Members in the News

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Sep 2005

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Inside ABI

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ABI Journal, Vol. XXIV, No. 7, p. 95, September 2005

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Asset Sales

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ABI's Asset Sales Committee, which studies asset
sales and other issues arising from the liquidation of assets both in
and out of bankruptcy proceedings., is co-chaired by Weston Anson

and David Peress.Weston Anson is founder of and a chairman at
CONSOR in La Jolla, Calif., an intellectual asset firm specializing in
trademark, patent and copyright licensing, valuations and testimony. He
is a frequent speaker and widely published author, with more than 100
published articles in the United States and overseas. He is co-chair and
member of various institutions, including Licensing Executives Society
International, Licensing Executives Society, the Turnaround Management
Association, International IP Arbitration and Mediation (NAM),
International Trademark Association, American Intellectual Property
Lawyers Association, American Tax Institute, American Society of
Appraisers, Institute of Property Taxation and the American Bar
Assocation. He is on the editorial board of Licensing Economics
Review and Licensing Business Review. Mr. Anson earned his
M.B.A. with honors at Harvard University.David Peress is a principal
at XRoads Solutions Group LLC in New York, where he is a member of the
firm's east coast restructuring practice group. Previously, he served as
the managing director and general counsel of The Ozer Group, a firm that
specializes in the acquisition of distressed consumer products companies
and their assets. While at Ozer, Mr. Peress was the lead deal-maker in
many transactions involving consumer products companies. Prior to
joining The Ozer Group, he was a partner in the bankruptcy department at
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, where he specialized in the
representation of large corporate debtors and served as lead counsel or
co-counsel to the debtors in many high-profile chapter 11 cases. In
addition to co-chairing the Asset Sales Committee, he is a contributing
editor to the ABI Journal's "Value & Cents" column and is a
member of the ABI Web Editorial Board. He is also a member of the
Turnaround Management Association. Mr. Peress is a graduate of the
University of Michigan and earned his J.D. at the University of
Pittsburgh School of Law.<h3>More Members in the News</h3>he
Bankruptcy Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association presented

George H. Singer, a partner in the corporate and bankruptcy
departments of Lindquist & Vennum PLLP in Minneapolis, with its
Raeder Larson Public Service Award. The award is given annually to an
individual who provides exceptional service to the public through pro
bono legal services and a demonstrated commitment to equal justice
for all.H. Slayton Dabney Jr. joined the New York office of
King & Spalding on Jan. 1 as a partner in King & Spalding's
Financial Restructuring Group. Prior to joining King & Spalding, he
practiced for more than 30 years with McGuireWoods LLP. Mr. Dabney is a
fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy, an active ABI participant
as a speaker and author for the ABI Journal (see p. 48)
and other ABI publications. He graduated from the University of Virginia
Law School in 1974.Berman & Norton Breman PA in Tampa, Fla.,
changed its name to Berman PLC in August after former partner Catherine
M. Norton Breman relocated to Colorado, where she joined the firm of
Hoskin, Farina & Kampf. Berman PLC's founder and president,

Steven M. Berman, heads up the newly christened firm.Fried,
Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York elected Gary L.
Kaplan to the partnership of the firm. Mr. Kaplan, an attorney in
the bankruptcy and restructuring department, focuses his practice on the
representation of debtors, creditors' committees, significant creditors
and third-party purchasers in connection with chapter 11 cases, and
restructuring situations. Mr. Kaplan joined the firm in 1998. He
received his J.D. with honors from Rutgers University School of Law and
his B.A. from the University of Maryland at College Park.Catherine
Peek McEwen was last month appointed a bankruptcy judge for the
Middle District of Florida by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th
Circuit. She will succeed Judge Thomas E. Baynes Jr. The Middle
District bankruptcy court is one of the busiest bankruptcy courts in the
nation, with about 55,000 annual filings, one quarter of all the filings
in the Eleventh Circuit. Ms. McEwen has practiced bankruptcy law in
Tampa for more than 22 years.The California State Bar Board of
Governors appointed Hagop T. Bedoyan, partner at Caswell, Bell

& Hillison LLP in Fresno, Calif., as chair of the California State
Bar's Bankruptcy Law Advisory Commission for the 2005-06 fiscal year.
Mr. Bedoyan has been certified by the State Bar of California as a
"Certified Specialist" in Bankruptcy Law since 1995 and has served on
the State Bar's Bankruptcy Law Advisory Commission since September 2001.
Mr. Bedoyan received his B.A. from UCLA and his J.D. with distinction
from the University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.Kenneth M.
Misken joined Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC's bankruptcy
and creditors' rights practice group as an associate in the Washington,
D.C., office, where he will work in all aspects of bankruptcy practice,
especially in cases in the D.C. metropolitan area. He will also work
with the commercial litigation practice in the firm's D.C. office.Mr.
Misken was previously with the Little Rock, Ark., firm of Mitchell
Williams Selig Gates Woodyard, where he was a bankruptcy and business
litigation associate for one year. Before that, he clerked for Hon.
Stephen S. Mitchell, a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge in the Eastern
District of Virginia, Alexandria Division. He is a graduate of Georgia
Southern University and a 2002 cum laude graduate of the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock W.H. Bowen School of Law.The
law firm of Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge in Grand Rapids, Mich., last
month announced that Michael W. Donovan joined the firm as a
shareholder, where he will practice bankruptcy and commercial law. Mr.
Donovan has practiced bankruptcy and commercial law for more than 20
years. He primarily represents clients involved in the workout and
bankruptcy arenas. Mr. Donovan is a graduate of the University of Notre
Dame and earned his J.D. at DePaul University College of Law.Haynes
and Boone LLP announced it moved its midtown Manhattan offices to the
49th floor of Citicorp Center at 153 East 53rd Street in New York in
August. The space, encompassing more than 20,000 square feet,
effectively triples the firm's physical presence in New York City.
Haynes and Boone has 10 offices throughout Texas, as well as in
Washington, D.C., Mexico City, Moscow and New York, and is ranked among
the largest law firms in the nation by The National Law Journal

and The American Lawyer. The firm has been recognized as one of
the "20 Best Law Firms to Work for" (Vault.com, 2004) and one of the
"Best Corporate Law Firms in America" (Corporate Board Member
Magazine, 2001-04), and it has received the Minority Corporate
Counsel Associations 2002 Thomas L. Sager Award for commitment to
diversity. ABI members include Robert D. Albergotti, Blaine F. Bates,
Charles A. Beckham Jr., Jason Binford, Doug H. Edwards, Judith Elkin,
Mark J. Elmore, Scott W. Everett, Henry Flores, Sarah B. Foster, Tom A.
Howley, Patrick L. Hughes, Stacey C. Jernigan, Kenric D. Kattner,
Kourtney P. Lyda, W. Abigail Ottmers, Lenard M. Parkins, Ian Peck, John
D. Penn, Stephen M. Pezanosky, Robin E. Phelan, Frances A. Smith and
Eric B. Terry.The Alaska State Legislature recently issued
legislative citations to attorney Thomas J. Yerbich of Anchorage
for his extraordinary pro bono contributions. The Alaska Bar
Association joins the state legislative leaders in honoring his life's
work. Mr. Yerbich is a rules attorney for the U.S. District Court of
Alaska and is the author of ABI's new Consumer Bankruptcy Manual.

He is a contributing editor to the ABI Journal's "Consumer
Corner" column.Hon. Keith M. Lundin, bankruptcy judge for the
Middle District of Tennessee, has been appointed Weihofen Distinguished
Visiting Professor of Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law
for the Spring of 2006. Judge Lundin is a leading U.S. scholar on
chapter 13 bankruptcy and has written a number of law review articles,
as well as the definitive treatise on chapter 13 bankruptcy. He has
served as a bankruptcy judge in Nashville for 23 years and has received
a number of other honors throughout his successful career. In spring
2006, Judge Lundin will teach both beginning and advanced
bankruptcy.The Boston-based Gordon Brothers Group launched an
expanded industrial division in July. John Coelho, a key member
of senior management, will capitalize on the firm's experience in the
disposition of manufacturing, construction and industrial equipment and
inventories.Lester J. Levy, managing director of JAMS's
bankruptcy practice, was recently appointed by the Chief Bankruptcy
Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
to its panel of mediators. Members of the panel resolve complex disputes
assigned to mediation by the court. Mr. Levy is a co-chair of the ADR
Committee of ABI as well as a member of the ADR Panel for the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. He has mediated hundreds
of bankruptcy matters, as well as settled, adjudicated and managed
thousands of complex cases in a broad array of subject-matter areas. Mr.
Levy is an adjunct professor of law at the University of San Francisco
Law School.

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Thursday, September 1, 2005 - 12:00

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