Alexandria, Va. — Insights from some of the country’s top insolvency and restructuring experts on issues confronting the profession in 2024 will be addressed at the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI’s) 2023 Winter Leadership Conference, taking place Nov. 30 – Dec. 2 at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess in Scottsdale, Ariz. This year’s conference will feature more than 20 concurrent sessions and workshops addressing a diverse spectrum of key insolvency topics for both business and consumer practitioners. Additionally, the Winter Leadership Conference will host a luncheon to celebrate the seventh class of ABI’s “40 Under 40,” a program that identifies top industry professionals under age 40.
Sessions at the Winter Leadership Conference include:
- Great Debates
- Climate Change: The Leading Cause of Tomorrow’s Insolvency Problems
- The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Consumer Debt and Bankruptcies
- Corporate Investigations for Companies in Distress: Planning, Process and Execution
- Updates on Mass Tort Bankruptcies
- Subchapter V: Cutting-Edge Issues
- The Brave New World of Asset Sales and the Increased Role of Unsecured Creditors
- The Intersection of Arbitration and Bankruptcy
- Workshop: A Fraud or Not a Fraud, that Is the Question: Litigating Fraud in Consumer Cases
- Workshop: Financially Distressed De-SPAC Companies
- Workshop: The Importance of Corporate Controls: Failed Business Organizations
- Workshop: Oops, They Did It Again: Litigating Automatic Stay and Discharge Violations
- Workshop: Cryptocurrency and Bankruptcy
- Workshop: Making the Mediation: What to Consider When Selecting the Neutral
- Workshop: Fraud, Frenzy and the Future: Unmasking Deceit in Complex Bankruptcy Cases
- Supreme Court Review: Recent Decisions and Their Potential Implications for Bankruptcy Lawyers
- Bank Holding Company Bankruptcies
- Holy Cow, Batman! Real Estate Is Back in Trouble!
- Senior Care: Financial Stressors in the Sector Across Borders
- “Hit Me with Your Best Shot”: Sanctionable Shenanigans by Debtor’s Counsel and Others
- To Use or Not to Use: Ethics and the Use of AI in the Legal Industry
To review a comprehensive schedule of speakers and optional events, please click here: http://www.abiwlc.org/. If you are a member of the press and you would like to attend the conference, please contact John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or jhartgen@abi.org.
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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 10,000 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 ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abiworld.org/conferences.html.