ABIs Sixteenth Annual Bankruptcy Battleground West Set to Take Place February 22

Contact: John Hartgen

703-739-0800

ABI’s
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL BANKRUPTCY BATTLEGROUND WEST SET TO
w:st='on'>TAKE PLACE
FEBRUARY 22

November 29, 2007,
Alexandria, Va. — More than 150 practitioners are
expected to attend the American Bankruptcy Institute's (ABI’s)
sixteenth annual Bankruptcy Battleground West conference, scheduled for
February 22, 2008, at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel,
w:st='on'>Santa Monica,
w:st='on'>Calif. The day-long conference, titled

“Lost in Translation: Same Code, Different Views,' offers
up to 5.0 hours of CLE
credit. The program will also include a luncheon presentation by ABI
Resident Scholar Prof. Mark S. Scarberry of the Pepperdine School

of Law (Malibu,
Calif.) on statutory
interpretations and the rule of law. The roster of speakers at this
year's conference features experts from across the region.

Program co-chairs are Scott
F. Gautier of Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP (
w:st='on'>Los Angeles), Debra Ann Riley of Allen
Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP (San
Diego) and Victor A. Sahn of SulmeyerKupetz, APC
(Los
Angeles). Bankruptcy Judge Mitchel R.
Goldberg (C.D. Calif.) is the Judicial Chair.

Panel topics for ABI’s
Bankruptcy Battleground West conference include the following timely
issues:

“The Price Is Right:
Lowering Costs or Lowering Claims?” session will be moderated by
Robert B. Orgel of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
(Los
Angeles) and include panelists Jonathan A.
Carson of Kurtzman Carson Consultants, LLC (El Segundo,
Calif.), Mark S. Horoupian of SulmeyerKupetz, APC (Los Angeles)
and David P. Simonds of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
(Los Angeles).

“Whose Bankruptcy Case Is

It, Anyway? The Validity, Scope, and Extent of Third-Party Releases and
Injunctions” will feature a panel including Bruce S.
Bennett of Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, LLP (
w:st='on'>Los Angeles), Bankruptcy Judges Peter W.
Bowie and John J. Hargrove (S.D. Calif.), David L.
Osias of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP (San
Diego) and retired U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge John E. Ryan (C.D.

Calif., Santa Ana).

Gregory O. Lunt
of Latham & Watkins, LLP (Los Angeles) will moderate the
“Lust, Caution: Deal-Making in the Shadows of Equitable
Subordination and Recharacterization” session with panelists
Russell A. Belinsky of Chanin Capital Partners LLC (Los Angeles),

Scott F. Gautier of Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP (Los
Angeles) and Eric D. Goldberg of Stutman, Treister & Glatt,
PC (Los Angeles).

“The Precedential
Debates: Differing Views on §506(b)'s Import on Interest, Fees and
Guarantees” session, moderated by Pamela K. Webster of
Buchalter Nemer, PC (Los Angeles), will feature a panel including
Peter W. Lianides of Winthrop
Couchot, PC (Newport Beach,
w:st='on'>Calif.), David J. McCarty of Sheppard
Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP (Los
Angeles) and Jonathon S. Shenson of Klee, Tuchin,
Bogdanoff & Stern LLP (Los Angeles).

For more information about the
conference, call ABI at (703) 739-0800 or visit Battleground West at
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href='http://www.abiworld.org/BBW08'>www.abiworld.org/BBW08.

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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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Thursday, November 29, 2007