Contact:
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(703) 739-0800
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ABI’s
BOSTON BANKRUPTCY CLE AND OUTREACH EVENT FOCUSES ON NEW OBLIGATIONS FOR
PRACTITIONERS
May 5, 2006, Alexandria,
Va. — Practitioners looking to understand the ethical
and other obligations created by the new bankruptcy law should plan to
attend the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) 'New Obligations
for Practitioners under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer
Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA)' event on May 25, 2006 at the John
Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston, Mass. This afternoon session
features a distinguished panel addressing the new duties as they relate
to debtors’ counsel, creditors’ counsel, trustees, U.S.
Trustees, creditor committees, DIPs and investment bankers. Attendees
have the opportunity to earn 1.5 CLE credits and enjoy a complimentary
networking reception following the panel discussion.
The panel session will explore
the new law as it brings changes to bankruptcy professionals from all
perspectives. Discussions by the panel will include new duties in
consumer and business cases under BAPCPA as well as miscellaneous
amendments related to representation by attorneys of all bankruptcy
chapters.
Lynne F. Riley, Esq. of Riley
Esher LLP (
the panel, which includes Chief Judge Joan N. Feeney (Boston), who is
the Judicial Chair for the conference, Assistant U.S. Trustee John P.
Fitzgerald (Boston), Bruce A. Harwood, Esq. of Sheehan, Phinney, Bass
& Green (Manchester, N.H.), Keith Lowey, CPA, of Verdolino &
Lowey, PC (Foxboro, Mass.) and Anne White, Esq. of Klieman, Lyons,
Schindler and Gross (Boston).
For more information about the
Boston Bankruptcy Event, call ABI at (703) 739-0800 or visit
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education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to
provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy
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specialists and other bankruptcy professionals providing a forum for the
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