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Thursday, February 11

12:00 p.m.

Registration

1:00 p.m.

Welcome

Patricia A. Redmond, Conference Co-Chair

Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA; Miami

Honorable Robert A. Mark, Miami Judicial Chair

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Fla.); Miami

1:15-2:30 p.m.

Have We Hit Bottom and Who's Fishing?

Honorable Robert A. Mark, Moderator

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Fla.); Miami

Ronald L. Glass

Glass Ratner Advisory & Capital Group; Atlanta

Jordi Guso

Berger Singerman, PA; Miami

Leonard M. Klehr

Lubert-Adler Partners, L.P.; Philadelphia

2:30-2:45 p.m.

Refreshment Break

Sponsored by Krys & Associates (Cayman) Ltd.

2:45-4:15 p.m.

Views from the Bench

Jessica D. Gabel, Moderator

Georgia State University College of Law; Atlanta

Hon. Gerardo M. Carlo

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D.P.R.;, San Juan

Hon. A. Jay Cristol

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Fla.); Miami

Hon. Mary Grace Diehl

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Ga.); Atlanta

Hon. Paul G. Hyman

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Fla.); Miami

Hon. John K. Olson

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Fla.); Fort Lauderdale

Hon. Brian Tester

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. P.R.); Ponce

Hon. Michael G. Williamson

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (M.D. Fla.); Tampa

4:15-5:30 p.m.

Chapter 15 Updates: What’s Hot Since We Last Talked?

Charles W. Throckmorton, Moderator

Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton; Miami

Gregory S. Grossman

Astigarraga Davis Mullins & Grossman, PA; Miami

Fraser Hughes

Conyers Dill & Pearman; Cayman Islands

Christopher J. Redmond

Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP; Kansas City, Mo.

Simon M. Whicker

KPMG LLP; Grand Cayman

5:30-7:00 p.m.

Opening Reception

Sponsored by Berger Singerman

Friday, February 12

8:00-8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

Sponsored by Hahn & Hessen LLP

8:30-9:45 a.m.

Cross Border Issues: Madoff Goes Offshore

Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong, Moderator

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D.N.Y.); Brooklyn

Laura Hatfield

Solomon Harris; Cayman Islands

Christopher Jarvinen

Hahn & Hessen LLP; New York

Kenneth Krys

Krys & Associates (Cayman) Ltd.; Cayman Islands

9:45-10:00 a.m.

Refreshment Break

Sponsored by Krys & Associates (Cayman) Ltd.

10:00-11:15 a.m.

The Evolution of Bank Insolvencies

Luis Salazar, Moderator

Greenberg Traurig; Miami

Dennis J. Connolly

Alston & Bird; Atlanta

Joseph Luzinski

Development Specialists, Inc.; Miami

11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Business Law Updates

Leslie A. Berkoff

Morritt Hock Hamroff & Horowitz LLP; Garden City, N.Y.

Debra Grassgreen

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP; San Francisco

Mark J. Wolfson

Foley & Lardner LLP; Tampa, Fla.

12:30-2:00 p.m.

Luncheon Program with Legal Humorist, Sean Carter

Sponsored by Burr Forman and Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA

2:00-3:15 p.m.

It Seems Like Old Times: CMBS Defaults, Workouts and Liquidations

Frank C. Morrissey, Moderator

Morrissey & Wilson, LLC; Boston

Armando E. Bastini

Nixon Peabody, LLP; Providence, R.I.

Douglas E. Spelfogel

Foley & Larner; New York

3:15-3:30 p.m.

Refreshment Break

Sponsored by Krys & Associates (Cayman) Ltd.

3:30-4:45 p.m.

Ethics and Malpractice: Navigating the Minefield, Exploding the Grenades

Patricia A. Redmond, Moderator

Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.; Miami

William Harrington

Office of the U.S. Trustee; Wilmington, Del.

Hon. Laurel M. Isicoff

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Fla.); Miami

Lucian T. Pera

Adams and Reese LLP; Memphis, Tenn.

4:45 p.m.

Adjourn

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