Subprime Lending Industry Chapter 11 Issues and Future of Bankruptcy to Be Examined at ABIs Thirteenth Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference

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SUBPRIME
LENDING INDUSTRY, CHAPTER 11 ISSUES AND FUTURE OF BANKRUPTCY TO BE
EXAMINED AT ABI’S
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN BANKRUPTCY
CONFERENCE

October 24, 2007, Alexandria, Va. — The American
Bankruptcy Institute’s (
w:st='on'>ABI) Thirteenth Annual Rocky Mountain
Bankruptcy Conference will take place Feb. 14 – 15, 2008, at the
Westin
w:st='on'>Tabor
w:st='on'>Center in downtown
w:st='on'>Denver. The
conference will feature 12 bankruptcy judges and address such timely
topics as the subprime lending industry, commercial real estate trends,
consumer issues under BAPCPA and a panel looking at the future of
bankruptcy. The panel features U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), a
former bankruptcy practitioner before his election to Congress in 2006.
Program co-chairs for the Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference are
David E. Leta of Snell & Wilmer, LLP (
w:st='on'>Salt Lake City) and Risa Lynn Wolf-Smith of
Holland & Hart LLP (
w:st='on'>Denver). The judicial chair for the
conference is Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth E. Brown (
w:st='on'>Denver).

Elizabeth K.
Flaagan of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP (Denver) will
moderate the “Skiing within Bounds (or Close to the Edge): Supreme

Court Cases and Hot Topics” session with panelists Bart B.
Burnett of Pearson, Horowitz & Burnett, PC (Denver), Bankruptcy
Judge Glen E. Clark (Salt Lake City), Theodore J.
Hartl of Lindquist & Vennum PLLP (Denver) and Steven T.
Waterman of Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, PC (Salt Lake City).

“Business Fraud in
Bankruptcy/Ethics: Taking Candy from Babies” will be moderated by
Douglas Wayne Jessop of Jessop & Company, PC (
w:st='on'>Denver) with
panelists Alan V. Funk of Alan V. Funk PC (Salt Lake City),
Bankruptcy Judge Janice Miller Karlin (Topeka, Kan.), Neal H.
Levin of Freeborn & Peters LLP (Chicago) and Gil A.
Miller of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Salt Lake City).

The “Degrees of
Difficulty: Current Issues in Bankruptcy Settlements” session will

be moderated by Annette W. Jarvis of Ray, Quinney & Nebeker,
PC (Salt Lake City) with panelists J. Thomas Beckett of Parsons
Behle & Latimer PLC (Salt Lake City), Bankruptcy Judge A. Bruce
Campbell (Denver) and Joseph G. Rosania of Connolly, Rosania
& Lofstedt, PC (Broomfield, Colo.).

“Trails, Runs, Slopes and

Lodges: Real Estate Development Issues” will be moderated by
John F. Young of Block Markus & Williams LLC (Denver) and
feature panelists Bankruptcy Judge Sidney B. Brooks (Denver),
Mitchell P. Kahn of Hilco Real Estate, LLC (Northbrook, Ill.),
David E. Leta of Snell & Wilmer LLP (Salt Lake City) and
Berry D. Spears of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (Austin,
Texas).

Moderator Michael J.
Pankow of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, PC (
w:st='on'>Denver) will be joined by Bankruptcy Judge
Elizabeth E. Brown (
w:st='on'>Denver), Craig A.
w:st='on'>Christensen of Lindquist & Vennum
PLLP (Denver) and Mark L. Fulford of Sherman & Howard, LLC
(Denver) for the “Deep Powder: Cutting-Edge Chapter 11 Issues
under BAPCPA” session.

The “Going from Snowplow
to Parallel—Litigation Skills Training: Preparing and Presenting
Evidence; Effective Legal Writing,” moderated by Kimberley H.
Tyson of Sherman & Howard, LLC (
w:st='on'>Denver), will feature panelists
Leonard DePasquale of the

Office of the
U.S. Trustee
(Providence,
R.I.), Bankruptcy Judge
Michael E. Romero (Denver), Jeffrey Weston Shields of
Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough PC (Salt Lake City) and Michael
N. Zundel of Prince, Yeates & Geldzahler (Salt Lake
City).

“Consumer Workshop I:
Unmarked Hazards—Ethics, Creditor Abuse of Debtors and
Remedies” will be moderated by Ellen R. Welner of George T.

Carlson & Associates (
w:st='on'>Englewood,
w:st='on'>Colo.) with panelists Prof. Richard

I. Aaron of S.J. Quinney College of Law, Univ. of Utah (Salt Lake
City) and Steven J. McCardell of Durham Jones & Pinegar (Salt

Lake City).

The “Slippery Slope
through the Trees: Current Issues and Developments in the Subprime
Lending Industry” session will be moderated by Risa Lynn
Wolf-Smith of Holland & Hart LLP (Denver) with panelists
Lawrence Bass of Holme Roberts & Owen LLP (Denver),
Jeffrey W. Dulberg of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP (Los
Angeles), Susan M. Freeman of Lewis and Roca LLP (Phoenix),
Michael H. Goldstein of Stutman, Treister & Glatt, PC (Los
Angeles) and Craig D. Hansen of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey,
LLP (Phoenix).

Moderator Duane H.
Gillman of Durham Jones & Pinegar (Salt Lake City) will be
joined by panelists David M. Cook of David M. Cook, P.C.
(Salt Lake City), Holly Renee
Shilliday of Snell & Wilmer, LLP (
w:st='on'>Denver) and Bankruptcy Judge William T.
Thurman (Salt Lake City) for the “Consumer Workshop II: Season

Pass or One-Day Lift Ticket? Almost Poor, but Honest,
Debtors—Good-Faith Test” session.

Julia R. Pettit
of Stoel Rives LLP (Salt Lake City) will
moderate the “Alternative Energy Development: The Newest Ski Jump
Event” session featuring panelists Alex D. Moglia of Moglia

Advisors (
w:st='on'>Schaumburg,
w:st='on'>Ill.), Gary A. Norton of
Whitfield & Eddy, PLC (Des Moines, Iowa) and John K. Pearson
of Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm LLC (Wichita, Kan.).

“Weather Forecast: The
Future of Bankruptcy” features Bankruptcy Judges Elizabeth E.
Brown (Denver) and Bruce A.
Markell (Las
Vegas), former Bankruptcy Judge Ralph R.
Mabey of Stutman, Treister & Glatt, PC (Salt Lake City) and Rep.

Edwin G. Perlmutter (D-Colo.) (Invited).

The “Consumer Workshop
III: First and Last Runs—First Meetings and Confirmation Hearings
under Chapter 13” session will be moderated by Kevin R.
Anderson of the Office of the Chapter 13 Trustee (
w:st='on'>Salt Lake City), Loretta A. Burnett
(Colorado Springs,
w:st='on'>Colo.) and Bankruptcy Judge Tom R. Cornish
(Okmulgee,
Okla.).

“Consumer Workshop IV:
Reading the Trail Map—Pre-bankruptcy Planning under BAPCPA”
will be moderated by Joel T. Marker of McKay, Burton &
Thurman (Salt Lake City) with panelists Arthur
Lindquist-Kleissler of Lindquist-Kleissler & Company, LLC
(Denver) and Bankruptcy Judge Terrence L. Michael (Tulsa,
Okla.).

A judges roundtable, featuring
all 12 bankruptcy judges in attendance, will also be held at the
conference.

Two programs sponsored by the
International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
(IWRC) will also be featured at the start of the 2008 Rocky Mountain
Bankruptcy Conference.“Perspectives from the Distaff Bench”
will feature Bankruptcy Judges Marcia S. Krieger (
w:st='on'>Denver), Elizabeth E. Brown (
w:st='on'>Denver), Eileen W. Hollowell (
w:st='on'>Tucson, Ariz.) and

Janice Miller Karlin (
w:st='on'>Topeka,
w:st='on'>Kan.). Layne Kottmeier and
Bellann Raile of Cordes & Company (Denver) and Karen
Martinez of the Securities & Exchange Commission (Salt Lake
City) will take part in “Receiverships and Receivers: Scoring
Efficiently in the Insolvent End Zone.”

For more information on
ABI’s 2008 Rocky
Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, please visit
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