Nuts & Bolts for Young & New Practitioners

Stand-Alone Program (additional fees required to attend)

Note alternate location: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, SDNY

Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, One Bowling Green, New York, NY

Friday, May 9, 2008

8:00–8:30 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30–10:00 a.m.

General Bankruptcy Fundamentals (Part 1)

Overview of the Bankruptcy Code, PreBankruptcy Planning, Commencement of the Case, First-Day Orders, and the Role of Various Constituencies and the U.S. Trustee

10:00–10:15 a.m.

Refreshment Break

10:15 a.m.–12:00 noon

General Bankruptcy Fundamentals (Part 2)

Property of the Estate, the Automatic Stay, Claims, DIP Financing and Cash Collateral, and Other Concepts

12:00 noon–1:00 p.m.

Lunch

Sponsored by Thompson & Knight LLP

1:00–2:30 p.m.

Business Bankruptcy Fundamentals (Part 1)

Executory Contracts and Leases, Avoiding Powers and Related Litigation Claims, including Subordination and Re-characterization

2:30–2:45 p.m.

Refreshment Break

2:45–3:35 p.m.

Business Bankruptcy Fundamentals (Part 2)

Ethics and the Chapter 11 Process

3:35–5:00 p.m.

Business Bankruptcy Fundamentals (Part 3)

Chapter 11 Process, Exclusivity Periods, Claims Trading, Disclosure, Solicitation, Confirmation and Post-Confirmation Matters

5:00 p.m.

Adjourn

 

Nuts & Bolts Faculty

• Ira L. Herman, Program Chair

Thompson & Knight LLP

• Tracy Hope Davis

Office of the U.S. Trustee

• Kathryn Ann Coleman

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

• Walter H. Curchack

Loeb & Loeb, LLP

• Hon. Dorothy Eisenberg

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, EDNY

• Hon. Robert E. Gerber

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, SDNY

• Sheon Karol

Mesirow Financial Consulting LLC

• Hon. James M. Peck

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, SDNY

• Joseph Smolinsky

Chadbourne & Parke LLP

• Jeffrey S. Stein
The Garden City Group, Inc.

• Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, EDNY; Brooklyn

• Prof. Jack Williams

ABI Resident Scholar / Georgia State University; BDO Seidman LLP

 

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