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ABIs Popular Northeast Bankruptcy Conference and Consumer Forum Set to Take Place in July in Newport

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size='3'>ABI’S POPULAR NORTHEAST BANKRUPTCY CONFERENCE AND
CONSUMER FORUM SET TO TAKE PLACE IN JULY IN
w:st='on'>
w:st='on'>NEWPORT

March 26, 2006,
Alexandria,
Va.
– More than 400 practitioners will join a 15
bankruptcy judge faculty at ABI’s 14th Annual Northeast

Bankruptcy Conference, July 12-15, in Newport, R.I. at the Newport
Marriott. The conference provides up to 8.75 hours of continuing
education credits including 1.5 hours of ethics. This year’s
conference will again offer a 2-day consumer forum at a reduced
conference rate.

Programs at the main conference

include:

Ira L. Herman of
Thompson & Knight LLP (New York)
will moderate the “E-Discovery” session, featuring panelists

Paul Brabant of Epiq Systems, Inc. (
w:st='on'>Washington, D.C.),

Jay S. Geller of the Law Office of Jay S. Geller (Portland,
Maine) and Judge Elizabeth S. Stong  (E.D.N.Y.,
w:st='on'>Brooklyn).

The “Bankruptcy
Litigation Workshop” will be moderated by James M. Wilton
of Ropes & Gray LLP (Boston) and
feature panelists Judge Gerardo A. Carlo ( D. P.R.,
w:st='on'>San Juan), Melanie L. Cyganowski of
Greenberg Traurig, LLP (New York) and
Andrew Z. Schwartz of Foley Hoag LLP (
w:st='on'>Boston).

“Turnarounds Then and
Now,” moderated by Susan L. Storey of Huron Consulting
Group (New York), will feature
panelists Harold B. Murphy of Hanify & King, PC (Boston),
Tom Flanagan of Bank of America (Boston), William H.
Henrich of Getzler Henrich & Associates, LLC (
w:st='on'>New York) and Judge (Retired) Carol J.
Kenner (
w:st='on'>Boston).

Jennifer Rood of
Bernstein Shur (
w:st='on'>Mancester,
w:st='on'>N.H.) will moderate the
“Preparing the Chapter 11 Case: Where to Begin?” session
featuring panelists James Berman of Zeisler & Zeisler, PC
(Bridgeport, Conn.), Daniel S. Bleck of Mintz, Levin, Cohn,
Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC (Boston), Lawrence E. Sax of
NachmanHaysBrownstein, Inc. (Boston) and Judge Mark W. Vaughn (D.

N.H., Mancester).

The “Investment
Strategies of the New Lenders: What the Next Round of Cases Will Look
Like” session will be moderated by James F. Wallack of
Goulston & Storrs, PC (
w:st='on'>Boston) with panelists Robert J.
Duffy of FTI Consulting, Inc. (Boston), Deirdre A. Martini of

CIT Group, Inc. (New York) and Ward K. Mooney of Crystal Capital
Fund Management, LP (Boston).

“Intercreditor
Agreements–Strategies for Negotiation and Enforcement,”
moderated by Mark N. Berman of Nixon Peabody LLP (Boston), will
feature panelists Jennifer Doran of Hinckley, Allen & Snyder
LLP (Boston), Judge Judith K. Fitzgerald (W.D. Pa., Pittsburgh)
and Robert A. Miller of GE Commercial Finance (Norwalk,
Conn.).

George J. Marcus
of Marcus, Clegg & Mistretta (PA;
w:st='on'>Portland, Maine)
will moderate “Ethics for Lawyers and Nonlawyers” with
panelists Judge James F. Queenan (
w:st='on'>Worcester, Mass.),

Robert U. Sattin of Reid and Riege, PC (
w:st='on'>Hartford, Conn.)
and John C. Thibodeau of Windsor
Associates LLC (
w:st='on'>Portland,
w:st='on'>Maine).  

“Income Tax Consequences
of Common Commercial Bankruptcy Transactions,” moderated by
Keith D. Lowey of Verdolino & Lowey, PC (
w:st='on'>Foxboro, Mass.),
will feature panelists Richard P. Finkel of Blum, Shapiro &
Company, PC (West Hartford, Conn.), Judge Robert E. Gerber
(S.D.N.Y., New York), Steven M.
Notinger of Donchess & Notinger LLC (
w:st='on'>Nashua,
w:st='on'>N.H.) and Elisa M. Sartori of
Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC (Boston).

Moderator John J.
Monaghan of Holland & Knight LLP (

w:st='on'>Boston) and panelists Michael J.
Pappone of Goodwin Procter LLP (Boston), Judge Joel B.
Rosenthal (D. Mass., Worcester, Mass.), Edwin E. Smith of
Bingham McCutchen LLP (Boston), and Shmuel Vasser of Edwards
Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP (New York) will participate in the
“Beyond Notes and Security Agreements–Financial Instruments
and Financial Industry Transactions: What Do They Look Like and How Do
They Work?”

The “ABCs, Receiverships
and Other Nonbankruptcy Vehicles for Turnarounds, Workouts and
Liquidations” session will be moderated by Daniel C. Cohn
of  Cohn Whitesell & Goldberg LLP (Boston) and feature
panelists Geoffrey L. Berman of Development Specialists, Inc.
(Los Angeles), Stephen S. Gray of TRG (Boston) and Judge
 Enrique S. Lamoutte (D. P.R., San Juan).

Jennifer L. Hertz

of Duane Morris LLP (Boston) will
moderate the “Health Care Reorganizations” session featuring

panelists Alex F. Mattera of McCarter & English LLP
(Boston), James J. Tancredi of Day

Pitney LLP (Hartford,
w:st='on'>Conn.), and Judge Brian K. Tester (D. P.R.,

San Juan).

For more information on the
Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, visit
title='http://www.abiworld.org/NE07'
href='http://www.abiworld.org/NE07'>http://www.abiworld.org/NE07.
 

In conjunction with the Northeast
Bankruptcy Conference, ABI’s Northeast Consumer Forum, which will
be held July 12-14, will focus on consumer bankruptcy educational
programs designed for both experienced and new professionals. Back by
popular demand, this two-day forum offers insolvency practitioners an
opportunity to earn approximately 6 hours of CLE/CPE credit, including
1.5 hours of ethics.

The Consumer Forum programs
include:

“Too Close To
Call-Confirmation Requirements of a Chapter 13 Plan” will be
moderated by Chapter 13 Trustee Carolyn A. Bankowski (Boston,
Mass.) with panelists Judge Colleen A. Brown (D. Vt.,
Rutland), Jefferey A. Kitaeff of Jeffrey A.
Kitaeff, PC (North Andover,
w:st='on'>Mass.), John F. Sommerstein of the Law
Offices of John F. Sommerstein (Boston) and Tara Twomey of the
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (Carmel,
Calif.).

Patricia
Antonelli of Partridge, Snow & Hahn, LLP (
w:st='on'>Providence, R.I.)
will moderate “Evidentiary Hearing Advocacy” with panelists
Judge J. Michael Deasy (D. N.H.,
w:st='on'>Manchester), Christopher Lefebvre of
Lefebvre & Lefebvre, PC (Pawtucket,
R.I.) and F. Bruce Sleeper of
Jensen Baird Gardner & Henry (
w:st='on'>Portland,
w:st='on'>Maine).

The “Automatic Stay
Pitfalls and Pointers under BAPCPA” session, moderated by Chapter
13 Trustee Peter C. Fessenden (Brunswick, Maine), will feature panelists

Mark P. Cornell (Concord, N.H.), Michelle C. Davenport of
Fannie Mae (Dallas), Judge William C. Hillman (D. Mass., Boston) and
Matthew J. McGowan of Salter McGowan Sylvia & Leonard Inc.
(Providence, R.I.).

“Issues, Trends and
Ethical Problems in Chapter 7 Cases under BAPCPA,” moderated
by Lisa A.
Geremia of Geremia & DeMarco, Ltd. (
w:st='on'>West Warwick,
w:st='on'>R.I.), will feature panelists Mark G.
DeGiacomo of Murtha Cullina LLP (
w:st='on'>Boston), U.S. Trustee Phoebe Morse
(Boston)

and Judge Eugene R. Wedoff (N.D. Ill., Chicago).

Judges Joan N.
Feeney and James F. Queenan will also take
part in a Dockside Chat with ABI’s Resident Scholar.

For more information about the Northeast
Consumer Forum, visit
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