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CULLEN
DRESCHER OF WILLIAM & MARY WINS ABI’S INAUGURAL LAW STUDENT
WRITING COMPETITION
size='3'>May 1, 2009, Alexandria, Va
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size='3'>Cullen Drescher of the William &
Mary School of Law won the American Bankruptcy Institute’s First
Annual Bankruptcy Law Student Writing Competition. Drescher’s
paper, “Introducing the Foreign Gap Debtor: The Applicability of
Code Section 549 in Chapter 15 Cases,” received the highest
overall score from a judging panel of leaders from ABI’s
Bankruptcy Litigation Committee, which sponsored the competition. As the
winner of the competition, Drescher will receive a
$1,000 cash prize, publication of the paper in the
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>ABI Journal
size='3'>and a one-year ABI membership. Prior to submission,
Prof. Paul K.
Campsen of the William & Mary School of
Law reviewed Drescher’s paper.
size='3'>R. Travis Santos of Emory University
School of Law received second place for his “Credit Default Swaps
and Plan Confirmation” submission. Santos
size='3'>will receive a cash award of $750, publication of the paper in
the ABI Bankruptcy Litigation Committee’s quarterly newsletter and
a one-year ABI membership.
size='3'>Taejin Kim, also from Emory
University School of Law, received third place and will be presented a
cash award of $500, publication of the paper in the ABI Bankruptcy
Litigation Committee’s quarterly newsletter and a one-year ABI
membership.
size='3'>Kim’s topic was the “Limitation of Professional
Compensation by the Bankruptcy Court Under 11 U.S.C. §328.”
Prior to submission, Adjunct Prof. James A. Pardo of Emory
University School of Law reviewed these two papers.
Twenty-nine law students
submitted papers for the competition, which
size='3'>focused on current issues regarding bankruptcy jurisdiction,
bankruptcy litigation, or evidence related to bankruptcy cases or
proceedings. All papers were reviewed by a law professor prior to
submission and were then judged by a panel of bankruptcy experts,
including a bankruptcy judge, former U.S. Trustee and several
practitioners. The
judges considered factors such as style, substance and relevance. ABI
sponsored the first-place prize while Traxi LLC sponsored the
second-place prize and King & Spalding LLP sponsored the third-place
prize.
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