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Sixteen Bankruptcy Judges Featured at ABIs 2007 Central States Bankruptcy Workshop

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SIXTEEN
BANKRUPTCY JUDGES FEATURED AT ABI’S 2007 CENTRAL STATES BANKRUPTCY

WORKSHOP

February 28,
2007, Alexandria,
w:st='on'>Va. —The American Bankruptcy
Institute’s (ABI) 14th Annual Central States Bankruptcy Workshop,
featuring 16 bankruptcy judges from the Sixth and Seventh Circuits, will

take place June 14-17 at Michigan’s Grand Traverse Resort and Spa.

More than 400 professionals are expected to attend this year’s
workshop. Attendees have the opportunity to earn up to 10 hours of CLE
and CPE credits, including 1.25 hours of ethics. Sheryl L. Toby
of Dykema PLLC (
w:st='on'>Detroit,
w:st='on'>Mich.) is the program chair, while
JudgePhillip J.
Shefferly (E.D. Mich.) is the judicial chair.

The newest addition to this
year’s Workshop are a series of unique “Judicial
Debates,” moderated bytheprogram’s Advisory Board Chair
Claire Ann Resop of Brennan, Steil & Basting (Madison, Wis.)
will feature the following propositions:

  • Bankruptcy Judges Daniel S.

    Opperman

     (E.D.
    w:st='on'>Mich.    ) and Phillip J. Shefferly

    (E.D. Mich.) will debate whether “A 503(b)(9) Claimant Is Entitled

    to Receive Full Payment on Its Claim Prior to the Effective Date of a
    Plan.”

  • “BAPCPA’s Credit
    Counseling Requirement Should Be Eliminated” will be debated by
    Bankruptcy Judges Jeffrey R. Hughes (W.D.
    w:st='on'>Mich.    ) and
    Steven W. Rhodes (E.D. Mich.).
  • Bankruptcy Judges Bruce W.
    Black     (N.D. Ill.) and John E.
    Hoffman, Jr.     (S.D. Ohio) will debate “It Is Appropriate for
    the Court to Enter a First-day Order Defining the Scope of a
    Creditors’ Committee’s Disclosure
    Obligation.”
  • “A Chapter 13 Debtor Can

    Surrender a Vehicle to a ‘910 Creditor’ in Full Satisfaction

    of Its Claim” will be debated by Bankruptcy Judges Susan V.
    Kelley     (E.D.
    w:st='on'>Wis.    ) and Mary Ann Whipple
    (N.D. Ohio).

The second set of
“Judicial Debates” will take place on June 16 and
include:

  • Bankruptcy JudgesBruce W.
    Black     (N.D. Ill.) and Daniel S.
    Opperman     (E.D. Mich.) debating “The New 45-day Reclamation
    Period Established by §546(c) Is Merely a Cap on Rights Provided by

    Nonbankruptcy Law, Rather Than a New Substantive
    Right.”

  • “Means Test Determines
    the Proper Deductions for Income under the Totality of Circumstances
    Test under §707” will be debated by Bankruptcy Judges
    Pamela Pepper (E.D.
    w:st='on'>Wis.    ) and Eugene R. Wedoff
    (N.D. Ill.).
  • Bankruptcy Judges Pamela S.

    Hollis

     (N.D.
    w:st='on'>Ill.    ) and Jeffrey R. Hughes
    (W.D. Mich.) will debate “During the First 30 Days of a Bankruptcy

    Case, the Court May Require a Utility to Accept Adequate Assurance in a
    Form and Amount Not Agreed to by the Utility.”

  • Debating “It Is
    Inappropriate for an Attorney to Advise a Debtor to Incur Debt for the
    Purpose of Increasing the Value of the Debtor’s Exemptions”
    will be Bankruptcy Judges J. Philip Klingeberger (N.D. Ind.) and
    Eugene R. Wedoff (N.D. Ill.).

Panel topics for ABI’s
Central States Bankruptcy Workshop include:

“Reaffirmation: The
Ground Rules Have Changed” will feature panelists Elizabeth M.
Abood of Charles J. Schneider PC (
w:st='on'>Livonia,
w:st='on'>Mich.), James J. Burns, Jr. of
Burns & Wincek, Ltd. (Chicago), Stuart A. Gold of Gold Lange
& Majoros PC (Southfield, Mich.) and Bankruptcy Judge Mary Ann
Whipple (N.D. Ohio).

Panelists for the “Supply

Agreements and Other Hot Contract Issues: Adequate Assurance Demand,
Does ‘Cure’ Mean ‘Cure and More’?” session

include Donald S. MacKenzie Jr. of Conway MacKenzie &
Dunleavy (
w:st='on'>Birmingham,
w:st='on'>Mich.), Bankruptcy Judge Marci B.
McIvor (E.D. Mich.), Patrick Mears of Barnes & Thornburg
LLP (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Norman Newman of Much Shelist Freed

Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, PC (Chicago).

“Ouch! Administrative
Insolvency and Disgorgement of Fees – Case Strategies” will
include Richard S. Lauter of Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (Chicago),

Judith Greenstone Miller of Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, PC
(Southfield,
w:st='on'>Mich.), Bankruptcy Judge Steven W. Rhodes
(E.D. Mich.) and Gary A. Wencel of Moglia Advisors (
w:st='on'>Schaumburg,
w:st='on'>Ill.).

Bankruptcy Judge John E.
Hoffman, Jr. (S.D. Ohio), Alan
D. Lasko of Alan D. Lasko & Associates PC (Chicago), Barry P.

Lefkowitz of Virchow, Krause and Co. LLP (Southfield, Mich.),
Ralph E. McDowell of Bodman LLP (Detroit) will be the featured
panel for the “Cash-Flow Statements, Budgets, Financial Reporting:

Watch Out for the Catches” session.

The “Avoid Professional
Liability in Commercial Cases: Aiding and Abetting Client Wrongdoing and

Other Liability Risks” session will include Jeffrey A.
Hokanson ofIce Miller LLP (
w:st='on'>Indianapolis), Bankruptcy Judge Pamela S.
Hollis (N.D. Ill.), C. Daniel
Motsinger of Krieg Devault LLP (
w:st='on'>Indianapolis) and Nancy D.
Terrill of Grant Thornton LLP (Cleveland).

“Secured Creditor Rights
in Consumer Cases” includes Joseph A. Baldi of Joseph A.
Baldi & Associates, PC (Chicago), Bankruptcy Judge James D.
Gregg (W.D. Mich.), Richardo I. Kilpatrick of Kilpatrick
& Associates PC (Auburn Hills,
Mich.) and Richard D. Nelson of
Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford, LLC (
w:st='on'>Cincinnati).

Panelists on the “Filing
a Consumer Case: Pesky Prerequisites” session include John E.
Gierum of Gierum & Mantas (
w:st='on'>Park Ridge,
w:st='on'>Ill.), Frederick M. Luper of
Luper, Neidenthal & Logan, LPA (Columbus), Brian J. Small of
Thav Gross Steinway & Bennett PC (Bingham Farms, Mich.) and
Bankruptcy Judge John H. Squires (E.D. Mich.).

Chapter 13 Trustee Thomas J.

King (Oshkosh,
w:st='on'>Wis.), Bankruptcy Judge Pamela Pepper (E.D.

Wis.), Steven L. Rayman of Rayman & Stone (
w:st='on'>Kalamazoo,
w:st='on'>Mich.) and David S. Yen of the
Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago will be featured for the
“Disposable Income and the Means Test: What Do They Mean?”
session.

Panelists for “Pension
and Legacy: New Laws and Old Obligations” include Mark
Berkoff of DLA Piper US LLP (Chicago), Gary W. Burns of
Walker Nell Consultants (
w:st='on'>Philadelphia), Bankruptcy Judge J.
Philip Klingeberger (N.D. Ind.) and Shawn M. Riley of
McDonald Hopkins Co., LPA (Cleveland).

The “Alternatives to
Chapter 11: Receiverships, Operating 7s, Mortgage Trusts and More”

session will feature John C. DiDonato of Huron Consulting Group
(New
York),
size='3'>Gregory J. Jordan of Dykema Gossett PLLC (Chicago),
Timothy F. Nixon of Godfrey & Kahn SC (
w:st='on'>Green Bay,
w:st='on'>Wis.) and Bankruptcy Judge Phillip
J. Shefferly (E.D. Mich.).

“Breakfast with a
Judge” will feature a roundtable discussion with Bankruptcy Judges

James D. Gregg (W.D. Mich.), John E. Hoffman, Jr. (S.D.
Ohio), Jeffrey R. Hughes (W.D. Mich.), Philip Klingeberger

(N.D. Ind.), Marci McIvor (E.D. Mich.), Daniel S. Opperman

(E.D. Mich.), Steven W. Rhodes (E.D. Mich.), Phillip J.
Shefferly (E.D. Mich.), John H. Squires (N.D. Ill.) and
Eugene R. Wedoff (N.D. Ill.).

For more information about the
Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, call ABI at (703) 739-0800 or visit

href='http://www.abiworld.org/CS07'>www.abiworld.org/CS07.
 

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