Alexander L. Paskay Memorial Bankruptcy Seminar 2024 | American Bankruptcy Institute | 15 February 2024 | The Westin Tampa Waterside, 725 S Harbour Island Blvd, Tampa, FL 33602, USA

A memorial CLE program honoring the lifetime achievements.

The seminar will feature programming options geared toward both business and consumer issues, taught by a faculty of prominent regional and national speakers and bankruptcy judges — and you won’t want to miss out on the numerous networking events!

In this session, an FBI agent, a U.S. attorney, an Assistant U.S. Trustee and a bankruptcy trustee will discuss the who, what, when and why of bankruptcy crimes, including the relationship between a criminal prosecution and a contemporaneous bankruptcy case or cases involving the criminal defendants, either as principals of the debtor or the debtors themselves.

This panel will explore the differences between state court assignments for the benefit of creditors and receiverships, and bankruptcy court chapter 7 and subchapter V.

This panel will bring attendees up to speed on Zoom § 341s and best practices, as well as recent and important changes to chapter 13 administrative orders and forms, and will explore trends and tips for handling merchant cash advance (MCA) issues in consumer cases and mortgage-modification mediations. The panelists also will discuss income-driven repayment plans and highlight the DOJ's latest guidance on discharging student loans.

This panel will discuss subchapter V updates, including dischargeability, voting and other issues, and will feature a Showdown at the Supremes discussion on Purdue Pharma, as well as a point/counterpoint talk on merchant cash advances (MCAs) and their related bankruptcy issues.

Your consumer client’s problems may go beyond traditional insolvency issues. This panel will discuss ethical and legal strategies to protect your client’s interests.

It will explore the applied use of nonverbal communication in business to better understand, manage or negotiate with others. Drawing on his decades of experience studying human behavior, will highlight those key behaviors executives need to know to decode the world around them.

Two lawyers who regularly handle bankruptcy appeals, along with a district court judge who hears bankruptcy appeals, will lead this panel focused on key bankruptcy appeal topics.

This panel will discuss different tactics creditors use to pursue the collection of debt, how debtors can defend against collection efforts and pursue claims when a creditor has gone too far, how creditors can minimize their exposure to such claims, and the potential impacts of pre-petition proceedings on creditors and debtors when a debtor files a bankruptcy petition.

This panel will cover procedural and evidentiary issues that can arise in the context of adversary proceedings and contested matters related to expert witnesses and expert reports, witness examination, and the introduction of electronic content into evidence.

Presented in a game show format, this session will feature real case examples, enabling attendees to learn about the nature of the duty of zealous advocacy, under what circumstances lawyers do cross the line, and the ethical and other consequences of being under- or overzealous.

Attendees will work through case problems in small judge-led groups.

2024 Speakers

MODERATOR:

David A. Samole
Commercial Bankruptcy Litigation Partner, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton

Hon. Tiffany P. Geyer
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Hon. Roberta A. Colton
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Edmund S. Whitson, Moderator
Member, McGlinchey Stafford PLLC

Hon. Grace E. Robson
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Mariane L. Dorris
Shareholder, Shuker & Dorris, P.A.

SPEAKERS:

Heidi A. Feinman
Assistant, U.S. Trustee Program

Robert C. Furr
Founding Partner, Furr & Cohen, P.A

Michelle McDaniel
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Hon. Mindy A. Mora
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court

W. Stephen Muldrow
Attorney, U.S. Attorney

Hon. Jason A. Burgess
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

Eric D. Jacobs
Partner, Venable LLP

Michael C. Markham
Owner, Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns, LLP

Patricia A. Redmond
Shareholder, Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

Gregory A. Champeau
Attorney, Champeau Law, P.A.

Kelly Remick
Chapter 13 Standing Trustee, Tampa

Gavin N. Stewart
Owner, Stewart Legal Group P.L.

Guy A. Van Baalen
Assistant, U.S. Trustee's Office

Eyal Berger
Attorney, Akerman LLP

Matthew B. Hale
Shareholder, Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Postler, P.A.

Dana L. Robbins
Associate Attorney, Burr & Forman LLP

Hon. Caryl E. Delano
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Kristina E. Feher
Managing Member, Feher Law

Chantel C. Wonder
Attorney, McGlinchey Stafford PLLC

Joe Navarro
Author and Former FBI Agent The Body, Language Academy by Joe Navarro

Paul A. Avron
Attorney, Berger Singerman LLP

Ceci C. Berman
Managing Shareholder, Brannock Berman & Seider

Hon. Catherine P. McEwen
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Jeffrey S. Fraser
Partner, Albertelli Law

Yusuf Haidermota
Attorneys, Kass Shuler, P.A.

Lynn Welter Sherman
Shareholder, Trenam Law

Hon. Scott M. Grossman
Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Megan W. Murray
Shareholder, Underwood Murray PA

Jason S. Rigoli
Associate, Furr & Cohen, P.A.

Mark J. Wolfson
Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

Maria M. Yip
Founder and Managing Partner, Yip Associates

Hon. Cynthia A. Norton
Law Clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Vincent F. Alexander
Partner, Shutts & Bowen LLP

Kathleen L. DiSanto
Shareholder, Bush Ross, P.A.

Eric D. Jacobs
Professionals, Venable LLP

Luis E. Rivera
Bankruptcy Deputy Section Chair, Fort Myers and Naples Deputy Managing Shareholder, GrayRobinson, P.A

2024 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Agency Sherwood
• Anthony & Partners Attorneys At Law
• Stichter Riedel Blain & Postler
• Venable LLP.

GOLD SPONSORS:
• BakerHostetler
• GrayRobinson
• Mcglinchey

SILVER SPONSOR:
• Shumaker

BRONZE SPONSOR:
• Bush Ross