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size='3'>ABI’S THIRD ANNUAL
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>CARIBBEAN
size='3'>INSOLVENCY SYMPOSIUM TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 8-10,
2007
size='3'>November 7, 2006, Alexandria, Va.
size='3'>— The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), the Puerto
Rico Bankruptcy Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association of
Puerto Rico will hold the third Caribbean Insolvency Symposium at the
beachfront Ritz-Carlton San Juan in San Juan, Puerto Rico from Feb. 8 -
10, 2007. The program features a faculty of outstanding practitioners,
scholars and judges, including six bankruptcy judges, from the
size='3'>Caribbean
co-chairs for the Symposium are
size='3'>Patricia A. Redmond of Stearns,
Weaver, Miller, Weissler,
w:st='on'>&
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Sitterson
size='3'>,
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size='3'>Miami
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Sonia Colón
size='3'>of O'Neill & Borges (
w:st='on'>San
Juan
co-chairs are Bankruptcy Judges
size='3'>Gerardo Carlo (
w:st='on'>San
Juan
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Robert A. Mark
size='3'>(
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Miami
size='3'>). Attendees have the opportunity to earn up to 9.5 CLE credit
hours, including 1.5 hour of ethics, with an expanded program including
both consumer and business topics.
Timely topics—all updated
with the latest legislative revisions—include:
The “Consumer Case
Law and Practice Updates Including Continuation and Reimposition of
Stay, New Confirmation Standards in Chapter 13 Cases, New Chapter 13
Discharge Requirements, Adequate Protection and Issues Regarding Equal
Monthly Installments to Holders of Secured Claims Issues” session
will be moderated by
size='3'>Richardo I. Kilpatrick of Kilpatrick
& Associates, PC (Auburn Hills, Mich.). Panelists for the session
include Bankruptcy Judge
size='3'>Bruce Markell (
w:st='on'>Las
Vegas
Trustee Alejandro
Oliveras (
w:st='on'>San Juan
size='3'>James S. Feltman of Mesirow Financial
Consulting, LLC (
size='3'>Miami) will moderate
“Liquidating Cross-Border Assets and Recovering Cross-Border
Claims,” featuring panelists Marcus A. Wide of
PricewaterhouseCoopers (
size='3'>N.S.
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Ian Ratner of
Glass Ratner Advisory & Captal Group, LLC (
w:st='on'>
size='3'>Atlanta
size='3'>).
Moderator
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Felicia S. Turner
size='3'>of the Office of the U.S. Trustee (Atlanta) will be joined by
panelists Monsita
Lecaroz-Arribas of the Office of the U.S.
Trustee (San Juan, P.R.),
size='3'>Juan M. Suarez
size='3'>Cobo (San Juan, P.R.), Bankruptcy
Judge Brian
Tester (San Juan, P.R.) and
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Wigberto Lugo-Mender
size='3'>of Lugo-Mender & Co. (Guaynabo, P.R.) for the
“Debtor, UST and Panel Trustee Perspectives on Hot Consumer Issues
under BAPCPA” session.
“Hedge Fund
Failure: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly” will be moderated by
Francis C. Morrissey
of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP (Boston) and
panelists invited to speak include Alistaire Bambach of the U.S.
Securities Exchange Commission (New York), Prof.
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Edward R. Morrison
size='3'>of the Columbia Law School (New York),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Kenneth Krys
size='3'>of RSM Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) and
Scott M. Berman
of Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP (New
York).
size='3'>Desmond Thomas, the Inter-American
Development Bank Country Economist/Coordinator for
size='3'>and Country Economist for the Caribbean Regional Matters, will
keynote the luncheon program, “Macroeconomic Trends in the
Caribbean Region.”
The “Cross-Border
Consumer Issues: Citizenship, Residency and the Extra-Territorial Reach
of a Bankruptcy Discharge and Cross-Border Recovery of a Fraudulent
Transfer” session will be moderated by Bankruptcy Judge
Judith K. Fitzgerald
(Pittsburgh), who will be joined by panelists
Jose R. Carrión
of Trujillo Alto (San Juan, P.R.),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Robert C. Furr
size='3'>of Furr & Cohen, PA (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Prof.
Patrick D.
O’Neill of the Puerto Rico University
Law School (San Juan, P.R.)
“Update on Chapter
15: Where in the World (Caribbean) is the COMI?” will be moderated
by Josefina
Fernández McEvoy of Squire Sanders &
Dempsey, LLP (Los Angeles) and include panelists
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Michael J. Fay
size='3'>of Ogier (Tortola, British Virgin Islands),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Laura Hatfield
size='3'>of Solomon Harris (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) and
Christopher A.
Jarvinen of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton
& Garrison LLP (New York).
Moderator
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Sonia Colón
size='3'>of O'Neill & Borges (
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>San Juan
size='3'>, P.R.) will be joined by Bankruptcy Judges
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Gerardo Carlo
size='3'>(
size='3'>San Juan
Judith K. Fitzgerald
(
size='3'>Pittsburgh
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Enrique S. Lamoutte
size='3'>(
size='3'>San Juan
Robert A. Mark
size='3'>(
size='3'>Miami
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Brian Tester
size='3'>(
Juan
the Bench” session.
The “Lenders'
Panel: Caribbean/South American Cross-Border Issues” will be
moderated by Luis
Salazar of Greenberg Traurig, LLP (Miami) and
will feature panelists
size='3'>Luis de Lucio of Alvarez & Marsal
(Sao Paulo, Brazil) and
size='3'>Rodolfo Pittaluga of Deloitte
Financial Advisory Services LLP (Miami).
“Bankruptcy Issues
for Nonbankruptcy Lawyers,” moderated by
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Sonia Colón
size='3'>of O'Neill & Borges (
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>San Juan
size='3'>, P.R.), will include Bankruptcy Judges
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Robert A. Mark
size='3'>(
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Miami
size='3'>),
size='3'>Judith K. Fitzgerald
size='3'>(
size='3'>Pittsburgh
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Gerardo Carlo
size='3'>(
size='3'>San Juan
Enrique S. Lamoutte
(San Juan, P.R.) and Brian Tester (San Juan,
P.R.)
The “Regional
Updates and Cross-Border Issues” session will be moderated by
Bankruptcy Judge Gerardo
Carlo (
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>San Juan
size='3'>, P.R.) and feature panelists Leyza Florin Blanco of Katz,
Barron, Squitero, Faust, Brecker, Terzo,
w:st='on'>
size='3'>Friedberg
w:st='on'>&
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Grady
w:st='on'>
size='3'>Miami
David P. Freedman
of O'Neill & Borges (San Juan, P.R.),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Carol Logue
size='3'>of
Bridge Associates, LLC
(Spring,
size='3'>Texas
Judge Robert A.
Mark (
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Miami
and Mercedes Figueroa
Morgade of the Justice Department (
w:st='on'>
P.R.)
size='3'>Patricia A. Redmond of Stearns,
Weaver, Miller, Weissler,
w:st='on'>&
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Sitterson
size='3'>,
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size='3'>Miami
by Carol Ann
Rich of Dudley, Clark & Chan
(
Thomas
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Troy Taylor of
the Algon Group LLC (
w:st='on'>
size='3'>Atlanta
and Regina
Thomas of
McCalla Raymer, LLC
(
size='3'>Ga.
“Ethics Courtesy and Results in the Region”
session.
For more information on
ABI’s 2007 Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, please visit
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