Contact: John Hartgen
703-894-5935
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ABI’S CHICAGO CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD OCTOBER 11
August 12, 2011, Alexandria, Va. —
Chicago-area consumer bankruptcy practitioners will have the opportunity
to examine current issues affecting the profession at the American
Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI’s) Foruth Annual Chicago
Consumer Bankruptcy Conference on Oct. 11 at the Gleacher Center at The
University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Faculty members include
experienced local chapter 7 and 13 consumer attorneys, bankruptcy judges
and panel trustees from the Northern District of Illinois and a
representative from the Chicago Office of the U.S. Trustee. Attendees
have the opportunity to earn 6.25 CLE credits, including 1.25 ethics
credits.
Co-chairs for the Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference are
Brian L. Shaw of Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson
& Towbin LLC (Chicago) and Bankruptcy Judge Eugene R.
Wedoff (N.D. Ill.; Chicago).
Panel sessions include:
· Mortgages in Chapter 13
· The Rules and Jurisdiction of
Bankruptcy Appeals
· Divorce and Bankruptcy: When Does
One Specialist Need Another?
· Balancing the Practice of Consumer
Bankruptcy Law and Running a Business
· The Ethics of Getting Paid
The conference will also feature a keynote by Prof. Robert M.
Lawless of the University of Illinois College of Law. For more
information on ABI’s Consumer Bankruptcy Conference, please visit
href='http://www.abiworld.org/Chicago11'>http://www.abiworld.org/Chicago11.
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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
more than 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
href='http://www.abiworld.org/'>www.abiworld.org. For additional
conference information, visit
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