ABI's 17th Annual Central States Bankruptcy Workshop will be held at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in Traverse City, Mich., June 17-20. Located on the shores of Lake Michigan, the area offers golf, wineries, fishing, hiking and shopping. In addition to an abundance of timely topics, this year's conference will offer a special workshop track for both consumer and business issues. The session "The Evolving Chapter 11: Current and Future Issues in Chapter 11 Cases" will be of particular interest to the committee. The panelists in that session will discuss how the unconventional handling of the Chrysler bankruptcy distributions may affect the willingness of investors to lend to market-sensitive industries going forward. Panelists will include Ronald S. Barliant of Goldberg Kohn Bell Black Rosenbloom & Moritz, Ltd. in Chicago, David G. Dragich of Harrington, Dragich PLLC in Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., Hon. Pamela S. Hollis of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Ill.) in Chicago, Steven R. Kotarba of Alvarez & Marsal in Chicago and Kenneth Munn of BBK Ltd. in Southfield, Mich. Please click the link below to view the materials by Mr. Munn.
Distributions to Lower Priority Creditors in Chrysler's Bankruptcy: A Car Wreck Waiting to Happen for Investors?
Did you miss the Business Reorganization and Ethics joint session at ABI's Annual Spring Meeting? The session, entitled "Directors of Insolvent or Near Insolvent Companies: Do the Duties Shift, or Is It Just the Recent Case Law that Has Been Shifting?" was moderated by Prof. David A. Skeel of the University of Pennsylvania Law School in Philadelphia. Panelists included Martin J. Bienenstock of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP in New York, Anthony Grillo of American Securities Advisors, LLC in New York and Louis E. Kempinsky of Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP in Los Angeles. Materials are posted on the Business Reorganization Committee website at http://committees.abiworld.org/reorganization or just click here to see the materials now.
The Business Reorganization Committee is pleased to announce some recent and exciting changes. Tinamarie Feil of BMC Group in New York and William Weintraub of Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP in New York have accepted the positions of Co-Chairs for the 2010-2011 term. Ms. Feil and Mr. Weintraub have both been very active in committee leadership in the past. In addition to their individual experience, they also represent the recent merger between the Business Reorganization and the Public Companies and Claims Trading committees. Ms. Feil and Mr. Weintraub previously served as the Education Directors for the Public Companies and Business Reorganization Committees, respectively.
The ABI would also like to thank those Co-Chairs whose terms have expired. Deborah Crabbe, Leonard Klingbaum, Bradley Sharp, H. Slayton Dabney and Andrea Pincus have all contributed greatly to the committees' leadership over the past few years. The ABI looks forward to working with them in other capacities going forward. To view a complete list of your current committee leadership, please click here.
