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Steering Committee Appointed to Develop Conference for Anniversary of the New Bankruptcy Law

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STEERING
COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO DEVELOP CONFERENCE FOR ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW
BANKRUPTCY LAW


size='3'>June 20, 2006, Alexandria, Va.
size='3'>— The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announced the
appointment of a Steering Committee to develop the programming for a
one-day conference on the “One-Year Anniversary Program on the
Implementation of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer
Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA).”
size='3'>  The conference will take place on
Oct. 16, 2006 in
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Congress enacted the most
sweeping reform of the Federal bankruptcy laws over the last 25 years in
2005, with most of the changes effective for cases filed after Oct. 17,
2005.  The purpose of
the conference is to examine the impact of the new law on debtors,
creditors and the other players in the bankruptcy system.
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The One-Year Anniversary
Program will feature practitioners, judges, trustees, professors,
business groups and consumer groups to analyze the impact of BAPCPA one
year after it was implemented on Oct. 17, 2005. This day-long conference
brings together the leading experts and practitioners from the private
and public sectors to assess the first year experience from a variety of
perspectives. 

Members of the Program’s
steering committee include:

  • Professor Jean Braucher,
    Roger Henderson Professor of
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    size='3'>University     of

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  • Judge Dennis Dow
    (    Western District of Mo.- U.S. Bankruptcy
    Court    )
    Co-Chair
  • Melyssa Barrett, Visa USA
    Inc.

  • face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Suzanne
    Boas    , Consumer Credit Counseling
    Service, Inc. of Greater
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  • face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Roberta A.
    DeAngelis    , Acting General
    Counsel, Executive Office for
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  • Larry Friedman, eCAST
    Settlement Group
  • Richardo Kilpatrick,
    Kilpatrick & Associates, PC
  • John McMickle, Winston &
    Strawn
  • Travis Plunkett,
    Consumer Federation of
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  • Jennifer Smith, The Financial
    Services Roundtable
  • Lynn Tavenner, Tavenner &
    Beran, PLC

ABI Executive
Director
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Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel
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Eigen will serve as “ex
officio” members of the Steering Committee.

ABI and The Financial Services
Roundtable developed the multi-disciplinary steering committee to
provide input and planning for the One-Year Anniversary
Program.

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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
11,500 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 www.abiworld.org. For additional conference
information, visit
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