Monday, October 13

8:00-9:00 a.m.

Breakfast and Registration

9:00-10:15 a.m.

Keeping Your Collateral: Reaffirmation, Redemption and Post-petition Financing

Hon. Manuel Barbosa

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Ill.); Rockford

David J. Frankel

Sorman & Frankel, Ltd.; Chicago

John E. Gierum

Gierum & Mantas; Rosemont, Ill.

10:15-10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break

Sponsored by Best Case Solutions

10:30-11:45 a.m.

Disposable Income: Choosing a Chapter under the Means Test

Joseph E. Cohen

Cohen & Krol; Chicago

Keisha M. Hooks 

Staff Attorney, Chapter 13 Trustee; Chicago

Mark A. Redmiles

Deputy Director, Executive Office for U.S. Trustees

Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff 

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Ill.); Chicago

11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m.

Luncheon

Keynote Speaker Samuel J. Gerdano

Executive Director, American Bankruptcy Institute; Alexandria, Va.

1:15-2:15 p.m.

Recurring Automatic Stay Issues in Consumer Bankruptcy: Section 362(c)

Joseph A. Baldi

Joseph A. Baldi & Associates, PC; Chicago

Michael C. Burr

Robert J. Adams and Associates; Chicago

A. Stewart Chapman

Pierce & Associates; Chicago

Hon. Pamela S. Hollis

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Ill.); Chicago

2:15-2:30 p.m.

Coffee Break

Sponsored by Lakelaw

2:30-3:30 p.m.

Litigation Practice Skills: Writing Good Motions, Briefs, Complaints and Answers

Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Ill.); Chicago

Catherine L. Steege

Jenner & Block LLP; Chicago

3:30-4:30 p.m.

Is Bankruptcy the Real Answer? Moral and Ethical Issues Attorneys (Should) Face When Deciding if Bankruptcy is in the Client's Best Interest

Bennett A. Kahn

Law Offices of Melvin Kaplan and Associates, PC; Chicago  

Deborah K. Thorne

Professor of Sociology, Ohio University; Athens, Ohio

David S. Yen 

Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago; Chicago

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