Contact: John
Hartgen
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ATLANTA
CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY SKILLS TRAINING SET TO TAKE PLACE IN JANUARY AND
JUNE
size='3'>January 8, 2009, Alexandria, Va
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size='3'>— The Atlanta Consumer
Bankruptcy Skills Training programs on Jan. 28 and June 4, 2009, will
provide Georgia practitioners and bankruptcy professionals the tools
necessary to hone their consumer bankruptcy litigation skills. The
American Bankruptcy Institute, the Bankruptcy Section of the Atlanta Bar
Association and the Metro-Atlanta Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Group
are sponsoring this interactive program with two one-day training
seminars, which will fulfill all the annual CLE requirements for Georgia
practitioners. The programming will be led by a faculty of prominent
regional bankruptcy judges, as well as experienced consumer
practitioners.
The upcoming Jan. 28 seminar
will focus on trial preparation and courtroom skills with the following
sessions:
- “Discovery
Practices Lecture with Examples,” with panelists
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Michael F. Holbein
size='3'>of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Amy Alcoke Quackenboss of
Hunton & Williams LLP and
size='3'>Allen Paul Rosenfeld of Ellenberg,
Ogier, Rothschild & Rosenfeld, PC.
- “Discovery/Trial
Ethics,” featuring
size='3'>Hon. Paul
W. Bonapfel (N.D. Ga.) and
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Hon. James D. Walker, Jr.
(M.D. Ga.).
- “Testimony and
Evidence Lecture with Examples,” with panelists
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Mark M. Maloney
size='3'>of King & Spalding LLP and Thomas J. Salerno of Squire,
Sanders & Dempsey, LLP (Phoenix).
Additionally, three
break-out sessions will be led by one judge and two attorneys. Groups
will use the same problem and focus points to work through discovery,
ethics, testimony and evidence issues. The first session will
feature Hon. Mary Grace
Diehl (N. D. Ga.), Edward J. Coleman, III of
Surrett & Coleman PA (Augusta, Ga.) and Albert F. Nasuti of
Thompson, O’Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, PC (Norcross, Ga.). The
second session will include
size='3'>Hon. C. Ray
Mullins (N.D. Ga.), Chapter 13 Trustee
Camille Hope
size='3'>(Macon, Ga.) and
size='3'>Brian Michael Shockley of Clark &
Washington, PC. The final session will feature
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Hon. James E. Massey (N.D.
Ga.), Brian R.
Cahn of Perrotta, Cahn & Prieto, P.C.
(Cartersville, Ga.) and
size='3'>Denise Dotson of Jones & Walden,
LLC.
Further details about the June
4 seminar will be available at later date. For more information about
the Atlanta Consumer Bankruptcy Skills Training, please visit
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dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency.
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analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes more than
11,700 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders,
turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a
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