ABIS Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop Scheduled for July 26-29

Contact:
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(703) 739-0800

            

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ABI’s
SOUTHEAST BANKRUPTCY WORKSHOP

SCHEDULED FOR
JULY 26-29

April 24, 2006, Alexandria,
Va. —More than 400 attendees and eight bankruptcy
judges will participate in ABI’s Eleventh Annual Southeast
Bankruptcy Workshop, to be held July 26-29, 2006, at The Ritz-Carlton on
Amelia Island, Fla.  The workshop brings together this
region’s top insolvency professionals for three days of intense
learning and networking, with the opportunity to earn 13.5 hours of CLE
credits, including 1.5 hours of ethics.

Sessions at the Workshop
include:

The “Consumer Bankruptcy
Developments under BAPCPA” session features Judge David W.
Houston, III (Aberdeen,
Miss.) and Frank J. Santoro of
Marcus Santoro & Kozak, PC (
w:st='on'>Chesapeake,
w:st='on'>Va.).

The “Complex Chapter 11
Case Developments You Need to Know” session, moderated by Anna
Phillips of Giuliani Capital Advisors LLC (
w:st='on'>Atlanta), will feature panelists John P.
Whittington of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, LLP (
w:st='on'>Birmingham, Ala.)
and Judge Michael G. Williamson (
w:st='on'>Tampa,
w:st='on'>Fla.).

Terri L. Gardner
of Poyner & Spruill LLP (
w:st='on'>Raleigh,
w:st='on'>N.C.) will moderate “Ethical
Quagmires in Bankruptcy Practice after BAPCPA,” and will be joined
by panelists Anne-Marie L.
Bowen of Anne-Marie L. Bowen, PA (
w:st='on'>Orlando,
w:st='on'>Fla.), Prof. Marjorie L. Girth
of the Georgia State University College of Law (Atlanta) and Judge
Jeffery P. Hopkins (Cincinnati).

“Employee
Distress–What About My Retirement?,” moderated by Jeffrey
W. Kelley of Troutman Sanders LLP (Atlanta), will feature panelists
Scott B. Davis of Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC (Charlotte,
N.C.) and Judge Karen S. Jennemann (Orlando,
Fla.). 

The “Chapter 13 Adequate
Protection and Confirmation Issues under BAPCPA” session will
feature moderator Frank J. Santoro of Marcus Santoro & Kozak,
PC (Chesapeake,
Va.) and panelists Judge
David W. Houston III (Aberdeen, Miss.) and Pamela P.
Keenan of Kirschbaum, Nanney, Keenan & Griffin, PA (Raleigh,
N.C.).

Patricia A.
Redmond of Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler,
w:st='on'>Alhadeff &
Sitterson,
w:st='on'>PA, (Miami) will
moderate “Pro Se Debtors–How to Survive the
Nightmare!,” which will include panelists W. Clarkson McDow
of the Region 4 U.S. Trustee’s Office (Columbia, S.C.) and Neil
C. Gordon of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP (Atlanta).

“One Size Doesn’t
Fit All–How to Adjust Your Strategy in Small Business and
Individual Chapter 11 Cases to Fit the New Law” will be moderated
by Paul J. Battista of Genovese Joblove & Battista PA
(Miami),
who will be joined by panelists R. Michael Bolen of the Region 5
U.S. Trustee’s Office (Jackson, Miss.), Barbara G. Barton
of Robinson, Barton, McCarthy, Calloway & Johnson, PA (Columbia,
S.C.) and  Lynn
Lewis Tavenner, Tavenner & Beran, PLC (
w:st='on'>Richmond,
w:st='on'>Va.).

The “Lenders’ Views
on Capital Markets, Business Restructuring and Intercreditor
Agreements,” moderated by C. Edward Dobbs of Parker,
Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP, (Atlanta), will feature panelists
James D. Decker of Alvarez & Marsal, LLC (Atlanta), Robert
G. Rose, III of Fleet Capital Corporation (
w:st='on'>Atlanta), Jerry L. Jansen of Wells
w:st='on'>Fargo Foothill (
w:st='on'>Atlanta) and Andrew Hettinger of Cerberus
(
w:st='on'>Atlanta).

“Asset Protection
Strategies Affected by BAPCPA” will be moderated by Lawrence R.
Ahern, III of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC (Nashville,
Tenn.) and feature a panel including Judge Thomas B. Bennett
(Birmingham, Ala.) and William H. Leech of McGlinchey Stafford,
PLLC (Jackson, Miss.).

Judge Margaret A.
Mahoney (Mobile,
w:st='on'>Ala.) will moderate “Business Bankruptcy
Developments under BAPCPA” with panelists Prof. Jack F.
Williams of Georgia State University/BDO Seidman LLP (
w:st='on'>Atlanta) and Brady C. Williamson of
LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn SC (
w:st='on'>Madison,
w:st='on'>Wis.).

“U.S. Supreme Court
Decisions in Bankruptcy Law–Critical Tools for Your
Practice,” moderated by Brady C. Williamson of LaFollette
Godfrey & Kahn SC (Madison,
Wis.), will feature panelists Prof.
Jack F. Williams of Georgia State University/BDO Seidman LLP
(Atlanta) and Judge Mary Grace
Diehl (
w:st='on'>Atlanta).

Terri L. Gardner
of Poyner & Spruill LLP (
w:st='on'>Raleigh,
w:st='on'>N.C.) chairs the Southeast Bankruptcy
Workshop Advisory Committee. The Judicial chair for the workshop is
Judge Margaret A. Mahoney (
w:st='on'>Mobile,
w:st='on'>Ala.).

For more information about the
Eleventh Annual Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop, call ABI at (703)
739-0800 or visit
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