8:00-9:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Basic Program
Basic Concepts: Brief History of Bankruptcy, Sources of Law, Structure of the Code, Bankruptcy Courts
This session includes a brief history of bankruptcy and an introduction to sources of law, the Bankruptcy Code, bankruptcy courts, property of the estate, claims and related ethics.
Troy McKenzie
New York University School of Law; New York
Keith Sharfman
St. John's University School of Law; New York
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Basic Program
Basic Concepts: Legal Ethics under the Bankruptcy Code
Troy McKenzie
New York University School of Law; New York
Keith Sharfman
St. John's University School of Law; New York
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Advanced Program
Plan Confirmation Issues: Part I
Hon. Stuart M. Bernstein, Moderator
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.); New York
Marcia L. Goldstein
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; New York
Stephen Karotkin
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; New York
Richard B. Levin
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP; New York
Harold S. Novikoff
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; New York
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
Participants are responsible for their own meal arrangements with the wide variety of restaurants and coffee shops in the vicinity of Washington Square.
2:00-5:00 p.m.*
Basic Program
Operating the Business in Chapter 11; Avoiding Powers
Edward Janger
David M. Barse Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School; New York
G. Ray Warner
Director of the LL.M. in Bankruptcy Program, St. John's University School
of Law, Of Counsel, Greenberg Traurig, LLP; New York
* Includes a 15-minute refreshment break from 3:30-3:45 p.m.
Sponsored by Development Specialists, Inc.
2:00-5:00 p.m.*
Advanced Program
Plan Confirmation Issues: Part II
This session will cover indubitable equivalents, credit-bidding, litigation trusts, liquidating plans, valuation of plan consideration, and debt.Hon. James M. Peck, Moderator
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.); New York
Donald S. Bernstein
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; New York
Marcia L. Goldstein
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; New York
Stephen Karotkin
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; New York
Ralph R. Mabey
Professor of Law at the S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Senior Of Counsel, Stutman Treister & Glatt P.C.; Salt Lake City
Richard G. Mason
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; New York
* Includes a 15-minute refreshment break from 3:30-3:45 p.m.
Sponsored by Development Specialists, Inc.
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn
8:00-9:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Sign-In
9:30-12:30 p.m.
Basic Program
Chapter 11 Plans
This session will cover the chapter 11 plan process, including formulating the plan, disclosure statements, plan confirmation and the effects of confirmation.
Hon. Shelley C. Chapman
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.); New York
David G. Epstein
George E. Allen Chair Professor of Law
University of Richmond Law School; Richmond, Va.
Alan N. Resnick
Benjamin Weintraub Distinguished Professor of Bankruptcy Law
Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law; New York
Of Counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP; New York
9:30-11:30 a.m.
Advanced Program
Issues Affecting Distressed-Debt Investment
This session will cover insider trading, disclosure obligations, purchasing claims to acquire control, issues for groups when acquiring control, and related ethics issues.
Hon. Allan L. Gropper, Moderator
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.); New York
Douglas G. Baird
Harry A. Bigelow Distinguished Service Professor of Law
University of Chicago Law School; Chicago
Marshall S. Huebner
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; New York
Ralph R. Mabey
Professor of Law at the S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Senior Of Counsel, Stutman Treister & Glatt P.C.; Salt Lake City
Richard G. Mason
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; New York
Harold S. Novikoff
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; New York
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Advanced Program
Ethics Issues Relating to Distressed-Debt Investment
This session will cover ethics issues facing attorneys who hold inside information, as well as ethical considerations relating to disclosure requirements in distressed-debt investments.Hon. Allan L. Gropper, Moderator
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.); New York
Douglas G. Baird
Harry A. Bigelow Distinguished Service Professor of Law
University of Chicago Law School; Chicago
Marshall S. Huebner
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; New York
Ralph R. Mabey
Professor of Law at the S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Senior Of Counsel, Stutman Treister & Glatt P.C.; Salt Lake City
Richard G. Mason
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; New York
Harold S. Novikoff
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; New York
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
Participants are responsible for their own meal arrangements with the wide variety of restaurants and coffee shops in the vicinity of Washington Square.
2:00-5:00 p.m.*
Joint Program: Basic/Advanced
The Powers and Jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Courts
This session will include a background summaryon Stern v. Marshall, post-Stern developments and reconsidering an Article III bankruptcy court.Hon. Martin Glenn, Moderator
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.); New York
Douglas G. Baird
Harry A. Bigelow Distinguished Service Professor of Law
University of Chicago Law School; Chicago
Donald S. Bernstein
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; New York
Richard B. Levin
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP; New York
Harvey R. Miller
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; New York
Alan N. Resnick
Benjamin Weintraub Distinguished Professor of Bankruptcy Law
Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law; New York
Of Counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP; New York
* Includes a 15-minute refreshment break from 3:30-3:45 p.m.
5:00-6:15 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by LexisNexis
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