Wednesday, November 11

7:00-8:45 a.m.

Breakfast and Registration

Sponsored by Lieberman, Gies & Cohen, PLLC and Steinberg Shapiro & Clark

8:45-9:00 a.m.

Welcome 

Hon. Steven W. Rhodes

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Mich.); Detroit

Melissa Kibler Knoll, ABI President Elect

Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC; Chicago

9:00-10:00 a.m.

Making Your Case Sail Smoothly: A Trustee Panel

Hon. Steven W. Rhodes (Moderator)

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Mich.); Detroit

Carl L. Bekofske

Chapter 13 Trustee; Flint, Mich.

Kelly M. Hagan

Chapter 7 Trustee; Acme, Mich.

Gene R. Kohut

Chapter 7 Trustee; Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.

Michael A. Stevenson

Chapter 7 Trustee; Southfield, Mich.

Tammy L. Terry

Chapter 13 Trustee; Detroit

Mary K. Viegelahn

Chapter 13 Trustee; Kalamazoo, Mich.

10:00-10:45 a.m.

What’s New: Cases You Need to Know

John C. Lange (Moderator)

Gold, Lange & Majoros PC; Southfield, Mich.

Thomas D. DeCarlo

Staff Attorney, Office of Chapter 13 Trustee; Southfield, Mich.

Michael P. Hogan

Kilpatrick & Assoc., PC; Auburn Hills, Mich.

10:45-11:00 a.m.

Coffee Break

Sponsored by GreenPath Debt Solutions

11:00-12:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions

The Special Challenges of High Income Debtors (Including the Means Test and Individual Chapter 11 Cases)

Mark H. Shapiro (Moderator)

Steinberg, Shapiro & Clark; Southfield, Mich.

Michael E. Baum

Schafer & Weiner PLLC; Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Charles D. Bullock

Stevenson & Bullock PLC; Southfield, Mich.

Hon. Philip J. Shefferly

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Mich.); Detroit

Best Practices in Representing Debtors: From Preparing Papers to Reaffirmation Agreements

Caralyce M. Lassner (Moderator)

 Scarletta Lassner PLC; Pleasant Ridge, Mich.

David W. Allard

Allard & Fish PC; Detroit

James H. Cossitt

Chair, ABA Best Practices Working Group; Kalispell, Mont.

Non-Bankruptcy Alternatives

Julie Beth Teicher (Moderator)

Erman Teicher Miller Zucker & Freedman PC; Southfield, Mich.

David Findling

Findling Law Firm PLC; Royal Oak, Mich.

Brian J. Small

Thav Gross Steinway & Bennett PC; Bingham Farms, Mich

12:00-1:15 p.m.

Luncheon with Keynote Speaker Robert D. Manning, Ph.D.

Research Fellow at the Filene Institute

Director, Center for Consumer Financial Services, Rochester Institute of Technology

Author, Credit Card Nation (2000)

Founder, Responsible Debt Relief Institute

Sponsored by Sweeney Law Offices PLLC and Butler, Butler & Rowse-Oberle, PLLC

1:15-2:30 p.m.

What Are Mortgage Companies Doing Now?

Heather D. McGivern (Moderator)

Orlans & Assoc., PC; Troy, Mich.

Roberta W. Andrews

Firebaugh & Andrews PLLC; Westland, Mich.

Terrence A. Keith

Chief Deputy Treasurer, Representative of Michigan State Housing Development Authority; Wayne County, Mich.

2:30-3:30 p.m.

Fraudulent Transfers and Preferences

Hon. James D. Gregg (Moderator)

Bankruptcy Court (W.D. Mich.); Grand Rapids

Michael D. Lieberman

Lieberman Gies & Cohen PLLC; Farmington Hills, Mich.

Kenneth A. Nathan

Nathan Zousmer PC; Southfield, Mich.

3:30-3:45 p.m.

Coffee Break

Sponsored by Trott & Trott, PC

3:45-5:00 p.m.

Judges’ Panel

Hon. Philip J. Shefferly (Moderator)

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Mich.); Detroit

Hon. Scott W. Dales

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D. Mich.); Grand Rapids

Hon. James D. Gregg

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D. Mich.); Grand Rapids

Hon. Jeffrey R. Hughes

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D. Mich.); Grand Rapids

Hon. Marci McIvor

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Mich.); Detroit

Hon. Daniel S. Opperman

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Mich.); Bay City

Hon. Steven W. Rhodes

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Mich.); Detroit

Hon. Walter Shapero

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Mich.); Detroit

Hon. Thomas T. Tucker

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Mich.); Detroit

5:00-6:00 p.m.

Reception

Sponsored by DECAF

CBA members can register by calling ABI at (703) 739-0800
or by using the form found in this brochure.

Mark your calendar and Register Online Today!