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CONSUMER
TOPICS, JUDICIAL DEBATES HIGHLIGHT
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WORKSHOP
February 25,
2008, Alexandria, Va. —The American Bankruptcy
Institute’s (
Annual Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, featuring 21 bankruptcy
judges from the Sixth and Seventh Circuits, will take place June 12-15
at Michigan’s Grand Traverse Resort and Spa on Lake Michigan. More
than 400 professionals are expected to attend this year’s
workshop. Attendees have the opportunity to earn up to 10.8 hours of
1.25 hours of ethics. Sheryl L. Toby of Dykema PLLC (
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the program chair, while Bankruptcy Judges
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and Phillip J.
Shefferly (E.D. Mich.;
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judicial co-chairs.
Returning to this year’s
Workshop are a series of four unique “Judicial Debates,”
moderated bytheprogram’s Advisory Board Chair
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Roper, SC (
propositions will be debated this year:
“The Means Test Should Be
Repealed” will be debated by Bankruptcy Judges Steven W.
Rhodes (E.D. Mich.;
Mary Ann Whipple (N.D. Ohio,
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Debating “It is Not a
Violation of the Absolute Priority Rule for a Senior Secured Creditor to
‘Gift’ a Portion of Its Recovery in a Chapter 11 Case to a
Junior Class of Claims or Interests, Even Though Administrative,
Priority and Other Classes of Claims Senior to Such Class Receive No
Recovery” will be Bankruptcy Judges Walter Shapero (E.D.
Mich.; Detroit) and Phillip J. Shefferly (E.D. Mich.;
Detroit).
Bankruptcy Judges Pamela
Pepper (E.D. Wis.;
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(N.D. Ill.; Chicago) will debate “Official Form 22C Conclusively
Determines ‘Projected Disposable Income’ for Chapter 13
Debtors with Above-Median Income.”
“The Failure of a Sole
Supplier without a Contract to Ship to a Debtor in the Early Days of a
Chapter 11 Case violates the Automatic Stay” will be debated by
Bankruptcy Judges Arthur I. Harris (N.D. Ohio; Cleveland) and
Jeffrey R. Hughes (W.D. Mich.;
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The
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discussion of litigation skills techniques with former
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Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC (Chicago),
Richardo I. Kilpatrick of Kilpatrick & Associates, PC
(
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Boone, LLP (Dallas) and
Richman
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York
“Mr. and Mrs. Smith Meet
Bankruptcy,” one of six consumer bankruptcy topics, will feature
panelists Forrest L. Ingram of Forrest L. Ingram, PC (Chicago),
John C. Lange of Gold Lange & Majoros, PC; (
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McGarity (E.D. Wis.;
David M. Whittaker of Bricker & Eckler LLP (
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Daniela Dimovski
of Chimko, Dzialo & Dimovski, PC (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Julie
Gleason of Gleason and Gleason, LLC (Chicago), Bankruptcy Judge
A. Benjamin Goldgar (N.D. Ill.; Chicago) and chapter 13 Trustee
David William Ruskin (Southfield, Mich.) will participate in the
“Attorney Fees in Chapters 7 and 13” session.
The “Cramming for the
Means Test: How to Pass It Line by Line” session will include
panelists Jill M. Gies of the Office of the U.S. Trustee
(
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Herrick & Kasdorf (
Law Office of Steven A. Leahy (
and Bankruptcy Judge Marci B. McIvor (E.D. Mich.;
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The “Strategies in
Negotiating Financing Orders: How Can David Beat Goliath?” session
features panelists Douglas C. Bernstein of Plunkett & Cooney,
PC (
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Rhodes (E.D. Mich.; Detroit) and Robert A. Weisberg of Carson
Fischer, PLC (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).
“Business Subprime
Lending Issues: Whoa to the Woes” includes panelists John T.
Gregg of Barnes & Thornburg LLP (
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Moglia Advisors (Schaumburg, Ill.), Jean R. Robertson of Calfee,
Halter & Griswold LLP (Cleveland) and Bankruptcy Judge Lawrence
S. Walter (S.D. Ohio; Dayton).
Ronald S.
Barliant of Goldberg Kohn Bell Black Rosenbloom & Moritz,
Ltd. (Chicago), Carrianne Basler of AlixPartners LLP (Chicago),
David Distel of O'Keefe & Associates (Grand Rapids, Mich.),
Brian A. Jarmain of Silver Point Capital (Greenwich, Conn.) and
Bankruptcy Judge Jack Schmetterer (N.D. Ill.; Chicago) will
participate in the “Claims Trading: Profits, Pitfalls and
Strategies in Chapter 11 – Do I Hear a Higher Bid?”
session.
The panel for “The
Changing World of Creditors' Committees: As the World Turns”
session features Bankruptcy Judge Bruce W. Black (N.D. Ill.;
Chicago), Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale of Foley & Lardner LLP
(Detroit), Robert A. Morris of MorrisAnderson & Associates,
Ltd. (Chicago) and Nancy A. Peterman of Greenberg Traurig, LLP
(Chicago).
Participating in the
“Complex Issues in Preference Litigation: Maneuvering Through the
Thicket” session will be Judy B. Calton of Honigman Miller
Schwartz and Cohn LLP (Detroit), John R. Carr, III of Ayres Carr
& Sullivan, PC (Indianapolis), Bankruptcy Judge Jacqueline P.
Cox (N.D. Ill.; Chicago) and Anne B. Miller of Epiq
Bankruptcy Advisory Services, Inc. (Crystal Lake, Ill.).
The “Executory Contracts:
Execution at the Guilloutine?” session includes panelists Joel
D. Applebaum of Clark Hill, PLC (
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Hostetler & Kowalik, PC (Indianapolis), Ken Munn of BBK, Ltd.
(Southfield, Mich.) and Bankruptcy Judge Daniel S. Opperman (E.D.
Mich.; Bay City).
“Chapter 13 This Way,
That Way, Which Way?” features Bankruptcy Judge James D.
Gregg (W.D. Mich.; Grand Rapids), Perry G. Pastula of Dunn,
Schouten & Snoap, P.C. (
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Charles J. Schneider, PC (Livonia, Mich.) and Chapter 13 Trustee Mary
K. Viegelahn-Hamlin (Kalamazoo, Mich.).
Panelists for the
“Bringing Down the House: Residential Mortgages” session
include Amy A. Aronson of Aronson & Walsh, PC (
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& Trott, PC (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Lawrence A. Friedman
of Bear Stearns (New York) and Bankruptcy Judge Thomas J. Tucker
(E.D. Mich.; Detroit).
Lynn M. Brimer of
Warner Norcross & Judd LLP (
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Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford, LLC (Cincinnati), Bankruptcy Judge
Philip Klingeberger (N.D. Ind.; Hammond) and James M.
McArdle of Scott & Kraus LLC (Chicago) will participate in the
“Paying the Piper: Taxes in Consumer Cases” session.
The “Breakfast with a
Judge” session will allow participants a unique opportunity to
interact with Bankruptcy Judges Carol A. Doyle (N.D. Ill.;
Chicago), A. Benjamin Goldgar (N.D. Ill.; Chicago), James D.
Gregg (W.D. Mich.; Grand Rapids), Philip Klingeberger (N.D.
Ind.; Hammond), Margaret Dee McGarity (E.D. Wis.; Milwaukee),
Marci B. McIvor (E.D. Mich.; Detroit), Pamela Pepper (E.D.
Wis.; Milwaukee), Steven W. Rhodes (E.D. Mich.; Detroit),
Phillip J. Shefferly (E.D. Mich.; Detroit), John H.
Squires (N.D. Ill.; Chicago) and Mary Ann Whipple (N.D.
Ohio.; Toledo).
For more information about the
Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, call
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