2003 ASM Faculty Bios

ABA: Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 975

Filing for Bankruptcy: A Starter Kit for Corporate Tax Advisors - Carl M. Jenks

Trials and Contested Motions in Bankruptcy: Doing It Right Every Time - Hon. William T. Bodoh

The New World of Examiners - George B. Cauthen and Jody Bedenbaugh

The Ethics and Mechanics of Committee Formation and Selection of Professionals, Perspective of One Trustee - W. Clarkson McDow, Jr.

The Circuits Speak: The Ordinary Course of Business Defense Under Section 547(c)(2) - James D. Gregg and Carrie Foster

The Case Against KERPS - Robert Keach

Tax Issues in Bankruptcy - Jack F. Williams

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002 - Business Bankruptcy Amendments - Kenneth Klee, Daniel Bussel and Michelle Campbell

Tax Considerations: Major Effects of the Consumer Bankruptcy Provisions of the 2002 Bankruptcy Legislation (H.R. 333) - Eugene Wedoff

Tax Considerations: Chapter 12 Amendments in Conference Report - G. Ray Warner

Tax Considerations in Structuring Corporate Chapter 11 Reorganization and Liquidations - Mark S. Wallace

Recent Case and Rules Developments - Jeffrey W. Morris

Strategies for Debtors and Creditors in Chapter 13 - Andrea E. Celli

Overall Issues to Be Discussed: Domestic Support and the Bankruptcy Code - Karen Cordry

Overall Issues to Be Discussed - Mitchell Cohen, Benjamin Nortman, Hon. Joel Rosenthal and Dennis Simon

Out-of-Court Alternatives to Bankruptcy: ABCs, Receiverships, Creditor Compositions, Statutory Dissolution and Liquidating Trusts - Geoffrey Berman, Hon. Michael G. Williamson and Martin D. Pichinson

New Value Defense to Preference Payments the Circuits Divided - Deborah Thorne, Kurt Winiecki and Kevin Driscoll

Is It a Capital Contribution or a Loan - Jo Ann J. Brighton

Everything You Need to Know About First-Day Orders - Debra Grassgreen

Ethics in the Trenches: Issues for the Non-Mega Case Professional - Dillon Jackson

Consumer Tax: A Primer on the Issues - Soneet Kapila

Chapter 13 Attorney Fee Survey - James H. Cossitt

Chapter 13 - Aggressive Strategies for Debtors & Creditors - Lawrence J. Fallon

Behind Closed Doors - The Ethics and Mechanics of Committee Formation and Selection of Professionals - Jay Indyke

Bankruptcy Decisions on Privacy Issues - Hon. Steven W. Rhodes

A Proposal for More Effective Bankruptcy Reform - A. Thomas Small and Eugene Wedoff

(ABI Seventh Annual Great Debates) Resolved: The Homestead Exemption Should Be Uniform - Brady C. Williamson and Sarah B. Foster

'97 ABI Law Review Article: Has the DIP's Attorney Become The Ultimate Creditors' Lawyer in Bankruptcy Reorganization Cases? - C.R. Bowles, Jr. and Nancy Rapoport

"Are You or Aren't You - Insured?": What Directors and Officers Need to Know About Their D&O Insurance - Bettina M. Whyte

Director and Officer Liability: Issues For Distressed Companies

H.R. 975

In re: United Artists Theatre Company, et al., Debtors v. Donald F. Walton, Acting United States Trustee for Region

What Is An "In Rem Order"?

Who Is Your Client: How to Remain Ethical and Still Get Paid (Overall Issues to Be Discussed)

Opinion: UAL/Motion for an Order Pursuant to Sections 105(a), 363(b) and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code

Panel Presentation: Behind Closed Doors - The Ethics and Mechanics of Committee Formation and Selection of Professionals

Evolving Issues Relating to the Employment: In Re: Pillowtex, Inc.

Evolving Issues Relating to the Employment: In Re: United Artists Theater Company

Evolving Issues Relating to the Employment: In Re: Wheatfield Business Park, LLC

Evolving Issues Relating to Employment of Bankruptcy Professionals: LEXSEE

Sarbanes-Oxley Panel: A Spotlight on Individual Officers, Directors and Legal Counsel

Sarbanes-Oxley Panel: Impact on Public Accounting Firms

Sarbanes-Oxley Panel: National Bankruptcy Conference Analysis of Bankruptcy-related Provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Sarbanes-Oxley Panel: President Signs Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Sarbanes-Oxley Panel: SEC Adopts Final Rule on Standards of Professional Conduct for Attorneys

Sarbanes-Oxley Panel: SEC Adopts Final Rules Requiring Accelerated Filing and Certification of Periodic Reports and Maintenance of Disclosure Controls

Sarbanes-Oxley Panel: SEC Adopts Rules Strengthening Auditor Independence

Sarbanes-Oxley Panel: SEC Adopts Rules on Provisions of Act

Selected Topics: Class Actions in Bankruptcy - Dean A. Ziehl and Harry D. Hochman

Sarbanes-Oxley Panel: Zone of Insolvency: Four Rules for Living for Directors and Officers - William Brandt

Sarbanes-Oxley Panel: A View from the Turnaround Trench - William Brandt

Prosecution of Estate Litigation by Creditors' Committees - Suzzanne Uhland and James Callister

Full Disclosure: The Doctrines of Equitable Estoppel, Judicial Estoppel, and ResJudicata as Applied to Causes of Action and Post-Confirmation Litigation - Suzzanne Uhland and Brian Metcalf

Evolving Issues Relating To The Employment Of Professionals In Bankruptcy Cases - Martin R. Barash, Hon. Mitchel Goldberg, Joseph A. Guzinski and Grant Lyon

Recent Developments in Officer and Director Issues - Deborah L. Fish, Hon. Jeffrey R. Hughes, Thomas L. Kiriakos, Michael P. O'Neil and Lee D. Powar

Pre-Bankruptcy Exemption Planning - Susan L. Rhiel

Reclamation Rights of Seller upon Discovery of Insolvency of Buyer - Barbara Rom

Chapter 11 Hot Topics Including Creditor Committee Issues: Indemnifying Professionals - Ira Bodenstein

Nondischargeability of Student Loan Debt - Kimberly A. Kramer

Planning for Chapter 11 - Ronald L. Rose

Defensive DIP Financing: The Secured Creditor's Use of Chapter 11 to Protect It's Position - Ronald Barliant

Retirement Exemptions A-Z - Thomas P. Yoder and Anne E. Simerman

Small to Medium Workouts

Workouts in Small- to Medium-Sized Businesses - Nancy A. Ross

Workouts in Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses - Laura Marcero

Chapter 13 Planning and Hot Topics - Thomas Vaughn

Third Circuit Confirms That Asset Sales Under Section 363(f) Can Be Made Free and Clear of "Claims" - Irve J. Goldman

Indemnification of Financial Advisors in Bankruptcy Cases - Richard Hahn and James Roberts

Voidable Fraudulent Conveyances - Ira L. Herman

The World According to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Scott Hazan and Jessica Ward

The Patronus Technique: A Practical Proposal for Asbestos-driven Bankruptcies - Todd Snyder and Deanne Siemer

The History and Evaluation of The Role of The Futures Representative - James Patton Jr., Edwin Harron, Scott Holt, Sharon Zieg and Sean Beach

The Adelphia DIP Financing Experience: Complexity begets Complexity - Marc Abrams and Jeanine Salvatore

Slide 1: Critical Analysis of Divergent Precedents Between Second and Third Circuits

Cross-Border Insolvencies: A Comparative Examination of Insolvency Laws of Industrialized Countries - Jay M. Goffman and Evan Michael

"Confirmation Issues: New Value Plans, Releases, Plans for Administratively Insolvent Debtors, Replacing the Board - James H.M. Sprayregen, Hon. Stuart Bernstein, Paul D. Leake, Larren M. Nashelsky and Steven J. Reisman

Disclosure of Information and Troubled Companies: How to Manage the Press, Investors, Customers, Suppliers and Employees

Session Outline: "DIP and Exit Financing - Where and How to Get the Money" - Norma C. Corio, Hon. Burton R. Lifland and Myron Trepper

Outline for Critical Analysis of Divergent Precedents Between Second and Third Circuits (Outline for Critical Analysis of Divergent Precedents Between Second and Third Circuits - Hon. Cornelius Blackshear; G. Eric Brunstad, Jr.; John F. Horstmann, III

Professional Retention, Payment and Ethical Disputes - Michael L. Cook

The Zone of Insolvency: Four Rules for Living for Directors and Officers - William A. Brandt Jr.

Theories of Officer and Director Liability - Deborah L. Fletcher

Valuation of Claims and Interests for the Purpose of Satisfying the Requirements of Section 1129 - David E. Leta

Treatment of Successor Liability in Connection with Sales Under Sections 1123(a)(5)(D) and 1141(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, and under Section 363 - David E. Leta

Theories of Officer and Director Liability - Steven R. Rider

The Doctrine of Necessity: Judicial v. Statutory Authority - Lawrence Bass and Matthew J. Ochs

Sorry Counsel, You Signed It: Ethics, Rule 9011, and Inadequate Filings - Susan M. Freeman

Selected Issues in Bankruptcy - Douglas Bacon and Anne Peterson

Selected Chapter 11 Plan Issues: The Continuing Debate Over the Permissibility of Non-Debtor Releases in Chapter 11 Plans of Reorganization - Michael P. Richman and Mariana Baquero

Sed Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Cybergenics and Its Effects - Gary M. Becker, Thomas Moers Mayer and Gordon Z. Novod

Purchase of Claims Against the Debtor: When Does Self-Interest Turn to Bad Faith? - Bart B. Burnett

Impact of Section 365 in Mechanics' Lien Cases - James Patrick Shea and Candace C. Carlyon

Executory Contracts and Technology Transactions - Risa Lynn Wolf-Smith

Dealing with the Lasalle Void: What's New in New Value - Bart B. Burnett

Consumer Issues - Judy D. Thompson

Classification of Claims Pursuant to Section 1122 of the United States Bankruptcy Code - David E. Leta

A View From the Turnaround Trench - William A. Brandt Jr.

A Selection of Legal Issues Confronting Construction Companies Facing Bankruptcy - Richard A. Lapping

A Look At Directors and Officers Through Fraudulent Financials and the "Deepening - Insolvency" Theory - Howard S. Cohen

Consumer Tax Issues: All the Things You Don't Want to Think About - Soneet Kapila

Consumer Litigation Skills: Procedural and Evidentiary Problems in Valuation, Good Faith, Discharge and Dischargeability (Including Student Loans), Reaffirmations, Confirmations, Etc. - Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Hon. David W. Houston III and Maria M. Salas

Chapter 11 Litigation "Do's and Don'ts" - Paul L. Orshan

The Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief Act - Richardo I. Kilpatrick

Recent Developments in Bankruptcy 2002-2003 - Prof. John M. Czarnetzky

In Re: Technology Online, Inc.

Problems in Bankruptcy Litigation and Advocacy - Dillon E. Jackson

Direct Examination - Dillon E. Jackson

Making the Silk Purse: New Developments and Challenges for Trustees, DIPs and Examiners - Hon. Arthur B. Briskman, Ian Ratner and Paula S. Beran

What Goes Up Must Come Down: Check Kiting and the Trustee's Avoiding Powers - Marie T. Reilly

Workout and Turnaround Skills - James S. Feltman, Richard P. Carmody and James D. Decker

Current Ethical Developments for Commercial Bankruptcy Professionals: Sarbanes-Oxley and Other Hot Topics - John D. Penn, Hon. J. Craig Whitley and Bettina M. Whyte

Bankruptcy Reorganization and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation - William G. Beyer

Government Entities in Your Bankruptcy Case: Why Are They There and What Do They Want? - Samuel R. Maizel

What Do States Want? - Karen Cordry

Current Issues in Bankruptcy Ethics - Susan M. Freeman

Enron, Titanic and the Perfect Storm - Nancy B. Rapoport

Some Thoughts for Bankruptcy Practitioners on Sarbanes-Oxley, Related Regulatory Development and the New Listing Standards - Prof. Robert M. Lawless

New Developments - What You Don't Know Can Hurt You - Larry E. Kelly

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Selection and Use of Expert Witnesses in Bankruptcy Litigation - Robin E. Phelan and Eric Terry

The Small Business Blues - Making Bankruptcy Work in Mid-Size Cases

Consumer Forum: Predatory Lending - John Rao

The Bankruptcy Perspective: Predatory Lending in the Home Mortgage Market - Lynne Riley

Use of Expert Testimony in Preference Litigation

Pre-Litigation Issues

In Re: UAL Corporation (Court Opinion/Northern District of Illinois)

Using Chapter 11 to Sell A Business: Forbearance Agreements - Joseph B. Collins

Alternative Methods of Sale: Asset Sales In and Out of Bankruptcy - Amy R. Doherty and Peter D. Bilowz

Lender Beware: Fraudulent Conveyance, Preference and Other Legal Concerns in Forbearance Agreements - Steven B. Levine and Catherine Ng

A Fireside Chat: Recent Decisions of Interest - David Epstein, Hon. Joan N. Feeney and Hon. James F. Queenan, Jr.

Consumer Forum: Rule 11 Liability - Christopher M. Lefebvre

Designation Rights: Here to Stay - Christine D. Lynch, Christian T. Haugsby and David Peress

How, What, Where and When to File: Considerations and Implications in Cross-border Insolvency Proceedings - Steven G. Golick

Saving the Failing Chapter 7 Case - Steven Weiss

CM/ECF In the Bankruptcy Courts - Hon. J. Michael Deasy

Technology for the Country Lawyer - Thomas J. Raftery

After the Fall: Enron, WorldCom, et al.; Sarbanes-Oxley and Their Impact - Jon D. Schneider, Stephen B. Darr, Hon. Joel B. Rosenthal and Prof. David Arthur Skeel Jr.

Bondholder Workouts In and Out of Bankruptcy - Don S. DeAmicis

Distressed Debt - Jeanne Darcey, Joseph A. Guzinski, Nate Van Duzer and J. Eric Wagoner

Appendix: Debtors' Joint Plan of Reorganization (Fitch Presentation) - Michael A. Fitch

Reduction by Expansion: The Incredibly Shrinking D&O Insurance Policy - Keith J. Shapiro and Patrick M. Jones

Plans of Reorganization Under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act in Canada: An Overview - Michael Fitch

Plan Implementation and Claims Processes - Peter Farkas and Max Mendelsohn

Multinational Insolvencies - Joseph Samet

Insolvency In The Telecommunications Industry: A Canadian Perspective - Jay A. Carfagnini and Melaney Wagner

How do Directors and Officers Avoid Becoming Targets in Insolvency Proceedings Based Upon the Current Environment - Christopher Redmond

Duties of Directors of Insolvent Corporations: The Canadian Perspective - Patrick McCarthy

Cross-Border Insolvencies: Plenary Cases and Acillary Proceedings Involving Foreign Debtors - William Schrag, Wendy Walker and Jason Blumberg

Cross-Border Insolvencies: Officer & Director Liabilities - Peter Antoszyk

Cross-Border Licensing and the Insolvent High Tech Company - An Off-Key Duet - Jonathan H. Wigley

Consolidated Plan of Compromise or Arrangement (Fitch Presentation) - Michael A. Fitch

Chapter 11 Outline: "The Basics" - Robert S. Hertzberg

Proceedings in High Tech and Telecom

What, How, Where and When to File: Considerations and Implications in Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings - Steven Golick

Selected Chapter 11 Plan Issues: The Continuing Debate Over the Permissibility of Non-Debtor Releases in Chapter 11 Reorganization Plans - Michael P. Richman and Mariana Baquero

International Insolvency Proceedings - Ronald J. Silverman

The New Economics of the American Family - Elizabeth Warren

The New Face of Chapter 11 - Douglas G. Baird

The New Face of Chapter 11 - Prof. John D. Ayer

Death and Resurrection of Secured Credit - James J. White

White's Wheel - Bruce Markell

A Response to JJ White's "Death and Resurrection of Secured Credit" - Karen Gross

Bankruptcy Primitives - Barry Adler

The Reluctant Contractarian - Charles Tabb

Bankruptcy Control of the Recovery Process - Jay Westbrook

The Past, Present, and Future of Bankruptcy Law in America - Todd Zywicki

The Many Faces of Chapter 11: A Reply to Professor Baird - Prof. A. Mechele Dickerson

Executory Contracts: Cutting-Edge Issues and Recurring Problems - S. H. Case

First-Day Motions and Orders in Large Chapters 11 Cases - Jay Goffman and Grenville Day

Third-Party Releases: As Corporate Governance Continues to Add Layers of Liability, Will Companies Continue to use Chapter 11 to Cleanse the Assets and the Directors and Officers? - Richard Kremen and Regan K. La Testa

Real Estate Bankruptcies: New and Old Paradigms - David Kuney

Fiduciary Duty and Claims of Corporate Wrongdoing: Dealing with the Feds in the Post Sarbanes-Oxley Era - William Perlstein

Sales Under Section 363 - Robert Rosenberg and Susan Block-Lieb

Avoidance Powers - Mark Taylor and Jennifer Larkin

Analyzing the Debtor's Financial Information: Asking the Right Questions - Gerald P. Buccino, Scott Peltz and William K. Snyder

Analyzing the Debtor's Financial Information: Asking the Right Questions - Buccino & Associates, Inc. - Gerald P. Buccino

Litigating Preferences And Fraudulent Conveyances: Selected Issues - David B. Tatge and Hon. Judith K. Fitzgerald

Arguments Supporting Debtors' Postion In Till V. SCS Credit Corp.

Is It Really This Complicated? We Just Want to Keep Our House - Hon. Thomas F. Waldron

Do Distressed Bondholders Have Rights Before A Default? - Glenn E. Siegel

Current Issues Under Revised Article 9 - John K. Pearson and C. Scott Pryor

Qualitech and Sales Free and Clear of Leasehold Interests: Bankruptcy Process and Due Process - Alec P. Ostrow

IP Contract Issues In Bankruptcy Asset Sales - John G. Loughnane

ABI/NABT Program: Trustee Litigation Track - Case Law Developments - Samuel K. Crocker, Robert D. Martin and Hon. Barry S. Schermer

Bankruptcy Planning - Obligations and Risks to Attorneys - William H. Clendenin

Ethics for the Business Practitioner: What Have the Courts Said About Disclosure, Waiver and Due Diligence - Reginald W. Jackson and Carrie M. Caldwell

Best Practices Check List for Professionals Making Disclosure under the Bankruptcy Code and Rules - Reginald W. Jackson and Tiffany Strelow Cobb

Sharing a Piece of the Bankruptcy Pie: Asset and Plan Distribution - Andrew I. Silfen and Leah M. Eisenberg

Creativity and § 1129(a): Confirmation of Administratively Insolvent Debtor - Andrew I. Silfen and Leah M. Eisenberg

Hot Topics in Chapter 11 Cases: Credit Insurance for Vendors/Lenders; Break-Up Fees and Bidding Incentives; Critical Vendor Payments; Claims Trading Injunctions and Preservation Of NOLs - William Derrough and Hon. Gregg W. Zive

Handling a Bankruptcy with Pending Criminal Investigations and Proceedings - Peter J. Ainsworth, Hon. Barry Russell and Albert Togut