8:30-11:45 a.m.
IWIRC Program
9:00-10:15 a.m.
“Thelma and Louise”
UNCOVERING AND ERADICATING FRAUD
Jacqulyn Henroid
Rocky Mountain Advisory, LLC; Salt Lake City
Layne H. Kottmeier
Cordes & Company; Greenwood Village, Colo.
Lori L. Payne
Payne Financial Forensics; Simi Valley, Calif.
Susan M. Smith
Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC; Miami
Stephanie Drew - Evidence & Litigation
Hein & Associates LLP; Denver, CO
10:15-10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:30-11:45 a.m.
“Footloose”
(OR NOT): THE DIFFERING ETHICS STANDARDS FOR VARIOUS PROFESSIONALS
Cindy Shearer
MDC Holdings, Inc.
Lisa Hogan
Brownstein/Hyatt/Farber/Schreck; Denver
Nancy Buchanan
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; Denver
Nicole Horton
Ernst & Young; Los Angeles
Noon-12:45 p.m.
Lunch
Sponsored by Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, Holland & Hart LLP and Stoel Rives, LLP
12:45-1:45 p.m.
Luncheon Presentation
“City Slickers”
ABI PAST PRESIDENTS PANEL
The combined wisdom of past ABI presidents will discuss current bankruptcy issues, trends in bankruptcy, the economy and other issues of note.
Risa Lynn Wolf-Smith, Moderator
Holland & Hart LLP; Denver
Robert M. Fishman
Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC; Chicago
Michael P. Richman
Patton Boggs LLP; New York
Bettina M. Whyte
Bridge Associates LLC; Amenia, N.Y.
Deborah D. Williamson
Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated; San Antonio
1:45-3:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
“Romancing the Stone”
SUCCESSFUL CREDIT-BIDDING IN A DANGEROUS WORLD (FOR LENDERS, THAT IS!)
This presentation will highlight the ever-changing status of credit- bidding—and some of the new anxieties involved.
Carl A. Eklund, Moderator
Ballard Spahr LLP; Denver
Hon. A. Bruce Campbell
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Col.); Denver
Steven N. Cousins
Armstrong Teasdale LLP; Clayton, Mo.
Abid Qureshi
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; New York
David B. Shemano
Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP; Los Angeles
“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”
PONZI SCHEMERS AND THEIR MODERN-DAY PURSUERS
This panel will discuss the political side of Ponzi schemes: bankruptcy vs. receivership, interacting with governmental agencies, civil and criminal issues—and lots more!
Gil A. Miller, Moderator
Rocky Mountain Advisory; Salt Lake City
Geoffrey L. Berman
Development Specialists, Inc.; Los Angeles
Lon A. Jenkins
Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough PC; Salt Lake City
Hon. R. Kimball Mosier
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Utah); Salt Lake City
John C. Smiley
Lindquist & Vennum PLLP; Denver
Robert G. Wing
Prince, Yeates & Geldzahler; Salt Lake City
“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”
WHERE IS HEALTH CARE REFORM TAKING US?
Join us while an industry expert takes us on a wild ride through the current health care reform and how it has affected (and will affect) the health care industry and the business community as a whole. This panel will then discuss the unique issues faced in restructuring and reorganizing health care facilities and related health care businesses.
Annette W. Jarvis, Moderator
Dorsey & Whitney LLP; Salt Lake City
Duane H. Gillman
Durham Jones & Pinegar; Salt Lake City
Carol E. Jendrzey
Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated; San Antonio
Greg Poulsen
Intermountain Healthcare; Salt Lake City
Susan M. Smith
Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC; Miami
3:15-3:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by Cordes & Company, Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe P.C. and LECG LLC
3:30-5:00 p.m.
“Coast to Coast”
HOT TOPICS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
This panel will focus on some of the noteworthy bankruptcy opinions of this past year, as well as some of the legal issues likely to be confronted by practitioners.
Kimberley H. Tyson, Moderator
Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C.; Denver
Hon. Elizabeth E. Brown
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Col.); Denver
Gabrielle Albert Rohwer
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP; Denver
Steven T. Waterman
Dorsey & Whitney LLP; Salt Lake City
“Broken Arrow”
CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEES
AND THE NEW SHERIFF APPOINTMENT, JOB DESCRIPTION AND ETHICAL ISSUES
John F. Young, Moderator
Markus Williams Young & Zimmerman, LLC; Denver
Diana K. Carey
Karr Tuttle Campbell; Seattle
Neal H. Levin
Freeborn & Peters LLP; Chicago
Sherilyn A. Olsen
Holland & Hart LLP; Salt Lake City
Hon. Robert H. Jacobvitz
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. N.M.); Albuquerque, N.M.
“The Sandlot”
LENDERS AND DISTRESSED REAL ESTATE
This panel will explore the issues and strategies involved in working out distressed real estate loans from the perspectives of both borrower and lender, including identifying and addressing the issues and driving forces from both sides of the equation.
Elizabeth K. Flaagan, Moderator
Faegre & Benson LLP; Denver
Susan E. Brown
Wells Fargo; Denver
Lee M. Kutner
Kutner Miller Brinen, PC; Denver
Hon. Michael E. Romero
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Col.); Denver
James Simons
Guaranty Bank & Trust Company; Denver
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Networking Reception
Sponsored by Durham Jones & Pinegar, The Faculty of Federal Advocates, Freeborn & Peters LLP, Markus Williams Young & Zimmerman, LLC and Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP
7:30-8:55 a.m.
Breakfast with the Judges Featuring the Judges of the 16th Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference
Sponsored by Lindquist & Vennum PLLP Freeborn & Peters LLP and Parsons Behle & Latimer
9:00-10:30 a.m.
Consumer Workshop I: “Around the World in 80 Days” - CIRCUIT SPLITS, PENDING CASES
AND CONFUSING CONSUMER CASES
If you’re struggling with what Congress intended with the enactment of BAPCPA, the courts share your frustrations. As a practitioner, staying up with the quantity of case law navigating the BAPCPA maze can be overwhelming. The good news is that this panel has sifted through and organized the most influential, thoughtful and occasionally funny cases of this past year. You will benefit from this entertaining presentation.
Stephen Berken, Moderator
Berken & Associates; Denver
James Vincent Cameron
Assistant U.S. Trustee; Salt Lake City
Matt McCune
The McCune Law Firm, LLC; Denver
Hon. William T. Thurman
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Utah); Salt Lake City
“Romancing the Stone”
SUCCESSFUL CREDIT-BIDDING IN A DANGEROUS WORLD (FOR LENDERS, THAT IS!)
This presentation will highlight the ever-changing status of credit- bidding—and some of the new anxieties involved.
Carl A. Eklund, Moderator
Ballard Spahr LLP; Denver
Hon. A. Bruce Campbell
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Col.); Denver
Steven N. Cousins
Armstrong Teasdale LLP; Clayton, Mo.
Abid Qureshi
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; New York
David B. Shemano
Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP; Los Angeles
“The Sandlot”
LENDERS AND DISTRESSED REAL ESTATE
This panel will explore the issues and strategies involved in working out distressed real estate loans from the perspectives of both borrower and lender, including identifying and addressing the issues and driving forces from both sides of the equation.
Elizabeth K. Flaagan, Moderator
Faegre & Benson LLP; Denver
Susan E. Brown
Wells Fargo; Denver
Lee M. Kutner
Kutner Miller Brinen, PC; Denver
Hon. Michael E. Romero
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Col.); Denver
James Simons
Guaranty Bank & Trust Company; Denver
10:30-10:45 a.m.
Coffee Break
Sponsored by Ballard Spahr LLP, Kutner Miller Brinen, PC and Sender & Wasserman, PC
10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Consumer Workshop II: “True Grit” - CHASING DOWN LOAN MODIFICATIONS FOR CONSUMERS
The various options for pursuing loss mitigation while simultaneously pursuing plan confirmation or plan modification will be discussed. Additionally outlined will be the latest information about HAMP and other loss-mitigation options and their effects on proofs of claim and motions practice.
Deanna L. Westfall, Moderator
Castle Meinhold & Stawiarski, LLC; Denver
Kevin R. Anderson
Office of the Chapter 13 Trustee; Salt Lake City
Britney Beall-Eder
Castle Meinhold & Stawiarski LLC; Denver
Hon. Sidney B. Brooks
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Col.); Denver
Charles F. McVay
Office of the U.S. Trustee, Region 19; Denver
Michael V. Suchoparek
Weselis & Suchoparek LLC; Denver
“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”
PONZI SCHEMERS AND THEIR MODERN-DAY PURSUERS
This panel will discuss the political side of Ponzi schemes: bankruptcy vs. receivership, interacting with governmental agencies, civil and criminal issues—and lots more!
Gil A. Miller, Moderator
Rocky Mountain Advisory; Salt Lake City
Geoffrey L. Berman
Development Specialists, Inc.; Los Angeles
Lon A. Jenkins
Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough PC; Salt Lake City
Hon. R. Kimball Mosier
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Utah); Salt Lake City
John C. Smiley
Lindquist & Vennum PLLP; Denver
Robert G. Wing
Prince, Yeates & Geldzahler; Salt Lake City
“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”
WHERE IS HEALTH CARE REFORM TAKING US?
Join us while an industry expert takes us on a wild ride through the current health care reform and how it has affected (and will affect) the health care industry and the business community as a whole. This panel will then discuss the unique issues faced in restructuring and reorganizing health care facilities and related health care businesses.
Annette W. Jarvis, Moderator
Dorsey & Whitney LLP; Salt Lake City
Duane H. Gillman
Durham Jones & Pinegar; Salt Lake City
Carol E. Jendrzey
Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated; San Antonio
Greg Poulsen
Intermountain Healthcare; Salt Lake City
Susan M. Smith
Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC; Miami
12:15-1:45 p.m.
Lunch: “Cliffhanger” - KEYNOTE PRESENTATION BY PROF. KENNETH N. KLEE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES SCHOOL OF LAW
Sponsored by Faegre & Benson LLP and IWIRC Mountain/Desert Network
1:45-3:15 p.m.
Consumer Workshop III: “Every Which Way but Loose” - PRESENTING YOUR CHAPTER 13 CASE ETHICALLY AND EFFECTIVELY
This group will address the murky intersection of bankruptcy and divorce law. Strategies on timing of the dissolution and bankruptcy, negotiating and drafting the terms of the separation agreements, and relief-from-stay issues will be discussed.
Sally J. Zeman, Moderator
Denver
Loretta A. Burnett
Law Offices of Loretta Burnett; Colorado Springs, Colo.
Gregory M. Garvin
Assistant U.S. Trustee; Denver
Hon. Joel T. Marker
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Utah); Salt Lake City
“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
This panel polled the 10th Circuit Bankruptcy Judges, asking them what they like and don’t like about how practitioners present evidence in their Courts. The results of this poll will be discussed, coupled with demonstrations and analysis of the evidentiary techniques that Judges think are most effective and those that have no place outside of Spaghetti Westerns.
J. Thomas Beckett, Moderator
Parsons Behle & Latimer; Salt Lake City
Kenneth L. Cannon, II
Durham Jones & Pinegar; Salt Lake City
David E. Leta
Snell & Wilmer, LLP; Salt Lake City
Hon. Gregg W. Zive
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Nev.); Reno
“Coast to Coast”
HOT TOPICS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
This panel will focus on some of the noteworthy bankruptcy opinions of this past year, as well as some of the legal issues likely to be confronted by practitioners.
Kimberley H. Tyson, Moderator
Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C.; Denver
Hon. Elizabeth E. Brown
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Col.); Denver
Gabrielle Albert Rohwer
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP; Denver
Steven T. Waterman
Dorsey & Whitney LLP; Salt Lake City
3:15-3:30 p.m
Refreshment Break
Sponsored by Chapman and Cutler LLP, Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough PC and Onsager, Staelin & Guyerson, LLC
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Consumer Workshop IV: “Stagecoach” - DRIVING THE CONSUMER CASE TO A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION
Robert Padjen, Moderator
Laufer and Padjen LLC; Englewood, Colo.
Gregory M. Garvin
Assistant U.S. Trustee; Denver
Jeanne Yendrek Jagow
Attorney at Law, PC; Littleton, Colo.
Hon. Howard R. Tallman
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Col.); Denver
“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
This panel polled the 10th Circuit Bankruptcy Judges, asking them what they like and don’t like about how practitioners present evidence in their Courts. The results of this poll will be discussed, coupled with demonstrations and analysis of the evidentiary techniques that Judges think are most effective and those that have no place outside of Spaghetti Westerns.
J. Thomas Beckett, Moderator
Parsons Behle & Latimer; Salt Lake City
Kenneth L. Cannon, II
Durham Jones & Pinegar; Salt Lake City
David E. Leta
Snell & Wilmer, LLP; Salt Lake City
Hon. Gregg W. Zive
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Nev.); Reno
“Broken Arrow”
CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEES
AND THE NEW SHERIFF APPOINTMENT, JOB DESCRIPTION AND ETHICAL ISSUES
John F. Young, Moderator
Markus Williams Young & Zimmerman, LLC; Denver
Diana K. Carey
Karr Tuttle Campbell; Seattle
Neal H. Levin
Freeborn & Peters LLP; Chicago
Sherilyn A. Olsen
Holland & Hart LLP; Salt Lake City
Hon. Robert H. Jacobvitz
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. N.M.); Albuquerque, N.M.
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Networking Reception
Sponsored by Snell & Wilmer LLP and Rocky Mountain Advisory
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