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ABI PARTNERS WITH UMKC TO HOLD THE 28TH ANNUAL
MIDWESTERN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE PROGRAM IN OCTOBER
June 12, 2008, Alexandria, Va. — The American
Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City
School of Law are partnering to present the 28th Annual Midwestern
Bankruptcy Institute program and Midwestern Consumer Track on Oct. 3.
The conference will take place at the H. Roe Bartle Hall Convention
Center in Kansas City, Mo. The Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute features
distinguished speakers on current developments. There will also be a
special discounted Consumer Track that will feature breakout sessions
specifically designed for consumer practitioners.
Bankruptcy Judges Dennis R. Dow (W.D. Mo.; Kansas
City) and Robert E. Nugent (D. Kan.; Wichita) will join
Prof. G. Ray Warner of St. John’s
University/Greenberg Traurig, LLP (Jamaica, N.Y.) and ABI Resident
Scholar Prof. Jack F. Williams of Georgia State
University/BDO Seidman LLP (Atlanta) for the “Case Law
Update” plenary session.
The luncheon program will feature a forward-looking analysis of
ABI’s landmark Professional Fee Study with panelist C.R.
“Chip” Bowles Jr. of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
PLLC (Louisville, Ky.) and U.S. Trustee Nancy J.
Gargula (Regions 10 and 13; Indianapolis).
The conference will also feature ABI’s popular “Great
Debates” program, consisting of two debates. In Debate No. 1,
“The failure of a sole supplier without a contract to ship to a
debtor in the early days of a chapter 11 case violates the automatic
stay,” Bankruptcy Judge Arthur B. Federman (W.D.
Mo.; Kansas City) will debate Richardo I. Kilpatrick of
Kilpatrick & Associates, PC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
In Debate No. 2, “Official Form 22C conclusively determines
'projected disposable income' for chapter 13 debtors with above-median
income,” Claire Ann Resop of von Briesen &
Roper, SC (Madison, Wis.) will debate Bankruptcy Judge Robert D.
Berger (D. Kan.; Kansas City).
Also included in the programming is a “Judges Roundtable”
with Bankruptcy Judges Robert D. Berger (D. Kan.;
Kansas City), Dennis R. Dow (W.D. Mo.; Kansas City),
Arthur B. Federman (W.D. Mo.; Kansas City),
Janice M. Karlin (D. Kan.; Topeka), Robert E.
Nugent (D. Kan.; Wichita), Dale L. Somers (D.
Kan.; Topeka), Kathy A. Surratt-States (E.D. Mo.; St.
Louis) and Jerry W. Venters (W.D. Mo.; Kansas
City).
The session “Business Ethics: Does Conflicts Counsel Solve the
Problem? Reconciling a Practical Solution and State Ethics Rules”
will feature Bankruptcy Judge Jerry W. Venters (W.D.
Mo.; Kansas City), Craig D. Hansen of Squire, Sanders
& Dempsey, LLP (Phoenix) and Mark A. Shaiken of
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP (Kansas City).
Mark V. Bossi of Thompson Coburn LLP (St. Louis),
Daniel C. Cohn of Cohn, Whitesell & Goldberg LLP
(Boston) and Douglas M. Neeb of Dickinson Financial
Corp. (Kansas City) will participate in the “Nonbankruptcy
Business Alternatives” session.
“The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Other Hot Topics
in Bankruptcy Tax” plenary session will feature Prof.
Michelle Arnopol Cecil of University of Missouri School
of Law (Columbia, Mo.) and is part of the Consumer Track.
The Consumer Track breakout sessions include:
“Consumer Ethics: Balancing the Multiple Roles of Consumer
Debtor’s Counsel under BAPCPA: Can You Be a Watchdog, Counselor
and Advocate at the Same Time?” will be presented by E.
Rebecca Case of Stone, Leyton & Gershman (St. Louis),
Daniel J. Casamatta of the Office of the U.S. Trustee
(Kansas City) and Cynthia F. Grimes of Grimes &
Rebein, LC (Lenexa, Kan.).
The “Mortgage Claims in Chapter 13: The Good, The Bad and The
Ugly” session will feature Bankruptcy Judge Kathy A.
Surratt-States (E.D. Mo.; St. Louis), Chapter 13 Trustee
Richard V. Fink (Kansas City), and Chapter 13 Trustee
Debra L. Miller (South Bend, Ind.).
Click on the link below for more information on the 28th Annual
Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute program.
href='http://www.abiworld.org/MW08'>http://www.abiworld.org/MW08
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dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency.
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