ABI's 26th Annual Spring Meeting, the networking and CLE event of 2008, will be held April 3-6 at Washington, D.C.'s Renaissance Hotel in the Nation's Capital! Join us during cherry blossom season for exciting and informative sessions, including a luncheon keynote by Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
One of the educational sessions that you do not want to miss is "Future Changes to the Courts' Electronic Filing System and How It Will Affect Your Practice" presented by the Court Administration committee on Friday afternoon April 4, 2008 from 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Speakers will be Hon. Cecelia G. Morris, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York; Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and Gary Bockweg, Project, Director of Information Technology of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
Register now to join us from your office! If you can’t make it to ABI ’s Annual Spring Meeting, we will bring it to you online live from Washington, D.C., on Friday, April 4, 2008 (all times Eastern Time).
LIVE Online Coverage will include:
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.: Twelfth Annual ABI Great Debates
- Resolved: Congress Should Amend the Bankruptcy Code to Eliminate All Forms of Incentive, Bonus or Similar Compensation for Senior Executives and Other Insiders
- Resolved: Congress Should Amend the Bankruptcy Code to Allow Modification Via a Chapter 13 Plan of the First Mortgage on the Consumer Debtor’s Primary Residence
- Resolved: Professional Fees in Chapter 11 Cases are Excessive and, in Part, Result from Courts Unwilling to Rein in Fees for Fear of Losing Cases
10:15 - 11:45 a.m.: Plenary Session
- CRO Roundtable: The Evolution and Challenges of Professional Management of the Reorganization Process
2:15 - 3:45 p.m.: Plenary Session
- Bankruptcy Reform Redux: Mortgage and Consumer Credit, Labor, Executive Compensation and Other Legislative Issues in the Democratic Congress
Opening Remarks: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
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Written by: Kenneth M. Freda
The Garden City Group, Inc.; Melville, N.Y.
During the ABI’s 19th Annual Winter Leadership Conference in Palm Springs, Calif., this past December, the Court Administration Committee met on an otherwise bright and sunny southern California morning to discuss the evolution of Electronic Case Filing (ECF) and issues surrounding proofs of claim. I was part of a panel that consisted of Kelly Beaudin Stapleton, the U.S. Trustee for Region 3, and Barry K. Lander, the clerk of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California. At a time in the morning when many people could have chosen to be outdoors on a local golf course, the committee meeting attracted a good number of ABI attendees.
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