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PROF. ABBYE ATKINSON

ABBYE ATKINSON’S research focuses on the law of debtors and creditors as it affects economically disenfranchised communities. Her work is forthcoming in the Columbia Law Review, and has been published in the Stanford Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, Arizona Law Review, and Michigan Journal of Race and Law. Before joining Berkeley Law, she was a Thomas C. Grey Fellow and Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School and the Reginald F. Lewis Fellow at Harvard Law School. She also worked as an associate attorney in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and she served as a law clerk to the Hon. Ronald M. Gould of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for the Hon. Marilyn Hall Patel of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of California, Berkeley, and she is a mother of three.

Saturday Oct 17, 2020 Grand Ballroom 5-9 9:15 – 10:15 am

ECONOMIST

FIRESIDE CHAT

Presented as a part of Insolvency 2020, the insolvency industry’s virtual webinar series in September and October 2020.

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CORINNE BALL

CORINNE BALL has nearly 40 years of experience in business finance and restructuring, with a focus on complex corporate reorganizations and distressed acquisitions, both court‐supervised and extra judicial, including matters involving multijurisdictional and cross‐border enterprises. She co‐leads the Jones Day New York Office’s Business Restructuring & Reorganization Practice and leads the Firm’s European Distress Investing and Alternative Capital Initiatives.

Corinne worked extensively on the City of Detroit restructuring, which followed her leading a team of attorneys representing Chrysler in its successful chapter 11 reorganization, which won the Investment Dealers’ Digest Deal of the Year award for 2009. She also led a team of attorneys in the restructuring of FGIC and the sale of its portfolio to MBIA; the successful restructuring of Dana Corp., which emerged from bankruptcy in 2008; and has orchestrated many other reorganizations involving companies such as Oncor, Oi, OSX, US Manufacturing, Metaldyne, Axcelis Technologies, Kaiser Aluminum, Tarragon, and The Williams Communications Companies. In addition, she has counseled lenders and bondholders in the ABFS, Comdisco, Excite@Home, Exide SA, GST Communications, the Houston Sport’s Authority and Jefferson County, European Wind Farms (Breeze) and the National Portuguese Railway, Loy Yang B, VARIG Airlines, and Worldcom restructurings, among others.

Corinne leads the Firm’s distressed M&A efforts and is the featured “Distress M&A” columnist for the New York Law Journal. She won The National Law Journal’s “Most Influential Lawyer of the Decade in Bankruptcy & Restructuring,” Turnaround Management Association’s “International Turnaround Company of the Year” Award, and was named “Dealmaker of the Year” by American Lawyer.

Corinne has served as a director of the American College of Bankruptcy and American Bankruptcy Institute and is a member of the International Institute on Insolvency.

Wednesday Oct 14, 2020 Pacific Ballroom 18 2:30 – 3:30 pm

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LUKE A. BAREFOOT

LUKE BAREFOOT is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. His practice focuses on bankruptcy litigation, insolvency, corporate restructuring and related litigation matters, with a particular focus on cross‐border and international bankruptcy disputes.

Luke has advised on notable matters for creditors and debtors, corporates and sovereigns in complex, high‐profile matters, including recently ESL and Eddie Lampert as the largest shareholder and creditor (with over $2.8 billion in claims) in the Sears Holdings Chapter 11 proceedings, including assumption and assignment of over 600 leases over landlord objections. Luke’s other representations include acting as debtor’s counsel in the Chapter 15 cases for Odebrecht S.A. and its affiliates in restructuring more than $20 billion in indebtedness; an ad hoc group of bondholders in the contested Chapter 15 proceedings for the QGOG/Constellation entities in their cross‐border restructuring; Geoffrey LLC, owner and seller of the intellectual property of the Toys R Us group in the restructuring of the group’s business, including a series of Section 363 sales; representing the Puerto Rico Public‐Private Partnerships Authority and other Commonwealth instrumentalities in various litigation matters relating to Puerto Rico’s debt crisis; and an ad hoc group of creditors in successful litigation to maintain Chapter 15 recognition of Oi S.A.’s Chapter 15 proceedings.

In recognition of Luke’s credibility in the marketplace and the significance of the matters on which he has worked, he was named a “Rising Star,” by Law360 and an “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer,” by Turnarounds & Workouts. He was also inducted into the International Insolvency Institute’s Next Generation. Luke receieved a J.D. degree, with distinction, from Stanford Law School and a B.S. degree, with honors, from Cornell University. Luke joined the firm in 2004 and became a partner in 2013.

Friday Oct 16, 2020 Grand Ballroom 5-9 10:30 – 11:30 am

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LISA G. BECKERMAN

LISA BECKERMAN is a financial restructuring partner in the New York office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. She advises on corporate restructurings and creditors’ rights, working with clients across the country in a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, airlines, media, energy and real estate. She assists both in Chapter 11 cases and out‐of‐court restructurings.

Lisa’s clients appreciate her legal skill in handling high‐end, complex restructurings. One reported in Chambers USA: “She performed wonderfully in a case that needed to be handled skillfully. She did a good job positioning herself.”

Lisa’s clients include: Official creditors’ committees, informal groups of creditors, Hedge funds, Private equity funds and Debtors.

Education: J.D., Boston University School of Law, 1989, M.B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1986, B.A., University of Chicago, with honors, 1984

Bar Admission: District of Columbia, New Jersey, New York


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EYAL BERGER

EYAL BERGER focuses his practice on small business reorganizations, out‐of‐court debt restructuring, assignments for the benefit of creditors, corporate dissolutions, Article 9 transactions, and the enforcement of creditors’ rights. He also protects the interests of financial institutions and lessors as secured and unsecured creditors in a myriad of insolvency proceedings by assisting them in preserving, liquidating, or repossessing their collateral.

He served as Judicial Clerk Extern to the Honorable Michael G. Williamson, Bankruptcy Judge and the Honorable Paul M. Glenn, Chief Bankruptcy Judge, Middle District of Florida.

He was a member of NCBJ‐NextGeneration, Organizing Committee Member 2014‐2019 and is a member of NCBJ NextGeneration Class of 2012

Saturday Oct 17, 2020 Grand Ballroom Terrace 7:45 – 8:45 am

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CAMILLE C. BENT

CAMILLE BENT is a senior associate in BakerHostetler’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights practice group, concentrating in the areas of corporate bankruptcy, financial restructuring and commercial litigation. She has significant experience in disputes and transactions arising out of corporate insolvencies, including asset sale, fraudulent transfer, negligent misrepresentation, and wrongful redemption cases. Camille has represented debtors, creditors, trustees, committees, and other interested parties in various industries. She currently represents Irving H. Picard, Securities Investor Protection Act Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC, and litigates multimillion‐dollar avoidance and recovery actions against foreign and domestic entities.

Camille was a 2019 NCBJ NextGen Participant, and she was a 2011 NCBJ Cornelius Blackshear Presidential Fellow. Currently, she is an At‐Large Director of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, she is a member of the Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Committee at the New York City Bar Association, and she is Co‐Chair of BakerHostetler’s New York Diversity Committee. Camille earned her J.D./M.B.A. from Emory University and her B.A. from Johns Hopkins University. Following law school, she clerked for the Honorable Pamela Pepper in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.


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RONIT J. BERKOVICH

RONIT J. BERKOVICH is a partner in the Business Finance & Restructuring Department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and is based in New York. Ms. Berkovich represents debtors, creditors, lenders, investors, and acquirers of assets in all aspects of distressed situations. She has served as debtors’ counsel in several of the largest and most significant chapter 11 cases in history, including General Motors, Lehman Brothers, WorldCom/MCI, and Takata. Most recently, Ms. Berkovich has led such notable engagements as Insys Therapeutics (the first opioid‐related bankruptcy), EP Energy Corporation, CTI Foods, and Catalina Marketing Corporation to name a few. She also has extensive experience representing large and mid‐market companies in prepackaged chapter 11 cases, out‐of‐court workouts, and international restructurings in a variety of industries and has provided advisory services to Fortune 500 companies and other companies on corporate structuring strategies.

Ms. Berkovich actively lectures on various topics relating to restructuring and has teaching experience, including legal research and writing at Harvard Law School and a seminar in economics at Harvard College. She is the co‐editor of the Weil Bankruptcy Blog and has also written extensively, including articles published in The Banking Law Journal, The American University Law Review, Real Estate Finance, and The Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable.

Ms. Berkovich was awarded 2019 Dealmaker of the Year by The American Lawyer for her work as counsel to Takata in its global restructuring and $1.6 billion asset sale to Key Safety. In 2018 she was named an MVP for Bankruptcy by Law360 and in 2019 and 2020, she was named a “Rising Star” for Restructuring and Insolvency in the U.S. by IFLR1000. In 2015 Ms. Berkovich was named a “Rising Star” in Bankruptcy by Law360 and among the 2015 “Top Women” for Creditor Debtor Rights in New York by Super Lawyers. She has also been recognized by Turnarounds & Workouts magazine as one of its Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers on multiple occasions.

Ms. Berkovich serves as co‐Chair of Women@Weil in New York, on TOWER (Taskforce on Women’s Engagement and Retention) and on Weil’s Hiring Committee. Most recently, she has become a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference, the primary purpose of which is to advise Congress on the operation of bankruptcy and related laws and any proposed changes to those laws. She is also active in her community.

Ms. Berkovich graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude in 2001 and from the University of Virginia with distinction in 1997.

Thursday Oct 15, 2020 Grand Ballroom 5-9 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

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HON. SHERI BLUEBOND

On February 1, 2001, SHERI BLUEBOND was appointed by the Ninth Circuit as a bankruptcy judge for the Central District of California, sitting in downtown Los Angeles. She served as Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the district from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2018. Prior to taking the bench, she was a partner in the law firm of Irell & Manella LLP, where she co‐chaired the Creditors= Rights and Insolvency Group, specializing in bankruptcy, debtor/creditor relations and business litigation, representing debtors in possession and trustees as well as secured and unsecured creditors.

She is a graduate of UCLA Law School, where she served on the UCLA Law Review, earned numerous American Jurisprudence Awards and graduated Order of the Coif, first in her class. Judge Bluebond is a Fellow of the American Bankruptcy College and a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute. She currently serves on the Executive Committee and the Bankruptcy Committee of the Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the Board of Governors of the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum and has at various times served on the Board of Trustees of Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles/Camp Max Straus, the Board of Governors of the Financial Lawyers Conference, the Board of Directors of the Turnaround Management Association and the Board of Trustees for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Thursday Oct 15, 2020 Grand Ballroom 5-9 9:15 – 10:30 am

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HON. ELIZABETH BROWN

JUDGE ELIZABETH E. BROWN was appointed as a bankruptcy judge in 2001 for the District of Colorado and reappointed in 2015. She served on the Tenth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel from 2003 to 2013. She is a graduate of The Colorado College and the University of Colorado Law School, with honors from both institutions. She served as the Managing Editor of the University of Colorado Law Review. Following law school, Judge Brown engaged in private practice from 1986 through 2001, primarily in the area of corporate insolvency and restructuring. Immediately prior to joining the bench, she was a partner and chair of the Bankruptcy Department at Holme, Roberts & Owen, an international law firm, in their Denver office, now known as Bryan Cave LLP. She has served as an adjunct professor at both the University of Colorado Law School and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law for many years. She was the Judicial Chair of the Rocky Mountain American Bankruptcy Institute Conference from 2001 to 2015. Judge Brown frequently lectures at regional and national programs of various organizations. She has served on various committees of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. She is the current Editor in Chief of the American Bankruptcy Law Journal. Judge Brown is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.


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VERONICA D. BROWN-MOSELEY

VERONICA D. BROWN-MOSELEY is a shareholder at the Boleman Law Firm, P.C. She represents consumers in chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcy cases in the firms’ Richmond, Hampton, and Virginia Beach offices. She serves as the president of the Hill‐Tucker Bar Association, one of the oldest historically African‐American bar associations in Virginia. Ms. Brown‐Moseley is a past co‐chair of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation’s Virginia chapter. She is a co‐founder and serves as vice president of Brighter Tomorrows Begin Today, a non‐profit organization dedicated to assisting individuals in achieving their academic and professional goals. Ms. Brown‐Moseley is a frequent writer and speaker on consumer bankruptcy‐related issues.


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DANIEL J. CASAMATTA

DANIEL J. CASAMATTA, a 1982 graduate of the Case Western University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio, became the Acting United States Trustee for Region 13, which includes the judicial districts in Arkansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, on January 1, 2015. He has served as the Assistant U.S. Trustee in the Kansas City, Missouri office of the U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) since 2008. Prior to that appointment, he served as Assistant U.S. Trustee in Grand Rapids, Michigan for 18 years, was an Attorney‐Advisor in the Cleveland, Ohio USTP office for 3 years and for periods of time was also the Acting Assistant U.S. Trustee in Indianapolis and the Acting Chief of the USTP's National Bankruptcy Training Institute located in the Department of Justice’s National Advocacy Center in Columbia, SC. Mr. Casamatta regularly speaks at the National Advocacy Center on a variety of topics and was the recipient of USTP’s Director’s Award for Exemplary Service (the Program’s second‐highest award) in 2002. In 2018, Mr. Casamatta was given the USTP Director’s Award for Distinguished Service (the Program’s highest award). Before joining the Program, Mr. Casamatta spent five years in private practice in Cleveland with an emphasis on bankruptcy and commercial litigation.

Friday Oct 16, 2020 Grand Ballroom 5-9 11:45 am – 12:45 pm

SMALL BUSINESS

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HON. BESS M. PARRISH CRESWELL

JUDGE BESS M. PARRISH CRESWELL, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Alabama Judge Creswell was appointed to serve as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Alabama on April 16, 2018. Prior to her appointment, she was a partner in Burr & Forman LLP’s Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Group in Mobile, Alabama. At Burr & Forman she represented debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, creditor committees, and fiduciaries in workouts, debt restructuring, bankruptcy cases, financial transactions, and non‐bankruptcy litigation. Prior to joining Burr & Forman, Judge Creswell practiced bankruptcy and financial restructuring at Alston & Bird LLP in Atlanta, Georgia and served as law clerk to The Honorable Ray C. Mullins in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Judge Creswell earned her J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law, her M.B.A. from the Lundy‐Fetterman School of Business, and her B.A. in accounting and trust management from Campbell University.


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DIANA S. DAUGHERTY

DIANA DAUGHERTY was appointed Standing Chapter 13 Trustee for the Eastern District of Missouri on March 1, 2017. Prior to her appointment, Diana served as staff attorney for John V. LaBarge, Jr., the prior Standing Chapter 13 Trustee for the Eastern District of Missouri. Diana was the 2008 recipient of the Missouri Bar's Roser Award for Excellence in Bankruptcy Practice.


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MICHAEL DAVIS

MICHAEL DAVIS focuses on business, commercial, and insolvency law. His transactional work includes secured lending, distressed debt restructuring, lease financing, and corporate formation and governance. He also provides advice and oversight to his nationwide clients with regard to insolvency issues, as well as the negotiation and documentation of business transactions.

Michael has substantial experience in bankruptcy‐related litigation, including prosecuting and defending fraudulent transfer and preference matters, lien priority disputes, non‐dischargeability matters, and claims‐related disputes. He has represented bankruptcy trustees, receivers, creditors, and assignees for the benefit of creditors in a variety of matters including fraud, breach of duty, professional negligence, malpractice, and breach of contract. Saturday

Oct 17, 2020 Grand Ballroom Terrace 7:45 – 8:45 am

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SEAN B. DAVIS

SEAN B. DAVIS is Shareholder at Winstead PC and a member of Winstead's Business Restructuring/Bankruptcy Practice Group in Houston, Texas. Mr. Davis's practice has touched on a host of commercial bankruptcy matters in several different industries, including commercial and residential real estate, heavy machinery and equipment financing, construction, maritime shipping, oil and gas, and private condemnation. Mr. Davis's representative experience focuses on a host of issues pertinent to secured and unsecured creditors in chapter 7, 11, and 13 cases, as well as commercial litigation stemming from the bankruptcy context. Mr. Davis was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2009 and is admitted to practice in the United States Bankruptcy and District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas, and the Southern District of New York, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Davis holds Bachelor of Arts degrees from Rice University and received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Cornell Law School. Prior to licensure, Mr. Davis served as an intern for the Honorable Letitia Z. Paul in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. While in law school, Mr. Davis served as a legal intern for the Honorable Terry Jennings of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals for the state of Texas, as well as the Attorney General's Office for the state of New Mexico. Mr. Davis has practiced at Winstead PC in Houston since 2009 and is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Turnaround Management Association, the Houston Young Lawyer's Association, the Arthur L. Moller/David B. Foltz, Jr. America Inn of Court, Bankruptcy Sections of the State Bar of Texas and the Houston Bar Association, and the Houston Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers.


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JASON DEJONKER

JASON DEJONKER thrives on finding spot‐on solutions for his Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner clients. As an experienced deal maker and litigator, he is something of a law firm rarity – adept in the courtroom, in the boardroom, and at the closing table. Jason uses his vast know‐how to assist clients with creditor’s rights and bankruptcy matters. Private equity investors, financial institutions, special servicers, Fortune 500 corporations, trustees and receivers bank on Jason’s creative approach to problem solving in both litigation and transactional matters.

Jason’s experience includes lender and borrower‐side loan workouts, representations of debtors and secured creditors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases (including DIP and exit finance) and the plan confirmation process, commercial foreclosures, and complex collection and judgment collection matters. Out of the courtroom, he routinely counsels clients on structuring distressed transactions (including traditional M&A and commercial real estate transactions involving all asset types), provides advice to corporate management and boards of directors on fiduciary duty issues, and helps private equity and traditional lender clients in structuring commercial real estate and C&I loans.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of Jason’s commitment to community service and legal excellence. At BCLP, he serves on the Global Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Board, and is also an active member of the firm’s Partner Advisory Board. Jason, who was a Chick Evans Scholar (golf caddy scholarship) as a youth, is also a director of the Western Golf Association (WGA) and chair of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council. This year, Jason joined the Board of Directors of Link Unlimited, an organization that connects high potential African American high school students in the Chicagoland area with mentors, resources, and foundational skills required for success as they advance into, through, and beyond college. He is resident in the Bryan Cave Chicago office.


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SHELLY A. DEROUSSE

SHELLY A. DEROUSSE is the Leader of the Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Practice Group of Freeborn & Peters LLP and an Equity Partner of the firm. Shelly has extensive experience in the areas of bankruptcy, reorganization, litigation and asset sales. She has worked on every side of bankruptcies and workouts, including the representation of debtors, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, lessors, lessees, guarantors, trustees and creditors’ committees. She has represented clients ranging from large publicly traded companies in mega‐bankruptcy cases to smaller privately held middle market companies in chapter 11 filings or large international banks to small community banks.


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JENNY L. DOLING

JENNY L. DOLING is the founding member of J. DOLING LAW, PC, a bankruptcy and insolvency law firm serving Southern California, Las Vegas, and Reno, Nevada. She is a California State Bar Certified Bankruptcy Specialist. Ms. Doling represents creditors, trustees, and consumer and business debtors in chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 bankruptcy and insolvency matters.

Ms. Doling is an active member of the bankruptcy bar. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) and she is the Past‐President of the Inland Empire Bankruptcy Forum. Further, Ms. Doling speaks nationally on bankruptcy and law practice management topics for NACBA, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ), National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees (NACTT), the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), and the California Bankruptcy Forum (CBF). In addition, Ms. Doling is the Professor of Bankruptcy Law at the California Desert Trial Academy (CDTA). She also serves on the Central District of California Bar Advisory Committee. Ms. Doling volunteered as an Advisory Sub‐Committee Member to the ABI Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy.


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ALEXANDRA DUGAN

ALEX DUGAN regularly represents financial services and mortgage company clients with compliance matters, including risk management and remediation, state investigations, regulatory compliance, and operational implementation of legal guidelines. Alex’s practice focuses on the bankruptcy compliance and regulatory concerns that her clients face.

With this experience and perspective, Alex provides daily guidance to clients on bankruptcy‐related regulatory and compliance matters, supervises large‐scale remediation projects, designs and presents bankruptcy training programs, implements changes to business practices that are required as a result of new statutes and regulations, and works through operational matters that arise daily in a client’s bankruptcy department. In addition to her compliance work, Alex represents mortgage companies in litigation matters across the country—including advising clients and local counsel concerning best practices.

Alex’s practice also includes representation of debtors and secured creditors in Chapter 11 cases, out‐of‐court workouts, reorganizations, restructurings and liquidations. Her practice spans a wide range of industries, including bank and non‐bank lenders, investors in distressed assets, legal, automotive and commercial real estate.


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ROSA J. EVERGREEN

ROSA EVERGREEN is a partner in Arnold & Porter’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring group in Washington, DC. She has experience in all aspects of bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, including complex Chapter 11 cases, bankruptcy litigation, out‐of‐court restructurings and distressed acquisitions.

Rosa is active in many bankruptcy‐related professional organizations, including the American Bankruptcy Institute, the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation and Turnaround Management Association. Rosa has been recognized in Chambers USA, Best Lawyers, Washington, DC Super Lawyers and Washingtonian Magazine. She was named one of twelve “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers” by Turnarounds & Workouts for 2017, and she was named as one of ABI’s “40 under 40” emerging leaders for 2018.

Rosa also maintains an active pro bono practice. She was a recipient of the DC Bar’s Laura N. Rinaldi Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Award for 2018.

Rosa is a graduate of Georgetown University (BA, magna cum laude), and received a JD (order of the coif) and MBA from William & Mary. Prior to joining Arnold & Porter, she was a law clerk to the Honorable Stephen C. St. John of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.


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HON. CATHERINE J. FURAY

CATHERINE J. FURAY is the Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin. Prior to her appointment, she practiced bankruptcy, commercial law, and business litigation in Madison, Wisconsin.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin‐Madison Law School, Judge Furay is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy, commercial law, ethics, marital property, and litigation skills. She served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Law School teaching lawyering skills for 21 years and guest lectures in the Bankruptcy course.

Judge Furay is a member of the Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the bankruptcy judge member of the Advisory Process Review Working Group, and a member of the Advisory Group for the AO’s Bankruptcy Case Weighting Study.

In 2020, Judge Furay became a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. She is a Contributing Author of Construction Law, Chapter 16, “Bankruptcy.” She is the author of several articles on various bankruptcy, collection, marital property, and litigation topics. In 2019, Judge Furay became the Editor‐in‐Chief of Ginsberg & Martin on Bankruptcy.

Judge Furay is a member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges serving as a member of the Elections, Finance, and Online Learning Committees. She has also served as the Seventh Circuit representative on the NCBJ Board of Governors and on the NextGen and Technology Committees of NCBJ.

She is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, and currently serves on the Education Advisory Committees for the Central States Bankruptcy Conference and the Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference. Judge Furay is a member of the Turnaround Management Association, a member of the Board of Trustees, Past Chairman of the Board, and Past President of the Certification Oversight Committee.

Judge Furay has served on the Board of Governors and various committees of the State Bar of Wisconsin, including its Executive and Finance Committees. In addition to being co‐author of Wisconsin Business Advisors Series: Collections & Bankruptcy Vol. 4, Pinnacle Books, Judge Furay co‐authored the Wisconsin Civil Litigation Forms Manual, Pinnacle Books.


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HON. MARTIN GLENN

MARTIN GLENN was sworn in as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York on November 30, 2006. He received his B.S. degree from Cornell University in 1968 and his J.D. degree from Rutgers Law School in 1971. He was an Articles Editor of the Rutgers Law Review.

Judge Glenn was a law clerk for Hon. Henry J. Friendly, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, from 1971‐72. From 1972 until his appointment to the bench, Judge Glenn practiced law with O’Melveny & Myers LLP, in Los Angeles from 1972‐85 and in New York from 1985‐06.

Judge Glenn is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He is also a member of the following: Committee on International Judicial Relations of the United States Judicial Conference; American Law Institute; New York Federal‐State Judicial Council; International Insolvency Institute; American Bankruptcy Institute, New York City Bar; National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges; and the Federal Bar Council.

Judge Glenn is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Law School and a Contributing Author of Collier on Bankruptcy. He is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy‐related issues.


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HON. MARY P. GORMAN

THE HONORABLE MARY P. GORMAN serves as a Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of Illinois. Her chambers are located in Springfield, Illinois.

Judge Gorman graduated with honors from Rosary College (now Dominican University) and also attended the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. She graduated with high honors from the University of Illinois College of Law serving as a member of the Law Review and Order of the Coif. She has been admitted to practice by the Illinois Supreme Court, the Northern District of Illinois, the Central District of Illinois, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Tax Court, and the United States Supreme Court. Prior to her appointment, Judge Gorman practiced in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial transactions and litigation.

Judge Gorman is a past president of the Winnebago County Bar Association and has been active on the Illinois State Bar Association’s Task Force on the Unauthorized Practice of Law and the Commercial, Banking, and Bankruptcy Section Council. From 1999 to 2003, Judge Gorman was an adjunct professor of bankruptcy law at the Northern Illinois University College of Law. She is currently a member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Illinois State, Winnebago County, and Sangamon County Bar Associations.

Judge Gorman has served on the Administrative Office of the United States Courts’ Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group and on the Administrative Office’s Budget and Finance Advisory Council. She currently serves as one of the five bankruptcy judge representatives on the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System and previously served as a liaison to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules.


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JENNIFER HAGLE

JENNIFER HAGLE is a transactional bankruptcy lawyer with over 30 years of experience representing clients in bankruptcy and out‐of‐court restructurings. Jennifer is regularly recognized for her knowledge as a bankruptcy and restructuring lawyer and, in particular, her ability to develop creative exit strategies, drive consensus and achieve better‐than‐expected results efficiently and effectively.

Jennifer’s practice principally focuses on representing holders of senior secured, mezzanine and subordinated debt in both public and private middle market and large cap deals. Jennifer’s clients include banks, hedge funds and other financial institutions in a wide range of industries, including aviation, media, clean energy (ethanol and biofuels), coal and natural gas, technology, internet gaming, retail and restaurants, healthcare, hospitality, real estate and for‐profit higher education. In addition to her strong bankruptcy and restructuring knowledge, Jennifer also has significant experience in the area of corporate finance, having represented a number of lenders and borrowers with respect to loan originations and merger and acquisition transactions in non‐distressed deals.

In 2017, Jennifer was named a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers (ACCFL). The American College of Bankruptcy named Jennifer as a fellow for the class of 2015 and as a regent for the Ninth Circuit in 2020. Jennifer is also a contributing author of Collier’s Bankruptcy Practice Guide.

Clients interviewed by Chambers have noted that Jennifer “is super bright and very forward‐thinking” and “just fantastic” (2020), “is absolutely fabulous, she is commercially oriented and anticipates clients’ needs” (2019) and “is the whole package as a bankruptcy and restructuring attorney, she knows the law inside out, has great strategic vision, and listens to client concerns very carefully” (2018).

Jennifer’s work has been recognized by several prestigious publications and has earned her numerous accolades including: Chambers USA: Bankruptcy/Restructuring – California (2008–2020), Who’s Who Legal: Restructuring and Insolvency (2016–2020), The Best Lawyers in America (2013–2020), Southern California Super Lawyers (2012–2020), Southern California’s Best Lawyers (2019).


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HON. MICHELE M. HARNER

MICHELLE M. HARNER is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Maryland. She graduated from The Ohio State University College of Law, summa cum laude, in 1995, and from Boston College, cum laude, in 1992. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Harner served as the Francis King Carey Professor of Law and the Director of the Business Law Program at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. At UM Carey Law School, Judge Harner taught courses in Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, Business Associations, Business Planning, Corporate Finance, and Legal Profession. She lectured frequently during her academic career on various topics involving corporate governance, financially distressed entities, risk management, and related legal issues. Her academic scholarship is widely published, with her publications appearing in, among others, the Vanderbilt Law Review, Notre Dame Law Review, Washington University Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, Indiana Law Journal, Fordham Law Review (reprinted in Corporate Practice Commentator), Washington & Lee Law Review, William & Mary Law Review, University of Illinois Law Review, Arizona Law Review (reprinted in Corporate Practice Commentator), and Florida Law Review. Judge Harner has served as the Associate Reporter to the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the Reporter to the ABI Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11, and the Robert M. Zinman ABI Resident Scholar for the fall of 2015. She is currently serving as the Chair of the Dodd‐Frank Study Working Group for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. She is an elected conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference, an elected fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, and an elected member of the American Law Institute. Judge Harner previously was in private practice in the business restructuring, insolvency, bankruptcy, and related transactional fields, most recently as a partner at the Chicago office of the international law firm Jones Day.


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DAVID M. HILLMAN

DAVID M. HILLMAN is co‐head of the Private Credit Restructuring Group and a member of the Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group at Proskauer Rose LLP in New York City. David has 24 years of experience with an emphasis on representing private credit lenders, private funds, sovereign wealth funds and other alternative lenders and distressed investors in special situations and restructurings both in and out‐of‐court, whether the lender is secured or unsecured, unitranche or structured preferred. He has substantial experience in every phase of restructuring and distressed investing, including credit bid sales under section 363, debt‐for‐equity swaps, Chapter 11 plans, out of court restructurings, foreclosures, and navigating inter‐creditor issues involving the relative rights of majority and minority lenders. David also litigates the issues facing private credit lenders, including issues involving plan confirmation, solvency, valuation, inter‐creditor disputes, financing and cash collateral disputes, fraudulent transfers, equitable subordination, recharacterization, breach of fiduciary duty and similar disputes.

David was listed as a "leading individual" in bankruptcy/restructuring by Chambers USA, which noted that interviewees praised him as "wonderful to deal with," "very effective" and an "excellent litigator and strategist" who "thinks outside the box." Chambers also noted that David is "an excellent counselor for distressed situations with significant litigation elements" and "a terrific, conscientious and focused lawyer." He has also been recognized as a leader in his field by New York Super Lawyers as well. A member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, David speaks frequently on bankruptcy‐related topics including recent decisions affecting secured creditor rights and preparing creditors for bankruptcy risks. David graduated, with honors, from Albany Law School in 1995.


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HON. WHITMAN L. HOLT

WHITMAN L. HOLT has served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Washington in Yakima since November 1, 2019. Before taking the bench, Judge Holt was a partner of Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP in Los Angeles, where his bankruptcy practice included briefing multiple matters before the Supreme Court of the United States and during which time he received public recognition for his legal abilities from numerous sources.

Judge Holt is the co‐author (with Kenneth N. Klee) of Bankruptcy and the Supreme Court: 1801‐2014 (West Academic 2015) and of a series of commentaries about bankruptcy and the Supreme Court for the LexisNexis Emerging Issues Analysis project. Judge Holt also is a contributing author for the Collier on Bankruptcy treatise and related standalone publications. Since 2015, Judge Holt has been a Conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference, which is an invitation‐only organization dedicated to advising Congress about the operation of bankruptcy and related laws. Judge Holt is a graduate of Bates College (B.A., 2002, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 2005, cum laude).


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HON. JEFFERY P. HOPKINS

JUDGE HOPKINS was born in Georgia and raised in Ohio where he attended public schools until 8th grade. He attended boarding school at Middlesex School in Massachusetts on an ABC academic scholarship. In 1982, Judge Hopkins graduated from Bowdoin College with degrees in government and legal studies and anthropology‐sociology. At Bowdoin, Judge Hopkins was a dean’s list student, 4 year letterman on the football team, and was elected by the faculty to give a commencement address for which he received the Class of 1868 Award. Judge Hopkins graduated from The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law with a J. D. in 1985.

Upon graduation, Judge Hopkins clerked for the Honorable Alan E. Norris on the Sixth Circuit and later became an associate with the law firm, n.k.a., Squire, Patton & Boggs, specializing in complex commercial litigation. In 1990, Judge Hopkins was appointed as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and rapidly advanced to become Chief of the Civil Division. After serving 6 years with the Department of Justice, Judge Hopkins was appointed to the bankruptcy court at Cincinnati in April of 1996.

Judge Hopkins was elected President of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges in 2007, after serving in several leadership roles including as chair of the finance committee, education committee member, legislative committee member, and chair of the NCBJ‐NBA Liaison committee where he founded the Blackshear Lecture series and NCBJ Presidential Blackshear Fellowship program in order to attract underrepresented minorities to bankruptcy law practice.

The late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist appointed Judge Hopkins to the Federal Judicial Center's Education Committee for bankruptcy judges where he served two terms, then to the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. appointed Judge Hopkins to the Committee for the Judicial Branch where he continues to serve and more recently to the Judicial Conference of the United States as the Bankruptcy Judge observer.

Judge Hopkins formerly served on the Boards of ABI (chair of the membership committee), the ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee (vice chair of the rules committee), the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Queen City Foundation. Judge Hopkins is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy law. Judge Hopkins has been an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and in 2010 received the William K. Thomas Distinguished Jurist Award from Ohio State.

Currently Judge Hopkins serves as board chair of the iconic Cincinnati Museum Center, president of the Law and Leadership Institute, co‐convener of the BLAC‐CBA Round Table and board member of The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Judge Hopkins was recently re‐elected to serve as an at‐large member to the Board of Regents for the American College of Bankruptcy.

Judge Hopkins is married to Michelle. They are proud parents of one daughter who is in private practice with a Cincinnati law firm and a son attending Ohio State.


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HON. BENJAMIN A. KAHN

JUDGE KAHN is certified as a specialist in business and consumer bankruptcy law by the American Board of Certification. Judge Kahn currently serves on the Committee on Bankruptcy Judge Education for the Federal Judicial Center and is one of the instructors for Phase I and Phase II Orientation for Newly Appointed Bankruptcy Judges. He serves as the Judicial Chair of the Southeastern Bankruptcy Workshop for the American Bankruptcy Institute. He is a Conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference, for which he serves on the Executive Committee and as Chair of the Committee on the Court System and Bankruptcy Administration. He is a contributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy. Judge Kahn is an inactive certified mediator with the State of North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission. Prior to his appointment as United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, he was recognized as among the Top 10 North Carolina Super Lawyers across all practice areas for the two years immediately preceding his appointment, was elected to the Legal Elite Hall of Fame by Business North Carolina Magazine in 2014 as the category winner in North Carolina for Bankruptcy, and was included among Band 1 bankruptcy practitioners in North Carolina in Chambers and Partners USA. Judge Kahn received his BA in 1990 and his JD with Honors in 1993 from UNC‐Chapel Hill.


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ELENA PARAS KETCHUM

ELENA PARAS KETCHUM, named by SuperLawyers as one of the top fifty women attorneys in the State of Florida, is a shareholder with the law firm of Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Postler, P.A. Ms. Ketchum is heavily involved in the firm’s insolvency, transactional, and commercial litigation practices. On the transactional side, she has represented numerous buyers and sellers in connection with complex stock and asset sales and borrowers and guarantors in commercial loan transactions. Ms. Ketchum has been lead counsel in successful out‐of‐court workouts of loans totaling in the hundreds of millions of dollars and regularly represents clients in negotiating and documenting complicated transactions such as workout and loan modification agreements and agreements related to asset sales. In the insolvency arena, Ms. Ketchum brings a solid knowledge of bankruptcy law and substantial courtroom experience to her cases. She is chiefly noted for her representation of debtors in possession in Chapter 11 cases – successfully reorganizing debtors involved in industries as diverse as manufacturing, construction, retail, restaurant, healthcare, printing, and grocery. Ms. Ketchum also heads up the firm’s practice under Chapter 727 of the Florida Statutes dealing with “Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors”. Ms. Ketchum defends borrowers in state court litigation, bringing with her the courtroom experience she gained as an Assistant State Attorney with the State Attorney’s Office for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough County, where she was assigned to the Felony division.

Ms. Ketchum is listed in Chambers & Partners for Bankruptcy/Restructuring Practice in Florida, The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization, as well as Florida’s Legal Elite (Florida Trend Magazine), and is a recipient of the 2006 James M. “Red” McEwen Memorial Award presented annually by the Hillsborough County Bar Association. She has also been a guest lecturer at the University of Florida College of Law and Stetson University College of Law. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Ketchum is a Tampa native.


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BRYA M. KEILSON

BRYA M. KEILSON counsels clients on commercial bankruptcy, restructuring and insolvency matters. She represents Chapter 11 debtors, insurers in all facets of bankruptcy‐related issues, creditors' committees, liquidating trustees, trade creditors and financial institutions, purchasers of assets, and both plaintiffs and defendants in numerous avoidance actions, including preference and fraudulent transfer actions.

Outside of bankruptcy, Brya represents receivers and assignees in assignments for the benefit of creditors. She represents corporate clients in asset purchase deals and banks in front‐end lending and workouts. Brya also has experience in commercial litigation, real estate matters, loan transactions, and corporate acquisitions.

Prior to joining Morris James, Brya worked in private practice at two law firms for the first 13 years of her practice. She then worked as a trial attorney for the Office of the U.S. Trustee where she represented the U.S. Trustee for Region 3 in Chapter 11 and 7 cases pending in Delaware. Brya leverages the institutional knowledge gained through this experience in the counsel she provides to her bankruptcy clients.

Brya speaks on a broad range of topics concerning commercial bankruptcy law, including serving as a recurring panelist at the Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Institute.


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RICHARDO I. KILPATRICK

RICHARDO I. KILPATRICK has concentrated his practice in the area of bankruptcy for over 30 years, first as a member of Shermeta, Chimko & Kilpatrick, P.C., and since 2000, as the founding member and President of Kilpatrick & Associates, P.C. Since founding his Auburn Hills, Michigan firm, Mr. Kilpatrick has had innumerable opportunities to contribute to the bankruptcy community. These opportunities include participating extensively in the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), including being its President from April 2001 to April 2002; being inducted as a fellow into the American College of Bankruptcy (ACB); and being invited to join the National Bankruptcy Conference (NBC), where he advises members of Congress on important and key bankruptcy legislative points.

Mr. Kilpatrick is also a member of the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules, where he works to directly craft, tweak, update, and change bankruptcy rules in an ongoing effort to improve the practice of bankruptcy for all involved. Mr. Kilpatrick’s extensive involvement with the bankruptcy community has enabled him to provide expert guidance to numerous clients in all areas and types of insolvency matters and creditors’ rights including Corporate, Consumer and Commercial Litigation, Real Property Remedies for Creditors, Real Property Transactions, and General Corporate Counseling.

Mr. Kilpatrick also works as a consultant to numerous companies assuring that they are compliant in their bankruptcy practices by offering his insight and expertise on how they may structure and strengthen their bankruptcy practices in a sound, ethical, and legal way. He is a graduate of Harvard University, BA in Economics and University of Michigan Law School, Juris Doctor.


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HON. CHRISTOPHER M. KLEIN

CHRISTOPHER KLEIN has been a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of California since 1988 and served on the Ninth Circuit’s Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for 10 years.

He is the Head of the International Insolvency Institute’s NGO delegation to UNCITRAL Working Group V on Cross‐Border Insolvency and has been a III Director.

As a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States Advisory Committees on Bankruptcy Rules and on the Federal Rules of Evidence, he participated in drafting rules of procedure for Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, which implements the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross‐Border Insolvency.

He is active in the American College of Bankruptcy International Committee and serves on the American Law Institute Member Consultative Groups for the Restatement (Third) of The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration and Principles of Transnational Insolvency.

His cross‐border judicial decisions include In re Tri‐Continental Exchange, Ltd., 349 B.R. 627 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 2006), regarding determining a debtor’s “center of main interests” and the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel decision in Iida v. Kitahara (In re Iida), 377 B.R. 243 (9th Cir. BAP 2007), in which it was held that a foreign bankruptcy trustee does not need Chapter 15 recognition or other permission from a U.S. court before exercising ownership and management rights over assets in the U.S., so long as judicial assistance is not needed.

J.D., University of Chicago Law School; M.B.A., University of Chicago Booth School of Business; B.A. and M.A., Brown University.


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PROF. LAURIE L. LEVENSON

LAURIE L. LEVENSON is the David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy at Loyola Law School and a Visiting Professor at UCLA School of Law. She teaches evidence, criminal law, criminal procedure, ethics, anti‐terrorism, and white collar crime. Professor Levenson served as Loyola’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1996‐1999. She is also the founding Director of the Loyola Center for Ethical Advocacy and Loyola’s Project for the Innocent.

Prior to joining the Loyola Law School faculty in 1989, Professor Levenson served for eight years as an Assistant United States Attorney in Los Angeles. While a federal prosecutor, Professor Levenson tried a wide variety of federal criminal cases. She served as Chief of the Training Section and Chief of the Criminal Appellate Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In 1988, she received the Attorney General’s Director’s Award for Superior Performance and commendations from the FBI, IRS, U.S. Postal Service, and DEA.

Professor Levenson received her J.D. in 1980 from UCLA School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 1977. In law school, she was the Chief Article Editor of the Law Review. After graduation, she clerked for the Honorable Judge James Hunter, III, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Professor Levenson is the author of numerous books and articles. She lectures regularly throughout the country and internationally for the Federal Judicial Center, National Judicial College, international bar associations, community groups and legal societies. She also testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the California Legislature and the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Professor Levenson has been a legal commentator for CBS, CNN, ABC, NBC and NPR. She has commented on a wide range of high‐publicity cases, including the O.J. Simpson murder trial, Rodney King beating trial, Michael Jackson molestation case, Scott Peterson murder trial, Bernard Madoff investigation, Clinton impeachment, and Robert Mueller Investigation. Professor Levenson has been the recipient of the Professor of the Year Award from Loyola Law School and the Federal Judicial Center.


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BENCH EDITION

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DEMETRA L. LIGGINS

DEMETRA L. LIGGINS is a Partner in Thompson & Knight’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice in the Firm’s Houston office. She has nearly two decades of experience in business finance and restructuring for a variety of large and small public and private companies. As a trusted business advisor, Demetra partners with her clients to identify and achieve their goals in the bankruptcy process, navigating through complex corporate reorganizations and distressed acquisitions.

Demetra has led many of Thompson & Knight’s representations of bankruptcy clients, working on both in‐court and out‐of‐court restructurings. A thoughtful and creative problem solver, she is highly regarded for her ability to quickly and efficiently help clients assess the effects of a bankruptcy on their corporate and financial transactions. Her clients include health care systems, retail corporations, financial institutions, oil and gas companies, partnerships, and private‐equity funds, among others.

Demetra received a J.D., cum laude, from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 2000 and a B.S. in Business Administration, cum laude, from Christian Brothers University in 1997. Following law school, she clerked for the Honorable U.W. Clemon, Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Demetra is licensed to practice in both Texas and New York.

Demetra is a frequent speaker on bankruptcy and finance‐related topics, in addition to speaking on career goals, branding, and mentorship to minority and female audiences ranging from established professionals to students. She is actively involved in numerous organizations, including serving as Southern Regional Director and a former Fellow of Leadership Council on Legal Diversity; Immediate Past Houston Network Chair of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC); a member of the Women’s Business Alliance, Greater Houston Partnership; a member and former Chair of the Bankruptcy Section of the Houston Bar Association; a member of the Cumberland Law School Advisory Board; a member of the Women’s Energy Network; and a Fellow of the American Bar Association, Houston Young Lawyers Foundation, and Texas Bar Foundation.

Her accolades include being named to The Best Lawyers in America© by Woodward/White Inc., Texas Super Lawyers® and Texas Rising Stars® by Thomson Reuters, as a Law Firm Rainmaker by Diversity & the Bar, and to Houston’s “Top Lawyers” by H Texas magazine. She has also been featured in Law 360’s Minority Powerbroker Q&A series.


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JESSICA LIOU

JESSICA LIOU is a partner in the Business Finance & Restructuring Department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and is based in New York. Ms. Liou represents and advises debtors, creditors, equity holders, investors, and other interested parties in all aspects of distressed and insolvency situations. She has served as debtors’ counsel in some of the largest and most significant chapter 11 cases in recent history, including PG&E Corporation, Sears, Catalina Marketing Corporation, Fieldwood Energy, Westinghouse Electric Company and Claire’s Stores. She has extensive experience advising debtors, creditors and sponsors in various industries, including power, oil & gas, renewable energy, manufacturing, hospitality, retail and telecommunications.

Ms. Liou is one of the editors of the Weil Bankruptcy Blog, has served on the Firm’s task force focused on Dodd‐Frank financial legislation, and practices pro bono in the areas of family law and criminal appeals, where she successfully argued before the New York State Appellate Division to uphold an order of protection and was part of a team that successfully overturned a death penalty conviction for a mentally impaired defendant after 19 years. She has been recognized for her pro bono contributions by Sanctuary for Families Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services as a recipient of its 2012 Pro Bono Achievement Award.

In 2019 Ms. Liou was the recipient of several awards, including being named one of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s 40 Under 40 honorees, Turnarounds & Workouts’ Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers and named an “Emerging Leader” by The M&A Advisor.

Ms. Liou earned her J.D. from Boston College Law School, where she served as a legal writing teaching assistant and articles editor of the Third World Law Journal and was awarded the inaugural Commitment to Change Award. She obtained her B.A. from New York University, where she graduated magna cum laude and was awarded the Albert Gallatin Scholarship and Founder’s Day Award.


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HON. CHRISTOPHER M. LOPEZ

JUDGE CHRIS LOPEZ was appointed to serve as a bankruptcy judge for the Southern District of Texas on August 14, 2019. Before his appointment, Chris was a member of the Business, Finance & Restructuring Group of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Chris earned a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law, a Master of Arts in Religion from Yale Divinity School, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Houston.


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PROF. TROY A. MCKENZIE

TROY A. MCKENZIE is Professor of Law at New York University School of Law. His scholarly interests include bankruptcy, civil procedure, and the federal courts.

From 2015 to 2017, he took a leave of absence from NYU to serve as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice. From 2011 to 2015, he served as Assistant Reporter to the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States. He is a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference and the Council of the American Law Institute.

Before his academic career, Professor McKenzie was a litigation associate in the New York office of Debevoise & Plimpton. After receiving his law degree from NYU, he clerked for Judge Pierre N. Leval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States. He holds an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University.


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DR. LUIS MANUEL C. MÉJAN

DR. LUIS MANUEL C. MÉJAN is currently a partial time professor and researcher in the Law School of Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)

Dr. Méjan has been a Lawyer and professor for over 50 years. Among other studies, he holds a Law degree from Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, a Ph.D. from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, has a Masters Degree on Civic and Social Education.

After four years of free‐lance Law practice, Mr. Méjan joined Banco Nacional de México as a Lawyer of the Legal Department, worked there for 30 years, occupying different positions like Executive Vice President‐ Legal Counselor to the CEO, Deputy Secretary of the Administrative Boards of Banco Nacional de México, S. A. and the Financial Group Banamex Accival, S. A. de C.V.

Since May, 2000 and until December 2009, Mr. Méjan acted as President of Mexico’s Federal Institute of Commercial Insolvency Specialists, (“Instituto Federal de Especialistas Mercantiles” or IFECOM) which is the agency in charge of the administration of insolvency proceedings. In that capacity he was the Chairman of the International Association of Insolvency Regulators. He dedicated 2010 as a sabbatical doing some research on Insolvency law at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona

In the academic field, Mr. Méjan has been a Law professor since 1962 in different educational centers, currently he teaches in the ITAM’s Law school and is member of the faculties of the graduate programs at the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico, D. F. and Guadalajara.

He is also Lecturer of several universities in the country, Professional Schools and Associations, private groups, Service Clubs, Notary Colleges and Lecturer of many seminars and congresses both in México and abroad.

Among his publications, Luis Manuel C. Méjan has authored 13 books and a number of papers, chapters and articles on insolvency matters published in several publications in Mexico and abroad. He is Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, member of the International Insolvency Institute, the Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Concursal, the Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho y Finanzas, the International Exchange of Experience in Insolvency and the Mexican Bar Association.


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LINDSAY ZAHRADKA MILNE

LINDSAY ZAHRADKA MILNE is a shareholder in the Business Restructuring and Insolvency Group at Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson in Portland, ME. At Bernstein Shur, Ms. Milne represents corporate clients in workouts, chapter 11 reorganizations, asset sales and acquisitions, bankruptcy‐related litigation and appellate practice. Prior to moving to Portland in 2015, Ms. Milne practiced in the Financial Restructuring group at Akin Gump in New York, where she advised borrowers, committees, lenders and bondholders in complex chapter 11 cases, including in GM, Friendly’s, Kodak, and Energy Future Holdings. Ms. Milne is experienced in disputes and transactions involving the UCC, fraudulent transfers, DIP financings, contested confirmations, and valuation issues, as well as in asset sales and appellate practice, among other topics. Ms. Milne is a member of the bar in New York, New Hampshire and Maine, sits on the board of IWIRC’s New England Network, and is a member of the Turnaround Management Association. Ms. Milne is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, serving on the Board for the Northeast Conference, and was selected for the ABI’s 2018 “40 Under 40” accolade for rising leaders in the restructuring profession. Ms. Milne has appeared as a panelist at national bankruptcy and creditors’ rights programs and has authored articles appearing in ABI publications and others. Ms. Milne received her bachelors’ degree magna cum laude in cognitive science from Dartmouth College and her JD cum laude from Fordham University School of Law.


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HON. CYNTHIA A. NORTON

CHIEF JUDGE CYNTHIA A. NORTON graduated summa cum laude from the University of Kansas in 1981 with a double major in French and Art History. She received her law degree from the same institution in May 1984. She clerked for the Hon. John E. Rees of the Kansas Court of Appeals, and the Hon. James A. Pusateri, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, and was a partner at Lewis Rice & Fingersh in Kansas City, before establishing her own law firm in 1995. As a member of Grimes & Rebein, Judge Norton practiced in bankruptcy and related fields in Kansas and Missouri until being sworn in as a bankruptcy judge in the Western District of Missouri on February 1, 2013. She is the recipient of the Michael R. Roser Excellence in Bankruptcy Award, and the Robert L. Gernon Award for Outstanding Contribution to CLE, as well as a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy. Judge Norton has authored numerous articles and seminar papers, and spoken at conferences all around the country.


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HON. ROBERT E. NUGENT

THE HONORABLE ROBERT E. NUGENT III has been a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Kansas since June 14, 2000, and served as Chief Bankruptcy Judge from 2002 to 2016. He has also been a member of the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Tenth Circuit since 2002 and has been its Chief Judge since 2018. A former shareholder in the Wichita firm of Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chartered, he practiced extensively in the areas of bankruptcy, business litigation, and real estate. Judge Nugent served as President (2014‐2015), Secretary (2010‐2012), and on the Board of Governors (2006‐2009) of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. Nugent is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy (Class XXIII). He served on the Judicial Conference Committee on Space and Facilities (2016‐2019) and the Space and Security Advisory Council (SSAC) from 2017‐2019. He also served on the Committee on Federal and State Jurisdiction (2003‐2009). He is a former President of the Wichita Bar Association (1998‐99). He frequently speaks to the Bar on bankruptcy practice topics. He was a co‐editor and chapter author of the Kansas Bankruptcy Handbook, Third Edition, Kansas Bar Association (2009). Judge Nugent authored Part VI of Bloomberg Law: Bankruptcy Treatise concerning Chapter 12 and also contributed chapters about the means test in Chapter 7 and plan confirmation in Chapter 13. He is a member of the Board of Editors of the Journal of the Kansas Bar Association (2010‐) and is an Associate Editor of the American Bankruptcy Law Journal. Nugent graduated from the University of Kansas with honors in English and Political Science in 1977 and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1980. He lives in Wichita with his wife, Linda, and recently became a grandfather.


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NINA M. PARKER

NINA M. PARKER is the founder and sole member of the firm of Parker & Associates LLC d/b/a Parker & Lipton. Ms. Parker has been a member of the bar since 1981 practicing in the areas of personal and corporate bankruptcy. Since 2002, Ms. Parker has been certified by the American Board of Certification in Consumer Bankruptcy. In 2016, Ms. Parker was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and in 2019 named by the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly as a Top Woman of Law for her contributions to the practice.

Ms. Parker concentrates in the areas of consumer and corporate bankruptcies, specializing in small business and individual chapter 11 plans of reorganization, chapter 13 wage earner plans and other insolvency options. Ms. Parker is a member of the Board of Directors of the ABI and serves on the Education Committee. In addition, Ms. Parker is a member of the Northeast Conference Advisory Board, has served as a member of the ABI Civility Task Force, the ABI Individual Chapter 11 Task Force and as the ABI Consumer Committee Co‐Chair, the co‐chair of the ABI Winter Northeast Consumer and Litigation Skills Forum, and as co‐chair of the ABI Northeast Consumer Bankruptcy Forum. In addition, Ms. Parker has served as the Bankruptcy Section Co‐Chair of the Boston Bar Association and the Co‐Chair of the both Bankruptcy Section Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the Consumer Committee and currently serves as the Co‐Chair of the Strategic Planning Advisory Board.

Ms. Parker is a member of the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts Attorney Advisory Committee for the Local Rules and the Bankruptcy Court Diversity Initiative Task Force.


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HON. PAMELA PEPPER

PAMELA PEPPER received her undergraduate degree in theater from Northwestern University and her J.D. from Cornell Law School, where she was a notes editor on the Cornell Law Review and co‐winner of the Sutherland Moot Court competition. She clerked for Frank M. Johnson, Jr. on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Between 1990 and 1997, she was a federal prosecutor in Chicago and Milwaukee. From 1997 to 2005, she was a solo criminal defense practitioner. She holds a graduate certificate in dispute resolution from Marquette University, and has been an adjunct professor at Marquette Law School. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals appointed her to the bankruptcy bench for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on July 5, 2005, and she served as chief judge from July 1, 2010 to December 8, 2014. In May 2014, President Obama nominated her to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; she was confirmed by the Senate on November 20, 2014 and sworn in to the district court bench on December 8, 2014—the first woman to be appointed to an Article III seat in that district. She became chief judge on November 1, 2019.

Pam is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, and formerly served as education director and chair of its Consumer Bankruptcy Committee, a member of the board of directors and a member of the education committee. She belongs to the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, having served a term as the Seventh Circuit representative on the Board of Governors, and a term as secretary for the 2013‐14 year. She also has served on the national conference education committee, and chaired that committee for the 2014 conference in Chicago. She completed two terms as an associate editor of the American Bankruptcy Law Journal. She has served on the Human Resources Advisory Council of the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts and currently serves on the OSCAR working group. She is a former member of the Judicial Data Working Group for the Administrative Office and a former member of the Bankruptcy Rules Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States. She speaks at Federal Judicial Center programs and is a former member of the Center’s Bankruptcy Judges’ Education Advisory Group. She has spoken at bar associations across the country on topics such as the rules of evidence in bankruptcy, the intersection of criminal and bankruptcy law and litigation skills.


JEOPARDY:

THE BROKEN

BENCH EDITION

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PROF. SCOTT L. ROGERS

SCOTT L. ROGERS is Founder and Director of the Mindfulness and Law Program at the University of Miami School of Law where he teaches "Mindfulness in Law," "Mindful Ethics," “Mindfulness and Motivating Business Compliance with the Law,” and “Mindful Leadership.” He is Co‐Founder and Director of the UMindfulness, UM’s Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative. For the past ten years he has collaborated on neuroscience research exploring the enduring brain and behavior changes that may accompany mindfulness‐training programs.

Since 1998, Professor Rogers has shared mindfulness with legal professionals, and his mindfulness programs have been taught to athletes, accountants, bankers, business leaders, children, educators, financial advisors, fire fighters, parents, pilots, therapists, negotiators, and physicians.

Upon graduation from law school, Rogers clerked for Chief Judge Maurice Paul in the Northern District of Florida and with Rosemary Barkett, both on the Supreme Court of Florida and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Thereafter he practiced commercial litigation with White & Case and then joined an Internet company as its general counsel and president.

In 2012 Professor Rogers was awarded the Sookie Williams/DBR Award for Exemplary Service to the Miami‐Dade Legal Community,” the "Richard Hausler Golden Apple Award" for his contributions to the student body, and in 2015 he was awarded the “Law Faculty Professionalism Award” by the Florida Bar. He is the 2018 recipient of the Mindful Kids Miami’s “Ambassador of Mindfulness” award for his more than 20 years of service sharing mindfulness with parents, teachers, and children.

Professor Rogers is author of “The Six‐Minute Solution: A Mindfulness Primer for Lawyers,” “Mindfulness for Law Students,” “Attending: A Physician’s Introduction to Mindfulness,” “Mindful Parenting,” “Mindfulness and Professional Responsibility,” “The Elements of Mindfulness,” and numerous journal and law review articles. He lectures across the country, speaks at law and scientific conferences, and been interviewed in newspapers and magazines for his work on mindfulness. His work at the University of Miami School of Law has appeared in the Wall Street Journal and his research has been written about in the New York Times.


MINDFULNESS—

WHY IS IT ON

EVERYONE’S

MIND?


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CHRISTINA SAVA

CHRISTINA SAVA is an associate attorney at Vicente Sederberg LLP, the country’s preeminent cannabis and hemp law firm. She serves as outside counsel to seasoned and start‐up cannabis businesses in California, and advises multi‐state operators looking to expand their footprint across the country. She assists cannabis companies and ancillary service providers at all levels of the supply chain ‐‐from cultivators to retailers‐‐in navigating local and State‐level cannabis and land use regulations, implementing compliant standard operating procedures, and launching new product lines. Christina works closely with California’s cannabis regulatory agencies in pursuing her clients’ needs, and is on the forefront of federal policy development in the cannabis and hemp industries. Christina graduated with honors from the University of Miami School of Law, where, as part of the University’s Mindfulness in Law Program, she studied and practiced at the intersection of law, mindfulness, and mental health. As president of the University’s student‐run mindfulness group, the Insightful Mind Initiative, Christina lead various efforts to bring mindfulness practices to the student body. Christina has also been an avid practitioner of different styles of yoga for the last 14 years, and received her yoga teacher training certification in Miami in 2010. She speaks on the topics of mindfulness, wellness, and yoga for professionals at conferences around the country, and teaches competence and wellness‐related MCLEs in the Bay Area. Christina serves on the Member Resources Team of the ABA’s Young Lawyers Division, where she develops wellness‐related programming for national ABA and YLD conferences.

Christina’s goal is to help professionals understand the inextricable link between personal wellness and professional success. She teaches practical ways of accessing wellbeing in the midst of life’s varying demands.


MINDFULNESS—

WHY IS IT ON

EVERYONE’S

MIND?


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HON. ANITA SHODEEN

JUDGE SHODEEN was appointed as Bankruptcy Judge in the Southern District of Iowa on August 26, 2009. She currently serves on the Eighth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, is a member of the Judicial Resources Committee of the Judicial Conference and a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy. She is also a member of the editorial board for the American Bankruptcy Law Journal. Prior to her appointment, Judge Shodeen focused her practice on representing both debtors and creditors in workouts, bankruptcy and litigation in the state and federal courts. She also served as a chapter 7 panel trustee and chapter 12 standing trustee.


A PERFECT

STORM... EVENTS,

ISSUES AND

TRENDS IN

AGRICULTURAL

BANKRUPTCIES


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CAMISHA L. SIMMONS

CAMISHA L. SIMMONS is the founder of the law firm Simmons Legal PLLC. She founded the firm after practicing in New York and Dallas for over 7 years as an attorney for the global law firms of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, DLA Piper and Norton Rose Fulbright.

She has extensive experience representing companies in chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and related litigation, transactional and restructuring matters.

In 2019, she was selected by The National Black Lawyers for inclusion in its list of the top 100 African American attorneys in Texas, The National Black Lawyers Top 100. In 2018, she was recognized as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Dallas by the Texas Diversity Council. In 2013, the Texas Lawyer named her one of Texas’s up‐and‐coming 25 Legal Leaders on the Rise. She has also been named a Texas Rising Star and a New York Metro Rising Star by SuperLawyers®, a Thomson Reuters rating service, and a “Top 40 Under 40” attorney by the National Black Lawyers.

In addition to practicing law, she is a frequent author and speaker on various bankruptcy, restructuring, creditors’ rights and litigation topics. She also has taught as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of North Texas College of Law.

She currently serves on the Editorial Board of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal

From 2006‐2007, Ms. Simmons was a law clerk to the Honorable Mary F. Walrath, Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware (Chief Judge from 2003‐2008).

She holds a J.D., magna cum laude and an M.B.A. from Texas Tech University, an M.Ed. from the University of Maryland, College Park and a B.B.A. from Campbell University. She served on active duty in the United States Army from 1999 to 2003.


EVEN THE

CIRCUITS

CAN‘T AGREE

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PAUL STEVEN SINGERMAN

MR. SINGERMAN is the Co‐Chair of Berger Singerman LLP, and he leads the firm’s Business Reorganization Team. For decades, Mr. Singerman has been nationally known for handling complex restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy cases, including loan workouts and cross‐border matters. Best known for his representation of debtors in corporate reorganization cases and high‐stakes litigation, he also represents creditors’ committees, lenders, large unsecured creditors, and asset purchasers in § 363 sales and trustees. He also has substantial experience in large fraud cases and “bet the company” litigation cases. Paul combines substantial courtroom experience with collaborative and creative problem‐solving skills. Paul writes and speaks frequently on a wide variety of bankruptcy and restructuring related subjects. Paul has been a Fellow of The American College of Bankruptcy since 2003.

Paul has been a member of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar for 33 years. (Business Law Section: Chair, 1995‐1996; Chair Elect, 1994‐1995; Secretary/Treasurer, 1993‐1994; Chairman, Legislation Committee, 1992‐1993; Chairman, Bankruptcy/UCC Committee, 1990‐1991; Continuing Legal Education, Special Programs and Meetings Committee, 1987‐1990; Member, Executive Council of the Business Law Section, 1986‐Present; Special Committee on Opinion Standards (The Special Committee authored the Report on Standards for Opinions of counsel in Business Transactions; Member and Pro Bono Committee, Present)

Paul speaks and writes on mindfulness and law matters frequently and has done so for many years.


MINDFULNESS—

WHY IS IT ON

EVERYONE’S

MIND?


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HON. CHRISTOPHER S. SONTCHI

CHRISTOPHER S. SONTCHI is Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and is a frequent speaker in the United States and abroad on issues relating to corporate reorganizations. He is a Lecturer in Law at The University of Chicago Law School and teaches corporate bankruptcy to international judges through the auspices of the World Bank and INSOL International. He is also a member of the International Insolvency Institute, Judicial Insolvency Network, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, American Bankruptcy Institute, and INSOL International.

Judge Sontchi has testified before Congress on the safe harbors for financial contracts. He has also published articles on creditors’ committees, valuation, asset sales and safe harbors.

Judge Sontchi attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and obtained a B.A. with distinction in Political Science. He received his J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School, after which he returned to his native Delaware to serve as a law clerk in the Delaware Supreme Court.


YOU BE THE JUDGE

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JAMES H.M. SPRAYREGEN

JAMES H.M. SPRAYREGEN is a Restructuring partner in the Chicago and New York offices of Kirkland & Ellis and served on Kirkland’s worldwide management committee from 2003–2006 and 2009–2019. Mr. Sprayregen is recognized as one of the outstanding restructuring lawyers in the United States and around the world and has led some of the most complex Chapter 11 filings in recent history. He has extensive experience representing major U.S. and international companies in restructurings out of court and in court around the globe and has handled matters for clients in industries as varied as manufacturing, technology, transportation, energy, media, retail, and real estate. He has extensive experience advising boards of directors, and generally representing debtors and creditors in complex workout, insolvency, restructuring, and bankruptcy planning matters worldwide.

Chambers & Partners has praised Mr. Sprayregen for his “outstanding reputation for complex Chapter 11 cases” noting he is a “great clients’ lawyer, admired for his unflustered ways.” Chambers said that clients it spoke to noted that he is “probably the best restructuring lawyer in the world.” Most recently, sources commented that Mr. Sprayregen is “a premier restructuring expert” and “in a class of his own” with “unbelievable technical capabilities” and “deep experience he can draw upon.” He was praised for his ability “to take extraordinarily complex issues and make them understandable for boards and executive management teams.” Prior editions of Chambers guides have described Mr. Sprayregen as “a world‐class practice leader,” “one of the deans of the Bar,” and “a restructuring genius and one of the best strategists in the country” noting that clients look to him as someone who is “providing leadership and strategic guidance on the big issues.” Sources commended Mr. Sprayregen for his “incredible work ethic and skill” and for his ability to “bring a mastery of the law to practical application.” Clients are “impressed by his boundless energy to work on issues” and note that Mr. Sprayregen is “very good in complicated and difficult situations.”

In March 2010, Mr. Sprayregen was selected by The National Law Journal as one of “The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers.” Mr. Sprayregen was named “Global Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyer of the Year” in 2013 by Who’s Who Legal Awards, receiving more votes from clients and peers than any other individual worldwide. In October 2013, Mr. Sprayregen was inducted into the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) Turnaround, Restructuring, and Distressed Investing Industry Hall of Fameý. From 2013‐2015, Mr. Sprayregen was appointed to serve a two year term as the President of INSOL International, the leading insolvency association in the world.

Mr. Sprayregen joined Kirkland in 1990 and built its international Restructuring Group. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2006 where he was co‐head of Goldman Sachs’ Restructuring Group and advised clients in restructuring and distressed situations. He rejoined Kirkland three years later. Mr. Sprayregen is a frequent lecturer, speaker, and writer on insolvency, cross‐border and distressed M&A issues. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, New York University School of Law, and The University of Pennsylvania.


KEYNOTE

RESTRUCTURING

IN THE WAKE OF

CORONAVIRUS


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MICHAEL R. STEWART

MIKE STEWART is a partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath and serves as leader of the firm's finance and restructuring group. He also leads the agribusiness finance and bankruptcy segment of the firm’s Food & Agriculture industry team and serves on the steering committee for the firm’s Financial Services industry team. He practices primarily in the areas of bankruptcy, secured transactions, creditors' rights and banking law, representing lenders in all aspects of structuring, documenting and collecting commercial loans. He has significant experience in workouts and chapter 11 bankruptcies on a national basis, with a particular focus on agribusiness matters. He is a Fellow and Eighth Circuit Regent in the American College of Bankruptcy and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. He is the Past‐President of the Upper Midwest Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, is the former Chairman and Vice‐Chairman of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association and was the Reporter for the District of Minnesota Local Bankruptcy Rules Advisory Committee. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Turnaround Management Association, the American Bar Association, the Commercial Finance Association and the Minnesota State Bar Association. He also served on the national board of directors of the Turnaround Management Association and on the Minnesota Receivership Statute Committee. He graduated from Cornell College in 1977 and received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1980. He is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education and trade association seminars, has written numerous articles, and is a contributing author to Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel published by Thomson Reuters, Debtor Creditor Handbook published by Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, and The Art of Grain Merchandising published by Stipes Publishing Company. He is a co‐editor of Bankruptcy Practice in Minnesota, a deskbook published by Minnesota Continuing Legal Education.


A PERFECT

STORM... EVENTS,

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BANKRUPTCIES


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JENNIFER TAYLOR

JENNIFER TAYLOR is a partner in O’Melveny’s corporate finance and restructuring practice groups. She is also a member of O’Melveny’s Fintech and Emerging Technologies industry groups. Jennifer has deep experience negotiating debt financing transactions of all varieties, including financings for leveraged buyouts, secured and unsecured working capital facilities, venture debt facilities, and other structured financings, including mezzanine loans, high yield, and DIP financing for debtors in bankruptcy. In the restructuring realm, Jennifer represents clients at all levels of the capital structure in connection with workout transactions and Chapter 11 reorganizations. She also regularly represents investors in connection with distressed acquisitions of businesses and debt.

Jennifer was recently selected as a member of ABI’s 40 under 40 Program (2019), and has been recommended by Legal 500 (2017) and recognized as a “Rising Star” by Law360 (2016) and the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) (2014). She is also the recipient of O’Melveny’s Warren Christopher Values Award‐‐awarded to members of the firm that most exemplify O’Melveny’s core values.

Jennifer’s most memorable Chapter 11 experience (so far) was the representation of the Ad Hoc Group of Second Lien Lenders in the chapter 11 case of AMF Bowling, including the acquisition of the company and merger with Bowlmor. The matter received the Turnaround Atlas Award for “Restructuring of the Year” (2014).

In her free time, Jennifer serves as the Chair of the Diversity Committee in O’Melveny’s San Francisco office, the co‐chair of the Northern California chapter of IWIRC and has served on the board of directors of the San Francisco Botanical Garden.


MUSINGS OF A

CHAPTER 11 MIND


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PROF. ROGER TUTTEROW

ROGER TUTTEROW is Professor of Economics at Kennesaw State University where he holds the Henssler Financial Endowed Chair. In addition, he serves as Director of the Econometric Center, an applied research center housed in KSU’s Coles College of Business.

His analysis of the economic, business and political environments have been featured in a variety of media including Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Business Week, Forbes, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Arizona Republic, Florida Times‐Union, Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Orlando Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Wichita Eagle and on CNN, CNBC, NBC, Bloomberg Television, NPR’s “Marketplace” and “All Things Considered,” CNN‐Radio as well as by regional electronic and print media.

In addition to his work in academia, Dr. Tutterow has served as a consultant on financial economics and statistical modeling for corporate clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to closely held businesses. He has provided expert testimony on economic, financial and statistical matters in state and federal court, before the Georgia General Assembly and before the Georgia Public Service Commission. Dr. Tutterow has given several hundred speeches to professional groups in over 40 states and Canada on topics in the economic, business and political arenas.

Dr. Tutterow served on the Council of Economic Advisors, under Georgia Governors Sonny Perdue, Nathan Deal and Brian Kemp. In 2010, he was named to the Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness for Georgians, which conducted a comprehensive review of Georgia’s Tax Code. In addition, Dr. Tutterow serves on the Georgia Child Support Commission, the Cobb County Public Employees’ Pension Board and the Board of Trustees of Berry College. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vinings Bank, on the Southern Region Board of Directors for the American Red Cross Blood Services and the Board of Directors for Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Atlanta. He was selected by Georgia Trend magazine as a “notable Georgian” and as one of “Georgia’s Most Influential” by James magazine.

A Georgia native, Dr. Tutterow holds a B.S. in Decision Science from Berry College and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Georgia State University. Prior to joining Kennesaw State University, Dr. Tutterow held faculty and administrative appointments at West Virginia University, Georgia State University and Mercer University. He has also served as a visiting professor at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and at the Institute for Industrial Policy Studies in Seoul, South Korea.


ECONOMIST

FIRESIDE CHAT


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RILEY C. WALTER

RILEY WALTER has focused on restructuring, insolvency and reorganization matters since 1980. At WANGER JONES HELSLEY, PC in Fresno, CA, Mr. Walter specializes in Chapter 11 reorganization cases representing debtors and Chapter 9 cases involving governmental entities. He has handled all types of cases including but not limited to large farms, dairies, wineries, canneries, developers, retail businesses, gold mines, hospitals and hospital districts. Mr. Walter has also authored numerous articles on insolvency and bankruptcy and is a frequent speaker to business, legal, agricultural and financial groups including presentations at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, Farmers and Ranchers Tax Conference, Central California Bankruptcy Institute, Eastern District Judicial Conference and the Agricultural Lending Institute.

Mr. Walter is a Certified Business Bankruptcy Specialist, accredited by the American Board of Bankruptcy Certification, and is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, Class XIII. He has been recognized as a “Top 100” Super Lawyer for Northern California for seven times since 2011 and annually as a Northern California Super Lawyer beginning in 2004. He has enjoyed an Av rating from Martindale and Hubbell since 1995.

Mr. Walter was a lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and is past chair of the Eastern District Judicial Conference Committee. He was co‐chair of the Business Law Section of the Fresno County Bar Association. He is a past president of the Central California Bankruptcy Association; past president of the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, past director of the California Bankruptcy Forum and California Receiver’s Forum, past chair of the Agricultural Law Section of the Fresno County Bar Association, and past co‐chair of the Agribusiness Committee of the Business Law Section of the California State Bar.

Mr. Walter’s passion for serving his community is evident through his active involvement in civic and social organizations. He was a founding board member of the Central Valley Business Incubator and is past board chair of the Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Fresno State. He served as Vice Chair of the City of Fresno Charter Review Commission. Mr. Walter currently serves on the Valley Children’s Hospital Board of Trustees on its Finance and Facilities Committees and is Chair of the Valley Children’s Hospital Medical Foundation. In addition, he has been a trustee or director of several cultural, arts and historical groups. He was formerly an associate professor of agricultural business management at Cal Poly Pomona, a lecturer at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, has taught agricultural law at San Joaquin College of Law and entrepreneurship at Fresno State.

In his spare time, he reads, studies Native American anthropology and enjoys adventure travel.


A PERFECT

STORM... EVENTS,

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CYNTHIA M. KERN WOOLVERTON

CYNTHIA M. KERN WOOLVERTON is a member with Millsap & Singer, LLC. Ms. Kern Woolverton joined the firm in 1998 and manages the firm’s bankruptcy practice. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Ms. Kern Woolverton received her undergraduate degree from Northeast Missouri State University and her law degree from St. Louis University.

Ms. Kern Woolverton is licensed in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas and Kentucky. In addition, she is admitted to practice before the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Ms. Kern Woolverton is a member of the State of Missouri, State of Illinois, State of Kansas, State of Kentucky, St. Louis County, Louisville and American Bar Associations.

Ms. Kern Woolverton frequently speaks on topics relating to foreclosure and bankruptcy practices and procedures for mortgage servicing and attorney organizations.


IT AIN’T OVER

TILL IT’S OVER:

IDENTIFYING AND

ADDRESSING

ISSUES ARISING

AT THE END OF

CHAPTER 13 CASES

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HON. SCOTT H. YUN

On June 23, 2014, SCOTT H. YUN was sworn in as a bankruptcy judge for the Central District of California, Riverside Division. Judge Yun received his B.A., cum laude, from University of California, Los Angeles in 1993 and his J.D. from the University of Southern California in 1996. During law school, he was an extern for the Honorable Barry Russell, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California.

Before his appointment to the bench, Judge Yun was a shareholder of Stutman, Treister & Glatt in Los Angeles, California, where he specialized in representing debtors, committees, and other constituents in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Prior to entering private practice, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ernest M. Robles, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Central District of California.


PRIVATE CREDIT

LENDERS AND

THE CHANGING

DYNAMICS OF

CHAPTER 11


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HON. DAVID JONES Restructuring in the Wake of Coronavirus

CURT COVINGTON A Perfect Storm... Events, Issues and Trends in Agricultural Bankruptcies

HON. JAMES M. PECK (Ret.) Private Credit Lenders and the Changing Dynamics of Chapter 11

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