ABI is pleased to announce your 2008-2009 co-chairs, as well as the addition of five new leadership positions. These new positions are a result of your feedback regarding opportunities for involvement and advancement in the association.
Co-Chairs:
Terri L. Gardner
Judith Greenstone Miller
Education Director: Edward T. Gavin, IV, CTP
Listserve Moderator: Steven A. Schwaber
Membership Relations Director: Richard D. Nelson
Newsletter Editor:
Deborah H. Devan
Click here for the contact information on your committee leadership positions.
More than 250 members attended the 4th Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop which was held on the eastern shore of Maryland at the Hyatt Regency, Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa & Marina. Members convened for three days of blue crabs, networking and outstanding educational programs. Topics included ethics issues, non-bankruptcy alternatives, real estate issues, new claims rules, mediation and ADR, and more!
The panel for the breakfast plenary session, “The Straight and Narrow: Ethics Issues,” covered some key ethics issues including consequences for failure to disclose, rule 2019 disclosures by ad hoc committees, and section 327(e) “special counsel” disclosures. Hon. Ronald G. Pearson, U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. W.Va), moderated the panel which included Victoria Watson Counihan of Greenberg Traurig, LLP in Wilmington, Ronald S. Gellert of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC in Wilmington, Kelly Beaudin Stapleton, Malvern, Pa. and David I. Swan of McGuireWoods LLP in McLean, Va. Click below to review the materials from the session.
The Straight And Narrow: Ethics Issues (pdf)
The Winter Leadership Conference will be held Dec. 4-6 in Tucson, AZ, at the Westin La Paloma. This year’s conference will feature another great group of sessions and speakers, as well as some top-notch entertainment! The Ethics Committee session will be held on Friday at 3:45 p.m. “The Good, the Bad and the Very, Very Ugly: Pitfalls of Improper or Incomplete Disclosures by 'Professionals'” will feature speakers Ramona Elliott from the Executive Office For U.S. Trustees, Janice B. Grubin of Drinker Biddle & Reath in New York, Bill Ryan of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP in Baltimore, Kelly Beaudin Stapleton, Malvern, Pa. and Prof. Jack Williams, ABI Resident Scholar. Hon. Barbara J. Houser, U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Texas) will moderate the panel. Register for the conference online at http://www.abiworld.org/wlc08.
