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ABI WORLD
PODCAST FEATURES DISCUSSION ON CHURCH BANKRUPTCIES
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Institute podcast features a conversation on diocesan bankruptcies
between ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano and Ford Elsaesser, a senior
partner of Elsaesser Jarzabek, et al. of
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a former ABI president and chairman, represents the Association of
Parishes in the Diocese of Spokane, Wash. In the wake of recent sexual
abuse legal proceedings, several Catholic Church diocese have filed for
bankruptcy in order to maintain operations while working out settlements
to pay for the abuse claims. To date, the diocese of
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for bankruptcy due to the escalating costs of the abuse
settlements.
Elsaesser’s
practice includes commercial law and banking, bankruptcy, trusteeships
and receiverships, and corporate law. He serves as an adjunct professor
at
John’s
Bankruptcy Program in
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Elsaesser was awarded the Idaho State Bar Professionalism Award in 1999
and the Idaho State Bar Pro Bono Award in 1991. He is also a Fellow in
the American College of Bankruptcy.
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