Contact:
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Phone: (703) 739-0800
Email: jhartgen@abiworld.org
size='3'>ABI’S POPULAR NORTHEAST BANKRUPTCY CONFERENCE AND
CONSUMER FORUM SET TO TAKE PLACE IN JULY
March 31, 2006,
–More than 450 participants and 12 judges are
expected to attend ABI’s 13th Annual Northeast
Bankruptcy Conference from July 13-16 at the Newport Marriott in
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opportunity for attendees to earn up to 9.25 hours of continuing
education credits including 1.5 hours of ethics. In addition, this
year’s conference will again offer a 2-day consumer forum at a
reduced conference rate.
Programs at the main conference
include:
- “Suits Against
Fiduciaries and Their Counsel” features moderator M. Ellen
Carpenter of Roach & Carpenter PC (Boston) joined by panelists
Steven Darr of Mesirow Financial Consulting LLC (Boston), Christine
Devine of Mirick O’Connell (Worcester, Mass.) and Carol J. Kenner,
Former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge (Boston).
- William J. Hanlon of Seyfarth
Shaw (Boston) will moderate the “Shedding Legacy
Liabilities” session featuring panelists Judge Louis H. Kornreich
(Maine), Annapoorni Sankaran of Greenberg Traurig (Boston) and Shawn
Sisti of New England Benefits (Andover, Mass.).
- Moderator Judy Groves of
Edwards Angell Palmer Dodge LLP (Boston), along with panelists Judge
Gerardo Carlo (San Juan), Kenneth S. Leonetti of Foley Hoag LLP (Boston)
and Pamela E. Phelan of Orr & Reno PA (Concord, N.H.), will
participate in “Business Case Update: Decisions under the New Law
Affecting Businesses.”
- “Staying Alive: Business
Chapter 11 Strategy under the Bankruptcy Amendments of 2005”
includes moderator John D. Sigel of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and
Dorr LLP (Boston) and panelists Roger A. Clement of Verrill, Dana LLP
(Portland, Maine), Judge J. Michael Deasy (
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Capital AdvisorsLP (West Conshohocken, Pa).
- J. David Leslie of Rackemann,
Sawyer & Brewster (Boston) will moderate “State Insurance
Company Insolvency Proceedings—Looks Like a Bankruptcy, Walks Like
a Bankruptcy” and be joined by Judge Melanie L. Cyganowski (Stony
Brook, N.Y.), Mark C. Ellenberg of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
(New York), Judith A. Kokinda of Albert Risk Management Consultants
(Needham, Mass.) and Peter C.L. Roth of the New Hampshire Department of
Justice (Concord, N.H.).
- “What’s An
‘Eleemosynary Institution,’ and What’s It Doing in
Chapter 11, Anyway? Current Hot Topics Concerning Not-for-Profit
Organizations” will be moderated by Robert A. White of Murtha
Cullina LLP (
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of Devine Millimet & Branch PA (
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Daniel M. Glosband of Goodwin Procter LLP (
w:st='on'>Boston
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w:st='on'>N.Y.
- The “Hedge Fund
Receiverships” panel will be moderated by Francis C. Morrissey of
Nixon Peabody LLP (Boston) and include panelists Eric A. Henzy of Reid
& Reige PC (Hartford, Conn.), Scott M. Berman and Anne E. Beaumont
of Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman (New York), as well as Phillip
S. Stenger of Stenger & Stenger (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
- “Director Liability
2006” features moderator Andrew M. Troop of Weil, Gotshal &
Manges LLP (
R. Bennett, Jr. of Hanify & King PC (Boston), Judge Robert E. Gerber
(
Wiggin & Dana LLP (
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- Richard E. Mikels of Mintz,
Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC (
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Other Confirmation Controversies” and be joined by panelists
Michael J. Epstein of TRG (
Steven T. Hoort of Ropes & Gray LLP (
w:st='on'>Boston
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- “Investing in or
Acquiring Underperforming Companies: How the Deal Gets Done” will
feature Douglas B. Rosner of Goulston & Storrs PC (Boston) as
moderator and panelists Marjorie Kaufman of Getzler Henrich &
Associates LLC (Boston), Jameson Grant of RCW Mirus (Burlington, Mass.)
and Saul Burian and Charles Reardon of Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
(McLean, Va.).
- “Statutory Construction
in Light of the 2005 Amendments” includes moderator Steven B.
Levine of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP (
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(
Graf,
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and Pamela Smith Holleman of Sullivan & Worcester LLP (
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- The “Ethical Conflicts,
Confusion and Crimes” panel features moderator Charles R.
Dougherty of Foley & Lardner LLP (Boston) and panelists John G.
Loughnane of Gadsby Hannah LLP (Boston), Judge Joel B. Rosenthal
(Worcester, Mass.) and Paul R. Salvage of Bacon & Wilson PC
(Worcester, Mass.).
- The “Dockside
Chat” features a discussion of current issues between Hon. Joan N.
Feeney (
the University of
School and former Judge James F. Queenan (
w:st='on'>Worcester
w:st='on'>Mass.
- The “Views from the
Bench – Supreme Court Year in Review” plenary session will
be moderated by Mark Berman of Nixon Peabody LLP (Boston) and include
Judges J. Michael Deasy (Manchester, N.H.), Enrique S. Lamoutte (San
Juan), Louis H. Kornreich (Bangor, Maine) and Joel B. Rosenthal
(Worcester, Mass.).
For more information on the
Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, visit
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href='/NE06'>http://www.abiworld.org/NE06
In conjunction with the Northeast
Bankruptcy Conference, ABI’s Northeast Consumer Forum, which will
be held July 13-15, will focus on consumer bankruptcy educational
programs designed for both experienced and new professionals. Back by
popular demand, this two-day forum offers insolvency practitioners an
opportunity to earn approximately 6 hours of CLE/CPE credit, including
1.5 hours of ethics.
The Consumer Forum programs
include:
- “Hot Topics and Issues after
October 17” features moderator Nina M. Parker of Parker
& Associates (Winchester, Mass.) with panelists Judge Dennis R. Dow
(Kansas City, Mo.), John Rao of the National Consumer Law Center
(Boston) and Judges Thomas F. Waldron (Dayton, Ohio) and Eugene R.
Wedoff (Chicago).
- Lynne Riley of Riley &
Esher LLP/JAMS (
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“Ethics and Pre-Petition Planning:
Protection by Debtors and Actions by Creditors; Credit Counseling and
Debt-Relief Agency Requirements and Client-Lawyer Relations.”
Panelists will include Mark DeGiacomo of Murtha Cullina LLP
(Boston), Judge Joan N. Feeney (
John Fitzgerald of the U.S. Department of Justice (
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Financial Literacy Inc. (Portland, Maine) and David Madoff of Madoff
& Khoury LLP (Foxboro, Mass.).
- Chapter 13 Trustee Doreen Solomon
(Boston) will be joined by panelists Judge Colleen Brown (Rutland, Vt.),
Joseph B. Collins of Hendel & Collins PC (Springfield, Mass.), Judge
Enrique Lamoutte (San Juan), Kara Rescia of Weiner Law Firm PC
(Springfield, Mass.), Stephen E. Shamban of Law Offices PC (Braintree,
Mass.) and Elizabeth J. Wyman of the Office of the Attorney General of
Maine (Augusta, Maine) for “Practically
Speaking: Conversions between chapters’ 7 and 13; Treatment of
Domestic-Support Obligations; and Reaffirmation, Redemption, Surrender
and Statement of Intention after October 17.”
- Moderator Patricia Antonelli
of Partridge, Snow & Hahn, LLP (Providence, R.I.) will be joined by
panelists Gary Klein of Roddy Klein & Ryan (Boston), Christopher
Lefebvre of Lefebvre & Lefebvre PC (Pawtucket, R.I.), Cherylanne
Novinsky of Mortgage Solutions Inc. (Brockton, Mass.) and former Judge
James Queenan (Worcester, Mass.) for “
face='Times'>Consumer Lending Topics – Predatory Lending
Legislation and Activities of Mortgage Foreclosure Consultants;
Interest-Only and Option ARM Mortgage Loans; Summary of Changes to TILA
Made by BAPCPA.”
- “Individual Chapter 11’s: A
Better Choice Compared to Abov-Median-Income Debtors in Chapter
13?” features moderator James Molleur of James F. Molleur
LLC (Saco, Maine) and panelists Carolyn Bankowski of Deutsch Williams
Brooks DeRensis & Holland PC (Boston), Judge Colleen Brown (Rutland,
Vt.), Pamela Harbeson of Looney & Grossman LLP (Boston), Judge
Jeffrey Hopkins (Cincinnati), Ray Obuchowski of Obuchowski &
Emens-Butler (Bethel, Vt.) and Thomas J. Raftery (Carlisle,
Mass.).
For more information about the Northeast
Consumer Forum, visit
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research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded
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