ABI held a media teleconference today featuring experts explaining the history of chapter 9 bankruptcy, lessons learned from chapter 9 cases in 2012 and what the financial landscape for municipalities looks like in 2013. Speakers on the teleconference include:
• Hon. Christopher M. Klein is the Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of California (Sacramento) and presides over the chapter 9 case of Stockton, Calif., the largest city to file.
• Juliet M. Moringiello of Widener University School of Law (Harrisburg, Pa.) is a former ABI Resident Scholar (Spring 2010 semester).
• Patrick Darby of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (Birmingham, Ala.) is a co-author of ABI’s recently released Second Edition of Municipalities in Peril: The ABI Guide to Chapter 9.
• Natalie Cohen of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (New York) is well-known for her studies and articles about municipal credit risk and bond defaults.
• ABI Resident Scholar Prof. C. Scott Pryor of the Regent University School of Law (Virginia Beach, Va.) is the moderator for the program.
Click here to listen to a full replay of the teleconference.
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