Mortgage Modification Automotive Industry Distress Among Topics to be Discussed at ABIs 2009 Central States Bankruptcy Workshop

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size='3'>MORTGAGE MODIFICATION, AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY DISTRESS AMONG
TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED AT
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>ABI
size='3'>’S 2009 CENTRAL STATES BANKRUPTCY
WORKSHOP

size='3'>March 12, 2009, Alexandria, Va.
—The American Bankruptcy Institute’s (

w:st='on'>
size='3'>ABI) 16th Annual Central

States Bankruptcy Workshop, featuring 24 bankruptcy judges from the
Sixth and Seventh Circuits, will take place June 11-14 at
Michigan’s Grand Traverse Resort and Spa on Lake Michigan. More
than 400 professionals are expected to attend this year’s
workshop. Attendees have the opportunity to earn up to 9.0 hours
of
size='3'>CLE credit, including
1.25 hours of ethics.
size='3'>Doug Lutz of Frost Brown Todd, LLC
(Cincinnati) is the program chair and Bankruptcy Judge
Marci
B. McIvor
size='3'>(E.D. Mich.; Detroit) is the judicial chair. Bankruptcy
Judge John H.
Squires (N.D. Ill; Chicago) is the judicial
advisory board chair.

Returning to this year’s
Workshop are a series of six unique “Judicial Debates,”
where judges change roles and act as advocates.

The following
propositions will be debated this year at the first round of
“Judicial Debates,” moderated bytheprogram’s Advisory
Board Chair Anne B.
Miller of Novare, Inc. (Crystal Lake,
Ill.):

Bankruptcy Judges
Steven W. Rhodes
(E.D. Mich.; Detroit) and Mary Ann Whipple
(N.D. Ohio; Toledo) will debate “11 U.S.C.
§547 should be repealed.”
“Bankruptcy judges
should have authority to modify residential mortgages” will be
debated by Bankruptcy Judges

size='3'>Susan V. Kelley (D. Wis.; Milwaukee)
and Eugene R.
Wedoff (N.D. Ill.;
Chicago).
“A chapter 11 case
that has been filed solely for the benefit of the secured creditor must
be dismissed” will be debated by Bankruptcy Judges

face='Times New Roman' size='3'>J. Philip Klingeberger

size='3'>(N.D. Ind; Hammond) and
size='3'>Robert D. Martin (W.D. Wis.;
Madison).

The second round of
“Judicial Debates, moderated by Doug Lutz
size='3'>of Frost Brown Todd, LLC (Cincinnati), will
feature:”

Debating “The
means test controls the dividend to unsecured creditors in a chapter 13
bankruptcy case” will be Bankruptcy Judges
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Arthur I. Harris
size='3'>(N.D. Ohio; Cleveland) and Pamela Pepper
(E.D. Wis.; Milwaukee).
Bankruptcy Judges
John E. Hoffman, Jr.

(S.D. Ohio; Columbus) and Guy R. Humphrey
(S.D. Ohio; Dayton) will debate “Bankruptcy judges
have the authority to compel a carve-out for payment of administrative
professional fees.”
The “Success in
chapter 13 cases should be measured by whether the debtor obtains a
discharge” debate will feature Bankruptcy Judges
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Margaret Dee McGarity
size='3'>(E.D. Wis.; Milwaukee) and Daniel S. Opperman
(E.D. Mich.; Bay City).

Concurrent sessions at this
year’s Workshop include:

“How to Avoid
Problems with the Trustee: Consumer Best Practices,” will feature
moderator Brian J.
Small of Thav, Gross, Steinway & Bennett,
PC (Bingham Farms, Mich.) with panelists Bankruptcy Judge
Bruce W. Black

size='3'>(N.D. Ill.; Chicago) and

size='3'>Paul G. Swanson of Steinhilber,
Swanson, Mares, Marone & McDermott (Oshkosh,
Wis.).

The “Tell It to the

Bankruptcy Judge? Limitations on Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction”
session, moderated by
size='3'>Kathryn Pamenter of Goldberg Kohn
Bell Black Rosenbloom & Moritz, Ltd. (Chicago), will feature
panelists Michael P.
O'Neil of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
(Indianapolis), Bankruptcy Judge
size='3'>John H. Squires (N.D. Ill; Chicago)
and Scott A.
Wolfson of Bush Seyferth & Paige PLLC
(Troy, Mich.).

size='3'>Karen E. Evangelista of Karen E.
Evangelista, PC (Auburn Hills, Mich.) will moderate the “Keep Your

License: Ethical Issues for Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Debtor and
Creditor” session with panelists Eugene Crane

size='3'>of Crane, Heyman, Simon, Welch & Clar (Chicago),

size='3'>Karen R. Goodman of Shefsky &
Froelich Ltd. (Chicago) and Bankruptcy Judge Walter Shapero (E.D.
Mich.; Detroit).

The “So Much
Information, So Little Time: Managing Consumer Cases in the Electronic
Age” session will be moderated by James W. Boyd
of Zimmerman, Kuhn, Darling, Boyd, Taylor and Quandt, PLC

(Traverse City, Mich.) and feature panelists Joseph E. Cohen of Cohen
& Krol (Chicago),
size='3'>Ryan B. Moran of Ryan B. Moran, PLLC
(Royal Oak, Mich.) and Bankruptcy Judge Lawrence S. Walter (S.D. Ohio;

Dayton).

Moderator

face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Christopher J. Stroebel

size='3'>of von Briesen & Roper, SC (Madison, Wis.) will be joined
by panelists Jamie Leigh

Hadac of Foresite Realty Partners, LLC
(Rosemont, Ill.), Bankruptcy Judge Pamela S. Hollis
(N.D. Ill.; Chicago), Barry P. Lefkowitz of Virchow,

Krause & Company, LLP (Southfield, Mich.) and
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Mark L. Radtke
size='3'>of Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC
(Chicago) for the “Remember When That Real Estate Was Worth
Something? Dealing with the Distressed Real Estate Market in Insolvency
and Restructuring Proceedings” session.

size='3'>Thomas A. Morrow of AlixPartners LLP
(Southfield, Mich.) will moderate “The Never-ending Story: Recent
Trends in Automotive Restructuring” session with panelists
Kriss Andrews
size='3'>of BBK (Southfield, Mich.), Francis X. Buckley,
Jr. of Thompson Coburn Fagel Haber
(Chicago), Laura Marcero
of Grant Thornton LLP (Southfield, Mich.) and Bankruptcy
Judge Phillip J.
Shefferly (E.D. Mich.;
Detroit).

The “Chapter 13
Discharge Issues: How to Reach the Finish Line” session, moderated

by Chapter 13 Trustee
size='3'>Thomas D. DeCarlo (Southfield,
Mich.), will include panelists
size='3'>Albert Todd Almassian of Keller,
Vincent & Almassian, PLC (Grand Rapids, Mich.),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Richard Kerr Gustafson, II
of Legal Helpers/Macey & Aleman (Chicago) and
Bankruptcy Judge Mary
Ann Whipple (N.D. Ohio;
Toledo).

Moderator

face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Gary Lynn Hostetler
size='3'>of Hostetler & Kowalik, PC (Indianapolis) will be joined by

panelists Bankruptcy Judge
size='3'>A. Benjamin Goldgar (N.D. Ill.;
Chicago), Richardo I.
Kilpatrick of Kilpatrick & Associates, PC;

(Auburn Hills, Mich.) and
size='3'>Daniel M. McDermott of the Office of
the U.S. Trustee (Cleveland) for the “Consumer Practitioners:
How’s Life under BAPCPA? An Update on Post-BAPCPA Consumer Case
Law” session.

The
“’Disclose, Disclose, Disclose!!!’” Ethics
Issues in Business Cases” session will be moderated by
Ronald L. Rose

size='3'>of Dykema Gossett PLLC (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) with
panelists Stephen M.
Gross of McDonald Hopkins LLC (Bloomfield
Hills, Mich.), Kimberly
J. Robinson of Barack Ferrazzano Krschbaum
& Nagelberg LLP (Chicago) and Bankruptcy Judge
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Thomas J. Tucker
size='3'>(E.D. Mich.; Detroit).

size='3'>Matthew T. Gensburg of Greenberg
Traurig, LLP (Chicago) will moderate the “Business Practitioners:
Life under BAPCPA—The Impact of BAPCPA and Rule Changes in Chapter

11 Cases” session with panelists Susan M. Cook
of Lambert, Leser, Isackson, Cook & Giunta, PC (Bay
City, Mich.), Bankruptcy Judge
size='3'>James D. Gregg (W.D. Mich.; Grand
Rapids) and Andrew R.
Vara of the Office of the U.S. Trustee
(Cleveland).

The “Breakfast with

a Judge” roundtable discussion will feature Bankruptcy
Judges Bruce W.
Black (N.D. Ill; Chicago),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Carol A. Doyle
size='3'>(N.D. Ill; Chicago),
size='3'>A. Benjamin Goldgar (N.D. Ill;
Chicago), James D. Gregg (W.D. Mich.;
Grand Rapids),
size='3'>Arthur I. Harris (N.D. Ohio;
Cleveland), John E. Hoffman,
Jr. (S.D. Ohio; Columbus),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Pamela S. Hollis
size='3'>(N.D. Ill; Chicago),
size='3'>Guy R. Humphrey (S.D. Ohio;
Dayton), Susan V.
Kelley (E.D. Wis.; Milwaukee),

face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Philip Klingeberger
size='3'>(N.D. Ind.; Hammond),
size='3'>Keith M. Lundin (Nashville),
Robert D. Martin
(W.D. Wis.; Madison), Margaret Dee McGarity (E.D.
Wis.; Milwaukee), Marci
McIvor (E.D. Mich.; Detroit),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Daniel S. Opperman
size='3'>(E.D. Mich.; Bay City),
size='3'>Pamela Pepper (E.D. Wis.;
Milwaukee), Steven W.
Rhodes (E.D. Mich.; Detroit),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Walter Shapero
size='3'>(E.D. Mich.; Detroit),
size='3'>Phillip J. Shefferly (E.D. Mich.;
Detroit), John H.
Squires (N.D. Ill.; Chicago),
face='Times New 
Roman' size='3'>Thomas J.
Tucker (E.D. Mich.; Detroit),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Lawrence S. Walter
size='3'>(S.D. Ohio; Dayton),
size='3'>Eugene R. Wedoff (N.D. Ill.; Chicago)

and Mary Ann
Whipple (N.D. Ohio; Toledo).

For more information
about the Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, call

size='3'>ABI at (703) 739-0800 or

visit www.abiworld.org/CSO9.

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