Contact:
Hartgen
(703) 739-0800
color='#0000ff'>jhartgen@abiworld.org
EFFECTS OF
THE NEW BANKRUPTCY LAW ONE YEAR AFTER ITS IMPLEMENTATION TO BE EXAMINED
AT OCTOBER PROGRAM
size='3'>July 26, 2006, Alexandria, Va.
size='3'>— The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and The
Financial Services Roundtable will hold a “One-Year Anniversary
Program on the Implementation of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and
Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA)” on Oct. 16, 2006
in
size='3'>Washington
w:st='on'>
size='3'>D.C.
w:st='on'>
size='3'>University
w:st='on'>
size='3'>Law
face='Times New Roman'
size='3'>Center
One-Year Anniversary Program will feature practitioners, judges,
trustees, professors, business groups and consumer groups to analyze the
impact of BAPCPA one year after it was implemented on Oct. 17,
2005.
Panel sessions
include:
The “Macro Overview
of the Effects of BAPCPA” session features panelists Prof.
Michelle J. White
of the
size='3'>of
size='3'>California
size='3'>(
size='3'>San Diego
Teresa A. Sullivan
of the
size='3'>of
size='3'>Michigan
size='3'>(
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Ann Arbor
size='3'>,
size='3'>Mich.
Clifford White
size='3'>, the Acting Director of the Executive Office of the U.S.
Trustee (EOUST) (Washington, D.C).
Panelists on the
“Credit Counseling: What Has Been the Outcome of the Credit
Counseling Requirements of the New Law?” session include
Henry G. Hobbs
size='3'>, Acting Chief of the EOUST’s Debtor Education and Credit
Counseling Section (Washington, D.C.), Ivan Hand of Money Management
International (Houston),
size='3'>Susan C. Keating of the National
Foundation for Credit Counseling (
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Silver Spring
size='3'>,
size='3'>Md.
size='3'>John Rao of the
w:st='on'>National
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Consumer
size='3'>Law
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Center
size='3'>(
face='Times New Roman'
size='3'>Boston
size='3'>).
“Business
Bankruptcy: How Has BAPCPA Affected Chapter 11 Filings?” will
feature panelists Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Perris
size='3'>(
size='3'>Portland
w:st='on'>
size='3'>Ore.
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Stuart A. Gold
size='3'>of Gold, Lange & Majoris, PC (
w:st='on'>
size='3'>Southfield
w:st='on'>
size='3'>Mich.
Susan M. Freeman
of Lewis and Roca LLP (
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Phoenix
size='3'>) and Lisa J.
Donahue of AlixPartners LLC (
w:st='on'>
York
The “Chapter 7
& 13 Issues: Means Testing and Good Faith” session includes
panelists Mark A.
Redmiles, Chief of the EOUST Civil Enforcement
Unit (
size='3'>Washington
w:st='on'>
size='3'>D.C.
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Michaela M. White
size='3'>of the Creighton University School of Law (
w:st='on'>
size='3'>Omaha
w:st='on'>
size='3'>Neb.
Trustee Andria E.
Celli (Albany, N.Y.).
“How Has BAPCPA
Impacted Debtor’s Attorneys?” features panelists
Henry J. Sommer
of Miller, Frank & Miller (
w:st='on'>
size='3'>Philadelphia
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Donald F. Walton
size='3'>, Acting EOUST Deputy Director (Washington, D.C.) and
Norma Hammes
size='3'>of Gold & Hammes (San Jose, Calif.).
Bankruptcy Judges
Eugene Wedoff
size='3'>(
size='3'>Chicago
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Christopher Klein
size='3'>(
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Sacramento
size='3'>,
size='3'>Calif.
summarize the proposed rules to be released in August 2006 and current
case law developments for the final panel of the
afternoon.
For more information on the
One-Year Anniversary Program, please visit
href='/ONE06'>
color='#0000ff' size='3'>http://www.abiworld.org/ONE06
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>.
###
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
11,500 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 www.abiworld.org. For additional conference
information, visit
href='/Content/NavigationMenu/MeetingsEvents/UpcomingEvents/Events_Intro_Page1.htm'>
color='#0000ff'>http://www.abiworld.org/conferences.html.