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. One of the sessions will be of particular interest to the committee.
Panelists in the session "Gunslinger, Diplomat, Savior or Something Else? The Committee's Role in Today's Chapter 11" will discuss difficulties faced by a creditors' committee when a pre-petition lender is under-secured. Panelists will include Bernadette M. Barron of Morris Anderson & Associates, Ltd. in Chicago, Richard S. Lauter of Freeborn & Peters, LLP in Chicago, Hon. Marci B. McIvor of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Mich.) in Detroit, Jean R. Robertson of Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP in Cleveland and Jay L. Welford of Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, P.C. in Southfield, Mich. Please click the link below to view the materials by Mr. Lauter.
Under-Secured Lenders vs. General Unsecured Creditors - An Unbalance of Power
The ABI is pleased to announce your new Unsecured Trade Creditors Committee Co-Chairs. Deborah T. Crowder of Poyner Spruill LLP in Charlotte, N.C., Ronald E. Gold of Frost Brown Todd LLC in Cincinnati and David M. Posner of Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, PC in New York have accepted the positions for the 2010-2011 term. Ms. Crowder moves up from her former committee position as Newsletter Editor. Mr. Gold has agreed to serve as Co-Chair for another year, and Mr. Posner joins the ranks of the committee leadership for the first time.
The ABI would also like to thank Jean R. Robertson of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP in Cleveland and Val Venable of SABIC Innovative Plastics in Huntersville, N.C. for their service as Co-Chairs. They have made great contributions to the committee over the past few years and the ABI looks forward to working with them in other capacities going forward. To view a complete list of your current committee leaders, please click here.
