Contact: John Hartgen
703-894-5935
ABI’S CHICAGO CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY CONFERENCE
TO BE HELD OCTOBER 12
June 19, 2009, Alexandria, Va. — Chicago-area
practitioners will have the opportunity to examine current issues
affecting the consumer bankruptcy profession at the American Bankruptcy
Institute’s (ABI) Second Annual Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy
Conference on Oct. 12 at The Standard Club in Chicago. 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 Executive Office for the U.S.
Trustees. In addition, attendees are invited to join ABI’s Scholar
in Residence and Associate Professor of Law at Georgetown University,
Adam
Levitin, for a lunchtime discussion on current legislative
developments affecting consumers.
Co-chairs for the Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference are
size='3'>Brian L.
Shaw of Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC
(Chicago) and Bankruptcy Judge
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Eugene R. Wedoff (N.D. Ill.;
Chicago).
Panel sessions include:
The “Means Test 2009” session will feature
size='3'>Ariane
Holtschlag of Grochocinski, Grochocinski & Lloyd, Ltd.
(Orland Park, Ill.), Chapter 13 Trustee
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Keisha M. Hooks
(Chicago),
size='3'>M. Gretchen Silver of the U.S. Trustee’s
Office for Region 11 (Chicago) and Bankruptcy Judge
size='3'>Eugene R.
Wedoff (N.D. Ill.; Chicago).
Panelists on the “Home Mortgage Update” session will
include Michael C. Burr of Robert J. Adams and Associates (Chicago), A.
Stewart Chapman of Pierce & Associates (Chicago) and Bankruptcy
Judge Eugene R.
Wedoff (N.D. Ill.; Chicago).
The “Litigation Skills: Handling the Evidentiary Hearing”
session will feature presentations by Bankruptcy Judge
size='3'>A. Benjamin
Goldgar (N.D. Ill.; Chicago) and
size='3'>Catherine L.
Steege of Jenner & Block LLP (Chicago).
A panel including
size='3'>Joseph A. Baldi of Joseph A. Baldi & Associates,
PC (Chicago),
size='3'>David P. Leibowitz of Lakelaw (Waukegan, Ill.) and
Bankruptcy Judge
size='3'>Jack Schmetterer (N.D. Ill.; Chicago) will take part
in the “Consumer Chapter 11” session.
The “Ethical Issues with Respect to Attorney’s Fees in
Consumer Cases” will feature Bankruptcy Judge
size='3'>Bruce W.
Black (N.D. Ill.; Chicago), Chapter 13 Trustee
size='3'>Gerald
Mylander of Glenn Stearns (Lisle, Ill.) and
size='3'>Thomas E.
Springer of Springer, Brown, Covey, Gaertner & Davis LLC
(Wheaton, Ill.).
For more information on ABI’s Consumer Bankruptcy Conference,
please visit
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Roman'>http://www.abiworld.org/Chicago09/.
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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 nearly 12,000
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
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