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Asset Sales/Real Estate/National Auctioneers Association (joint): Maximizing the Value of Commercial Real Estate, Machinery and


93:32 minutes (16.06 MB)

Concurrent Committee Educational Sessions

Gary S. Jacobson (Moderator)
Herold and Haines, PA; Warren, N.J.
David A. Fiegel
GoIndustry USA; Owings Mills, Md.
Cathy Rae Hershcopf
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP; New York
Stephen M. Karbelk
National Auctioneers Association; Tulsa, Okla.
Daryl Martin
CONSOR Intellectual Asset Management; La Jolla, Calif.

Investment Banking: Reorganizations, Going-Concern Sales and Liquidations in the Current Capital Markets: Potential Treatment of


82:22 minutes (14.14 MB)

William Q. Derrough (Moderator)
Moelis & Company; New York
David A. Gozdecki
GE Commercial Finance; Chicago
Laura Davis
Jones Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP; Wilmington, Del.
George Kase
Marlin Equity Partners; El Segundo, Calif.

Unsecured Trade Creditors: Exploring the Tensions Between Guarantors and Trade Creditors


81:40 minutes (14.02 MB)

Sharon Marie Beausoleil-Mayer (Moderator)


Fulbright & Jaworski LLP; Houston

Kirk B. Burkley


Bernstein Law Firm, PC; Pittsburgh

Edward M. Flint


Silverman Acampora LLP; Jericho, N.Y.

S. Margie Venus


Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Houston

Business Reorganization: Class Actions in Chapter 11 Cases


67:18 minutes (11.56 MB)

Class Actions in Chapter 11 Cases: Proofs of Claim, Settlement and Confirmation

Corinne Ball
Jones Day; New York
Kenneth H. Eckstein
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP; New York
Leonard H. Gerson
Leonard H. Gerson, Esq.; New York
Michael H. Goldstein
Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Santa Monica, Calif.
Ken Marks
Susman Godfrey, LLP; Houston

Bankruptcy Litigation/Finance and Banking (joint): Lender Liability in the Current Financial Crisis


80:29 minutes (13.82 MB)

Mark M. Maloney (Moderator)
King & Spalding LLP; Atlanta
Harold B. Murphy
Hanify & King, PC; Boston
Brian I. Swett
Winston & Strawn LLP; Chicago

Commercial Fraud: Behind the Book "Enron and Other Corporate Fiascos: The Corporate Scandal Reader."


59:26 minutes (10.21 MB)

Prof. Nancy B. Rapoport


William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Las Vegas

Consumer Bankruptcy/Bankruptcy Taxation (joint): The Financial Nuts and Bolts of Representing a (Really) Small Business


87:07 minutes (14.96 MB)

Hon. Linda B. Riegle (Moderator)


U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Nev.); Las Vegas

Charles F. Rosen


Law Offices of A. Lavar Taylor; Santa Ana, Calif.

Steven A. Schwaber


Law Offices of Steven A. Schwaber; San Marino, Calif.

Court Administration/Technology and Telecommunications (joint): Net Neutrality and Identity Theft


91:17 minutes (15.67 MB)

Net Neutrality:

Jason Gold (Moderator)

Wiley Rein; McLean, Va.

Scott Cleland

NetCompetition.org; McLean, Va.

Gigi Sohn

Public Knowledge; Washington, D.C.

Identity Theft:

Kelly Beaudin Stapleton (Moderator)

Traxi LLC; New York

David Lincicum

Federal Trade Commission; Washington, D.C.

Donald F. Walton

U.S.Trustee, Region 21; Atlanta

Employee Benefits: Pension Plan Liens: Nature, Scope and Peculiarities


85:04 minutes (14.61 MB)

Concurrent Committee Educational Sessions

Joel Ruderman (Moderator)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Washington, D.C.
Philip D. Anker
WilmerHale; New York
Chris Dickerson
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; Chicago
Israel Goldowitz
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Washington, D.C.

Health Care: Traditional and Alternative Financing Vehicles for Health Care Available in Today's Tight Financial Environment


81:17 minutes (13.96 MB)

Timothy M. Lupinacci (Moderator)


Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC; Birmingham, Ala.

Sarah Sumner Duggan


Capmark; Horsham, Pa.

Robert McCarrick


GE Healthcare Financial Services; Bethesda, Md.

Sharyn Beth Zuch


Wiggin and Dana LLP; Hartford, Conn.

Ethics: Caveat Consuasor (Let the Advisor Beware): Ethics Missteps and Lessons in Client Management, Representation and Advocacy


83:51 minutes (14.4 MB)

Concurrent Committee Educational Sessions

Prof. Margaret Howard (Moderator)
Washington & Lee Law School; Lexington, Va.
Ramona D. Elliott
Executive Office for U.S. Trustees; Washington, D.C.
O. Max Gardner, III
Gardner Law Offices, PLLC; Shelby, N.C.
Jeffrey K. Garfinkle
Buchalter Nemer, PC; Irvine, Calif.
Hon. C. Ray Mullins
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Ga.); Atlanta

Financial Advisors: How Lenders are Coping with the New Realities of the Economy and Credit Markets


74:31 minutes (12.8 MB)

Thomas J. Donnelly (Moderator)


UBS Investment Bank; Stamford, Conn.

Thomas M. Cambern


Wachovia Capital Markets LLC; Charlotte, N.C.

T. Michael Logan
Suntrust Bank; Atlanta

Mark Manski


Barclays Capital; New York

International: Representing the Foreign Creditor in Today's Financial Meltdown


79:44 minutes (13.69 MB)

Ronald J. Silverman (Moderator)


Bingham McCutchen LLP; New York

David M. Reeder

Hoffman Polland & Furman PLLC; New York and Los Angeles

Robert J. Rosenberg


Latham & Watkins LLP; New York
Luis Salazar


Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Miami

Hoffman Polland & Furman PLLC; New York and Los Angeles

Robert J. Rosenberg

Latham & Watkins LLP; New York Luis Salazar

Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Miami

Mass Torts: Ethics in Mass-Tort Bankruptcies: The Issues Are Only Outnumbered by the Claimants


72:20 minutes (12.42 MB)

Sander L. Esserman
Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka, P.C.; Dallas
Roger Frankel Orrick,
Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; Washington, D.C.

Professional Compensation


82:17 minutes (14.13 MB)

David B. Stratton (Moderator)
Pepper Hamilton LLP; Wilmington, Del.
Roberta A. DeAngelis
Office of the U.S. Trustee; Philadelphia
Hon. Laurel M. Isicoff
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Fla.); Miami
Thomas A. Morrow
AlixPartners LLP; Southfield, Mich.

Legislation: Washington Update


39:45 minutes (6.83 MB)

Hon. David W. Houston (Moderator)
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (M.D Miss); Aberdeen
Congressman Louie Gohmert
U.S. Representative (TX-01); Tyler, Texas

Law School: Did Bankruptcy Reform Fail? An Empirical Study of Consumer Debtors


85:35 minutes (14.69 MB)

Prof. Ronald J. Mann

Columbia Law School; New York

Uniform Commercial Code


77:04 minutes (13.23 MB)

R. Glen Ayers, Jr.
Langley & Banack, Inc.; San Antonio
Steven M. Berman
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP; Tampa, Fla.
Hon. Samuel L. Bufford
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Calif.); Los Angeles
Lisa Sommers Gretchko
Howard & Howard Attorneys, PC; Bloomfield Hills, Mich.