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Bank Failures Retail Distress and More at ABIs Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop July 14-17

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Contact: John Hartgen

            

703-894-5935

            

jhartgen@abiworld.org

BANK FAILURES, RETAIL DISTRESS AND PONZI SCHEMES
AMONG TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED AT ABI’s 15TH ANNUAL
SOUTHEAST BANKRUPTCY WORKSHOP

 

April 9, 2010, Alexandria, Va. — Eight bankruptcy judges

and more than 300 attendees will gather to discuss the latest bankruptcy

topics at ABI’s Fifteenth Annual Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop.
The workshop, held from July 14-17 at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island in
Amelia, Fla., brings together the region’s top insolvency
professionals for four days of intense learning and networking.
Attendees also have the opportunity to earn 15 hours of CLE credits,
including 3 hours of ethics.

Program co-chairs for the Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop include

size='3'>David W. Houston,
IV of Burr & Foreman (Nashville, Tenn.) and
size='3'>David B.
Wheeler of Moore & Van Allen (Charleston, S.C.).
The judicial chair for the workshop is Bankruptcy Judge
size='3'>Mary Grace
Diehl (N.D. Ga.; Atlanta).

Program sessions at the Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop include:

  • Consumer Update 2010
  • Retail Bankruptcies: Is Reorganization a Thing of the Past?
  • Commercial Real Estate Issues
  • Another One Bites the Dust: Dealing with Failed Banks and FDIC
    Receiverships
  • Making Money in a Downturn: Ponzi Schemes and Other Scams for
    Bilking Money, from Madoff to Consumer Rip-Offs
  • Business Law Update 2010

To see a full list of speakers and programs at the Southeast
Bankruptcy Workshop, please visit
href='http://www.abiworld.org/SE10/schedule.html'>http://www.abiworld.org/SE10/schedule.html.

For more information about the Fifteenth Annual Southeast Bankruptcy
Workshop, call ABI at (703) 739-0800 or visit
href='http://www.abiworld.org/SE10'>http://www.abiworld.org/SE10.  

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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 nearly 12,600

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
href='http://www.abiworld.org/conferences.html'>
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Roman'>http://www.abiworld.org/conferences.html.