ABI is pleased to announce your 2011-2012 Young and New Members Committee Co-chairs - Richard Corbi of Proskauer in New York and Joshua Lewis of Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP in Atlanta. Mr. Corbi has been promoted from his previous position as committee Newsletter Editor, and Mr. Lewis will continue in his position as Co-chair.
ABI would like to thank Thomas Horan of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC in Wilmington, Del. for his service to the committee as a Co-chair. Mr. Horan will continue in committee leadership as the Co-chair for the Commercial Fraud Committee.
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At the recently held 29th Annual Spring Meeting there were several sessions of interest to the committee. The first, titled "Developing a Restructuring Practice: Advice from Proven Rainmakers," covered a variety of timely topics related to unsecured creditors' committees, lien holders and applicable restrictions. The session was moderated by Michael M. Eidelman of Vedder Price PC in Chicago. Panelists included Richard M. Cieri of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in New York; Marcia L. Goldstein of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York; and Perry M. Mandarino of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in New York.
Developing a Restructuring Practice: Advice from Proven Rainmakers
You will also find the concurrent session titled "What Every Bankruptcy Lawyer Should Know about Balance Sheets, Financial Statements and Related Financial Information" an interesting read. This session was focused on identifying questions that must be answered in order to properly advise and assist a client, fundamental concepts of the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, international financing and fraud, and also gave a variety of charts and graphs to better show these overlapping accounting principles. Lynn Lewis Tavenner of Tavenner & Beran, PLC in Richmond, Va moderated the session. The panel included Martha E.M. Kopacz of Grant Thornton LLP in New York and Sheila T. Smith of Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP in Boston.
What Every Bankruptcy Lawyer Should Know about Balance Sheets, Financial Statements and Related Financial Information
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Discover ABI offers a clean and easy to navigate site for members to learn how to use their membership. The site serves as a portal for our newest and most popular features, like the Interactive Code & Rules, the Blog Exchange, Volo and the Journal. Here you can read descriptions for many of our features and instantly launch to your desired page.
In addition to Discover ABI, watch your inbox for an invitation to next month's new member orientation, "Discover ABI: Quick Tips For Using Your ABI Membership Right Now."
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