2009 ABI/UMKC Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute

October 2, 2009

8:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Sponsored by Silverman Consulting

8:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Hon. Dennis R. Dow, Judicial Chair

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D.of Mo.); Kansas City

Mark G. Stingley, Co-Chair

Bryan Cave LLP; Kansas City, Mo.

Ronald S. Weiss, Co-Chair

Berman, DeLeve, Kuchan & Chapman, LC; Kansas City, Mo.

8:45-9:45 a.m.

Plenary Session - Case Law Update

Barkley Clark

Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP; Kansas City, Mo.

Hon. Dennis R. Dow

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D.of Mo.); Kansas City

Hon. Robert E. Nugent

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. of Kan.); Wichita

9:45-10:00 a.m.

Refreshment Break

Sponsored by MorrisAnderson & Associates, Ltd.

10:00-11:00 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions (2)

Consumer Ethics: Prebankruptcy Estate Planning;

What you can do with assets if your client comes to see you the day before filing , the month before filing , the 90 days before filing, the year before filing, etc,

Thomas M. Mullinix

Evans & Mullinix, PA; Shawnee Mission, Kan.

Robert J. Blackwell

Blackwell & Associates, PC; Fallon, Mo.

Bruce E. Strauss

Merrick, Baker & Strauss, PC; Kansas City, Mo.

Business Ethics: Counseling the Closely Held Corporate Debtor: Bankruptcy Planning and Professional Ethics

I. Identifying your client

II. Getting Paid: Carve-outs and Third Parties Funding the Case

III. Using Debtors’ Funds to Pay Attorney Fees

IV. Conflicts of Interest with the Primary Shareholder

V. Financing the Reorganization

Prof. Jeffrey Ferriell

Capital University Law School
Visiting Professor of Law, Seattle University

Hon. Jerry W. Venters

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, (W.D. of Mo.); Kansas City

11:00-11:15 a.m.

Refreshment Break

Sponsored by NachmanHaysBrownstein, Inc.

11:15-12:15 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions (2)

Consumer: Discharge Violations and Protecting your Clients from Creditor Abuses

Jay Fleischman

Fleischman Consumer Law Center; Brooklyn, N.Y.

Business: The Baptist Foundation of Arizona - A Chapter 11 Case Where the Ponzi Scheme was in the Church

Clifton R. Jessup, Jr.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Dallas

12:15-1:30 p.m.

Luncheon Presentation: Legislative Update: Views from Inside the Capital Beltway

Prof. Adam J. Levitin

ABI Resident Scholar

Georgetown University Law Center; Washington, D.C.

1:30-2:30 p.m.

The 2nd Annual Great Debates

Paul D. Sinclair, Moderator

Polsinelli Shughart PS; Kansas City, Mo.

Resolved: Congress Must Allow Courts to Lienstrip Home Mortgagaes

Pro - Tara Twomey

National Consumer Law Center; Carmel, Ca.

Con - Paul H. Berens

Bradshaw, Steele, Cochrane & Berens; Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Resolved: In Applying the Means Test the Court May Determine the Necessity and Reasonableness of Payments on Secured Debts.

Pro - Gil Weisman

Becket & Lee, LLP; Malvern, Pa.

Con - Hon. Arthur B. Federman

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D.of Mo.); Kansas City

Resolved: Section 548(c)'s Good Faith Defense Should be Unavailable in Ponzi Scheme Cases.

Pro - Brian L. Shaw

Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC; Chicago, Ill.

Con - Keith M. Aurzada

Bryan Cave LLP; Dallas

NOTE: Viewpoints expressed by debaters are not necessarily their own.

2:30-2:45 p.m.

Refreshment Break

Sponsored by NachmanHaysBrownstein, Inc.

2:45-3:45 p.m.

Concurrent Breakouts (2)

Consumer: Representing Small Business Clients

David P. Leibowitz

Lakelaw/Leibowitz Law Center; Waukegan, Ill.

Cynthia F. Grimes

Grimes & Rebein, LC; Lenexa, Kan.

Cathleen Cooper Moran

Moran Law Group, Inc.; Mountain View, Ca.

Business: Financing a Chapter 11 - Pre, During, and Exit

Prof. Adam J. Levitin

ABI Resident Scholar

Georgetown University Law Center; Washington, D.C.

Deborah L. Thorne

Barnes & Thornburg LLP; Chicago

Daniel F. Dooley

MorrisAnderson & Associates, Ltd.; Chicago

John Tittle, Jr.

NachmanHaysBrownstein, Inc.; Dallas

3:45-4:00 p.m.

Refreshment Break