. Wisler of Connolly Bove
Lodge & Hutz LLP (Wilmington, Del.).
Bankruptcy Judge
Thomas P. Agresti
(W.D. Pa.; Erie) will moderate the “Anything but
Bankruptcy! Redux: Nonbankruptcy Alternatives” session featuring
panelists M. Colette
Gibbons of Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn Co.,
LPA (Cleveland), Mark A.
Gittelman of PNC Bank, NA
(Philadelphia), Camille
W. Hill of Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
(Syracuse, N.Y.), Michael R.
Lastowski of Duane Morris LLP
(Wilmington, Del.) and
size='3'>Nancy A. Valentine of Hahn Loeser
& Parks LLP (Cleveland).
The “Not So Fast!
Creditor Committees Stake Their Claim” session, moderated by U.S.
Trustee Roberta A.
DeAngelis (Philadelphia), will include
panelists Mark E.
Felger of Cozen O'Connor (Wilmington,
Del.), Edward T.
Gavin,
size='3'>IV, CTP of NachmanHaysBrownstein,
Inc. (Wilmington, Del.),
size='3'>Joshua T. Klein of Fox Rothschild LLP
(Philadelphia) and
size='3'>Laurie Selber Silverstein of Potter
Anderson & Corroon LLP (Wilmington, Del.).
“When Circuits
Collide: Circuit Splits” will feature Bankruptcy Judges
Kay Woods
size='3'>(N.D. Ohio; Youngstown),
size='3'>Jean K. FitzSimon (E.D. Pa.;
Philadelphia), James M.
Peck (S.D.N.Y.; New York) and
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Stephen S. Mitchell
size='3'>(E.D. Va.; Alexandria) on a panel moderated by Prof.
David A. Skeel
size='3'>of the University of Pennsylvania Law School
(Philadelphia).
“The Forgotten
Faces: Employment Issues in Bankruptcy” session will be moderated
by Bankruptcy Judge John
J. Thomas (M.D. Pa.; Wilkes Barre) and include
panelists Kenneth H.
Brown of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
(San Francisco), Michael
G. Busenkell of Womble Carlyle Sandridge &
Rice PLLC (Wilmington, Del.),
size='3'>Robert Lapowsky of Stevens & Lee,
PC (Philadelphia) and
size='3'>Richard F. Shaw of Jones Day
(Pittsburgh).
size='3'>Martha R. Hildebrandt of the Office
of the U.S. Trustee (Newark, N.J.) will be joined by Bankruptcy Judge
Richard E. Fehling (E.D. Pa.; Reading) and M. Stephanie Wickouski of
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (New York) for the “Do Not Pass
'Go': Bankruptcy Crimes/Ethics” plenary session.
For more information about the
Fifth Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, call ABI at (703)
739-0800 or visit
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