Saturday, April 14, 2007

7:00 –8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:00–9:30 am

Committee Educational Sessions

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Bankruptcy Taxation
• Consumer
• Court Administration
• Pensions and Benefits in Bankruptcy  
• Public Companies and Claims Trading
• Real Estate
• Technology and Telecommunications Cases

9:30–11:00 am

Concurrent Workshops

• Ready, Set, Go: A Practical Guide to Preparing and Filing a Chapter 11 Case and Surviving the “First Days”—Part I
  • Moderator: Kathryn Pamenter
    Goldberg Kohn Bell Black Rosenbloom & Moritz, Ltd.; Chicago
  • Mark D. Collins
    Richards, Layton & Finger, PA; Wilmington, Del.
  • Dallas M. Darland
    TRG; Boston
  • Tinamarie Feil
    BMC Group; Seattle
• Real Estate Redux: What the New Dirt Cases Will Look Like
  • Moderator: David B. Stratton
    Pepper Hamilton LLP; Wilmington
  • Matthew Bordwin
    Keen Consultants, LLC; Great Neck
  • David L. Bruck
    Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP; Woodbridge, N.J.
  • Ronald F. Greenspan
    FTI Consulting, Inc.; Los Angeles
  • Hon. Linda B. Riegle
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Las Vegas
• “And Throw Away the Key”: : Eligibility Issues in Consumer Cases
  • Moderator: David Allard Chapter 7 Panel Trustee
    Allard & Fish, PC; Detroit
  • Hon. Susan Kelley
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Milwaukee
  • James F. Molleur
    James F. Molleur, LLC; Saco, Maine
  • Mark A. Redmiles
    Executive Office for U.S. Trustees; Washington, DC

11:00–11:15 am

Coffee Break

Sponsored by Gordon Brothers Group

11:15 am–12:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

• Ready, Set, Go: A Practical Guide to Preparing and Filing a Chapter 11 Case and Surviving the “First Days”—Part II
  • Moderator: Kathryn Pamenter
    Goldberg Kohn Bell, et al., Ltd; Chicago
  • Hon. Charles G. Case, II
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Phoenix
  • Hon. William C. Hillman
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Boston
  • Debra I. Grassgreen
    Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, et al. LLP; San Francisco
  • Melissa Kibler Knoll
    Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC; Chicago
  • Charles F. Kuoni, III
    Corporate Revitalization Partners, LLC; Chapel Hill, N.C.
• Key Restructuring Issues in Energy, Telecom and Utility Sector Cases: Lessons For the New Cases From the Last Wave
  • Moderator: John R. Castellano
    AlixPartners LLP; New York
  • Jeremy Fagot
    PA Consulting, Denver
  • Thomas E. Lauria
    White & Case LLP; Miami
  • Nicholas P. Leone
    The Blackstone Group; New York
  • Matthew Mazzucchi
    Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin; Minneapolis
• Getting to the Finish Line: Current Issues in Chapter 13 Plan Confirmation, Implementation and Discharge
  • Moderator: Dennis J. LeVine
    Dennis LeVine & Associates; PA Tampa
  • Alane A. Beckett
    Becket & Lee, LLP; Malvern, Pa.
  • Hon. Eileen W. Hollowell
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Tucson, Ariz.
  • W. Clarkson McDow
    Office of the United States Trustee, Region 4; Columbia, S.C.
  • Gerald M. O’Donnell
    Chapter 13 Trustee; Alexandria, Va.

12:30–2:00 pm

Luncheon Program

• Speaker: John Ashcroft
  Former U.S. Attorney General and Senator
• Author: Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice

Sponsored by the American College of Bankruptcy

2:15–3:45 pm

Concurrent Sessions

• Equity Rises Again: Strategies for Interest Holders in Chapter 11 Reorganizations and Sales
  • Moderator: Jeffrey L. Jones
    Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP; Boston
  • Henry Owsley
    Gordian Group, LLC; New York
  • Anders J. Maxwell
    Peter J. Solomon Company, L.P.  
  • Thomas E. Patterson
    Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP; Los Angeles
  • Paul N. Silverstein
    Andrews Kurth LLP; New York
• The Death of Deepening Insolvency?: Corporate Governance for Troubled Companies After the Delaware Cases
  • Moderator: Jo Ann J. Brighton
    Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, LLP; Charlotte, N.C.
  • Jonathan P. Friedland
    Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Chicago
  • Prof. Michelle Morgan Harner
    University of Nebraska College of Law; Lincoln, Neb.
  • Marc D. Puntus
    Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC; New York
  • Russell C. Silberglied
    Richards, Layton & Finger, PA; Wilmington
• Health Care Business Restructurings and Liquidations After BAPCPA: Issues and Strategies for the “New” Cases
  • Moderator: Sarah B. Foster
    Haynes and Boone, LLP; Austin, Tex.
  • Bernard A. Katz
    J.H. Cohn, LLP; Edison, N.J.
  • Suzanne Koenig
    SAK Management Services, LLC; Chicago
  • Hal F. Morris
    Office of the Texas Attorney General; Austin, Tex
  • Nancy A. Peterman
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Chicago

3:45 –4:00 pm

Refreshment Break

Sponsored by CIT

4:00–5:30 pm

Committee Educational Sessions

• Asset Sales
• Commercial Fraud Task Force
• Health Care
• International
• Mass Torts
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Unsecured Trade Creditors/Young & New Members (joint)

7:00 –10:00 pm

Final Night Gala Dinner & Concert with Hall & Oates

Sponsored by BMC Group, FTI Consulting, Inc., Grant Thornton LLP, Recovery & Reorganization Services, KPMG Corporate Finance LLC, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Mesirow Financial Consulting LLC and Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Headlining the ABI Final Night Gala: Hall & Oates! With over 60 million albums sold, Daryl Hall & John Oates’ rich repertoire has garnered a total of 8 #1 singles along with dozens of hits throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s, including “Rich Girl,” “Kiss on My List,” “Maneater,” “Private Eyes,” “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do),” “Sara Smile,” “She’s Gone” and “One on One.” Join ABI for this special gala event celebrating 25 years of serving the bankruptcy community. Proceeds benefit the ABI Endowment Fund.