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CORINNE BALL, ESQ.

Corinne Ball has nearly 40 years of experience in business financeand restructuring, with a focus on complex corporate reorganizationsand distressed acquisitions, both court-supervised and extra judicial,including matters involving multijurisdictional and cross-borderenterprises. She co-leads the new York office's Business restructuring& reorganization Practice and leads the Firm's european Distressinvesting and alternative Capital initiatives.

Corinne worked extensively on the City of Detroit restructuring, whichfollowed her leading a team of attorneys representing Chrysler in itssuccessful chapter 11 reorganization, which won the InvestmentDealers' Digest Deal of the Year award for 2009. She also led a team ofattorneys in the restructuring of FGiC and the sale of its portfolio toMBia; the successful restructuring of Dana Corp., which emergedfrom bankruptcy in 2008; and has orchestrated many otherreorganizations involving companies such as oncor, oi, oSX, USManufacturing, Metaldyne, axcelis Technologies, Kaiser aluminum,Tarragon, and The Williams Communications Companies. in addition,she has counseled lenders and bondholders in the aBFS, Comdisco,excite@Home, exide Sa, GST Communications, the Houston Sport'sauthority and Jefferson County, european Wind Farms (Breeze) andthe national Portuguese railway, loy Yang B, VariG airlines, andWorldcom restructurings, among others.

Corinne leads the Firm's distressed M&a efforts and is the featured"Distress M&a" columnist for the New York Law Journal. She won TheNational Law Journal's "Most influential lawyer of the Decade inBankruptcy & restructuring," Turnaround Management association's"international Turnaround Company of the Year" award, and wasnamed "Dealmaker of the Year" by American Lawyer.

Corinne has served as a director of the american College ofBankruptcy and american Bankruptcy institute and is a member of theinternational institute on insolvency.

ThursdayOct 31, 2019

M2 – MarquisBallroom 5

3:30 – 5:00 pm

DISTINCTIONS

WITH A

DIFFERENCE –

CONSIDERING

CANADIAN

AND U.S.

SUBSTANTIVE

LAW IN

CROSS-BORDER

RESTRUCTURINGS

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

PETER J. BARRETT, ESQ.

PeTer J. BarreTT, a partner in Kutak rock’s richmond, Virginiaoffice, concentrates his practice on financial restructuring matters.Mr. Barrett represents unsecured and secured creditors, trustees,equity holders, distressed investors and corporate debtors ininsolvency matters, including chapter 11 reorganizations, businessliquidations and out-of-court restructurings. He has significantexperience representing interested parties in asset sales conductedunder the Bankruptcy Code. He has been involved in a number ofcomplex chapter 11 bankruptcy cases throughout the countryinvolving industries such as manufacturing, hospitality, construction,retail, entertainment and real estate. He also works with other firmattorneys to analyze the effects of insolvency and bankruptcy oncorporate and financial transactions. Mr. Barrett also serves as amember of the panel of chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees for the easternDistrict of Virginia, richmond Division. He is licensed to practice inVirginia and California and is a graduate of the University of VirginiaSchool of law.


M2 – MarquisBallroom 6-10

2:00 – 3:30 pm

BLOCKCHAIN

IS COMING:

BLOCKCHAIN

BASICS AND HOW

IT MIGHT ARRIVE

AT A BANKRUPTCY

NEAR YOU

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. SUZANNE H. BAUKNIGHT

SUzanne H. BaUKniGHT was sworn in as United States BankruptcyJudge for the eastern District of Tennessee (at Knoxville) on november10, 2014. Prior to her appointment, she served as an assistant UnitedStates attorney for ten years and was Chief of the Civil Division for thelast eight years. as an aUSa, Judge Bauknight represented variousfederal agencies in a wide variety of civil matters, including bankruptcyand collection of civil and criminal debt. as Civil Chief, she wasappointed by United States attorney General eric H. Holder, Jr., as amember of the attorney General’s advisory Committee during hertime as Chair of the Department of Justice’s Civil Chiefs WorkingGroup.

a native of Hickory, north Carolina, Judge Bauknight received herBachelor of arts degree in international studies magna cum laude withhonors from the South Carolina Honors College at the University ofSouth Carolina in 1994 and her law degree magna cum laude from theUniversity of South Carolina School of law, where she attended on fullscholarship and graduated second in her class in 1997. JudgeBauknight served as law clerk to the Honorable C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr.,Judge of the South Carolina Court of appeals. Before joining theUnited States attorney’s office, Judge Bauknight was an associate atBaker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, where she practicedin the areas of commercial and employment litigation.

Judge Bauknight is a member of the Tennessee, South Carolina, andKnoxville Bar associations, serving for several years as Co-Chair of theKBa’s Government and Public Service Sector lawyers’ Section. Shealso is a past president and emeritus Master of the Bench of theHamilton Burnett Chapter of the american inns of Court. JudgeBauknight also teaches as an adjunct professor at the University ofTennessee College of law and is an associate editor of the americanBankruptcy law Journal.

Judge Bauknight resides in Powell, Tennessee, with her husband andtheir two teenage daughters.

FridayNov 1, 2019

M2 – Marquis Ballroom 3-4

10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

CONSUMER CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. ROBERT DEAN BERGER

JUDGe roBerT Dean BerGer received his undergraduate degreesin history and political science from the University of Kansas and hisjuris doctor degree from the Washburn University School of law. Hewas appointed by the United States Court of appeals of the TenthCircuit as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Kansason october 16, 2003, and was reappointed on october 16, 2017.

Judge Berger is an author for Collier on Bankruptcy and the CollierBankruptcy Practice Guide. He is also a chapter author for the KansasBar association’s Bankruptcy Handbook and is a co-editor of the KansasBar association’s Family Law Handbook bankruptcy chapter. He hasauthored articles for various publications, including The Washburn LawJournal, the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, and the Journal ofthe Kansas Bar Association. Judge Berger has served as a national andregional lecturer on bankruptcy, insolvency, and their interplay withnon-bankruptcy issues.

He counts among his affiliations membership in the americanBankruptcy institute and the national Conference of BankruptcyJudges, including serving on the latter’s Schwartz roundtableCommittee. He is also a founding member of the Kansas Chapter ofthe Federal Bar association.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019

M4 – IndependenceBallroom D

10:15 – 11:30 am

AVOIDING

POTENTIAL

ETHICAL TRAPS

IN UNBUNDLING,

FACTORING, AND

OTHER FEE

ARRANGEMENTS IN

CONSUMER CASES

(ETHICS CLE

APPLIED FOR)

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. PAUL M. BLACK

Hon. PaUl M. BlaCK was appointed as United States BankruptcyJudge for the Western District of Virginia in 2014. a native ofroanoke, Virginia, Judge Black received his undergraduate degreefrom Washington and lee University in 1982, studied at CambridgeUniversity in england, and received his law degree from theUniversity of richmond in 1985. He then served as law clerk to theHonorable Blackwell n. Shelley, United States Bankruptcy Judge forthe eastern District of Virginia. after practicing law in richmond forseveral years, he returned to roanoke where he was a member ofthe regional firm of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PllC. at Spilman, hewas co-chair of the Bankruptcy and Creditor's rights practice group,and his practice focused on commercial litigation, bankruptcy, andbanking and finance law. in private practice, he was named to BestLawyers in multiple areas related to finance and insolvency, toVirginia's “legal elite” by Virginia Business magazine in both Civillitigation and Bankruptcy law, and as a Virginia SuperLawyer in thefield of Bankruptcy law. For many years, he was an active participantin the Boyd-Graves Conference of the Virginia Bar association, whichstudies and makes recommendations to the Virginia legislature onimprovements to civil practice in Virginia. Judge Black was past chairof the litigation Section of the Virginia State Bar, and also chair of theBankruptcy Section of the Virginia Bar association. He served as amember of the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board from 2007-2013.Judge Black is a frequent speaker to insolvency professionals onmatters pertaining to bankruptcy, litigation, and ethics.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


10:15 – 11:30 am

AVOIDING

POTENTIAL

ETHICAL TRAPS

IN UNBUNDLING,

FACTORING, AND

OTHER FEE

ARRANGEMENTS IN

CONSUMER CASES

(ETHICS CLE

APPLIED FOR)

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. SHERI BLUEBOND

on February 1, 2001, SHeri BlUeBonD was appointed by the ninthCircuit as a bankruptcy judge for the Central District of California,sitting in downtown los angeles. She served as Chief BankruptcyJudge for the district from January 1, 2015 through December 31,2018. Prior to taking the bench, she was a partner in the law firm ofirell & Manella llP, where she co-chaired the Creditors= rights andinsolvency Group, specializing in bankruptcy, debtor/creditor relationsand business litigation, representing debtors in possession andtrustees as well as secured and unsecured creditors.

She is a graduate of UCla law School, where she served on the UClalaw review, earned numerous american Jurisprudence awards andgraduated order of the Coif, first in her class. Judge Bluebond is aFellow of the american Bankruptcy College and a member of the losangeles County Bar association, the american Bar association and theamerican Bankruptcy institute. She currently serves on the executiveCommittee and the Bankruptcy Committee of the Commercial lawand Bankruptcy Section of the los angeles County Bar association andthe Board of Governors of the los angeles Bankruptcy Forum and hasat various times served on the Board of Trustees of Jewish BigBrothers Big Sisters of los angeles/Camp Max Straus, the Board ofGovernors of the Financial lawyers Conference, the Board of Directorsof the Turnaround Management association and the Board of Trusteesfor the los angeles County Bar association.



9:00 – 10:30 am

BROKEN BENCH

BIRTHDAY BASH

CELEBRATING

40 YEARS OF

THE BANKRUPTCY

CODE

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

TYLER P. BROWN, ESQ.

TYler P. BroWn is a partner with Hunton andrews Kurth llP inrichmond, and is co-chair of the firm’s Bankruptcy, restructuring &Creditors’ rights Practice Group. Tyler has substantial experiencehandling complex bankruptcy matters from both the creditor and thedebtor sides. He regularly represents creditors committees andhandles loan workouts, lender liability claims, contract disputes,landlord-tenant disputes and other commercial litigation at the trialand appellate levels. Mr. Brown provides transactional and lendingadvice to commercial, consumer and mortgage lenders, private equityfirms and hedge funds, and public and private companies. He hasextensive litigation experience with adversary proceedings andcontested matters in U.S. Bankruptcy Courts and commercial litigationin numerous state and federal courts.

Mr. Brown received his J.D. in 1987 from Washington & lee School oflaw, where he served as editor-in-Chief of the Washington & Lee LawReview. Following law school, he clerked for the Honorable richard H.Poff, Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, before joining Hunton &Williams in 1988, which became Hunton andrews Kurth llP in 2018.Mr. Brown is a Fellow of the american College of Bankruptcy and ofthe Virginia Bar Foundation, is the immediate past President of theGreater richmond Bar Foundation, previously served as a member ofthe Board of Governors of the Bankruptcy Section of the Virginia StateBar, and is a past President of the Bar association of the City ofrichmond. Mr. Brown currently serves as Chair of the PlanningCommittee of the Mid-atlantic institute on Bankruptcy andreorganization Practice and is the editor of the treatise, Enforcementof Liens and Judgments in Virginia.

FridayNov 1, 2019


11:45 am – 12:45 pm

NEW CONSUMER

LOAN PRODUCTS

AND POTENTIAL

BANKRUPTCY

IMPLICATIONS

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

MARGARET A. BURKS, ESQ.

MarGareT a. BUrKS was appointed as the chapter 13 Trustee forthe Southern District of ohio at Cincinnati in July of 1992. Ms. Burksreceived a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of arts from theUniversity of Cincinnati in 1977, magna cum laude. She is a member ofPhi Beta Kappa. She received her Juris Doctor from Salmon P. Chase,College of law in 1985. While at Chase College of law, Ms. Burks was amember of the law review. She was law Clerk to Honorable J. Vincentaug, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Judge from 1988 to 1991, and Counsel to PnCBank in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial law. Ms. Burks hasserved as Chairperson of the CBa Bankruptcy Committee. She is a pastPresident of the national association of Ch. 13 Trustees and currentlyserves on the Board. She has also co-chaired the aBi ConsumerBankruptcy Committee.Saturday

Nov 2, 2019


4:00 – 5:00 pm

PORSCHES AND

CLUNKERS –

A ROAD TRIP

THROUGH

CAR ISSUES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

PROF. ANTHONY J. CASEY

TonY CaSeY is a professor at The University of Chicago law School.He is an expert on business law and corporate bankruptcy. Hisresearch – which has been published in various outlets including theYale Law Journal, the Columbia Law Review, the Supreme Court Review,and the University of Chicago Law Review – examines the intersectionof finance and law. His projects and courses have explored theinterplay of doctrine, strategy, and theory in the areas of corporatereorganization, business organization, financial regulation, and civilprocedure.

Before entering academics, Professor Casey was a partner at Kirklandand ellis, llP. Before joining Kirkland & ellis, he was an associate atWachtell, lipton, rosen & Katz. His legal practice focused on corporatebankruptcy, merger litigation, white-collar investigations, securitieslitigation, and complex class actions. Professor Casey also served as alaw clerk for Chief Judge Joel M. Flaum of the United States Court ofappeals for the Seventh Circuit. Professor Casey received his JD, withHigh Honors in 2002 from The University of Chicago law School.



9:00 – 10:30 am

BROKEN BENCH

BIRTHDAY BASH

CELEBRATING

40 YEARS OF

THE BANKRUPTCY

CODE

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. THOMAS J. CATLIOTA

THe HonoraBle THoMaS J. CaTlioTa has served as a UnitedStates Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Maryland since 2006. Priorto his appointment, Judge Catliota was a partner in the law firm ofPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, and its Washington, D.Cpredecessor, Shaw Pittman. There, he chaired the bankruptcy andinsolvency practice for 7 years. His practice addressed all aspects ofinsolvency law, including the representation of debtors, creditors orcommittees in bankruptcy courts across the country. He participatedin bankruptcy cases in the real estate, health care, trucking,technology and food services industries, among others. He alsospecialized in commercial litigation.

Until December, 2018, Judge Catliota served as the Fourth Circuitrepresentative and Chair of the Bankruptcy Judges advisory Group,which advises the Director of the administrative office of the UnitedStates Courts on matters pertaining to the operation of thebankruptcy court system. He is a regular speaker and instructor atbankruptcy seminars and conferences.

Judge Catliota is a graduate of Marquette University (B.S. 1977) andthe Columbus School of law of the Catholic University of america (J.D.1983), where he received the Faculty award. He holds a Masters oflaws in Taxation from Georgetown University law Center (l.l.M.1985).



2:00 – 3:30 pm

BLOCKCHAIN

IS COMING:

BLOCKCHAIN

BASICS AND HOW

IT MIGHT ARRIVE

AT A BANKRUPTCY

NEAR YOU

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. DANIEL P. COLLINS

Daniel P. CollinS was appointed a Judge of the U.S. BankruptcyCourt for the District of arizona, effective as of January 18, 2013. Heserved as the Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the District of arizona fromMarch 2014 to March 2018. immediately prior to taking the bench, hewas a shareholder of the law firm of Collins, May, Potenza, Baran &Gillespie, P.C., located in Phoenix, arizona. He received a B.S. infinance and accounting (1980) and J.D. (1983) from the University ofarizona. He started his legal career with the law firm of rawlins,Burrus, lewkowitz & Feinstein, P.C., practicing primarily in the areas ofbankruptcy, commercial litigation and commercial transactions. Danserved on the State Bar of arizona Subcommittee on the UniformFraudulent Transfer act. He served as chairman of the BankruptcySection of the State of arizona and was a lawyer representative tothe 9th Circuit Court of appeals. He was granted the St. Thomas Moreaward in 2017. Dan is presently an at large Governor of the nationalConference of Bankruptcy Judges, a member of the Board of Directorsof the american Bankruptcy institute, on the Board of the PhoenixChapter of the Federal Bar association and is a member of theUniversity of arizona law School’s Board of Visitors. He is a foundingmember of the arizona Bankruptcy american inn of Court, State Bar ofarizona, american Bar association and Maricopa County Bar. Dan andhis wife raised their 5 children in Phoenix.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

BUSINESS CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. REBECCA B. CONNELLY

THe HonoraBle reBeCCa B. ConnellY is the Chief United StatesBankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Virginia. She wasappointed as a Bankruptcy Judge in July 2012. She is a formerStanding chapter 13 Trustee and chapter 12 Trustee for the WesternDistrict of Virginia. Judge Connelly serves on the Board for Care and isan adjunct professor of law at Washington and lee University Schoolof law.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019

M4 – IndependenceBallroom A–B

2:45 – 3:45 pm

CLASH OF THE

CODES: TAX ISSUES

IN CONSUMER

BANKRUPTCY

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

PROF. LAURA COORDES

laUra CoorDeS is an associate Professor at arizona State UniversitySandra Day o’Connor College of law. Her research interests includecorporate reorganizations, venue transfer and forum shopping issues,municipal bankruptcies, and debtors that are overlooked by thetraditional bankruptcy framework. Her teaching interests includebankruptcy law, secured transactions, and contracts.

laura received her J.D. with honors from The University of Chicagolaw School, where she was a Bradley Fellow and served on TheUniversity of Chicago law review. She completed a legal fellowship atthe Student Press law Center after receiving her degree. Beforecoming to the College of law, laura practiced in the Business, Financeand restructuring Department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in newYork.Thursday

Oct 31, 2019


11:00 am – 12:30 pm

ABLJ SYMPOSIUM:

EQUITABLE

POWERS OF THE

BANKRUPTCY

COURT 40 YEARS

AFTER THE

ENACTMENT OF

THE BANKRUPTCY

CODE

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

KAREN CORDRY, ESQ.

Karen CorDrY is the Bankruptcy and Special issues Counsel for thenational association of attorneys General. She graduated with HighestHonors from Wayne State University law School in 1977 andsubsequently obtained an l.l.M., again with Highest Honors, fromGeorge Washington University in 1987. She worked for the nationallabor relations Board (nlrB) from 1977 until February 1992; sincethen, she has been employed at the national association of attorneysGeneral (naaG).

Since coming to naaG, Ms. Cordry has worked to assist state agenciesto take a more active role in enforcing state regulatory policies andcollecting financial obligations during bankruptcy proceedings. inaddition to conducting multi-day seminars on “Bankruptcy and theGovernment lawyer,” she has spoken at many other bankruptcyprograms, and written articles on bankruptcy issues of interest togovernmental entities for many publications, including several fornorton’s annual Survey of Bankruptcy law. She also serves as aneditor and contributor for the “affairs of State” column for theAmerican Bankruptcy Institute Journal. She maintains a network forstate attorneys working on bankruptcy issues and publishes aquarterly bulletin describing important new cases. She has alsorepresented the claims of many states in a number of cases, rangingfrom taxes to consumer protection to environmental protection totobacco cases and has sat as the states’ representative on thecreditors’ committee in a number of asbestos bankruptcy cases. She iscurrently preparing the second edition of her bankruptcy manual,“Bankruptcy law and the Governmental regulatory Process," whichexplores the interaction between governmental enforcement actionsand the Bankruptcy Code. She also leads programs for the nationalattorneys General Training and research institute (“naGTri”) on StateDefense litigation.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


2:45 – 3:45 pm

WHAT DO THE

FDCPA AND THE

CFPB’S DEBT

COLLECTION

RULEMAKING HAVE

TO DO WITH

BANKRUPTCY?

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

DAVID COX, ESQ.

DaViD CoX practices bankruptcy law throughout the Western Districtof Virginia from his offices in lynchburg, Danville, Staunton,Harrisonburg and Winchester. Prior to entering private practice, Davidserved as a judicial law clerk for the late Hon. William e. anderson. Heis the coeditor of the treatise, Bankruptcy Practice in Virginia,coauthored the fourth edition of the american Bankruptcy institute’sbook, Consumer Bankruptcy: Fundamentals of chapter 7 and chapter 13of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and has lectured at numerous regionaland national Cle programs related to bankruptcy. David became apermanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference in 2009,he was inducted as a Fellow of the american College of Bankruptcy inMarch, 2013, and served on the Case administration Committee ofthe aBi Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy in 2017-18.Saturday

Nov 2, 2019


2:45 – 3:45 pm

CLASH OF THE

CODES: TAX ISSUES

IN CONSUMER

BANKRUPTCY

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. D. SIMS CRAWFORD

JUDGe D. SiMS CraWForD was appointed to serve as a UnitedStates Bankruptcy Judge for the northern District of alabama,Southern Division, on September 1, 2016. Judge Crawford previouslyserved as the chapter 13 Standing Trustee for the northern District ofalabama, Southern Division, from 2004 until his appointment as abankruptcy judge. Prior to his appointment as chapter 13 trustee,Judge Crawford served as the trustee's staff attorney for 7 years.Before that, he was engaged in the private practice of law inBirmingham, alabama.

Judge Crawford served as Chair of the Bankruptcy and Commerciallaw Section of the Birmingham Bar association in 2007 and he servedon the Board of the Birmingham Bar Foundation in 2008-2009. Heserved as the President of the national association of chapter 13Trustees (naCTT) in 2016, after serving as an officer and a boardmember of that organization for 7 years. He was also a member ofseveral naCTT committees. Judge Crawford has spoken at more than60 bankruptcy seminars on a local, regional, and national level. Healso served as an adjunct instructor for 5 years teaching Debtor-Creditor law at Samford University through the aBa paralegalcertification program. He is currently a member of the nationalConference of Bankruptcy Judges, and a judicial member of theamerican Bar association, the american Bankruptcy institute, and thealabama State Bar.

Judge Crawford earned his B.a. from the University of alabama andhis J.D. from Cumberland School of law at Samford University.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

CONSUMER CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

KAREN M. CROWLEY, ESQ.

Karen M. CroWleY is the managing shareholder of Crowleyliberatore P.C., a firm located in norfolk, Virginia. She has workedwith the law firm since 1994, focusing throughout her career on debtrestructuring and commercial litigation. She represents primarilycommercial and consumer debtors in federal and state court,including commercial litigation, workouts and bankruptcies. althoughprimarily serving as debtor’s counsel, Karen has extensive experiencerepresenting the other players in bankruptcy cases, including chapter7 Trustees, creditors, committees of unsecured creditors, defendantsin bankruptcy causes of action, principals of chapter 11 debtors andpurchasers of assets. She has actively participated in numerousindividual and corporate chapter 11 cases, serving as lead or co-leadcounsel in most of these cases. Throughout her career she hasrepresented the participants, both commercial and consumer, inchapter 7 bankruptcy cases. in 2008, she began representation ofchapter 13 Debtors.

Prior to entering into private practice, Karen served as a judicial lawclerk for the late Honorable Hal J. Bonney, Jr., United StatesBankruptcy Court Judge for the eastern District of Virginia. She beganprivate practice in 1994 as an associate with the Honorable Frank J.Santoro, who is a current United States Bankruptcy Court Judge forthe eastern District of Virginia. She graduated in 1993 from regentUniversity School of law and in 1990 from oral roberts University.Karen is admitted to practice in Virginia and various federal courts,including the United States Supreme Court.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


10:15 – 11:30 am

AVOIDING

POTENTIAL

ETHICAL TRAPS

IN UNBUNDLING,

FACTORING, AND

OTHER FEE

ARRANGEMENTS IN

CONSUMER CASES

(ETHICS CLE

APPLIED FOR)

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. JEFFERY A. DELLER

THe HonoraBle JeFFerY a. Deller is a Federal Judge who hasserved on the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western Districtof Pennsylvania (the “Court”) since 2005. in 2013, Judge Deller waselevated to Chief Judge of the Court and served in this capacity until2018. in this position, Judge Deller was the lead judicial officer andoversaw the day-to-day operations of the Court.

Judge Deller has served the Court with distinction and has been thejudicial officer assigned to thousands of bankruptcy cases andadversary proceedings (civil actions) filed in the Western District ofPennsylvania. Some of the notable cases over which he has presidedinclude: the plan of liquidation of rex energy and its affiliates, whichhad over a billion dollars of claims; the corporate restructuring ofPittsburgh’s most visible and iconic hotel formerly known as thePittsburgh Hilton; the reorganization of the Pittsburgh riverhoundsprofessional soccer team; the reorganization of the historic Pittsburghathletic association; the reorganization of Pittsburgh’s largest taxioperator Pittsburgh Transportation Group, and the bankruptcy of theTrustees of Conneaut lake Park, inc.

Judge Deller served as the editor-in-Chief of the prestigious AmericanBankruptcy Law Journal and has served as an adjunct faculty memberat both the Duquesne University School of law and the University ofPittsburgh School of law– teaching bankruptcy related classes and thelaw of secured transactions. recently, Judge Deller served as theChair of the law School Dean Search Committee at DuquesneUniversity. Judge Deller is also a Fellow of the american College ofBankruptcy.

Prior to his appointment to the bench, and after graduating cum laudeand as a member of the law review from the Duquesne UniversitySchool of law, Judge Deller was an associate attorney and thenshareholder at the law firm of Klett rooney lieber & Schorling (nowknown as Buchanan ingersoll & rooney), where he had a nationalpractice specializing in bankruptcy and commercial law.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

BUSINESS CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

PROF. DIANE LOURDES DICK

Diane loUrDeS DiCK, associate Professor of law at SeattleUniversity, focuses her teaching and scholarship on commercialfinance, corporate bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions, andcorporate taxation. Diane has published or forthcoming articles in lawreviews, peer-reviewed journals, practitioner-oriented publications,and on prominent commercial law blogs. Her work has been selectedvia blind review for highly competitive conferences, including the 16thannual Yale/Stanford/Harvard Junior Faculty Forum, the emergingScholars in Commercial and Consumer law panel of the americanassociation of law Schools annual Meeting, and the GeorgeWashington University Center for law, economics & Finance JuniorFaculty Business and Financial law Workshop. She has been invited todeliver lectures at the Harvard Kennedy School, The Brookingsinstitution, and at professional association meetings, law schools, andgraduate tax programs around the country. Her scholarship has beenshowcased by The New York Times and Reuters BreakingViews, and hasbeen cited and discussed by courts and litigants. Diane is also active inpractitioner circles in the Pacific northwest and around the country,and regularly consults with attorneys, investors, private equity funds,and think tanks about commercial finance, bankruptcy and insolvency,and business taxation.



11:00 am – 12:30 pm

ABLJ SYMPOSIUM:

EQUITABLE

POWERS OF THE

BANKRUPTCY

COURT 40 YEARS

AFTER THE

ENACTMENT OF

THE BANKRUPTCY

CODE

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

JENNY L. DOLING, ESQ.

JennY l. DolinG is a founding partner of Doling Shaw & Hanover,aPC, a bankruptcy and insolvency firm serving Southern Californiawith its main office in Palm Desert, California. Ms. Doling representstrustees, creditors and consumer and business debtors in chapter 7,11, 12, and 13 bankruptcy matters. She is also a California licensedreal estate broker.

Ms. Doling is an active member of the bankruptcy bar. She serves onthe Board of Directors for the national association of ConsumerBankruptcy attorneys (naCBa). She speaks nationally on ConsumerBankruptcy issues for naCBa, naCTT, nCBJ, aBi, and CBF. She serveson the Central District of California Bankruptcy Bar advisoryCommittee to the Judges. in addition, she is an aBi chapter 13 Sub-Committee member for the aBi Commission to Congress on ConsumerBankruptcy issues.

Ms. Doling is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts inCalifornia and nevada. She is admitted to practice before the UnitedStates ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of appeals. in 2013, she washonored with the national Distinguished Services award by naCBa. in2016, she received the Hammes-Shulman legislative advocacy awardfor her work on SB308 to change the California homesteadexemptions. Ms. Doling is the professor of Bankruptcy law at theCalifornia Desert Trial academy.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019

M4 – Independence Ballroom D

1:30 – 2:30 pm

ADVANCED

HOT TOPICS

IN CONSUMER

BANKRUPTCY

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

THOMAS DOMONOSKE, ESQ.

THoMaS DoMonoSKe graduated with honors from the HastingsCollege of law, San Francisco, California, in May 1989, and completedits Public interest law Program. He received his Bachelor of artsdegree from occidental College, los angeles California, in March1985.

Mr. Domonoske began practicing law in California in 1990 beforemoving to north Carolina where he taught classes at the UnC lawSchool. He then practiced as a legal aid lawyer with the Virginia legalaid Society, inc., from 1993 through 1996. From July 1996 throughaugust 2000 he was a Senior lecturing Fellow at Duke law School.While at Duke, he maintained a small consumer law practice inVirginia as of Counsel with the law office of Dale W. Pittman. inaugust 2000, he returned to Virginia and continued focusing hispractice on consumer law, particularly the federal statutes thatregulate financial transactions. after working with the legal aidJustice Center for many years, he joined Consumer litigationassociates in 2016.

He has published many articles on several aspects of consumer lawand has given over 170 consumer law trainings to a wide variety ofgroups, and has regularly trained JaG lawyers for the United Statesmilitary. He has served as a member of the Harrisonburg City SchoolBoard and also on the Board of Directors of the national associationof Consumer advocates and a local mediation center. recently he hasbeen bringing adversary proceedings inside chapter 13 bankruptciesto enforce Bankruptcy rule 9001 and the Fair Debt CollectionPractices act.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


2:45 – 3:45 pm

WHAT DO THE

FDCPA AND THE

CFPB’S DEBT

COLLECTION

RULEMAKING HAVE

TO DO WITH

BANKRUPTCY?

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. ROBERT DRAIN

roBerT Drain is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the SouthernDistrict of new York.

Judge Drain received his B.a. degree cum laude with honors from YaleUniversity in 1979 and his J.D. degree in 1984 from the ColumbiaUniversity School of law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholarfor three years.

at the time of his appointment in 2002, he was a partner in theBankruptcy Department of the new York law firm of Paul, Weiss,rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where he represented debtors, trustees,secured and unsecured creditors, official and unofficial creditorscommittees, and buyers of distressed businesses and distressed debtin chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings and bankruptcy-related litigation. He also was actively involved in severaltransnational insolvency matters.

Judge Drain is a fellow of the american College of Bankruptcy and amember and board member of the american Bankruptcy institute, amember of the international insolvency institute, a member andboard member of the national Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and afounding member of the Judicial insolvency network. He also is thecurrent chair of the Bankruptcy Judges advisory Group establishedthrough the administrative office of the U.S. Courts. He was anadjunct professor for several years at St. John’s University School oflaw’s llM in Bankruptcy Program and currently is an adjunctprofessor at Pace University School of law and has lectured andwritten on numerous bankruptcy-related topics.

Since his appointment he has presided over such chapter 11 cases asloral, rCn, Cornerstone, refco, allegiance Telecom, Delphi, CoudertBrothers, Frontier airlines, Star Tribune, reader’s Digest, a&P, HostessBrands, Christian Brothers, Momentive, Cenveo, 21st Centuryoncology, Tops, G a&T, Sears, and Fully Beauty Brands. He also haspresided over the ancillary or plenary cases, as the case may be, ofCorporacion Durango, Satellites Mexicanas, Parmalat S. p. a. and itsaffiliated United States debtors, Varig S.a., Yukos (ii), SphinX, GalvexSteel, TBS Shipping, excel Maritime, nautilus, landsbanki islands,roust and Ultrapetrol. He has served as the court-appointed mediatorin a number of chapter 11 cases, including new Page, Cengage,Quicksilver, lightSquared, Molycorp and Breitburn energy.

He is the author of a novel, The Great Work in the United States of



3:30 – 5:00 pm

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FORD ELSAESSER, ESQ.

ForD elSaeSSer, a Youngstown, ohio native, received his J.D. fromthe University of idaho College of law in 1977. in 1980, elsaesser co-founded the law firm now known as elsaesser anderson, Chtd., withoffices in Sandpoint, Priest river and Coeur d’alene, idaho.

For over 40 years, elsaesser has developed a nationally-recognizedpractice in bankruptcy law and has also served as a chapter 7 andchapter 12 Trustee in over 40,000 cases. Ford has served as counselfor debtors, Committees, and as chapter 11 Trustee, Plan Trustee,receiver, and examiner in a broad variety of chapter 11 casesthroughout the northwest.

Ford successfully argued against routine vacatur in one of his chapter11 cases, before the United States Supreme Court, resulting in a 9-0decision written by the late Justice antonin Scalia. More recently,elsaesser has been lead bankruptcy counsel in several CatholicDiocese bankruptcies, ranging from Duluth, Minnesota, to Santa Fe,new Mexico, to the Territory of Guam.

elsaesser has been the bankruptcy professor at the University of idahoCollege of law for 15 years, and has been an adjunct professor in thell.M. Program at St. John’s University School of law for 15 years.

Ford was recognized by the University of idaho College of law faculty,who awarded him the order of legal Merit award. in 2017, theamerican Bankruptcy institute presented him the lifetimeachievement award for his service to the american Bankruptcyinstitute and to the bankruptcy community.

locally, Ford has served for many years as the chairman of the Boardof Bonner General Hospital, the local full-service hospital in theSandpoint region. He helped found and serves on the Board of FoodFor our Children, which was created to deal with food insecurity forlow-income children in rural north idaho. Since 2000, elsaesser hasbeen appointed by four different idaho Governors as Chairman of thelake Pend oreille, Pend oreille river, Priest lake and Priest riverCommission, to help protect water quality and quantity in northidaho’s pristine lakes and rivers.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


4:00 – 5:00 pm

PORSCHES AND

CLUNKERS –

A ROAD TRIP

THROUGH

CAR ISSUES

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Speaker Bios |

CAROL EVANS

Carol eVanS is an associate Director in the Division of Consumer andCommunity affairs at the Federal reserve Board. Carol providesstrategic direction and legal expertise to the Federal reserve’s consumerprotection activities. She leads several areas, including fair lending andUDaP enforcement, consumer protection policy and outreach, andconsumer protection/community reinvestment analysis for mergers andacquisitions. in this role, she focuses on identifying emerging consumerprotection risks and ensuring that the Federal reserve’s policies,examination programs and outreach efforts are effectively aligned. She also co-leads the Division’s efforts to understand the implications of fintech trends for financial inclusion and consumer protection andrecently wrote an article about potential UDaP and fair lending risks.(“Keeping Fintech Fair: Thinking about Fair lending and UDaP risks”(2017) (https://consumercomplianceoutlook.org/2017/second-issue/keeping-fintech-fair-thinking-about-fair-lending-and-udap-risks/).Carol regularly speaks at conferences and with industry and consumeradvocacy groups. She also is the past chairwoman of the FFieCConsumer Compliance Task Force.

Carol came to the Board with broad experience in fair lending andlitigation. She worked for the U.S. Department of Justice in both theCivil rights Division and the Civil Division. in the Civil rights Division,Carol focused on fair lending enforcement, including indirect auto andmortgage lending discrimination. in the Civil Division, she defendedfederal agencies in litigation challenging the legality of governmentregulations, policies and actions. She also worked as an associateGeneral Counsel in the legal Department at Fannie Mae, where sheprovided fair lending and anti-predatory lending advice.

Carol graduated magna cum laude from both Smith College and Harvardlaw School. after law school, she clerked for the U.S. Court of appealsfor the Sixth Circuit. Prior to attending law school, she did econometricmodeling and coauthored several publications.

FridayNov 1, 2019


11:45 am – 12:45 pm

NEW CONSUMER

LOAN PRODUCTS

AND POTENTIAL

BANKRUPTCY

IMPLICATIONS

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. MICHAEL A. FAGONE

MiCHael a. FaGone is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for theDistrict of Maine in Bangor, appointed in april 2015. He is also amember of the United States Bankruptcy appellate Panel for the FirstCircuit, appointed in april 2016. Judge Fagone was born in Portland,and grew up in South Portland. He obtained a Bachelor of artsdegree from amherst College in 1993. He attended the University ofMaine School of law, graduating summa cum laude in 1997. Duringlaw school, he served on the law review, and was an articles editor inhis third year. after graduation, Judge Fagone worked as a law clerkfor associate Justices leigh i. Saufley and robert W. Clifford of theMaine Supreme Judicial Court. Following his clerkship, Judge Fagonejoined Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & nelson in Portland. He was amember of Bernstein Shur’s Business restructuring and insolvencyPractice Group from 1998 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2015. Herepresented clients in bankruptcy cases and in out-of-courtrestructurings. While practicing law, Judge Fagone was recognized inThe Best Lawyers in america and by Chambers USA as one of the topbankruptcy lawyers in Maine. He is Board Certified in BusinessBankruptcy law by the american Board of Certification. in the past,Judge Fagone served on the board of directors of the nathan andHenry B. Cleaves law library, and on the board of directors of theDyer/library and Saco Museum. Judge Fagone currently serves on theamerican Bankruptcy institute’s Board of Directors, and is a volunteerwith the aBi’s financial literacy program, Credit abuse resistanceeducation (or Care), teaching students about the responsible use ofcredit and the dangers of credit abuse. Judge Fagone has alsovolunteered for several years, as a coach and an evaluator, for Mainelaw’s teams in the Conrad B. Duberstein Moot Court Competition.



11:00 am – 12:30 pm

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VICTORIA A. FERRARO, ESQ.

ViCToria a. Ferraro is a Member of Ferraro Hancock andassociates, PllC, in nashville, Tennessee, where her practice areasinclude bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, collections, repossessions,foreclosure, and domestic relations. Ms. Ferraro began her practice ineast Tennessee and then moved to nashville in 2002 when she joinedthe law Firm of Williams & Prochaska, P.C. as an associate. Through afew names changes, Ms. Ferraro has remained with the firm becomingPartner in 2009 and Chief Manager in 2019. She is admitted topractice before the U.S. District Court for the eastern, Middle andWestern districts of Tennessee. She earned her B.a. degree at theUniversity of Tennessee, and her J.D. degree at the University ofMemphis. Ms. Ferraro is a member of the Tennessee Bar association;nashville Bar association (past co-chair, Bankruptcy Committee) ;national association of chapter 13 Trustees; american Bankruptcyinstitute; national Creditors’ Bar, association of Commercial Financeattorneys; and was included as a Super lawyer in the field ofbankruptcy by Super lawyers Magazine; and also a Tennessee’s Topattorneys in the MidSouth.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


4:00 – 5:00 pm

PORSCHES AND

CLUNKERS –

A ROAD TRIP

THROUGH

CAR ISSUES

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HON. ROBERT E. GERBER (RET.)

roBerT e. GerBer retired from the federal bench in January 2016,having served, for 15 years, as a United States Bankruptcy Judge in theSouthern District of new York. During his tenure as a federalbankruptcy judge, he presided over a wide variety of chapter 11,chapter 7, chapter 15, section 304 and SiPa cases—including AmesDepartment Stores, PSINet, Global Crossing, Adelphia, Lyondell Chemical,BearingPoint, DBSD North America, Chemtura, Pinnacle Airlines, andGeneral Motors.

During his judicial tenure in the Southern District of new York, hepresided over more than 20 cases with over $100 million in debt,including 10 with over $1 billion in debt. over the course of that time,he issued about 200 published opinions, principally in the businessbankruptcy and corporate governance areas.

in February 2016, he became of Counsel to the law firm of JosephHage aaronson, new York, nY. He now offers services in bankruptcyand commercial expert testimony, fiduciary work, arbitration,mediation, and consulting.

He is also is an adjunct Professor of law at Columbia law School(where he teaches Columbia’s advanced Bankruptcy Seminar); acontributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy; and a Fellow (and formerdirector) of the american College of Bankruptcy.

He earned his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Columbia lawSchool, from which he graduated in 1970, and where, among otherthings, he was a James Kent Scholar. Before going on the bench, hepracticed with the firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, innew York City, specializing in securities and commercial litigation and,thereafter, bankruptcy litigation and counseling. He served in theUnited States air Force from 1971 to 1972, as a First lieutenant,serving in the areas of aircraft procurement and production and legalassistance to air Force personnel and their families.

FridayNov 1, 2019


11:45 am – 12:45 pm

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LINK BREAKS:

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INSOLVENCIES —

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HON. MARTIN GLENN

MarTin Glenn was sworn in as a U.S. bankruptcy judge for theSouthern District of new York on nov. 30, 2006.

From 1972 until his appointment to the bench, Glenn practiced lawwith o’Melveny & Myers in los angeles from 1972–85 and in newYork from 1985–06, focusing on complex civil litigation, includingsecurities, riCo, financial and accounting fraud, and unfaircompetition.

He is a member of the following: United States Judicial Conference’scommittee on international judicial relations; Bankruptcy Judgesadvisory Group of the administrative office of the U.S. Courts; newYork Federal-State Judicial Council; american law institute;international insolvency institute; new York City Bar association andits federal courts committee; Federal Bar Council; and the Federal BarCouncil american inns of Court. He is a frequent lecturer onbankruptcy-related issues.

Glenn was a law clerk for Honorable Henry J. Friendly, Chief Judge ofthe 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of appeals from 1971 to 1972.

He received his J.D. degree from rutgers law School in 1971, wherehe was an articles editor of the Rutgers Law Review and his B.S. degreefrom Cornell University in 1968.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

BUSINESS CASES

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HON. MARY P. GORMAN

THe HonoraBle MarY P. GorMan serves as Chief BankruptcyJudge for the Central District of illinois. Judge Gorman was appointedto serve a 14-year term in September 2005 by the Seventh CircuitCourt of appeals. She became Chief Judge in January 2013. Herchambers are located in Springfield, illinois.

Judge Gorman graduated with honors from rosary College (nowDominican University) and also attended the University of Fribourg,Switzerland. She graduated with high honors from the University ofillinois College of law serving as a member of the law review andorder of the Coif. She has been admitted to practice by the illinoisSupreme Court, the northern District of illinois, the Central District ofillinois, the Seventh Circuit Court of appeals, the United States TaxCourt, and the United States Supreme Court. Prior to herappointment, Judge Gorman practiced in the areas of bankruptcy andcommercial transactions and litigation.

Judge Gorman is a past president of the Winnebago County Barassociation and has been active on the illinois State Bar association’sTask Force on the Unauthorized Practice of law and the Commercial,Banking, and Bankruptcy Section Council. From 1999 to 2003, JudgeGorman was an adjunct professor of bankruptcy law at the northernillinois University College of law. She is currently a member of thenational Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the american Bankruptcyinstitute, and the illinois State, Winnebago County, and SangamonCounty Bar associations.

Judge Gorman has served on the administrative office of the UnitedStates Courts’ Bankruptcy Judges advisory Group and on theadministrative office’s Budget and Finance advisory Committee. Shecurrently serves as one of the five bankruptcy judge representativeson the Judicial Conference Committee on the administration of theBankruptcy System and also serves as a liaison to the JudicialConference advisory Committee on Bankruptcy rules.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

CONSUMER CASES

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HON. NEIL M. GORSUCH

neil M. GorSUCH, associate Justice, was born in Denver, Colorado,august 29, 1967. He and his wife louise have two daughters. Hereceived a B.a. from Columbia University, a J.D. from Harvard lawSchool, and a D.Phil. from oxford University. He served as a law clerkto Judge David B. Sentelle of the United States Court of appeals forthe District of Columbia Circuit, and as a law clerk to Justice ByronWhite and Justice anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of theUnited States. From 1995–2005, he was in private practice, and from2005–2006 he was Principal Deputy associate attorney General at theU.S. Department of Justice. He was appointed to the United StatesCourt of appeals for the Tenth Circuit in 2006. He served on theStanding Committee on rules for Practice and Procedure of the U.S.Judicial Conference, and as chairman of the advisory Committee onrules of appellate Procedure. He taught at the University of Coloradolaw School. President Donald J. Trump nominated him as an associateJustice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat on april 10, 2017.

FridayNov 1, 2019


3:30 – 4:30 pm

NCBJ SPECIAL

EVENT: FIRESIDE

CHAT WITH

JUSTICE GORSUCH

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. LAURA K. GRANDY

JUDGe laUra K. GranDY received her B.a. from eastern illinoisUniversity with highest honors, and her J.D. from St. louis University.She was appointed Chief Judge for the United States Bankruptcy Courtfor the Southern District of illinois in 2010. Prior to her appointment,Judge Grandy was a principal with the law firm of Mathis, Marifian,richter & Grandy, where her practice concentrated in corporatereorganizations, bankruptcy and banking. She also served as a chapter7 Panel Trustee for 18 years. While in private practice, Judge Grandysuccessfully argued a case before the United States Supreme Court.

Judge Grandy enjoys speaking throughout the community aboutbankruptcy related issues. She has served on several committees ofthe national Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. Most of all, JudgeGrandy is an obsessive St. louis Cardinals fan.

Judge Grandy is a member of the national Conference of BankruptcyJudges, the illinois State Bar association, the Missouri Bar, the St. ClairCounty Bar association, BaSil and the national association ofBankruptcy Trustees. She can also be found volunteering at manylocal events.



9:00 – 10:30 am

BROKEN BENCH

BIRTHDAY BASH

CELEBRATING

40 YEARS OF

THE BANKRUPTCY

CODE

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. JOHN T. GREGG

Hon. JoHn T. GreGG was appointed as a bankruptcy judge in theUnited States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michiganon July 17, 2014. Before his appointment, he was a partner with thelaw firm of Barnes & Thornburg llP, where he focused on corporaterestructuring, bankruptcy and other insolvency matters. Judge Greggis a frequent writer and speaker on bankruptcy and other commercialissues. He has written and co-edited numerous secondary sources,including Collier Guide to chapter 11, published by lexisnexis,Strategies for Secured Creditors in Workouts and Foreclosures, publishedby ali-aBa, Issues for Suppliers and Customers of Financially TroubledAuto Suppliers, published by the american Bankruptcy institute,Michigan Security Interests in Personal Property, published by theinstitute of Continuing legal education, Handling Consumer and SmallBusiness Bankruptcies in Michigan, published by the institute ofContinuing legal education, Interrupted! Understanding Bankruptcy’sEffects on Manufacturing Supply Chains, published by the americanBankruptcy institute, and Receiverships in Michigan, published by theinstitute of Continuing legal education.

Judge Gregg is a member of the american law institute and serves onthe Board of Contributing editors for the Norton Bankruptcy LawAdviser. Judge Gregg earned his B.a. from the University of Michiganand his J.D. from DePaul University College of law.

FridayNov 1, 2019


11:45 am – 12:45 pm

WHEN THE WEAK

LINK BREAKS:

SUPPLY CHAIN

INSOLVENCIES —

AUTOMOTIVE

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STEPHEN GROSS

STeVe GroSS is a member of McDonald Hopkins and is the Chair ofits automotive Practice Group. He is the former Chair of its Businessrestructuring Services Department, and was the original managingpartner of the firm’s Detroit office. For over 35 years, he has beenextensively involved in business restructuring matters, corporateacquisitions and divestitures, especially in the automotive industry,other manufacturing businesses and large regional franchisees. Stevehas represented business debtors ranging in size from smallbusinesses to large, mid-market, and multi-national auto suppliers insuccessful restructurings and sales and has also acted as counsel tomany of these clients as they grew and expanded after becomingprofitably reorganized.

He has also served as Unsecured Creditors Committee counsel inbankruptcies in diverse industries ranging from large tier oneautomotive suppliers to shopping malls.

Steve has been widely recognized for his work. He was designated as“lawyer of the Year” in Detroit for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtorrights / insolvency and reorganization law by Best Lawyers in Americain 2017, has been named one of the Best lawyers in america for theyears 2011-2019, and has been selected for inclusion in MichiganSuper Lawyers from 2006 to 2018.

He has authored articles on restructuring issues and has lectured onvarious restructuring matters and serves on committees for a numberof professional organizations including: the Bankruptcy Court for theeastern District of Michigan, the State Bar of Michigan, and the DetroitMetropolitan Bar association. He is also a member of the americanBankruptcy institute, Turnaround Management association, and theFederal Bar association Detroit Chapter of Bankruptcy Section.

Steve earned a J.D. from Wayne State University in 1983. He receiveda B.a. from the University of Michigan at ann arbor in 1980.

FridayNov 1, 2019


11:45 am – 12:45 pm

WHEN THE WEAK

LINK BREAKS:

SUPPLY CHAIN

INSOLVENCIES —

AUTOMOTIVE

AND ELSEWHERE

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ELIZABETH L. GUNN, ESQ.

elizaBeTH l. GUnn is an assistant attorney General and serves asthe bankruptcy specialist for the Virginia office of the attorneyGeneral, Division of Child Support enforcement in richmond, Virginia,where she represents the Division in bankruptcy matters throughoutthe Commonwealth of Virginia and the country. She also representsthe Division in juvenile and domestic-relations courts throughout thestate, and advises and prepares proposed policies for Division mattersrelated to bankruptcy. Prior to joining the attorney General’s office,Ms. Gunn was in private practice representing creditors, lenders,asset-purchasers, official committees and other parties in interest incases under all Chapters of the Bankruptcy Code. She is recipient ofthe 2017 40 Under 40 recognition for the american Bankruptcyinstitute. She is an at large Director of the Bankruptcy Section of theFederal Bar association and a member of the board of the richmond,Virginia Chapter. Ms. Gunn serves as co-chair of american Bankruptcyinstitute’s legislation Committee, is a Director at large for theinternational Women’s insolvency and restructuring Confederation,and is chair of the richmond Bar association Bankruptcy Session, vicechair of the Virginia Bar association Bankruptcy Section, and on theboard of the State’s association of Bankruptcy attorneys. She receivedher B.a. cum laude from Willamette University and her J.D. cum laudefrom Boston College law School. Her two greatest accomplishmentsare her daughter ainsley (9) and son Corbin (7).



11:00 am – 12:30 pm

THE “P”S OF

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EDWARD D. HAYS, ESQ.

D. eDWarD HaYS is a founding member of the firm of Marshack HaysllP. He was born in los angeles, California. He graduated with honorsfrom California State University at Fullerton in 1989 with a Bachelor ofarts degree in Business. He graduated from the University of SouthernCalifornia law Center in 1992 where he was a member of the HaleMoot Court Honors program. Mr. Hays was admitted to practice in1992.

Mr. Hays is a Certified Bankruptcy law Specialist with the State Bar ofCalifornia. He has earned the distinction of being recognized in Superlawyers every year from 2011 to the present. Mr. Hays currentlyserves as an officer or Director for the following organizations:California Bankruptcy Forum – Treasurer; inland empire BankruptcyForum – Treasurer; and Commercial law & Bankruptcy Section of theorange County Bar association.

Previously, Mr. Hays served as a Director or member of the followingorganizations: orange County Bankruptcy Forum; Cal State UniversityFullerton alumni association; Cal State University FullertonPhilanthropic Foundation; William P. Gray legion lex american inns ofCourt, Federal Bar association, executive Council for the College ofBusiness at Cal State Fullerton; USC law School alumni association;and legal aid Society of orange County. in 1998 and 1999, Mr. Haysalso served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Superior Court of the State ofCalifornia, County of los angeles.



11:00 am – 12:30 pm

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ADAM D. HERRING, ESQ.

aDaM HerrinG is associate General Counsel for Consumer law inthe executive office for U.S. Trustees. in this role since 2016, heoversees a team supporting the U.S. Trustee Program’s consumer andcivil enforcement priorities, including providing policy advice andtraining for U.S. Trustee Program attorneys, oversight of privatetrustees, and redressing abuse of the bankruptcy process by debtors,creditors, and other parties. Prior to joining the U.S. Trustee Program,adam was in private practice in atlanta, Georgia, representing debtorsand creditors in chapter 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcy cases and parties inbankruptcy and commercial litigation. adam is a graduate of theemory University School of law and the University of north Carolinaat Chapel Hill (with distinction). He received the U.S. Trustee ProgramDirector’s award for Significant Contributions by a new employee in2018 and the atlanta legal aid Society’s “Volunteer of the Year” awardin 2015. adam is a frequent speaker on bankruptcy and consumermatters and the author of published articles on fee arrangements inchapter 7 cases and BaPCPa means testing provisions.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


1:30 – 2:30 pm

ADVANCED

HOT TOPICS

IN CONSUMER

BANKRUPTCY

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. MARY JO HESTON

MarY Jo HeSTon currently is a United States Bankruptcy Judge forthe Western District of Washington. She previously was a shareholderin the Seattle and Portland offices of lane Powell PC where herpractice involved commercial litigation and transactional matters withan emphasis on business reorganizations, Canadian/US cross-bordercases and the acquisition of troubled businesses. Between 1988 and1993 Ms. Heston served as the first region 18 United States Trustee,overseeing bankruptcy cases and fiduciaries in Washington, oregon,idaho, alaska and Montana. She also is a former law clerk to abankruptcy judge and a district judge as well as a former estateadministrator of the federal bankruptcy court where she now sits asBankruptcy Judge. Judge Heston taught bankruptcy courses for overtwenty years at both Seattle University School of law and Universityof Washington law School. She is a fellow of the american College ofBankruptcy and an active participant in both professionalorganizations and community service organizations currently servingor having served in leadership/board positions for the americanBankruptcy institute, inSol international, the Washington State Barassociation, the Turnaround Management association, nCBJ (currentinternational Committee Chair) and CenTS (the local probono/financial education organization). Judge Heston is a frequentinternational, national and regional speaker and author on topicsincluding international insolvency issues, creditors’ rights issues,commercial and consumer insolvency issues.



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HENRY E. HILDEBRAND, III, ESQ.

HenrY e. HilDeBranD, iii has served as Standing Trustee for chapter13 matters in the Middle District of Tennessee since 1982 and asStanding chapter 12 Trustee for that district since 1986. He also is ofcounsel to the nashville law firm of Farmer Purcell White & lassiter,PllC.

Mr. Hildebrand graduated from Vanderbilt University and received hisJ.D. from the national law Center of George Washington University.He is a fellow of the american College of Bankruptcy and the nashvilleBar Foundation. He is Board Certified in consumer bankruptcy law bythe american Board of Certification and serves on its facultycommittee. He is Chairman of the legislative and legal affairsCommittee for the national association of chapter 13 Trustees(naCTT). in addition, he is on the Board of Directors for the naCTTacademy for Consumer Bankruptcy education, inc. and is a frequentcontributor to its publications.

Mr. Hildebrand has served as case notes author for The Quarterly, anewsletter dealing with consumer bankruptcy issues and chapter 13practice in particular. He is a regular contributor to the americanBankruptcy institute Journal. He is an adjunct faculty member for thenashville School of law and St. Johns University School of law. in2017, Mr. Hildebrand was appointed a commissioner to the americanBankruptcy institute’s Consumer Bankruptcy review Commission.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


1:30 – 2:30 pm

ADVANCED

HOT TOPICS

IN CONSUMER

BANKRUPTCY

Washington, DC 2019

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HON. BARBARA J. HOUSER

BarBara HoUSer is the Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge in thenorthern District of Texas. She received her undergraduate degreefrom the University of nebraska with high distinction in 1975 and herdoctor of laws from Southern Methodist University School of law in1978. She then joined locke, Purnell, Boren, laney & neely in Dallasand became a shareholder there in 1985. in 1988 she joined Sheinfeld,Maley & Kay, P.C. as the shareholder-in-charge of the Dallas office andremained there until she was sworn in as a United States BankruptcyJudge in 2000. While at Sheinfeld she led the firm’s representation ofclients in a variety of significant, national chapter 11 cases.

Judge Houser, who lectures and publishes frequently, is a pastchairman of the Dallas Bar association’s Committee on Bankruptcyand Corporate reorganization, is a member of the Dallas, Texas andamerican Bar associations, and is a fellow of the Texas and americanBar Foundations. She served as a contributing author to Collier onBankruptcy for many years and taught Creditors’ rights as a VisitingProfessor at the SMU Dedman School of law.

She was elected a fellow of the american College of Bankruptcy in1994. in 1996, she was elected a conferee of the national BankruptcyConference, an organization of nationally recognized experts inbankruptcy. in 1998, the national law Journal named her as one ofthe fifty most influential women lawyers in america. after becoming abankruptcy judge in January, 2000, she joined the national Conferenceof Bankruptcy Judges and served as its President in 2009-2010. Shehas received a number of prestigious awards including: (i) theDistinguished alumni award for Judicial Service from the SMU

Dedman School of law in February, 2011, (ii) the William l. norton Jr.,Judicial excellence award in october, 2014, and (iii) the DistinguishedService award from the alliance of Bankruptcy inns of the americaninns of Court in october 2016. Judge Houser currently serves as amember of the executive Board of the SMU Dedman School of lawand is an officer and member of the executive Committee of the Boardof Directors of the american Bankruptcy institute. in March 2017,Chief Justice John roberts appointed her to serve as a member of theBoard of Directors of the Federal Judicial Center, the education andresearch arm of the Third Branch. in June 2017, she was appointed toserve as the leader of a five federal-judge mediation teach in the Titleiii proceedings under ProMeSa for the Commonwealth of Puerto ricoand four related governmental instrumentalities.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

BUSINESS CASES

Washington, DC 2019

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HON. KEVIN R. HUENNEKENS

THe HonoraBle KeVin r. HUenneKenS was appointed as aUnited States Bankruptcy Judge for the eastern District of Virginia inrichmond on September 11, 2006. He received his J.D. in 1978 fromthe Marshall-Wythe School of law at the College of William & Marywhere he was a member of the order of the Coif and the law review,and his B.a. from the College of William & Mary in 1975.

Prior to his appointment, Judge Huennekens was a partner with thefirm of Kutak rock llP. Judge Huennekens served as a Panel Trusteefor the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the eastern District of Virginia (1988-2006). He was an adjunct Professor of law at the College of William &Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of law (1993-96). He successfullyargued the case of Patterson v. Shumate, 504 U.S. 753, 92 S. Ct. 885(1992) before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Judge Huennekens is a Fellow of the american College of Bankruptcy,a member of the national Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, theamerican Bankruptcy institute, was recognized in Who’s Who LegalUSA: Insolvency & Restructuring and The International Who’s Who ofInsolvency and Restructuring in 2006, and was listed in the Best Lawyersin America from 1995 to 2006. He is a planning committee member ofthe Annual Mid-Atlantic Institute on Bankruptcy and ReorganizationPractice. He is the Co-editor of the Virginia Cle Publication, BankruptcyPractice in Virginia (2017). Judge Huennekens served as Chair of theadvisory Committee on executory Contracts and leases of the aBiCommission to Study the reform of chapter 11.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


10:15 – 11:30 am

THE DOS AND

DON’TS OF

DISCLOSURE FOR

PROFESSIONALS

IN BUSINESS

CASES: TELL ME

NOW OR PAY ME

LATER

(ETHICS CLE

APPLIED FOR)

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. STEPHANI W. HUMRICKHOUSE

THe HonoraBle STePHani W. HUMriCKHoUSe serves as ChiefUnited States Bankruptcy Judge for the eastern District of northCarolina in raleigh. She was sworn in on January 6, 2010. Born inMonticello, new York, she attended Cornell University and graduatedwith a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial and labor relations in1977 and received her law degree from UnC-Chapel Hill in 1980.

Judge Humrickhouse began her legal career with Hunton & WilliamsllP before joining Moore & Van allen PllC, where she concentratedon creditor representation. From 1990 until her appointment, JudgeHumrickhouse was a principal with nicholls & Crampton Pa in raleigh,north Carolina. Her practice primarily involved civil corporatelitigation and debtor / creditor rights, with a focus on chapter 11cases. She was a licensed Business Bankruptcy Specialist by theamerican Bankruptcy Board of Certification and a Bankruptcy lawSpecialist by the north Carolina State Bar Board of Specialization. afrequent lecturer on bankruptcy and bankruptcy related topics,including presentations of the american Bankruptcy institute andFederal Judicial Center, she has served as chair of the north CarolinaBar association Bankruptcy Section; chair of the attorney advisoryGroup and local rules Committee for the United States BankruptcyCourt for the eastern District of north Carolina; and as a member ofthe 2016 planning committee for the Fourth Circuit JudicialConference. She presently serves on various committees of thenational Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. She also serves on theeditorial advisory Board of the american Bankruptcy law Journalpublished quarterly by the national Conference of Bankruptcy Judges,and is a contributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy and CollierBankruptcy Practice Guide.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

CONSUMER CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. LASHONDA A. HUNT

laSHonDa a. HUnT was appointed a United States BankruptcyJudge for the northern District of illinois in Chicago on January 6,2017. She previously served as General Counsel of the illinoisDepartment of Central Management Services, Chief legal Counsel ofthe illinois Department of Corrections, and an assistant United Statesattorney in the northern District of illinois.

Judge Hunt began her legal career as a litigation associate at a nationallaw firm, followed by service as a Staff attorney for the Seventh CircuitCourt of appeals, and a clerkship with the Honorable William J.Hibbler of the northern District of illinois. She also worked in-housein the utility industry overseeing commercial litigation and bankruptcymatters, and, later, transitioned to regulatory affairs.

Judge Hunt is an active member of the Black Women lawyers’association of Greater Chicago, inc. She served as President in 2015,Vice-President in 2014 and Board Member at large in 2013. She isalso active in the Chicago Bar association, where she was Co-ViceChair of the Federal Civil Practice Committee and a member of theJudicial evaluation investigations Committee.

Judge Hunt is a leadership Greater Chicago Fellow (Class of 2013).She served on the board of Just the Beginning, a pipeline organization,and chaired Youth Programs for the 2012 Biennial Conference. JudgeHunt is actively involved with the Public interest law initiative (Pili)and a frequent speaker at Pili events as well as a mentor to many lawstudents.

Judge Hunt received her J.D. from the University of Michigan lawSchool and her B.S. from the University of illinois at Urbana-Champaign.



11:00 am – 12:30 pm

THE “P”S OF

EVIDENCE:

PROPER

PREPARATION,

PRESENTATION,

PITFALLS, AND

PRACTICE

POINTERS

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HANNAH WHITE HUTMAN, ESQ.

HannaH WHiTe HUTMan is a partner at Hoover Penrod, PlC inHarrisonburg, Virginia. Her practice focuses on representing bothcreditors and debtors in bankruptcy proceedings under chapters 7, 11,12, and 13 and insolvency related matters. in addition, Hannah hasrepresented national and regional banks in collection matters,including restructuring obligations, asset liquidations and dispositions,and foreclosures. Hannah is a member of the panel of chapter 7Trustees for the Western District of Virginia. She currently serves as amember of the Board of Governors of the Bankruptcy law Section forthe Virginia State Bar. Hannah is “aV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell,has routinely been listed in Super Lawyers as a rising Star, selected as amember of Virginia’s “legal elite, ” and included in the americanBankruptcy institute’s 2018 class of “40 under 40.” She received herJ.D. from the Marshall Wythe School of law at the College of Williamand Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and her B.a , summa cum laude,from Columbia Union College in Takoma Park, Maryland.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


1:30 – 2:30 pm

ADVANCED

HOT TOPICS

IN CONSUMER

BANKRUPTCY

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

PROF. MELISSA B. JACOBY

MeliSSa B. JaCoBY is the Graham Kenan Professor of law at theUniversity of north Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she teachesbankruptcy law, contract law, and commercial law, including andespecially secured transactions.

Jacoby has been elected to the american law institute, the nationalBankruptcy Conference, the american College of Bankruptcy, and theamerican College of Commercial Finance lawyers, and has served asthe robert M. zinman Scholar for the american Bankruptcy institute.She is a recipient of the Grant Gilmore award for scholarship from theamerican College of Commercial Finance lawyers and the Byrd awardfor teaching, among other honors.

Jacoby held judicial clerkships with the Honorable robert e. Ginsbergof the United States Bankruptcy Court for the northern District ofillinois and the Honorable Marjorie o. rendell of the United StatesCourt of appeals for the Third Circuit, and was a staff attorney for thenational Bankruptcy review Commission. Before joining the faculty atUnC, she taught for four years at Temple University in Philadelphia.Jacoby graduated from the University of Pennsylvania law School, aswell as from Penn's College of arts and Sciences, majoring in history.

Jacoby contributes to Credit Slips and is @melissabjacoby on Twitter.



11:00 am – 12:30 pm

ABLJ SYMPOSIUM:

EQUITABLE

POWERS OF THE

BANKRUPTCY

COURT 40 YEARS

AFTER THE

ENACTMENT OF

THE BANKRUPTCY

CODE

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. CLIFTON R. JESSUP, JR.

CliFTon r. JeSSUP, Jr. was appointed the United States BankruptcyJudge for the northern District of alabama, northern Division onMarch 2, 2015. He was formerly a principal shareholder in the Dallasoffice of the international law firm of Greenburg Traurig, llP where heconcentrated his practice in business reorganization and bankruptcy.

During his 35 plus years of bankruptcy-related practice before takingthe bench, Clifton represented secured creditors, unsecured creditors,committees, equity holders, debtors, and trustees in federalbankruptcy cases in over 37 states and Puerto rico. He alsorepresented purchasers of assets in bankruptcy cases, and served asexaminer and mediator in many cases.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

CONSUMER CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

ROBERT J. KEACH, ESQ.

roBerT J. KeaCH, a shareholder at Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & nelson,practices in the area of bankruptcy, reorganization and workouts inPortland, Me. Mr. Keach's practice focuses on the representation ofvarious parties in workouts and bankruptcy cases, including debtors,creditors, creditors committees, lessors and third parties acquiringtroubled companies and/or their assets. Mr. Keach has appearedbefore the bankruptcy courts in the Districts of Maine, Massachusetts,new Hampshire, Delaware, the northern District of California and theSouthern and eastern Districts of new York. Mr. Keach has appearedas a panelist on national bankruptcy, lender liability and creditors’rights programs, and is the author of several articles on bankruptcyand creditors' rights appearing in the aBi law review, Commercial lawJournal and aBi Journal, among other publications. Mr. Keach isadmitted to practice in Maine and Massachusetts.

Mr. Keach is currently an adjunct Professor (Cross-Border insolvency;Business Bankruptcy) at Boston College law School.

Mr. Keach is the estate representative (and formerly, the chapter 11trustee) in the cross-border railroad reorganization of Montreal Maine& Atlantic Railway, Ltd. Mr. Keach is the fee examiner as to allprofessionals retained by the Financial oversight and ManagementBoard for Puerto rico. Mr. Keach was also the fee examiner in In reAMR Corporation (the chapter 11 cases of american airlines and itsparent and certain affiliates), Exide Technologies, Mineral Park, andRelativity Media. Mr. Keach has, inter alia, represented ad hoccommittees in the Homebanc Mortgage, New Century TRS Holdings, andNortel Networks cases in Delaware, as well as a public utilitiescommission in the FairPoint Communications case in the SouthernDistrict of new York, and parties in In re Sports Authority Holdings, Inc.(Delaware), In re Verso Corporation (Delaware), In re Heritage HomeGroup (Delaware), In re The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (Delaware), and In reToys R Us, Inc. (e.D. Va.) . Mr. Keach represents international privateequity funds in distressed company acquisitions throughout the U.S.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


10:15 – 11:30 am

THE DOS AND

DON’TS OF

DISCLOSURE FOR

PROFESSIONALS

IN BUSINESS

CASES: TELL ME

NOW OR PAY ME

LATER

(ETHICS CLE

APPLIED FOR)

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. KLINETTE H. KINDRED

THe Hon. KlineTTe H. KinDreD was appointed in January 2017 as abankruptcy judge in the alexandria Division of the U.S. BankruptcyCourt for the eastern District of Virginia in alexandria.

Prior to her appointment, Judge Kindred was a partner with the lawfirm of Tyler, Bartl, ramsdell and Counts, PlC, and served as a chapter7 panel trustee for six years. She was a consumer bankruptcy attorneyat the law offices of robert r. Weed where she representedthousands of northern Virginia debtors in chapter 7, 11 and 13 casesfrom 1997 to 2011.

Judge Kindred graduated from the University of Virginia School of lawin 1978. She was a reginald Herber Smith Fellow and served at thelegal aid Justice Center, formerly known as the Charlottesville-albemarle legal aid Society from1978 to 1979.

Judge Kindred has been a lecturer on bankruptcy matters for variousBar organizations and formerly served as a representative on theeastern District of Virginia’s alexandria Division Bankruptcy Bar liaisonCommittee for the alexandria Division of the eastern District ofVirginia.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


1:30 – 2:30 pm

ADVANCED

HOT TOPICS

IN CONSUMER

BANKRUPTCY

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

KENNETH N. KLEE, ESQ.

KenneTH n. Klee is a nationally recognized expert on bankruptcy law. He is aProfessor of law emeritus at the UCla School of law and a founding partner ofKlee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern llP, specializing in corporate reorganization,insolvency, and bankruptcy law in los angeles, Ca. From 1974 to 1977, ProfessorKlee served as associate counsel to the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House ofrepresentatives, where he was one of the principal drafters of the 1978Bankruptcy Code. He served as a consultant on bankruptcy legislation to the U.S.Department of Justice in 1983–1984. From 1992 to 2000, he served as a memberof the advisory Committee on Bankruptcy rules to the Judicial Conference of theUnited States. From 2000-2003, and previously from 1988 to 1990, Professor Kleeserved as a lawyer delegate to the ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. He served in2017 and 2018 as Chair of the membership committee and previously served asmember of the executive committee of the national Bankruptcy Conference from1985 to 1988, 1992 to 1999, 2005 to 2008, and 2011 to 2014. He also served aschair of the nBC's legislation committee from 1992 to 1999. From 2011 to 2014 heserved as a commissioner on the american Bankruptcy institute’s Commission toStudy the reform of chapter 11.

Professor Klee is a past president and member of the board of governors of theFinancial lawyers Conference. He has frequently been named by the Daily Journalas one of California's Top 100 lawyers. Professor Klee was named by la Time’sBest Lawyers Magazine in 2017 and 2018 as lawyer of the Year for los angelesBankruptcy and Creditor Debtor rights and insolvency and reorganization law. inLos Angeles Magazine, he has frequently been named one of the Top 10 Superlawyers for los angeles County. Law Dragon has included him among the top 500lawyers in the United States in 2005, 2007, and 2008. in March, 2015 he receivedthe Distinguished Service award from the american College of Bankruptcy. He wasincluded in “The Best lawyers in america” 2015 edition and has been included forat least 25 years. Professor Klee has frequently been named by Who’s Who Legalas one of the top ten insolvency & restructuring attorneys in the world and in 2015he was named restructuring lawyer of the Year. in 2013 he was inducted into theTurnaround Management association’s Turnaround, restructuring, and Distressedinvesting industry Hall of Fame. He was named by The International Who’s Who ofInsolvency & Restructuring Lawyers 2013 as one of the top ten most highlyregarded insolvency and restructuring attorneys in the world. additionally, in June2013 he received the Distinguished Service award from The Bankruptcy innalliance. in october, 2007 he received the excellence in education award from theendowment for education of the national Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. innovember 2006, the Central District of California Consumer Bankruptcy attorneysassociation bestowed on him the Calvin ashland award as consumer bankruptcyattorney of the year. in March 2005, he was named by the Century City Bar asBankruptcy lawyer of the Year. Professor Klee has co-authored four books:Bankruptcy and the Supreme Court: 1801-2014 (with Whitman l. Holt) (Westacademic 2015); Bankruptcy and the Supreme Court (lexisnexis 2008); BusinessReorganization in Bankruptcy (with Scarberry, 1995, 2d ed. 2001, 3d ed. 2006, 4thed. 2012); and Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law (4th ed., with Treister, 1996), andhas authored or co-authored numerous articles on bankruptcy law.



11:00 am – 12:30 pm

ABLJ SYMPOSIUM:

EQUITABLE

POWERS OF THE

BANKRUPTCY

COURT 40 YEARS

AFTER THE

ENACTMENT OF

THE BANKRUPTCY

CODE

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. SANDRA R. KLEIN

JUDGe SanDra r. Klein is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the CentralDistrict of California. She received her bachelor’s degree in musiceducation, magna cum laude, from the University of lowell, lowell,Ma; her J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from loyola lawSchool, los angeles, Ca, where she served as Professor laurie l.levenson’s research and Teaching assistant, and as Senior note andComment editor for the Loyola of Los Angeles International andComparative Law Journal; and her MBa, with honors, from UCla’sanderson School of Management while working full-time for the U.S.Department of Justice (DoJ). after graduating from loyola, JudgeKlein served as a Judicial law Clerk for the Honorable lourdes G.Baird, Central District of California, and the Honorable arthur l.alarcón, ninth Circuit Court of appeals, and as a litigation associate ato’Melveny & Myers llP. Judge Klein spent more than 13 years at theDoJ, as a Special assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting bankruptcy fraudand other white-collar crimes and, during the final two years of hertenure, as the acting assistant Director office of Criminal enforcementwith the U.S. Trustee Program.

Judge Klein serves on many boards and steering committees includingthe Federal Bar association los angeles Chapter, the Just theBeginning - a Pipeline organization, the loyola law School alumniassociation, and the Women lawyers association of los angeles. Shehas been the chairperson of the Bankruptcy Court for the CentralDistrict of California’s Community outreach Committee since itsinception in 2013, she was the chairperson of the national Conferenceof Bankruptcy Judges Public outreach Committee in 2017, and she hasbeen a member of the ninth Circuit Courts and CommunityCommittee since 2015. Judge Klein is co-founder and co-leader of aGirl Scout Troop for girls experiencing homelessness and she createdand implemented the Girl Scout “Justice Patch Program,” to teach girlsabout legal history, legislation, justice and the role of judges andlawyers in the community. Judge Klein has received many awardsincluding the 2018 national Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Publicoutreach award.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

BUSINESS CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

ARI KUNOFSKY, ESQ.

ari KUnoFSKY is a civil trial attorney with the U.S. Department ofJustice's Tax Division. He joined the Department in 2007. Before that,Mr. Kunofsky worked at the Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation asan Honors Program attorney. He is graduate of the University of TexasSchool of law and the University of Texas at austin.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


2:45 – 3:45 pm

CLASH OF THE

CODES: TAX ISSUES

IN CONSUMER

BANKRUPTCY

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

RICHARD LEVIN, ESQ.

riCHarD leVin is co-chair of Jenner & Block’s restructuring andBankruptcy Department and offices in new York City. He served onthe staff of the House Judiciary Committee, where he was an authorof the 1978 U.S. Bankruptcy Code. He is recognized internationally asone of the foremost restructuring, bankruptcy, and creditor-debtorrights lawyers handling complex bankruptcy litigation, transaction, andspecial situation matters.

Mr. levin has served as counsel to parties in nearly every position in abankruptcy case in a wide range of industries, including auto andmanufacturing, banking and finance, energy and electric utilities,hospitality, municipal and government finance, technology,electronics, telecommunications, gaming, retail, shipping, defense,and agriculture, in both domestic and cross-border situations. He hasacted as a chapter 11 trustee and as an examiner. He also worked as asenior executive at a publicly traded company.

Mr. levin served as Chair of the national Bankruptcy Conference andis a Fellow of the american College of Bankruptcy. He was a consultantto the World Bank and the Central Bank of Brazil on Brazil’s 2005bankruptcy legislation. He has served as a faculty member at theFederal Judicial Center’s Bankruptcy Judge Workshops for 18 yearsand was a lecturer in law at Harvard law School. Mr. levin hasrepeatedly been recognized as one of the country’s leadingpractitioners of bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law by, amongothers, Chambers USA and Chambers Global, Best Lawyers in America,and Benchmark Litigation.



11:00 am – 12:30 pm

ABLJ SYMPOSIUM:

EQUITABLE

POWERS OF THE

BANKRUPTCY

COURT 40 YEARS

AFTER THE

ENACTMENT OF

THE BANKRUPTCY

CODE

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

PROF. ADAM J. LEVITIN

aDaM J. leViTin is the agnes n. Williams research Professor andProfessor of law at the Georgetown University law Center, inWashington, D.C., where he teaches courses in financial regulation,contracts, bankruptcy, and commercial law.

Professor levitin has previously served as the Bruce W. nichols VisitingProfessor of law at Harvard law School and as the robert zinmanScholar in residence at the american Bankruptcy institute. Professorlevitin has also served as Special Counsel to the Congressionaloversight Panel supervising the Troubled asset relief Program (TarP)and on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Consumeradvisory Board.

Before joining the Georgetown faculty, Professor levitin practiced inthe Business Finance & restructuring Department of Weil, Gotshal &Manges, llP in new York, and clerked for the Honorable Jane r. rothon the United States Court of appeals for the Third Circuit.

Professor levitin holds a J.D. from Harvard law School, an M.Phil andan a.M. from Columbia University, and an a.B. from Harvard College.

FridayNov 1, 2019


11:45 am – 12:45 pm

NEW CONSUMER

LOAN PRODUCTS

AND POTENTIAL

BANKRUPTCY

IMPLICATIONS

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

PROF. STEPHEN J. LUBBEN

STePHen J. lUBBen, holder of the Harvey Washington Wiley Chair inCorporate Governance & Business ethics at Seton Hall, is aninternationally recognized expert in the field of corporate finance andgovernance, corporate restructuring, financial distress and debt.

He is the author of a leading corporate finance text and was acontributing author to the Bloomberg Law on Bankruptcy treatise.From 2010 to 2017 he authored the in Debt column for the New YorkTimes' Dealbook page.

Professor lubben grew up in west los angeles and attended theUniversity of California, irvine, where he majored in History andminored in Political Science. Following graduation from law school,Professor lubben clerked for Justice John T. Broderick, Jr. of the newHampshire Supreme Court. He then practiced in the new York and losangeles offices of Skadden, arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom llP, where herepresented parties in chapter 11 cases throughout the country.

Since joining Seton Hall, Professor lubben has presented his papers atacademic conferences around the world and frequently providescommentary on chapter 11 and related issues for national andinternational media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, The NewYork Times, the Financial Times, reuters, the associated Press,Bloomberg, and the BBC.

He frequently advises government officials on potential legislativereforms, and has testified before Congress and the TarPCongressional oversight Panel. He also is a regular contributor toCredit Slips, a blog started by a small group of bankruptcy experts.

Professor lubben is a member of the new York and California bars. Heis also a fellow of the american College of Bankruptcy and theinternational insolvency institute.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


10:15 – 11:30 am

THE DOS AND

DON’TS OF

DISCLOSURE FOR

PROFESSIONALS

IN BUSINESS

CASES: TELL ME

NOW OR PAY ME

LATER

(ETHICS CLE

APPLIED FOR)

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

PROF. LOIS R. LUPICA

loiS r. lUPiCa is the Maine law Foundation Professor of law at theUniversity of Maine School of law. in 2019, Professor lupica receiveda Fulbright Senior Scholar award, where she spent 4 months as aDistinguished Visiting Scholar at the University of Melbourne lawSchool in Melbourne, australia researching access to justice issues.Professor lupica teaches Bankruptcy, Secured Transactions, Sales,negotiation and Mediation, Consumer law and legal ethics. She wasinducted as a Fellow in the american College of Bankruptcy in 2012. in2007 and 2014, she served as the american Bankruptcy instituteresident Scholar and is a member of the Board of Directors of aBi.Prior to her appointment to the Maine law faculty, she practiced lawwith the new York offices of White & Case and arnold & Porter.

a graduate of Cornell University and a magna cum laude graduate ofBoston University School of law, Professor lupica was the 2012 Hon.Wes Steen award for the best bankruptcy article of the year, the 2014recipient of the american Bankruptcy institute Publication award, the2004 law School recipient of the Faculty Senate award for excellencein Scholarship and received Honorable Mention in the 2005 nationalaward for innovation and excellence in Teaching Professionalism.

Professor lupica was Principal investigator of The ConsumerBankruptcy Fee Study and the Consumer Bankruptcy CreditorDistribution Study (with M.r. Donihue, Ph.D.) both funded by theamerican Bankruptcy institute and the national Conference ofBankruptcy Judges. She is currently Co-Pi (with J. Greiner & D.Jimenez) on a randomized control trial examining debt collectionpractices, and how best to help low-income consumers in financialdistress, and is Principal investigator of the apps for Justice Project atMaine law. She has published articles on a variety of topics includingbankruptcy, consumer finance, securitization, property and contracttheory, intellectual property in commerce, secured transactions, andlegal ethics, a leading casebook on bankruptcy law & practice (with M.Howard).

Professor lupica served as Special Counsel to Thompson & Knight llPfrom 2008 to 2013 and is a member of the Bar of the State of newYork.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


10:15 – 11:30 am

AVOIDING

POTENTIAL

ETHICAL TRAPS

IN UNBUNDLING,

FACTORING, AND

OTHER FEE

ARRANGEMENTS IN

CONSUMER CASES

(ETHICS CLE

APPLIED FOR)

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

PROF. BRUCE A. MARKELL

BrUCe a. MarKell is the Professor of Bankruptcy law and Practiceat northwestern Pritzker School of law. From 2004 to 2013, he was aUnited States bankruptcy judge, sitting in nevada and on theBankruptcy appellate Panel for the ninth Circuit.

after law school, he clerked for then-judge anthony M. Kennedy onthe United States Court of appeals for the ninth Circuit. He graduatedfirst in his law school class at the King Hall School of law at theUniversity of California, Davis, and was editor-in-chief of the lawreview. Before taking the bench, Professor Markell practicedbankruptcy and business law in los angeles for ten years (where hewas a partner at Sidley & austin), and was a law professor forfourteen.

He is the author of numerous articles on bankruptcy and commerciallaw, and a co-author of four law school casebooks. He contributes toCollier on Bankruptcy, and is a member of Collier’s editorial advisoryboard. He has been a visiting professor at, among other schools,Peking University School of law in Beijing, and Harvard law School.

He is a conferee of the national Bankruptcy Conference, a fellow ofthe american College of Bankruptcy, a member of the internationalinsolvency institute, and a member of the american law institute.

He recently completed a project redrafting Kosovo’s bankruptcy law.He consults regularly with the international Monetary Fund oninsolvency-related issues (having been part of the iMF’s missions toireland, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, Belarus, Georgia, and Greece).He represented the international Bar association at UnCiTral’s(United nation’s Commission on international Trade law) workinggroup sessions on international receivables, and has advised therepublic of indonesia on bankruptcy and secured credit reform.



11:00 am – 12:30 pm

ABLJ SYMPOSIUM:

EQUITABLE

POWERS OF THE

BANKRUPTCY

COURT 40 YEARS

AFTER THE

ENACTMENT OF

THE BANKRUPTCY

CODE

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

ALICIA B. MASSE, ESQ.

aliCia B. MaSSe founded alderney advisors in 2013, a SouthfieldMichigan business advisory firm providing sound financial andstrategic solutions for stakeholders in high-risk, high-stakeschallenging situations. in its third year, alderney was selected tosupport its automotive clients in one of the largest global recalls inhistory providing global coordinating and financial advisory services.

Having lead over 100 distressed engagements, Masse has a proventrack record for leadership in global, multi-cultural, diverseenvironments creating opportunities for stakeholders to achieveoptimal solutions to difficult and complex situations.

Prior to founding alderney, Masse served as the Midwestrestructuring leader and Global automotive Supplier risk networkleader for eY. She created a robust global restructuring network of eYpractitioners allowing response to global clients with global supply riskissues within 24 hours of engagement, spanning the US, China, europeand Canada.

Masse’s early career began in audit at arthur andersen, withsignificant experience at Ford Motor Company Finance and BBK, aboutique restructuring firm serving the automotive industry.educated at the University of Michigan, she earned an MBa in financeand strategy. Masse serves on three non-profit boards in Detroit,Belle isle Conservancy, Detroit institute of arts auxiliary Board,Friends of asian arts and Culture and the Haven Foundation Board.

She and her husband and two dogs, Pino and rosie, live in Michigan.Her husband is a practicing neurologist and neurosurgeon forcompanion animals. Together they built an accredited hospital inMichigan to serve pets throughout Michigan and northern ohio withneurological disorders.

FridayNov 1, 2019


11:45 am – 12:45 pm

WHEN THE WEAK

LINK BREAKS:

SUPPLY CHAIN

INSOLVENCIES —

AUTOMOTIVE

AND ELSEWHERE

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

LORRAINE MCGOWEN, ESQ.

lorraine MCGoWen is a partner resident in the new York office oforrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, llP with over 30 years of experience,lorraine advises financial institutions, creditors and other parties inthe U.S., europe, asia and africa who seek to maximize recovery orreduce exposure. She also advises investors and acquirers ofcompanies. lorraine interfaces with auditors, government regulators,investment bankers and others, and develops and implementsmediation and litigation strategies, and negotiates reorganizationplans and complex corporate and finance documents.

recent engagements include Takata, Windstream, Puerto rico, PG&e,lehman, indiana Toll road, and Tronox.

lorraine is a member of orrick’s Management Committee and recentlycompleted two terms of service on the firm’s 11-member Board ofDirectors. She previously chaired orrick’s restructuring Group. Shecurrently co-leads orrick's automotive Technology & Mobility Groupsand orrick’s global Diversity & inclusion initiative. lorraine wasselected as a 2019 rainmaker by the Minority Corporate Counselassociation (MCCa) and as one of Savoy Magazine’s Most influentialBlack lawyers for 2018 and 2015, and has received legal outreach’sPipeline to Diversity 2017 Champion award and the new York City Barassociation Diversity and inclusion 2012 Champion award. iFlr 1000rankings named lorraine a leading lawyer in the U.S. She was selectedby Direct Women to be a 2016 Board institute member. She is afrequent speaker and author on bankruptcy and insolvency anddiversity and inclusion.

FridayNov 1, 2019


11:45 am – 12:45 pm

WHEN THE WEAK

LINK BREAKS:

SUPPLY CHAIN

INSOLVENCIES —

AUTOMOTIVE

AND ELSEWHERE

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

JOHN MCNAMARA

JoHn MCnaMara is the assistant Director of Consumer lending,reporting, and Collections Markets in the research, Markets andregulations division of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.He manages a team of subject matter experts and analysts coveringthe student, auto, small dollar, marketplace, and installment lendingmarkets, as well as credit reporting and debt collection.

Prior to joining the BCFP, John was Chief Marketing officer for liveVox,a leading provider of cloud contact center solutions, and director/co-founder of Fidelis recovery Solutions, inc., a debt collector. He hasover 30 years of experience in the accounts receivable management(arM) and call/contact center industries, in addition to all phases ofcollections, recovery and call center operations with deep focus ontechnology, process improvement and compliance managementsystems and four years of experience as a federal consumer financialprotection regulator.

Mcnamara also served as Coo for asset Management outsourcing,inc., SVP of Banking and retail operations for First Data Corporation’sarM unit, nationwide Credit/aCB, and VP of operations for Unitedrecovery Systems, lP.

John is a frequent speaker/panelist/consultant and author, addressingkey issues and trends in the collection industry. in 2012, John chairedboth the national Collections and Credit risk conference and theFinancial Services Collections and Credit risk symposium. in 2011 Johnwas named an aCa international Scholar and Fellow. He also is the2009 winner of the aCa Kurt Swersky award for leadership. in 2007,John was appointed Vice President and Board Member of the GeorgiaCollectors association. John was named to Collection Advisormagazine's list of the Top 50 Most influential Collection Professionalsfor 2006.

John has served as Chairman of the aCa affiliate Committee, andmember of the Debt Buyers association education Committee. Johnalso served on both the Technology and Compliance Committees forTrMa.

John is a summa cum laude graduate of Kennesaw State Universitywith a Bachelor of Business administration degree in Finance. in2014, John received his MBa from Kennesaw State University, wherehe was named a University Scholar.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


2:45 – 3:45 pm

WHAT DO THE

FDCPA AND THE

CFPB’S DEBT

COLLECTION

RULEMAKING HAVE

TO DO WITH

BANKRUPTCY?

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. STACEY L. MEISEL

THe HonoraBle STaCeY l. MeiSel is a United States BankruptcyJudge for the District of new Jersey in newark; the first african-american selected for this position in new Jersey.

Before joining the bench, Judge Meisel was a founding member ofBecker Meisel llC and co-chaired the bankruptcy, insolvency andcreditors’ rights practice.

Prior to her appointment, Judge Meisel served on the new JerseyPanel of Bankruptcy Trustees and was the first african-americanwoman to do so. She thrice served on the committee thatrecommends candidates to the Third Circuit for new Jerseybankruptcy judgeship vacancies. Judge Meisel served on the newJersey Court registry of Mediators and the lawyers advisoryCommittee to the Board of Judges of the United States BankruptcyCourt, District of new Jersey. She previously served as Trustee to theassociation of the Federal Bar of new Jersey, on the americanBankruptcy institute advisory Board for the Mid-atlantic BankruptcyWorkshop, and as chair of the 2011 Workshop attendance Committee.

Judge Meisel helped launch the new Jersey Bankruptcy lawyersFoundation; served on the Board of Directors of the Children’s HomeSociety of new Jersey; volunteered with Volunteer lawyers for Justice;served on the Board of Directors for legal Momentum – The Women’slegal Defense and education Fund; and served as Treasurer for theBoard of Trustees for the newark Boys Chorus School.

Judge Meisel is a co-author of the Consumer Bankruptcy Manual andthe Consumer Bankruptcy Handbook, both Thomson reuterspublications. She is serving a three-year term on the nationalConference of Bankruptcy Judges’ rules Committee. She also serveson the national association of Women Judges’ Color of JusticeProgram Committee, the United States District Court, District of newJersey Committee on Court Security, and the United States BankruptcyCourt, District of new Jersey, information Technology Committee.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

CONSUMER CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

D.J. MILLER, ESQ.

D.J. Miller is a partner in the Canadian restructuring and litigationfirm Thornton Grout Finnigan llP and has represented a wide varietyof stakeholders in complex restructurings and insolvency litigation forthe past 25 years. She is known for her deep knowledge of theinsolvency framework, both domestic and international, and for hercreative and strategic advice.

representative mandates include acting as lead Canadian insolvencycounsel to the largest single creditor in the Nortel Networks case,where her client was successful in obtaining a decision of theCanadian and US Courts allocating US$7.3 billion of sale proceeds on apro rata basis among 40 insolvency estates in 19 countries followingthe first joint trial between the Canadian and US courts. D.J. alsoobtained the first pre-filing stay of proceedings under Canada's mainrestructuring statute. She has extensive experience on thetransactional side of restructurings as well as insolvency litigation, andhas appeared before every level of Court in Canada.

D.J. serves on the executive of TMa Global, is a member of theinternational insolvency institute, the insolvency institute of Canada,aBi and other industry organizations and has been a sessional lecturerat three Canadian law schools.

She was recognized as "insolvency litigator of the Year" (2016 and2018) by Benchmark Canada Litigation, is the recipient of a lexpertzenith award (2017), TMa Toronto "exemplar" award (2017) and isconsistently recognized as a leading lawyer in industry and peerranking publications including Chambers Global, Chambers Canada,Who's Who Legal and the Lexpert Guide to Leading Lawyers in Canada.



3:30 – 5:00 pm

DISTINCTIONS

WITH A

DIFFERENCE –

CONSIDERING

CANADIAN

AND U.S.

SUBSTANTIVE

LAW IN

CROSS-BORDER

RESTRUCTURINGS

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

JOANNE L. MOLINARO, ESQ.

Joanne Molinaro is a partner and a trial lawyer with Foley &lardner llP’s Chicago office. She is a member of the firm’s Businesslitigation & Dispute resolution and Bankruptcy & Businessreorganizations Practices. She is also a member of the e-Discoveryindustry Team and the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Task Force.

Joanne is a seasoned trial lawyer, litigating class action, antitrust, andother high stakes lawsuits across multiple industries. in addition todeveloping a practice managing complex litigation, she possessesexpertise in e-discovery obligations under the Federal rules of CivilProcedure, transactional data (i.e., “Big Data”), privacy andcybersecurity, blockchain technology, and other technological aspectsto litigation. She has counseled some of the largest corporations in theworld regarding eSi preservation, collection, and production and hasassisted with navigating such clients through the challenging and stillchanging landscape of electronic discovery in multibillion dollarlitigation. Joanne has provided e-discovery, GDPr, and blockchaintraining to attorneys and iT professionals, including the MilwaukeeChapter of iSaCa.

PUBliCaTionS

• “Bitcoin as a ‘Commodity’ and the resulting impact on BankruptcyProceedings,” American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, TheWoman Advocate, March 5, 2019

• “Blockchain—not Bitcoin—in Bankruptcy,” ABI Newsletter, Jan. 2019

• “Crypto as Commodity, and The Bankruptcy implications,” Law360,oct. 17, 2018

• “How one Struggling auto Company Used chapter 15 to Protect itsUS assets,” Dashboard Insights, nov. 14, 2013

• “What’s in Store for e-Discovery in Bankruptcy?” Law360, May 16,2013

• “What Does the Crystal Ball Say on Technology assisted review?,”IT-Lex Technology Law, March 1, 2013

• “another Court Weighs in on Stern v. Marshall,” Law360, March 20,2012

• “The Mexican insolvency that tested US bankruptcy laws,” IFLR,august 29, 2012



2:00 – 3:30 pm

BLOCKCHAIN

IS COMING:

BLOCKCHAIN

BASICS AND HOW

IT MIGHT ARRIVE

AT A BANKRUPTCY

NEAR YOU

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

CHRISTINA MONTGOMERY

CHriSTina MonTGoMerY is iBM’s Chief Privacy officer and an iBMVice President. as Chief Privacy officer, Christina oversees iBM’sprivacy program, compliance and strategy on a global basis, anddirects all aspects of iBM’s privacy policies, including the iBM ai ethicsBoard.

Prior to her current role, Christina spent more than 4 years asSecretary to iBM’s Board of Directors, where she also oversaw thelegal support for many of the company’s headquarters functions.From 2013-2018, Christina served as iBM’s Managing attorney,overseeing the iBM law department’s strategic and transformationalinitiatives, hiring and recruiting, professional development, budgetmanagement, and other projects on a worldwide basis. From 2013-2015, Christina provided senior support to cross-iBM teams in thecybersecurity area, including on the legislative and regulatory fronts.

Christina joined iBM in 1994 as an attorney in iBM Sales andDistribution Marketing headquarters and served in a variety of otherpositions throughout the law Department, including: iBM’s Systems,where she handled a wide variety of technology related alliances,divestitures and licensing matters, supported mergers, acquisitionsand joint ventures, and provided advice and counsel concerning opensource software proposals and iP strategy; and iBM Global TechnologyServices, where she provided advice and counsel concerning iBM’ssecurity services portfolio, and negotiated and supported strategicoutsourcing agreements.

Ms. Montgomery received a B.a. from Binghamton University and aJ.D. from Harvard law School.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019

Marquis Ballroom 6-10

Saturday Keynote

9:00 – 10:00 am

ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE

ISSUES

CONFRONTING

THE LEGAL

PROFESSION

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. MINDY A. MORA

JUDGe Mora graduated from George Washington University, fromwhich she received a B.B.a. with a concentration in Finance (1979).She received her law degree from new York University (J.D., 1982).She practiced in the areas of Bankruptcy and Commercial Financefrom 1982 to 2018, when she was selected to serve as a United StatesBankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Florida in West PalmBeach.

Judge Mora is a Fellow of the american College of Bankruptcy as wellthe american College of Commercial Finance attorneys. Judge Moraalso previously served as Chair of the Business law Section of TheFlorida Bar, which represents the interests of over 5,000 businesslawyers within the State of Florida. Throughout much of her legalpractice, Judge Mora was active in the development of Florida’scommercial laws.

Judge Mora continues to serve on the 11th Circuit Council of theamerican College of Bankruptcy, and is a member of the Business lawSections of the american Bar association and The Florida Bar, theassociation of Commercial Finance attorneys, the Bankruptcy Barassociation of South Florida, and the international Women'sinsolvency and restructuring Confederation.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

CONSUMER CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

JOANN NEEDLEMAN, ESQ.

Joann neeDleMan, leader of the Clark Hill’s Consumer FinancialServices regulatory & Compliance Practice Group, serves as anavigator to her clients seeking advice and guidance in the complexregulatory environment facing the financial services industry. Sheprovides counsel, consultation, and litigation services to a wide arrayof financial institutions, law firms, credit reporting agencies,collection agencies as well as venture capital firms looking to investin the fin-tech space. a former member of the Consumer FinancialProtection Bureau’s (CFPB) Consumer advisory Board, Joann hasbeen able to provide her clients with useful strategies in order toprepare for new areas of regulatory scrutiny.

Joann also has far reaching litigation experience in state and federalcourts, successfully defending creditors against a variety of federalconsumer protection claims including but not limited to the Fair DebtCollection Practices act and Fair Credit reporting act, as well as statestatutes. Joann has also represented financial institutions inenforcement, supervisory and investigational matters that have beenbrought by both state and federal regulators.

Joann is frequently quoted in American Banker and the Wall StreetJournal for her insight of the CFPB. She is the past President of theBoard of Directors of the national Creditors Bar association (nCBa).

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


2:45 – 3:45 pm

WHAT DO THE

FDCPA AND THE

CFPB’S DEBT

COLLECTION

RULEMAKING HAVE

TO DO WITH

BANKRUPTCY?

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. CYNTHIA A. NORTON

CHieF JUDGe CYnTHia a. norTon graduated summa cum laudefrom the University of Kansas in 1981 with a double major in Frenchand art History. She received her law degree from the same institutionin May 1984. She clerked for the Hon. John e. rees of the KansasCourt of appeals, and the Hon. James a. Pusateri, U.S. BankruptcyJudge, and was a partner at lewis rice & Fingersh in Kansas City,before establishing her own law firm in 1995. as a member of Grimes& rebein, Judge norton practiced in bankruptcy and related fields inKansas and Missouri until being sworn in as a bankruptcy judge in theWestern District of Missouri on February 1, 2013. She is the recipientof the Michael r. roser excellence in Bankruptcy award, and therobert l. Gernon award for outstanding Contribution to Cle, as wellas a Fellow in the american College of Bankruptcy. Judge norton hasauthored numerous articles and seminar papers, and spoken atconferences all around the country.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


10:15 – 11:30 am

THE DOS AND

DON’TS OF

DISCLOSURE FOR

PROFESSIONALS

IN BUSINESS

CASES: TELL ME

NOW OR PAY ME

LATER

(ETHICS CLE

APPLIED FOR)

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

NISHA A. PATEL, ESQ.

niSHa r. PaTel is an attorney with Samuel i. White, P.C. in richmond,Va, where she represents financial institutions, mortgage servicers,and other creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy and state courtlitigation. nisha is also a certified Guardian ad litem for incapacitatedadults in Virginia and regularly serves as guardian and/or conservatorfor individuals throughout the richmond metro area. Prior to joiningSiWPC, Ms. Patel represented individuals in bankruptcy, domesticrelations, and civil litigation.

Ms. Patel is an nCBJ nextGen alumnus, a board member of theinternational Women’s insolvency and restructuring Confederation(iWirC) Virginia Chapter, and a member of the richmond Barassociation Bankruptcy Section. Ms. Patel received herundergraduate degrees with Honors from Michigan State University in2008 and her J.D. from the University of richmond in 2011.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


4:00 – 5:00 pm

PORSCHES AND

CLUNKERS –

A ROAD TRIP

THROUGH

CAR ISSUES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

MARJORIE J. PEERCE, ESQ.

MarJorie J. PeerCe is a litigator at Ballard Spahr llP, with a practicefocus on white collar criminal defense, virtual currency, regulatorymatters, and complex civil litigation. in her more than 30 years ofpractice, she has handled matters across the criminal and regulatoryspectrum. She is Co-Managing Partner of the firm’s new York officeand is a founding leader of the firm’s Blockchain Technology andCryptocurrency team. The team is composed of lawyers from virtuallyevery practice area in the firm, and aids clients in myriad mattersrelated to virtual currency and the blockchain, including mattersrelated to initial coin offerings, developing and implementing newproducts, navigating the complicated maze of government regulationand enforcement, advising on issues related to blockchain technology,and protecting both the data and the consumers who use it. She alsois a board member of the Digital Currency & ledger Defense Coalition.

Margie appears in new York state and federal courts, as well as infederal districts around the country. She has handled criminal andregulatory investigations concerning, for example, violations of theinternal revenue Code, securities fraud (including Bitcoins), initial coinofferings, cryptocurrency trading, the Foreign Corrupt Practices act(FCPa), the Bank Secrecy act, government contract procurement andsubsidy fraud, mail fraud, bribery, accounting fraud, immigrationfraud, health care fraud, environmental matters, commodities fraud,computer fraud and hacking, and criminal customs investigations.Margie has handled a significant number of matters with the SeC, aswell as with Finra and the CFTC. She has handled numerous matterswith the new York attorney General in a variety of areas. She alsoregularly represents individuals in myriad matters in the Criminal andSupreme Courts in new York City.



2:00 – 3:30 pm

BLOCKCHAIN

IS COMING:

BLOCKCHAIN

BASICS AND HOW

IT MIGHT ARRIVE

AT A BANKRUPTCY

NEAR YOU

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. KEITH L. PHILLIPS

KeiTH l. PHilliPS was sworn in on august 26, 2013, as United StatesBankruptcy Judge for the eastern District of Virginia, richmondDivision.

Judge Phillips is from richmond, Virginia. He graduated from theCollege of William & Mary, with a degree in Biology in 1976. Hegraduated from the University of richmond law School in 1979,where he was a member and editor of the Law Review and a memberof the Mcneil law Society. after law school he served as a law clerk tothe Honorable Walter e. Hoffman of the U.S. District Court in norfolk,Virginia.

Judge Phillips has been a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy matters forvarious Bar organizations and has served as a representative on theeastern District of Virginia’s richmond Division Bankruptcy Bar liaisonCommittee. He has been a permanent member of the Fourth CircuitJudicial Conference since 1985 and has held multiple positions withthe Virginia Bar association and richmond Bar association.

Prior to his appointment, Judge Phillips was a principal of the law firmof Phillips & Fleckenstein,PC located in richmond, Virginia where herepresented debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees and trustees inall Chapters under the Bankruptcy Code. He has also served as amediator in bankruptcy related disputes, as a chapter 7 trustee on the richmond, Virginia, panel for approximately 27 years, and as achapter 11 trustee, liquidation trustee and statecourt receiver.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

BUSINESS CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

JOSEPH R. PROCHASKA, ESQ.

JoSePH r. ProCHaSKa is of Counsel at reno & Cavanaugh whosepractice encompasses bankruptcy and creditors rights, consumerfinancial services, commercial litigation, and appellate litigation.

Joe is an experienced bankruptcy and creditors right’s attorney. Heprotects the rights of secured lenders and unsecured creditors,including representing lenders in the reorganization and sale ofdistressed businesses. He established important precedent which havecreated the framework for the enforcement of the rights of lenders inTennessee in bankruptcy and receiverships cases involving apartmentcomplexes, hotels and shopping centers. He focuses on findingcreative solutions for financially troubled real estate transactions onbehalf of lenders, landlords and developers.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


10:15 – 11:30 am

AVOIDING

POTENTIAL

ETHICAL TRAPS

IN UNBUNDLING,

FACTORING, AND

OTHER FEE

ARRANGEMENTS IN

CONSUMER CASES

(ETHICS CLE

APPLIED FOR)

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

GARRY REEDER

GarrY reeDer is the Vice President of innovation and Policy at theCenter for Financial Services innovation. Garry also leads the FinancialSolutions lab at CFSi. The Financial Solutions lab is a partnershipbetween CFSi and J.P. Morgan Chase. The Financial Solutions labinvests in entrepreneurs and startups that are working on improvingthe financial health of consumers around the world. Past startups thathave gone through the program include: Dave, Digit, earnUp,lendStreet, nova, Scratch, and WiseBanyan.

Prior to his current role at CFSi, Garry had an extensive background inthe public and private sector. Within the private sector, Garry has adecade of asset management experience, spanning across ziffBrothers investments and Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Garry later wenton to co-found Fenway Summer Ventures, an early-stage venturecapital firm investing in Fintech firms. Garry has also advised a numberof financial service institutions around the regulatory landscape, firstat Blackrock, where Garry led the Consumer Financial Servicesadvisory Practice, and then at Chain Bridge Partners, where Garry wasa Managing Director.

Garry also spent time in the public sector, specifically at the U.S.Treasury. at Treasury, Garry worked on the auto Team, overseeingTarP’s investments in the auto sector, and the General Motors iPo.Garry went on to serve as the Chief of Staff for the Consumer FinancialProtection Bureau, helping to develop Project Catalyst. Garry has hisBa from Yale, and his MBa from Columbia Business School.

FridayNov 1, 2019


11:45 am – 12:45 pm

NEW CONSUMER

LOAN PRODUCTS

AND POTENTIAL

BANKRUPTCY

IMPLICATIONS

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. DAVID E. RICE

DaViD e. riCe was appointed as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for theDistrict of Maryland in Baltimore on april 1, 2011. Judge rice earnedhis B.a. in 1973 from the University of Pennsylvania, and received hisJ.D. in 1980 from the University of Baltimore School of law, where heserved as the editor-in-Chief of the University of Baltimore LawReview.

Prior to his appointment, Judge rice was a partner in the Baltimoreoffice of the law firm of Venable llP. His practice focused onbankruptcy and creditors’ rights issues, and he was admitted topractice in Maryland, new York and the District of Columbia. inaddition, Judge rice served as a chapter 7 Trustee in the District ofMaryland from 1997 to 2011. Judge rice has lectured on a number ofbankruptcy and commercial law topics for a variety of regional andnational organizations, including serving as a member of the facultyfor the advanced Bankruptcy institute now sponsored by theMaryland State Bar association, the Mid-atlantic institute onBankruptcy and reorganization sponsored by Virginia Cle, the Mid-atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop sponsored by the american Bankruptcyinstitute, and various programs sponsored by the Bankruptcy Barassociation for the District of Maryland and by the Pro Bono resourceCenter of Maryland.

Judge rice is a member of the national Conference of BankruptcyJudges, the american Bankruptcy institute, and the Bankruptcy Barassociation for the District of Maryland.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

CONSUMER CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

JUSTICE BARBARA ROMAINE

JUSTiCe BarBara roMaine was appointed to the Court of Queen’sBench in 1997. She is a graduate of the University of alberta, (B.a.1971; ll.B, 1974) and was called to the bar of alberta in 1975. Prior toher appointment, Justice romaine was a partner with the Calgaryoffice of McCarthy Tétrault, involved primarily with national and inter-national project development and financing and securities law. Shewas a Bencher of the law Society of alberta from 1990 to 1997 andserved as President in 1997. Justice romaine is often assigned tocommercial insolvency and complex commercial matters at the Court.She is a member of the Court’s Commercial Practice Group.

Justice romaine, together with Professor Janis Sarra, co-edited the2012 to 2018 volumes of the annual review of insolvency law, and isa member of the editorial advisory Board. She is a member of theboard of the international insolvency institute, an internationalJudicial affiliate member of the US national Conference of BankruptcyJudges, and a member of inSol international, the internationalWomen’s insolvency and restructuring Confederation, the Société delégislation Comparée, the international exchange of experience oninsolvency law, and the Bowen island Group. She has participated as afaculty member and panelist in a number of programs for the nationalJudicial institute and for the international associations to which shebelongs.



3:30 – 5:00 pm

DISTINCTIONS

WITH A

DIFFERENCE –

CONSIDERING

CANADIAN

AND U.S.

SUBSTANTIVE

LAW IN

CROSS-BORDER

RESTRUCTURINGS

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. MICHAEL E. ROMERO

Hon. MiCHael e. roMero was appointed to the United StatesBankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado in 2003, and wasappointed as Chief Judge of that Court in 2014. He is also one of thenine judges serving on the Tenth Circuit Bankruptcy appellate Panel.Judge romero received an undergraduate degree in economics andpolitical science from Denver University in 1977 and his juris doctordegree from the University of Michigan in 1980. Since becoming ajudge, he has served on numerous committees and advisory groupsfor the administrative office of the United States Courts, is the pastchair of the Bankruptcy Judges advisory Group, and has also served asthe sole Bankruptcy Court representative/observer to the JudicialConference of the United States, the governing body for the federaljudiciary.

Judge romero just completed his term as the President of thenational Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and actively participates inseveral committees of that body. He also serves on the executiveBoard of our Courts, a joint activity between the Colorado Judicialinstitute and the Colorado Bar association which provides programs tofurther public understanding of the federal and state court systems.He is a member of the Colorado Bar association, the americanBankruptcy institute, the Historical Society of the Tenth Circuit and theColorado Hispanic Bar association. in what little spare time he has,Judge romero can be seen participating in musical theaterproductions throughout Colorado. While he admits he can sing a bit,his dancing skills leave much to be desired.

FridayNov 1, 2019


3:30 – 4:30 pm

NCBJ SPECIAL

EVENT: FIRESIDE

CHAT WITH

JUSTICE GORSUCH

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. BRENDAN LINEHAN SHANNON

BrenDan lineHan SHannon is a United States Bankruptcy Judgefor the District of Delaware in Wilmington. Judge Shannon receivedhis undergraduate degree from Princeton University, and his lawdegree from the Marshall-Wythe School of law at the College ofWilliam and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Shannon was a partnerwith Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, llP in Wilmington, Delaware.at Young Conaway, Judge Shannon primarily represented corporatedebtors and official committees in chapter 11 cases. Since hisappointment in 2006, Judge Shannon has managed a full chapter 11docket, and also handles all chapter 13 consumer bankruptcy casesfiled in the State of Delaware.

Judge Shannon is an adjunct professor in the Bankruptcy l.l.M.Program at St. John’s University School of law in new York, and atWidener School of law in Delaware. He serves on the Board of editorsof Collier on Bankruptcy (16th ed.) and is a contributing author forseveral chapters covering the Federal rules of Bankruptcy Procedures.Judge Shannon also serves on the advisory Board for the americanBankruptcy institute law review.

in 2011, Judge Shannon was appointed to serve as a member of thenational Bankruptcy Conference. The Conference was created in the1930's at the request of Congress, and serves as a resource toCongress on bankruptcy legislation.

Judge Shannon is a member of the Delaware State Bar association,the american Bar association, the american Bankruptcy institute andthe rodney inns of Court in Wilmington, Delaware. He is also amember of the Board of Directors of the Delaware Council oneconomic education.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

BUSINESS CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. JOHN K. SHERWOOD

JoHn K. SHerWooD graduated from James Madison University in1983 and Seton Hall University School of law in 1986. in June 2015,he was appointed as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Districtof new Jersey in newark.

in private practice, Judge Sherwood had over 25 years of experience inbankruptcy and debtor-creditor matters including related litigation.Some of his noteworthy engagements were ocean Place Developmentresort (counsel to debtor), MagnaChip Semiconductor FinanceCompany (counsel to creditors’ committee), Quebecor World (USa),inc. (litigation counsel), le nature’s inc. (counsel to creditors’committee) and the City of Detroit (counsel to union).

Judge Sherwood was the President of the new Jersey Bankruptcylawyers Foundation from 2008 to 2013 and an active member of theamerican Bankruptcy institute and Turnaround Managementassociation. He was selected by Chambers USA in 2013-2014 as one ofamerica's leading lawyers for Business (2013–2014). He also wasrecognized by the Best Lawyers in America (2012–2015) for his work inbankruptcy and by Super Lawyers (2006, 2009–2014), where he wasfeatured in the bankruptcy section and corporate counsel edition.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

BUSINESS CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

PROF. ALEXANDRA SICKLER

aleX SiCKler is an associate Professor at the University of northDakota School of law, where she teaches contracts, bankruptcy, andcommercial law courses. Her scholarship focuses on the intersectionof consumer finance and bankruptcy laws. Before joining UnD,Professor Sickler was a trial attorney with the U.S. Trustee Program inWashington, D.C. While there, she litigated civil enforcement mattersarising in consumer bankruptcy cases. Before that, she practicedbankruptcy and complex commercial litigation in the Washington, D.C.office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, llP and clerked for the Honorable S.Martin Teel, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Columbia.

Professor Sickler earned her B.a. from the College of William andMary and her J.D. with high honors from The George WashingtonUniversity law School, where she was named to the order of the Coifand was an articles editor for The George Washington International LawReview.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


2:45 – 3:45 pm

WHAT DO THE

FDCPA AND THE

CFPB’S DEBT

COLLECTION

RULEMAKING HAVE

TO DO WITH

BANKRUPTCY?

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. KATHY A. SURRATT-STATES

JUDGe KaTHY a. SUrraTT-STaTeS was sworn in as U.S. BankruptcyJudge for the eastern District of Missouri in St. louis on March 17, 2003.She is the first african-american appointed to the bankruptcy bench inthe eighth Circuit. She was appointed Chief Judge on February 1, 2013.

Judge Surratt-States was born and raised in Tulsa, oklahoma, where herparents instilled in her the importance of education and service to thecommunity. She received her B.a., cum laude, from oklahoma CityUniversity in 1988. She received her J.D. from Washington UniversitySchool of law in St. louis in 1991. She was recipient of the 2007Washington University School of law Distinguished Young alumni award.

Judge Surratt-States’ legal career focused on bankruptcy law from thebeginning. after graduating from law school, she served as law clerk tonow retired Bankruptcy Judge James J. Barta. in 1993, she became anassociate at Campbell & Coyne, P.C. where her work focused onbankruptcy, commercial litigation and foreclosures. She moved toziercher & Hocker, P.C. in 1998, where she became partner. This firmlater merged with Husch Blackwell, where she practiced as a partner inthe insolvency practice group until her appointment to the BankruptcyCourt.

in 1997, she was appointed as one of nine members of the Panel ofBankruptcy Trustee for the eastern District of Missouri. in 1999, sheserved as the chapter 7 Trustee for Family Company of america, then thethird largest grocery store chain in St. louis. in 2001, she was appointedby then Governor Bob Holden as one of four Commissioners for the St.louis City Board of election Commissioners. She held both of thesepositions until her appointment to the bench.

Judge Surratt-States serves on the board of directors for severalcharitable organizations including Catholic Charities of St. louis andGifted resource Council, whose mission is to provide educationalopportunities for gifted and talented young people ages 3 – 14. She isalso a member of altrusa international, inc. of St. louis, an internationalassociation of professionals dedicated to serving their community, whereshe previously served as President. She was formerly a member of theboard for Good Shepherd Children & Family Services, where she servedas President. Judge Surratt-States also participated in WashingtonUniversity’s Mentoring Program for law students and supervises severalinterns from various law schools in her chambers.

Judge Surratt-States is a member of the Missouri Bar, Bar association ofMetropolitan St. louis, Mound City Bar association, national Barassociation, american Bar association, national Conference ofBankruptcy Judges, american Bankruptcy institute and internationalWomen’s insolvency & restructuring Confederation.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

BUSINESS CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. MARY F. WALRATH

JUDGe MarY F. WalraTH is a United States Bankruptcy Judge forthe District of Delaware in Wilmington. She was appointed in 1998,and served as Chief Bankruptcy Judge from 2003 to 2008. JudgeWalrath graduated from Princeton University in 1976 and earnedher J.D., cum laude, from Villanova University in 1979. after clerkingfor the Honorable emil F. Goldhaber, Chief Judge of the U.S.Bankruptcy Court for the e.D.Pa., Judge Walrath spent the majorityof her seventeen-year legal career as an attorney at the Philadelphialaw firm of Clark ladner Fortenbaugh & Young, concentrating in theareas of debtor/creditor rights and commercial litigation.

Judge Walrath is a founding member and co-president of theDelaware Bankruptcy american inn of Court, a member of theDelaware Chapter of the international Women’s insolvency andrestructuring Confederation (iWirC), a member of the americanBankruptcy institute and a Fellow of the american College ofBankruptcy. She also edits the Rutter Group Bankruptcy PracticeGuide.

Judge Walrath is active in the national Conference of BankruptcyJudges serving in the past on the nCBJ Board of Governors, as Chairof the education Committee, and as Secretary, President-elect, andas President and immediate Past-President. She has also served asan associate editor and Business Manager of the AmericanBankruptcy Law Journal. Judge Walrath testified before the HouseJudiciary Committee on H.r. 1667, the Financial institutionBankruptcy act of 2017.

FridayNov 1, 2019


10:30 – 11:30 am

JUDICIAL

MERRY-GO-ROUND

ON HOT TOPICS –

BUSINESS CASES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

HON. EUGENE WEDOFF (RET)

eUGene r. WeDoFF is currently the board chairman of americanBankruptcy institute. He served as a bankruptcy judge in the northernDistrict of illinois (in Chicago) from 1987 to 2015, was chief judge from2002 to 2007, and presided over the chapter 11 reorganization ofUnited air lines. He was a member of the advisory Committee onBankruptcy rules from 2004-2014 and served as its chair after 2010.Judge Wedoff was the president of the national Conference ofBankruptcy Judges in 2013 and 2014. He also served as a member ofthe nCBJ’s Board of Governors, as its secretary, and as chair of itseducation committee. He was an associate editor of the AmericanBankruptcy Law Journal. Judge Wedoff is a fellow of the americanCollege of Bankruptcy and a member of the national BankruptcyConference. He is a frequent lecturer and served as a member of theFederal Judicial Center’s Committee on Bankruptcy Judge education.in 2016, he received the Judge William norton, Jr. Judicial excellenceaward from the american Bankruptcy institute; in 2009, he receivedthe lawrence P. King award from the Commercial law league, and in1995, he received the excellence in education award from the nCBJ.His current legal practice is exclusively pro bono representation inbankruptcy appeals.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


4:00 – 5:00 pm

PORSCHES AND

CLUNKERS –

A ROAD TRIP

THROUGH

CAR ISSUES

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

PROF. JAY L. WESTBROOK

ProFeSSor WeSTBrooK, Benno C. Schmidt Chair of Business law atthe University of Texas School of law, practiced as a partner in thefirm of Surrey & Morse (now part of Jones, Day) in Washington, D.C.,before joining the faculty in 1980. He is senior editor and co-author ofa GloBal VieW oF BUSineSS inSolVenCY SYSTeMS (Martinus nijhoff 2010),and co-author of THe laW oF DeBTorS anD CreDiTorS (aspen 7th ed.2014), aS We ForGiVe oUr DeBTorS: BanKrUPTCY anD ConSUMer CreDiTiinaMeriCa (oxford, 1989), and THe FraGile MiDDle ClaSS (Yale, 2000), aswell as articles including Contracting Out of Bankruptcy: An EmpiricalIntervention, 118 Harv. l. rev. 1197 (2005) (with Warren)), Abolition OfThe Corporate Duty To Creditors, 107 Colum. l. rev. 1321 (2007) (withHu) and SIFIs and States, 49 Tex. int. l.J. 329 (2014). He served as theUnited States reporter, american law institute Transnationalinsolvency Project; as Co-chair, U.S. Delegation to UniCiTralConference on Transnational insolvency (1995-97) leading to theModel law on Cross-Border insolvency and Chapter 15 of theBankruptcy Code. He served as a Senior advisor, United Statesnational Bankruptcy review Commission. He has been VisitingProfessor at Harvard law School and the University of london, and is amember of the national Bankruptcy Conference, and the americanCollege of Bankruptcy. He a director and past president of theinternational academy of Commercial and Consumer law and afounder and director emeritus of the international insolvencyinstitute. He serves as a consultant to the international MonetaryFund and the World Bank. among other awards, he was namedoutstanding Contributor to the international insolvency institute,received the educational excellence award from the nationalConference of Bankruptcy Judges and the Distinguished Service awardfrom the american College of Bankruptcy. Most recently, he honoredwith the larry King award from the Commercial law league. He hastwice been named as the outstanding Teacher at the Texas law school.



11:00 am – 12:30 pm

ABLJ SYMPOSIUM:

EQUITABLE

POWERS OF THE

BANKRUPTCY

COURT 40 YEARS

AFTER THE

ENACTMENT OF

THE BANKRUPTCY

CODE

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

CLIFFORD J. WHITE III

CliFF WHiTe is the Director of the executive office for United StatesTrustees. He is a career civil servant who has led the United StatesTrustee Program (USTP) for 10 years. in May 2005, he was namedacting Director and then was appointed Director in 2006. During his 37 years of public service, Mr. White has served as Deputy Director ofthe USTP, as an assistant United States Trustee, and in other positions.

among Mr. White’s accomplishments as Director, the USTPimplemented major provisions of the Bankruptcy abuse Preventionand Consumer Protection act of 2005, launched an enforcementcampaign to protect debtors against creditors and mortgage servicerswho violate bankruptcy law, promulgated new attorney fee guidelinesto eliminate premium billing and promote market-based billingpractices, and designed strategies to ensure greater accountability bymanagement of corporations seeking to reorganize under chapter 11.

Mr. White is a frequent speaker at bankruptcy conferences and legaleducation programs across the country, and regularly contributesarticles to national professional publications. He has received twoPresidential rank awards, the highest recognition accorded to careerofficials, one from President Bush and one from President obama. Heis an honors graduate of the George Washington University and theGeorge Washington University law School.

SaturdayNov 2, 2019


10:15 – 11:30 am

THE DOS AND

DON’TS OF

DISCLOSURE FOR

PROFESSIONALS

IN BUSINESS

CASES: TELL ME

NOW OR PAY ME

LATER

(ETHICS CLE

APPLIED FOR)

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

MARK M. ZANDI

MarK M. zanDi is chief economist of Moody’s analytics, where hedirects economic research. Moody’s analytics, a subsidiary of Moody’sCorp., is a leading provider of economic research, data and analyticaltools. Dr. zandi is a cofounder of economy.com, which Moody’spurchased in 2005.

Dr. zandi is on the board of directors of MGiC, the nation’s largestprivate mortgage insurance company, and is the lead director ofreinvestment Fund, one of the nation’s largest communitydevelopment financial institutions, which makes investments inunderserved communities.

He is a trusted adviser to policymakers and an influential source ofeconomic analysis for businesses, journalists and the public. Dr. zandifrequently testifies before Congress and conducts regular briefings onthe economy for corporate boards, trade associations, andpolicymakers at all levels. He is often quoted in national and globalpublications and interviewed by major news media outlets, and is afrequent guest on CNBC, NPR, Meet the Press, CNN, and various othernational networks and news programs.

Dr. zandi is the author of Paying the Price: Ending the Great Recessionand Beginning a New American Century, which provides an assessmentof the monetary and fiscal policy response to the Great recession. Hisother book, Financial Shock: A 360º Look at the Subprime MortgageImplosion, and How to Avoid the Next Financial Crisis, is described by thenew York Times as the “clearest guide” to the financial crisis.

Dr. zandi earned his B.S. from the Wharton School at the University ofPennsylvania and his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania.

FridayNov 1, 2019


9:00 – 10:00 am

THE TWO-HANDED

ECONOMIST

Washington, DC 2019

Speaker Bios |

corinne ball, esq. · manufacturing, metaldyne, axcelis technologies, kaiser aluminum, ... judge...

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