American College of Bankruptcy
American College of Bankruptcy
Seventh Circuit Regional Educational Program

Bankruptcy: Back to the Future

Friday, September 28, 2012
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
565 West Adams Street
Chicago, Illinois

1 – 5:30 p.m.
(Doors open at 12:45 p.m.)
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Cocktail Reception Sponsored by:

Adelman & Gettleman, Ltd.
Conway MacKenzie Inc.
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Goldberg Kohn Ltd.
Jenner & Block LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
McGuireWoods LLP
Perkins Coie LLP
Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CLE and CPE credit has been requested. Total number of credits to be determined.

Join us for a lively discussion of many of the challenging topics facing current bankruptcy and reorganization professionals, including recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, important work of the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules, and developments in the field of bankruptcy ethics. The speakers are among the nation’s leading judges, academics and bankruptcy professionals. Those interested in the discussion, including law students, are welcome to attend at no cost.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

12:45 p.m. Doors Open
   
1 – 1:05 p.m. Welcome Remarks
Ronald Barliant of Goldberg Kohn Ltd. (Chicago)
Regent of the College for the Seventh Circuit
   
1:05 – 2:35 p.m. Bankruptcy controversies recently addressed by the Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal
  • Bankruptcy court jurisdiction
  • Bid in rights
  • Fraudulent transfer liability
  • Other

Moderator:
Robert M. Fishman, Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz & Wolfson LLC (Chicago)

Panel:
U.S. District Judge Joan B. Gottschall, Northern District of Illinois
Douglas G. Baird, Harry A. Bigelow Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School (Chicago)
John Wm. ("Jack") Butler, Jr., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Chicago)
David M. Neff, Perkins Coie LLP (Chicago)
Ronald R. Peterson, Jenner & Block LLP (Chicago)
2:50 – 4 p.m. What is the Bankruptcy Rules Committee Considering?
  • Stern amendments
  • Appellate rules
  • New forms
  • Process for comments

Moderator:
Adrian Walters, Ralph L. Brill Professor of Law,
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law (Chicago)

Panel:
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Eugene R. Wedoff, Northern District of Illinois (Current Chair, Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules)
Howard L. Adelman, Adelman & Gettleman, Ltd. (Chicago) (Former Member, Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules)
David A. Lander, Greensfelder, Henker & Gale, P.C. (St. Louis) (Current Member, Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules)
Charles J. Tabb, Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Chair in Law, University of Illinois College of Law (Champaign) (Former Member, Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules)
   
4:15 – 5:25 p.m. Maintaining Ethical Standards in Bankruptcy
  • UST Compensation Guidelines
  • Issues on Disinterestedness
  • Addressing Conflicts

Moderator:
Kenneth J. Malek, Conway MacKenzie Inc. (Chicago)

Panel:
James M. Carr, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (Indianapolis)
David S. Heller, Latham & Watkins LLP (Chicago)
Melissa Kibler Knoll, Mesirow Financial Consulting (Chicago)
Nancy A. Peterman, Greenberg Traurig LLP (Chicago)
   
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Cocktail Party at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
   
   

REGISTER

Seating is limited so early reservation is suggested.

For more information, please contact Claudia Gunderson at cgunderson@mcguirewoods.com or 312.750.3540, or a member of the College Seventh Circuit Educational Program Subcommittee:

www.amercol.org