ABI Annual Spring Meeting 2021 | American Bankruptcy Institute | 12 April 2021 | Online

ABI is pleased to announce the return of the Annual Spring Meeting — this year in a cutting-edge virtual format. Employing the same innovative platform that made last fall’s Insolvency 2020 event such an astounding success, this conference — always one of the most significant annual gatherings of bankruptcy and insolvency professionals in the country — will introduce a number of new and improved online networking features. These will allow attendees to connect in intimate group settings or — perhaps just as important — one-on-one with fellow participants.

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ASM 2021 features:
• A state-of-the-industry presentation by some of the country’s leading bankruptcy analysts.
• The Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act vs. the ABI Consumer Commission’s recommendations.
• A closer look at the regulatory side of health care bankruptcies.
• An overview of the Small Business Reorganization Act, and what we’ve learned at the one-year mark.
• An evidence and trial skills session in a mock-court setting.
• A spotlight on insolvent or near-insolvent hotel debtors.
• A frank examination of how to handle debtors and creditors with severe mental health issues, such as dementia or drug/alcohol abuse.

2021 Speakers

A. Thomas Small (ret.), Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D.N.C.)

Aaron Cutler
Hogan Lovells

Alane A. Becket
Becket & Lee LLP

Alicia M. Bendana
Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard

Amber M. Carson
Gray Reed & McGraw LLP

Amir Sufi
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Andrew C. Helman
Dentons

Andrew H. Sherman
Sills Cummins & Gross P.C.

Ariane Holtschlag
FactorLaw

Ashely M. Chan, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D.Pa.)

B. Summer Chandler
Southern University Law Center

Barbara J. Houser, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Tex.)

Beth M. Brownstein
Arent Fox LLP

Beverly M. Burden
Chapter 13 Trustee

Brian J. Koenig
Koley Jessen

Bruce A. Harwood, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. N.H.)

C. Edward Dobbs
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP

Chad J. Husnick
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Christopher L. Hawkins
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Christopher S. Sontchi, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Del.)

Cristina Perez Hesano
Perez Law Group, PLLC

Cullen Drescher Speckhart
Cooley LLP

Cynthia Norton, Hon.
U. S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Mo.)

Daniel B. Besikof
Loeb & Loeb LLP

Daniel J. Casamatta
Office of the U.S. Trustee

Daniel P. Collins, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Ariz.)

David M. Neff
Perkins Coie LLP

David MacGreevey
AlixPartners, LLP

Dawn M. Cica
Carlyon Cica Chtd.

Deborah J. Caruso
Rubin & Levin

Deborah J. Newman
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Derek C. Abbott
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP

Dominique R. Scalia
DBS Law

Donald W. Mallory
Wood + Lamping LLP

Donna T. Parkinson
Parkinson Phinney

E. Patrick Shea
Gowling WLG

E. Stewart Spielman
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Elizabeth L. Gunn, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. D.C.)

Eric L. Johnson
Spencer Fane LLP

Erica S. Weisgerber
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Ericka F. Johnson
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Evan B. Blum
Alvarez & Marsal Holdings, LLC

Eve H. Karasik
Levene, Neale, Bender, Yoo & Brill L.L.P.

Franklind D. Lea
Tactical Financial Consulting, LLC

Gavin H. Finlayson
Miller Thomson LLP

George Klidonas
Latham & Watkins LLP

Grace E. Robson
Markowitz Ringel Trusty & Hartog, P.A.

Grayson Williams
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Tex.)

Gregory M. Taube
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

Gregory V. Demo
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones

Hannah L. Blumenstiel, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Cal.)

Heather M. Giannino
Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC

Henry E. Hildebrand, III
Chapter 13 Trustee

Isley M. Gostin
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP

Jack F. Williams, Prof.
Baker Tilly US, LLP/Georgia State University

James J. McGinley
Ankura Consulting Group, LLC

James Molleur
Molleur Law Office

James T. Markus
Markus Williams Young & Hunsicker LLC

Janet S. Baer, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Ill.)

Janine M. Figueiredo
Hahn & Hessen LLP

Jay C. Williams, Dr.

Jeffrey A. Horowitz
Proskauer

Jennifer E. Daly
King & Spalding LLP

Jennifer M. McLemore
Williams Mullen

Jim Moran
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Joan N. Feeney (ret.), Hon.
JAMS

Joel Holsinger
Ares Management Corporation

Joel M. Cohen
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

John A. Boehner, Hon.
Squire Patton Boggs

John T. Gregg, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D. Mich.)

John W. Ames
Dentons

Jonathan T. Edwards
Alston & Bird LLP

Karol K. Denniston
Squire Patton Boggs

Kate Marino
Debtwire North America

Keri L. Riley
KutnerBrinen, PC

Kevin R. Anderson, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Utah)

Kimberly A. Brown
Landis Rath & Cobb LLP

Kirk B. Burkley
Bernstein-Burkley

Krystal M. Ahart
Kahn & Ahart, PLLC

Laurel M. Isicoff, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Fla.)

Leo Oppenheimer
Reid Collins & Tsai LLP

Lindsi M. Weber
Polsinelli PC

Lisa Vandesteeg
Levenfeld Pearlstein

Liz Boydston
Polsinelli PC

Madeleine C. Wanslee, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Ariz.)

Marcy Ford
Trott Law

Mark D. Podgainy
Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC

Martin R. Barash, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Cal.)

Mary Grace Diehl (ret.), Hon.

Mary Jo Heston, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D. Wash.)

Melissa S. Kibler
Mackinac Partners LLC

Michael A. Fagone, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Me.)

Michael A. Sabella
BakerHostetler

Michael E. Wiles, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.)

Michael J. Bujold
U.S. Trustee's Office

Michelle M. Harner, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Md.)

N. Neville Reid
Fox Swibel Levin & Carroll LLP

Nancy B. Rapoport, Prof.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law

Nicholas J. Zluticky
Stinson LLP

Pamela Foohey, Prof.
Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Patricia B. Fugee
FisherBroyles, LLP

Rebecca B. Connelly, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D. Va.)

René Lastreto II, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Cal.)

Ricardo A. Anzaldua

Richard P. Carmody
Adams and Reese LLP

Richard S. Lauter
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Robert D. Drain, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.)

Robert J. Feinstein
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones

Russell M. Blain
Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Postler, P.A.

Sam Schulhofer-Wohl
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Sandra R. Klein, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Cal.)

Scott L. Alberino
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Scott S. Markowitz
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Seth H. Lieberman
Pryor Cashman LLP

Shane G. Ramsey
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Stacey L. Meisel, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. N.J.)

Steven Fleming
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Steven M. Berman
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Susan M. Freeman
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP

Tania M. Moyron
Dentons

Teadra Pugh
Bloomberg Law

Thomas M. Horan
Cozen O'Connor

Tracey N. Wise, Hon.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Ky.)

Vanessa Allen
MNP Ltd.

Vincent E. Lazar
Jenner & Block

Virginia Tate
FAI International, Forensic Accounting & Investigations

William J. Perlstein
FTI Consulting, Inc.

William J. Rochelle, III
American Bankruptcy Institute

William Q. Derrough
Moelis & Company

2021 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• agencyIP
• Cravath
• CSC Global
• Deloitte CRG
• DSI
• FTI Consulting
• Grant Thornton
• Gray Reed
• Hogan Lovells
• KCC
• Nelson Mullins
• Reid Collins
• Sherwood Partners
• Skadden
• Wilmington Trust

GOLD SPONSORS
• AlixPartners
• CohnReznick
• CR3 Partners
• Getzler Henrich
• Jenner & Block
• McGuireWoods
• Pachulski
• Polsinelli
• Proskauer
• Perkins Coie
• Squire Patton Boggs

SILVER SPONSORS
• BakerHostetler
• Ballard Spahr
• Barnes & Thornburg
• Bernstein Shur
• Brown Rudnick LLP
• Cozen O’Connor
• Epiq
• Loeb & Loeb
• Morris Nichols
• SSG Capital
• ToneyKorf

GENERAL SPONSORS
• Gordon Brothers
• Freeborn & Peters
• SC&H
• Spencer Fane