Contact: John Hartgen
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ABI’S CENTRAL STATES BANKRUPTCY WORKSHOP
TO FEATURE 20 BANKRUPTCY JUDGES, HOTTEST INSOLVENCY TOPICS JUNE
9-12
April 22, 2011, Alexandria, Va. — The American
Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) 18th Annual Central States Bankruptcy
Workshop, featuring 24 bankruptcy judges from the Sixth and Seventh
Circuits, will take place June 9-12 at Michigan’s Grand Traverse
Resort and Spa on Lake Michigan. This year’s program brings
together a faculty of 20 bankruptcy judges, practitioners from the top
national insolvency firms and academics. Attendees have the opportunity
to earn up to 9.0 hours of CLE credit, including 2.5 hours of ethics.
The workshop will allow attendees to hear the latest views from the
bankruptcy bench with the “Jaunty Judicial Debates” and the
“Breakfast with a Judge” presentation.
Panel sessions at the Central States Bankruptcy Workshop include:
· Did You See What Happened in Court
Today? A Demonstration of Worst Practices (vs. Best Practices) for
Judges and Attorneys
· Protecting Your Intangible Assets:
Intellectual Property Issues in Bankruptcy Cases
· The Non-Filing Spouse Dilemma
· Can You Fight (or Restructure) City
Hall? Restructuring Municipal Debt
· The Tax Man Cometh and the Tax Man
Taketh Away: Tax Issues in Consumer Cases
· What Your Banker Can Do For You:
Restructurings, Chapter 11 and Liquidations from a Banker's
Perspective
· How to Protect (and Keep) Your
License: Ethics Issues in Consumer Cases
· Bank Failures: Dealing with the
FDIC
· Burn the House Down! Mortgage
Issues in Consumer Cases
· How to Get Retained and Paid:
Ethics Issues in Business Cases
· Claims Issues in Consumer Cases
· Problems, Problems, Problems
Workshops
Doug Lutz of Frost Brown Todd, LLC (Cincinnati) is the
program chair, and Bankruptcy Judge Marci B. McIvor
(E.D. Mich.; Detroit) is the judicial chair. Bankruptcy Judge
Pamela S. Hollis (N.D. Ill.; Chicago) is the judicial
advisory board chair, Anne B. Miller of NHB Advisors
(Chicago) is the advisory board chair and Stuart A.
Gold of Gold Lange & Majoros (Southfield, Mich.) is the
materials chair.
To view the full list of expert speakers at the Central States
Bankruptcy Workshop, please visit
href='http://www.abiworld.org/CS11/schedule.html'>http://www.abiworld.org/CS11/schedule.html.
For more information on ABI’s Central States Bankruptcy Workshop,
please visit
href='http://www.abiworld.org/CS11'>http://www.abiworld.org/CS11.
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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization
dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency.
ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased
analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes over 13,000
attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround
specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for
the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on
ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For
additional conference information, visit
href='http://www.abiworld.org/conferences.html'>http://www.abiworld.org/conferences.html.