Contact:
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Hartgen
(703) 739-0800
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FIFTEEN
JUDGES FEATURED AT ABI’s CENTRAL STATES BANKRUPTCY
WORKSHOP
MARCH 13, 2006,
w:st='on'>Alexandria
— The American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) Thirteenth
Annual Central States Bankruptcy Workshop will be held June 15-18 at the
Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in
w:st='on'>Traverse City
w:st='on'>Mich.
expected to attend this year’s workshop that will focus on
business and consumer issues under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and
Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA). Attendees can earn eight hours
of CLE credit, including 2.5 hours of ethics. Sheryl L. Toby of
Dykema PLLC (
w:st='on'>Mich.
Shefferly (
chair. Sponsorship chair for the event is Michael P. Thomas of BBK Ltd.
(
w:st='on'>Mich.
Basting, SC (
w:st='on'>Madison
w:st='on'>Wis.
Board.
The “Bankruptcy
Litigation Skills” breakfast presentation brings past and present
ABI presidents together for a demonstration of oral advocacy skills.
Participating will be Andrew W. Caine of Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, Young,
Jones & Weintraub PC (
Angeles
Kilpatrick & Associates, PC (Auburn Hills, Mich.), John D.
Penn of Haynes and Boone, LLP (Fort Worth, Texas), Michael P. Richman of
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP (
w:st='on'>New York
Greenberg Traurig, LLP (Chicago), Judge Wesley W. Steen (S.D.
w:st='on'>Texas
(
York
Panel topics for ABI’s
Central States Bankruptcy Workshop include:
The “Means Test–Can
It Work?” session will include panelists David W. Allard of Allard
& Fish, PC (Detroit), David E. Grochocinski of Grochocinski,
Grochocinski & Lloyd, Ltd. (
Park
McIvor (E.D. Michigan) and Susan L. Rhiel of Rhiel & Associates,
Co., LPA (Columbus, Ohio).
Participating on the
“Advertising/Disclosure Notices; Rules for Debt-Relief
Agencies” panel will be Charles D. Bullock of Stevenson &
Bullock, PLC (
w:st='on'>Southfield
w:st='on'>Mich.
E. Evangelista, PC (
w:st='on'>Indiana
Debra V. Levine & Associates (Chicago).
Participants in “The New
Administrative Vendor Claims and Their Effect on Pre-Petition Planning
and Post-Petition Consequences” session include Patrick M.
O’Keefe of O’Keefe & Associates Consulting (
w:st='on'>Bloomfield Hills
w:st='on'>Mich.
Basting, SC (Madison, Wis.), William H. Schorling of Klett Rooney Lieber
& Schorling, PC (Philadelphia), and Judge Mary Ann Whipple (N.D.
Ohio).
Susan M. Cook of Lambert,
Leser, Isackson, Cook & Giunta, PC (
w:st='on'>Bay City
w:st='on'>Mich.
w:st='on'>U.S.
Michigan), William I. Kohn of Schiff Hardin LLP (Chicago) and Thomas A.
Morrow of AlixPartners LLC (
w:st='on'>Southfield
w:st='on'>Mich.
“Ethics: New Officer/Insider Compensation Issues and Risks”
session.
“Chapter 11 Financing
Order Issues: Casting the Die for the Case?” will include
discussions by Richard E. Kruger of Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, PC
(
Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC (Chicago), Timothy
G. Skillman of Alvarez & Marsal, LLC (Detroit) and Judge Thomas J.
Tucker (E.D. Michigan).
“Small Business and
Individual Chapter 11s–the New Code’s Effect on
Strategies” panel participants include Ira Bodenstein of Shaw
Gussis LLC (Chicago), Judge Arthur I. Harris (W.D. Ohio), Leslie Stein
of Seyburn, Kahn, Ginn, Bess and Serlin, PC (Southfield, Mich.) and Paul
G. Swanson of Steinhilber, Swanson, Mares, Marone & McDermott,
(Oshkosh, Wis.).
The “Auto Cases: Where Is
This Road Going?” session will feature Stephen M. Gross of
McDonald Hopkins Co., LPA (Bingham Farms,
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S. LaPlante of Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, PLC (Detroit),
Alicia Massey of BBK Ltd. (Southfield, Mich.) and Judge Steven W. Rhodes
(E.D. Michigan).
Daniel F. Dooley of
Morris-Anderson & Associates, Ltd. (
w:st='on'>Des Plaines
w:st='on'>Ill.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP (Chicago), Judge Robert D. Martin (W.D.
Wisconsin) and Barbara Rom of Pepper Hamilton LLP (Detroit) will be the
participants on the “Ethics: Pre- and Post-Petition Deepening
Insolvency and Other Professional Liability Perils”
panel.
“Automatic Stay: Here
Today, Gone Tomorrow?” will feature Deborah K. Ebner of the Law
Office of Deborah K. Ebner (Chicago), Kelly M. Hagan of Hagan Law
Offices PLC (Acme,
w:st='on'>Mich.
Illinois) and Steve Sowel (Mount Clemens, Mich.).
The “Heavy Metal: Liens
on Automobiles and Personal Property in Chapters 7 and 13 after
BAPCPA” session will feature Judge Susan V. Kelley (E.D.
Wisconsin), Richardo I. Kilpatrick of Kilpatrick & Associates, PC,
(Auburn Hills, Mich), James M. Philbrick of The Law Offices
of James M. Philbrick PC (Mundelein, Ill.) and Grant F. Shipley, Shipley
& Associates (
Wayne
w:st='on'>Ind.
“Effective Committee
Representation” will feature panelists Judge Pamela S. Hollis,
(N.D. Illinois), Paula Jacobi of Sugar Friedberg & Felsenthal
(Chicago), Jeffrey L. Johnston of Conway MacKenzie & Dunleavy,
of Barnes & Thornburg, LLP (
w:st='on'>Grand Rapids
w:st='on'>Mich.
The “Liquidating
11s–Auctioning Off the Company” session will include
panelists Patrick B. Howell of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC (
w:st='on'>Milwaukee
(
w:st='on'>Detroit
(E.D. Michigan) and Peter Stenger of Stout Risius Ross, Inc. (Farmington
Hills, Mich.)
The “U.S. Trustee
Perspective” session will feature Nancy J. Gargula,
10,
w:st='on'>Indianapolis
Lawrence A. Friedman of eCAST
Settlement Corp. (
York
Trustee program will be the presenter for the “How Reformed Is the
Reformation?” session.
“Breakfast with a
Judge” will feature a roundtable discussion with Judges James D.
Gregg (W.D.
Hughes (W.D.
(E.D. Wisconsin), Philip Klingeberger (N.D. Indiana), Robert D. Martin
(W.D.
w:st='on'>Wisconsin
Michigan), Walter Shapero (E.D. Michigan), Phillip J. Shefferly (E.D.
Michigan), John H. Squires (N.D. Illinois) and Mary Ann Whipple (N.D.
Ohio).
The American Board of
Certification (ABC) will offer its business bankruptcy, consumer
bankruptcy and creditors’ rights exams at the Grand Traverse
Resort on Thursday, June 15, from 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Details on
the certification process, exam composition and a sample exam can be
obtained by calling ABC at (703) 739-1023, by e-mailing
certification@abcworld.org or by visiting the ABC web site at
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href='http://www.abcworld.org/'>http://www.abcworld.org.
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