Sixteen Bankruptcy Judges Featured at ABIs Bankruptcy 2006 Views from the Bench Washington D.C. Conference

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SIXTEEN
BANKRUPTCY JUDGES FEATURED AT ABI’S “BANKRUPTCY 2006: VIEWS
FROM THE BENCH” CONFERENCE

size='3'>June 20, 2006, Alexandria, Va.
size='3'>— Sixteen judges are participating at the American
Bankruptcy Institute’s “Bankruptcy 2006: Views from the
Bench” on Oct. 6 at The
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face='Times New Roman'
size='3'>Center
size='3'>. David R.
Kuney of Sidley Austin (
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size='3'>Washington,
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program chair for the conference. Attendees will have the opportunity to
earn 7.0 CLE credits, including 1.0 hour of ethics, at the
conference.

Panel sessions
include:

“First-Day Motions:
Including Critical Vendors; Stay Bonuses; Ordinary-Course Professionals;
Abuse of DIP Financing;
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One” will be moderated by
size='3'>Marcia L. Goldstein of Weil, Gotshal
& Manges LLP (
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York) and facilitated
by Karen H.
Moore of Whiteford, Taylor and Preston LLP
(Baltimore). The judges panel includes Bankruptcy Judges
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Mary Grace Diehl
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size='3'>Atlanta),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Rosemary Gambardella
size='3'>(
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size='3'>(
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Reno
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size='3'>Jay M. Goffman of Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (New York) will moderate
“Confirmation and Plan Issues: Liquidating Trusts and
Post-confirmation Jurisdiction; ‘Gift’ Plans; Absolute
Priority after
size='3'>Armstrong; Appeals; and Unfair
Discrimination” with facilitator Edward C. Dolan of Hogan &
Hartson LLP (
size='3'>Washington,
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size='3'>D.C.) and joined by
Bankruptcy Judges Kevin
J. Carey (Wilmington, Del.),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Bruce A. Markell
size='3'>(Las Vegas),
size='3'>Douglas O. Tice Jr. (Richmond,
Va.).

“Creditors and
Equity Committees: Appointment, Disclosure Obligation; Sharing
Information; Waiver of Attorney/Client Privilege; Hedge Funds on
Committees” moderated by
size='3'>Robert J. Rosenberg of Latham &
Watkins LLP (
size='3'>New York) and facilitated
by Mary Joanne
Dowd of Arent Fox PLLC (
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size='3'>Washington,
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size='3'>D.C.) features Bankruptcy
Judges Robert D.
Drain (New York.), Mary F. Walrath
size='3'>(Wilmington, Del.) and Judith H. Wizmur (Camden,
N.J.).

Moderator
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Jamie H.M. Sprayregen
size='3'>of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Chicago) will be joined by
facilitator Prof. David
Gray Carlson of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School
of Law Yeshiva University (New York) along with Bankruptcy Judges
Thomas B. Bennett
(Birmingham, Ala.), Leif M. Clark (San Antonio)
and Prof. William
Widen of the University of Miami School of Law
(Coral Gables, Fla.) to discuss “Substantive Consolidation: Deemed
Consolidation; Structured Finance; Pre-packaged
Plans.”

The “Legal Ethics:
Conflicts Issues; Attorney Conflicts from Multiple Representation;
Senior and Junior Lienholders” panel will be moderated by

size='3'>Thomas E. Lauria of White & Case
LLP; (Miami) with facilitator
size='3'>Irving E. Walker of
size='3'> Saul Ewing LLP (Baltimore)
featuring Bankruptcy Judges
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Judith K. Fitzgerald
size='3'>(Pittsburgh) and
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Arthur J. Gonzalez
size='3'>(New York).

William Perlstein
of WilmerHale LLP (Washington, D.C.) will moderate “Corporate
Governance: Enjoining Shareholder Meetings and Proxy Fights; Derivative
Suits and Releases” with facilitator Jo Ann J. Brighton of
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman LLP (
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size='3'>Charlotte,
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size='3'>N.C.) and a panel including
Bankruptcy Judges Robert
E. Gerber (New York), Allan L. Gropper
(New York) and S. Martin
Teel (
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size='3'>D.C.
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This year’s program also
features three break-out lunch sessions with judges and faculty to
follow up on some of the topics in small-group formats. For more
information on the “Views from the Bench” conference, please
be sure to visit
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dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency.
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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
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