9 Holes of Golf at The Links at Terranea
Tennis Tournament at the Peninsula Racquet Club
Afternoon Coastal Hike
(Plenary)
Super-Speedy Prepacks: What Are They Good
For?
Earlier this year, a chapter 11 case was filed and a
plan confirmed in 19 hours. A one-day prepack offers
several advantages to creditors and debtors alike.
What cases are a good fit for a lightning-speed
chapter 11, and what due process concerns must be
satisfied?
Jay M. Goffman
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP; New
York
New Reorganization Hope for Main Street
Debtors
Will the new Small Business Reorganization Act lead to
more successful restructurings and fewer liquidations
of small businesses while still protecting creditors’
rights?
Hon. Michelle M. Harner
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Md.);
Baltimore
The Rhetoric and Reality of Student Debt
Is there too much emphasis on reducing student loan
debt, including through bankruptcy, and not enough
about the real causes of skyrocketing college
costs?
Inez Feltscher Stepman
Independent Women’s Forum;
Washington, D.C.
(Concurrent)
Joshua A. Sussberg, Moderator Kirkland & Ellis LLP; New York Charles A. Beckham, Jr. Haynes and Boone, LLP; Houston Hon. Kevin J. Carey U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Del.); Wilmington Laura Davis Jones Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP; Wilmington, Del. Eric E. Walker Perkins Coie LLP; Chicago
(Concurrent)
Kathryn A. Coleman, Moderator Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP; New York Amy Edgy Linklaters LLP; Washington D.C. Kyle S. Hirsch Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP; Phoenix Hon. Barbara J. Houser U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N. D. Tx.); Dallas
(Concurrent)
Eric J. Fromme, Moderator Theodora Oringher PC; Costa Mesa, Calif. Hon. Daniel P. Collins U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Ariz.); Phoenix James L. Day Bush Kornfeld LLP; Seattle Jessica Scardina Vicente Sederberg LLP; Denver
(Concurrent)
David E. Gordon Polsinelli; Atlanta Tania M. Moyron Dentons; Los Angeles Margaret M. Newell Department of Justice Civil Division,
Commercial Litigation Branch; Washington D.C. Andrew H. Sherman Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.; Newark, NJ.
(Concurrent)
Ronald E. Gold, Moderator Frost Brown Todd LLC; Cincinnati James Gansman Rock Creek Advisors LLC; New York Jennifer M. Meyerowitz Summit Investment Management LLC; Atlanta Leon Szlezinger Jefferies; New York Michael A. Teplitsky Wynnchurch Capital; Rosemont, Ill.
(Concurrent)
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Susan A. Berson, Moderator Berson Law Group; Overland Park, Kan. Ted A. Berkowitz Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP; Garden City, N.Y. Hon. Melanie L. Cyganowski (ret.) Otterbourg P.C.; New York David Peress Hilco Streambank; Boston Mitchell E. Rishe California Department of Justice; Los Angeles
(Concurrent)
Elizabeth E. Stephens, Moderator Sullivan Hill Rez & Engel; Las Vegas Hon. Michael A. Ferguson Member of Congress, 2001-2009
BakerHostetler LLP; Washington, D.C. Hon. Michelle M. Harner U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Md.); Baltimore Prof. Dalié Jiménez University of California, Irvine School of Law; Irvine, Calif. Robert J. Keach Bernstein Shur; Portland, Maine Donald L. Swanson Koley Jessen; Omaha, Neb.
(Concurrent)
Frank P. Terzo, Moderator Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel; Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Warren J. Martin, Jr. Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, PC; Morristown, NJ. Daniel T. McMurray Focus Management Group USA, Inc.; Tampa, Fla. Dr. Jacob Nathan Rubin Sherman Oaks Hospital; Sherman Oaks, Calif. Jerry Seelig Seelig + Cussigh HCO LLC; Culver City, Calif.
(Concurrent)
Daniel F. Dooley, Moderator MorrisAnderson; Chicago Hon. Robert D. Drain U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.); White Plains Melissa S. Kibler Mackinac Partners LLC; Chicago Stanley W. Mastil Gavin/Solmonese LLC; Wilmington, Del. Stephen A. Spitzer AlixPartners LLP; New York
(Concurrent)
Lita Abella State Bar of California – Lawyer Assistance Program; Los Angeles Rudy J. Cerone McGlinchey Stafford PLLC; New Orleans James Patrick Shea Kolesar & Leatham; Las Vegas
(Concurrent)
Hosted by the Young and New Members and International Committees
Rafael X. Zahralddin-Aravena Elliott Greenleaf; Wilmington, Del. Natalie E. Levine Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP; Toronto, Canada Michael S. Neumeister Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Los Angeles Kaitlin R. Walsh Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.; New York
Painting by the Sea
(Concurrent)
Ira L. Herman, Moderator Blank Rome LLP; New York Prof. Nancy B. Rapoport University of Nevada William S. Boyd School of Law; Las Vegas Claire Ann Richman Steinhilber Swanson LLP; Madison, Wis. Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff (ret.) Oak Park, Ill.
(Concurrent)
Ori Katz, Moderator Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP; San Francisco Hon. Laurel Myerson Isicoff U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Fla.); Miami James E. Van Horn Barnes & Thornburg LLP; Washington, D.C. Donald A. Workman BakerHostetler; Washington, D.C.
(Concurrent)
Hon. Martin R. Barash U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Cal.); Woodland Hills Misty Perry Isaacson Pagter and Perry Isaacson, APLC; Santa Ana, Calif. Rita Kostopoulos Kostopoulos & Associates PLLC; Warren, Mich. Kathleen A. Leavitt Chapter 13 Trustee; Las Vegas
(Concurrent)
Hon. Daniel P. Collins U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Ariz.); Phoenix Robert M. Fishman Fox Rothschild LLP; Chicago Ryan G. Foley Acrisure LLP; Philadelphia Jane Kim Keller & Benvenutti LLP; San Francisco
(Concurrent)
Margaret A. Burks Chapter 13 Trustee; Cincinnati Hon. Catherine E. Bauer U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Cal.); Santa Ana, Calif. Hannah W. Hutman Hoover Penrod PLC; Harrisonburg, Va. Jon J. Lieberman Sottile & Barile Attorneys at Law; Loveland, Ohio
(Concurrent)
Sheila Smith, Moderator Gordon Brothers; Brookline, Mass. Rachel Ehrlich Albanese DLA Piper; New York Carrianne Basler AlixPartners, LLP; Chicago Ken Mann Equity Partners HG LLC; Easton, Md.
(Plenary)
(Concurrent)
(Concurrent)
Lynn Lewis Tavenner, Moderator Tavenner & Beran, PLC; Richmond, Va. Matthew T. Faga Markus Williams Young & Hunsicker LLP; Denver Jennifer B. Kimble Lowenstein Sandler LLP; New York
(Concurrent)
Hon. Janet S. Baer U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Ill.); Chicago Christopher L. Hawkins Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP; Birmingham, Ala. Justin A. Kesselman Arent Fox LLP; Boston Joann Needleman Clark Hill PLC; Philadelphia
(Concurrent)
Michael Deeba Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP; Chicago Cynthia A. Nelson FTI Consulting, Inc.; Los Angeles Mark Pfeiffer Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC; Philadelphia Alan T. Simpson Kansas City
(Concurrent)
Jeremy R. Fischer, Moderator Drummond Woodsum; Portland, Maine Thomas Strauss Wilmington Trust SP Services, Inc.; Wilmington, Del. Brian C. Walsh Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP; St. Louis, Mo. Jordan A. Wishnew Shearman & Sterling LLP; New York
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