Monday, October 12

8:00-9:00 a.m.

Breakfast and Registration

Sponsored by Lakelaw with offices in Chicago, Skokie, Waukegan and Kenosha

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Means Test 2009

Ariane Holtschlag

Grochocinski, Grochocinski & Lloyd, Ltd.; Orland Park, Ill.

Keisha M. Hooks 

Staff Attorney, Chapter 13 Trustee; Chicago

M. Gretchen Silver

Attorney for the U.S. Trustee, Region 11; Chicago

Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff 

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

10:00-10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:30-11:30 a.m.

Home Mortgage Update

Michael C. Burr

Robert J. Adams and Associates; Chicago

A. Stewart Chapman

Pierce & Associates; Chicago

Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff 

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

11:30-1:00 p.m.

Luncheon: Keynote Speaker Adam J. Levitin

ABI Resident Scholar and Associate Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Center

1:00-2:00 p.m.

Litigation Skills: Handling the Evidentiary Hearing

Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar

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

Catherine L. Steege

Jenner & Block LLP; Chicago

2:00-3:00 p.m.

The Consumer Chapter 11

Joseph A. Baldi

Joseph A. Baldi & Associates, PC; Chicago

David P. Leibowitz

Lakelaw; Waukegan, Ill.

Hon. Jack Schmetterer

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

3:00-3:30 p.m.

Coffee Break

3:30-4:30 p.m.

Ethical Issues with Respect to Attorney’s Fees in Consumer Cases

Hon. Bruce W. Black

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

Gerald Mylander

Glenn Stearns, Chapter 13 Trustee; Lisle, Ill.

Thomas E. Springer

Springer, Brown, Covey, Gaertner & Davis LLC; Wheaton, Ill.

 

On-site Registration Only