July 25–28, 2007
The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island • Kiawah Island, South Carolina

Online registration is closed. Please register on site.

Join ABI for the 12th Annual Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop, July 25 - 28, 2007, at the Sanctuary on beautiful Kiawah Island, South Carolina! 

The program of 13.5 CLE credit hours (including 1.5 hours of ethics) features a faculty of outstanding scholars, judges and practitioners from across the United States.  Timely topics – all updated with the latest legislative revisions - include:   
  • Consumer Bankruptcy Developments
  • Complex Chapter 11 Developments
  • Ethics in the Real World
  • Outside of Court/Outside the Box
  • Post-BAPCPA Issues for Attorneys Representing Individual Chapter 11 Debtors: Stays, Cases and Ethical Obligations
  • Troubled Industries–The Next Wave of Chapter 11s
  • Scams and Schemes: Fraud in the Marketplace
  • Cap Markets Update: The Lenders’ Views
  • Litigation in Bankruptcy Court: 2007 and Beyond

Also included is a special ABI Presidents Panel: “Advocacy in Your Bankruptcy Practice,” plus a session on “Effective Pre-Bankruptcy Negotiating and Packaging”

Optional events include:

  • Osprey Point golf tournament
  • Tennis tournament
  • Sunset sail aboard the schooner Pride
  • Kayak tours of the tidal marshes
  • Historic Charleston water front tour
  • Horseback riding
  • And final night dinner dance featuring ABI’s own Indubitable Equivalents!

 

What past participants have said:

“Very good seminar! Networking and exposure to Judges in an informal context are wonderful opportunities.”

“Timely, focused, but flexible to address practical issues.”

“Keep up the good work—this is an excellent workshop that I intend to keep attending.”

“I think the ABI does a great job. In doing evaluations I do not give an ‘excellent’ rating lightly.”

“So well organized—thanks to the ABI staff. Food was excellent.”

“This was a great venue—good range of activities and excellent accommodations.”