2011 ABI Annual Report by American Bankruptcy Institute

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The American Bankruptcy Institute enjoyed another solid year of growth in service to the insolvency profession during 2011: steady attendance at a record number of continuing legal educational programs, several new dynamic innovations to our already robust website, and a membership that reached 13,000. During 2012, ABI will mark its 30th anniversary of commitment to a member-based association of professionals from diverse backgrounds. We exchange ideas, promote professional development and enhance our understanding of complex issues. We are proud of what our members and staff have achieved over the last 12 months, and look forward to new challenges and opportunities to serve our community of members in the year ahead. As always, on behalf of our volunteer leaders, we encourage all members to take part in our activities and enjoy the full benefits of what ABI has to offer.

Geoffrey L. Berman President

Robert J. Keach Chairman

James T. Markus President-Elect

Samuel J. Gerdano Executive Director

ABI Senior Leadership

Educational Programs ABI continues to be the leading provider of high-quality legal and professional education in bankruptcy, with more than 35 local, regional, national, international and specialty conferences each year. ABI’s programs are attended by all disciplines, legal and non-legal, in the insolvency field. In the last year, more than 7,400 professionals attended ABI conferences. ABI holds two national membership meetings each year featuring prominent speakers, networking opportunities and excellent entertainment and optional events. More than 650 insolvency professionals from 41 states, Canada and the U.K. attended ABI’s 22nd Annual Winter Leadership Conference at the Camelback Inn and Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona, and more than 1,000 from 40 states and seven foreign countries attended the 29th Annual Spring Meeting at the Gaylord National Resort & Spa near Washington, D.C. Educational sessions addressed important issues such as the mortgage financial crisis, new Supreme Court decisions and Ponzi scheme litigation. The final night dinner featured entertainment by popular music star LeAnn Rimes. ABI held a free webinar on chapter 12 options for Gulf Coast fishermen in the wake of the BP oil spill. Rudy Cerone (McGlinchey Stafford PLLC; New Orleans), Craig Geno (Harris Jernigan & Geno; Ridgeland, Miss.), Hon. Peggy Mahoney (U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Mobile, Ala.) and Thad Waters, Jr. (Chapter 12 Trustee; St. Joseph, La.) (l-r) led the webinar live from New Orleans.

Each October, ABI partners with the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges to offer educational programming at NCBJ’s annual conference. The sessions are conducted in a workshop format, offering multiple simultaneous roundtable discussions on commercial and consumer developments. During ABI’s luncheon at the NCBJ, ABI and Thomson Reuters announce the recipient of the Annual Judge William L. Norton, Jr. Judicial Excellence Award. The award is for a judge or former judge who has distinguished himself or herself based on a lifetime record of service, achievements and leadership within the insolvency community. The 2010 recipient was Judge A. Thomas Small, and the 2011 winner is Judge Robert D. Martin. ABI expanded its consumer, business and international conference offerings in the last year by forming new partnerships and renewing old ones. ABI joined with several Canadian insolvency groups to host the Canadian/American Cross-Border Insolvency Symposium in Toronto, offering educational sessions on cross-border workouts. ABI will partner with the Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution at St. John’s University School of Law to present an innovative and exclusive 40-hour bankruptcy mediation training program.

Hon. Alan K. Simpson, former Senator and co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, addressed our debt and deficit before a packed house at the Annual Spring Meeting.

Luncheon Speaker Zanny Minton-Beddoes, economic editor for The Economist and an expert on global financial issues, addressed the dangers for the U.S. economy from Europe’s continuing financial crisis at the Annual Spring Meeting.

ABI also hosted a new consumer program at the University of Memphis School of Law, attended by more than 100 practitioners.

Music star LeAnn Rimes kept the final night dinner attendees on their feet at the Annual Spring Meeting.

Popular stand-up comedian Frank Caliendo entertained at the Winter Leadership Conference.

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Complex Financial Restructuring Program New York

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Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference Chicago

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NCBJ/ABI Educational Program Tampa Convention Center October 14 • Tampa, Fla.

Mid-Level Professional Development Program New York

Complex Financial Restructuring Program Fordham Law, Lincoln Center October 5 • New York

International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium Dublin, Ireland

International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium The Westin Dublin October 21 • Dublin, Ireland

Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference Gleacher Center, University of Chicago October 10 • Chicago

Mid-Level Professional Development Program Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Conference Center October 28 • New York

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Legislative Activity ABI is a nonpartisan organization founded to provide Congress with an unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. Through its Robert N. Zinman Resident Scholar and other experts, ABI frequently answers questions and educates congressional staffers on bankruptcy issues. Congress often calls upon ABI to provide witnesses at hearings held addressing matters directly and indirectly affecting the bankruptcy system. More than 15 ABI members testified before Congress in the last year. While the statements of these ABI members reflect their personal views and not those of ABI, member testimony is another way in which ABI helps members of Congress and staff. ABI members also provide critical feedback on legislative proposals by participating in ABI’s active committee listserves. In 2010, members of the Business Reorganization Committee discussed pending legislation to address organized labor’s concerns about chapter 11. Excerpts from this rich debate were published in the ABI Journal. Potential reform of the business reorganization provisions of the Bankruptcy Code continue to be up for debate. To lead this discussion, ABI presented its Legislative Symposium in November 2009 on the past, present and future of chapter 11. Two days of thought-provoking discussion featured the nation’s top restructuring professionals. Topics from today’s cases and news headlines, such as whether the current predominant sales model is consistent with the Code’s original design, were discussed. ABI transmitted the written materials and transcripts to Congress. ABI’s Immediate Past-President, Robert Keach (Bernstein Shur; Portland, Maine), developed the program, and ABI’s Anthony H.N. Schnelling Endowment Fund funded it. More than 200 attendees from 20 states and three countries attended, including a live audience over the Internet and many followers on Twitter. ABI members have the opportunity to voice their opinions through weekly online polls.

Peter C. Califano (Cooper White & Cooper; San Francisco), Prof. David Skeel (University of Pennsylvania Law School; Philadelphia) and Chief Bankruptcy Judge Frank J. Bailey (D. Mass.; Boston) (from top to bottom) testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 2533, the “Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011.” Had “orderly resolution authority” been in place for the Lehman bankruptcy, the case would have produced a greater return to unsecured creditors.

Section 525(b) should be read to prevent private employers from discrimination in hiring based on an applicant’s bankruptcy.

The Supreme Court got it right in Stern v. Marshall by holding that bankruptcy courts lack constitutional authority to issue final decisions on counterclaims grounded in state law.

The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be more effective if run by one director, as provided in the Dodd-Frank Act, than if run by a five-member board, as proposed in pending legislation

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H. Jason Gold (Wiley Rein LLP; McLean, Va.) testified before the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law on reforming chapter 7 trustees’ compensation.

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Corporate Restructuring Competition University of Pa. Wharton School of Business Philadelphia

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Detroit Consumer Bankruptcy Conference Detroit

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Delaware Views from the Bench Wilmington

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Corporate Restructuring Competition University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business November 3-4 • Philadelphia

Delaware Views from the Bench Hotel Du Pont November 21 • Wilmington

Canadian/American Cross-Border Insolvency Symposium Fairmont Royal York November 7 • Toronto

Detroit Consumer Bankruptcy Conference MGM Grand November 11 • Detroit

Endowment & Research

• A grant of $24,050 to The Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Institute, which provides training to individuals who provide litigation instruction to consumer attorneys: ABI will hold an ACBPI program in Atlanta in 2012.

von Briesen & Roper, SC

Mid-Atlantic Neil B. Glassman

Ballard Spahr LLP

Texas & Southwest K. Scott Van Meter

Southeast Jerry M. Markowitz

South Richard P. Carmody

Navigant Consulting LLC

Bayard, P.A.

New York Allen D. Wilen

Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog

EisnerAmper LLP

Northeast Bruce A. Harwood

Adams and Reese LLP

Sheehan, Phinney, Bass + Green

Endowment Fund {Growth in contributions & pledges}

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• A two-year $40,000 grant for the ABI National Ethics Task Force: The Ethics Task Force, chaired by Judith Greenstone Miller, will study various ethical issues related to the practice of bankruptcy law and issue a report with recommendations for establishing national bankruptcy ethics standards.

Midwest Claire Ann Resop

$2.5M

New 2011 grants include:

• A grant of $27,250 to support the UCLA Bankruptcy Research Database. ABI members now have full access to this major chapter 11 database.

Prof. Margaret Howard

Carl A. Eklund

Epiq Systems, Inc.

$2.3M

The Research Grant Committee, chaired by Prof. Margaret Howard, solicits and receives proposals and makes decisions on projects for funding. ABI awarded the first grant from the Endowment Fund in 1998, and since then, the fund has provided more than $1.4 million in grants and scholarships.

Mitch Ryan

$1,837K

In 2010, the Regional Development Committee, led by Patricia Redmond (Stearns Weaver, et al.; Miami), ABI’s Vice President of Development, created four regional campaigns in connection with ABI conferences. Such efforts continued in 2011 with silent auctions at the Northeast, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southwest regional conferences, which raised over $35,000 for the Endowment. The Fund also receives major gifts from chapter 11 unclaimed funds.

Committee Members:

Corinne Ball Jeff J. Marwil The Endowment Fund supports the Robert M. Zinman Resident Jones Day Proskauer Scholar program. Each Zinman Scholar is a leading bankruptcy academic on leave from full-time teaching to assist ABI with Scott F. Gautier Mitch Ryan Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP Epiq Systems, Inc. research and educational activities. The Spring 2011 scholar was Jean Braucher of the University of Arizona College of Law in Regional Endowment Chairs: West Rocky Mountain Tucson.

$1,392K

It was renamed in 2009 after the late Tony Schnelling, who served as ABI’s Vice President of Development from 2005 to 2009.

$996K

a vital resource to enhance ABI’s mission of scholarly research and education. Created in 1989, contributions and pledges to the fund have grown to over $3.0 million from more than 5,000 ABI members.

The Endowment funded a national study during 2010-11 Endowment Fund regarding the impact of BAPCPA on consumers, revealing that the Development Committee law both increased costs while reducing creditors’ distributions. Vice President-Development: Prof. Lois R. Lupica (University of Maine School of Law; Patricia A. Redmond Portland) conducted the study, measuring the effect of both the Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA procedural and substantive aspects of BAPCPA.

$690K

The Anthony H.N. Schnelling Endowment Fund continues as

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Winter Leadership Conference La Quinta Resort & Club La Quinta, Calif.

40-Hour Bankruptcy Mediation Training Program St. John’s University Manhattan Campus New York

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Winter Leadership Conference La Quinta Resort & Club December 1-3 • La Quinta, Calif.

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40-Hour Bankruptcy Mediation Training Program St. John’s University Manhattan Campus December 7-10 • New York

DISCOVER discover.abi.org

ABI World is the preeminent site on the Internet for bankruptcy information, averaging 60,000 visits per month during the first eight months of 2011. It is the “go-to” source for bankruptcy news, research, legislation, conferences, statistics, publications, tools for practice and much, much more.

OnlineTechnology During the past year, ABI has developed or made improvements to these online products:

Search: ABI has developed a new, more powerful search engine that allows members to search content across ABI sites to quickly get the answers they need. Members enter keywords into the search function and gain immediate access to content from ABI’s Online Journal, Law Review, conference educational materials, Volo, Interactive Code & Rules, Asset Sales Databank, ABI blogs and more. The new search function provides access to expert analysis, statistics, relevant Code sections and circuit court opinions in one single search.

Online Journal: ABI’s flagship publication is written by ABI members for ABI members. The Journal covers the entire range of insolvency issues, featuring timely articles from experts in the insolvency industry. The Online Journal is searchable by year, issue, keyword, author and column. The Online Journal is available even before the print version, and archives 10 years of back issues.

Law: ABI’s up-to-date online version of the Bankruptcy Code and Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, always including the latest amendments, now includes the relevant provisions of Titles 18, 26 and 28 of the U.S. Code, as well as case summaries linked to the applicable sections and/or rules, provided courtesy of LexisNexis®. It is only available to members, who have the ability to bookmark sections and save comments. Enhanced functionality provides more efficiency and speed in navigation, as well as hyper-linking throughout. The new, improved website is compatible with your iPhone, Droid or Blackberry.

Asset Sales Databank: ABI’s 363 Asset Sales Databank provides key terms and conditions for recent selected asset sales pursuant to § 363. Get summaries of orders approving asset sale procedures by courts nationwide. Data is organized by circuit and searchable by date, price or key terms. Receive court notifications of new asset sales via email or RSS. Stay current on sales trends.

Global INSOL: ABI partnered with INSOL International to launch a comprehensive chapter 15 database with the full text of judicial opinions and summaries of the main issues presented, organized by U.S. judicial circuit. The site also includes daily news headlines about the latest developments in chapter 15 cases, commentary and analysis about trends in the law, the full text of the chapter 15 statute and its complete legislative history. Case materials are updated regularly by a team of restructuring professionals at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

Volo: ABI’s Volo site, which is now only available to ABI members, provides new circuit court bankruptcy opinions faster than any other source. Summaries of new opinions, with links to the full opinion, are posted within 24 hours of publication. More than 275 case summaries have been posted to the Volo site this year. Members can also access full text opinions and subscribe to the service by RSS feed.

Some of the above web addresses and tools may still be under development.

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Northeast Consumer Winter Forum Suffolk Law School January 16 • Boston

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Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference Westin Denver Downtown January 19-20 • Denver

ABI has more than 40 current publications offered to members at discounted prices as low as $25. ABI titles are available via ABI’s newly redesigned online bookstore and through Westlaw®. ABI books can also be ordered on Amazon.com, and many are available in Kindle® format.

Publications New in 2010-11 • ABI’s Bankruptcy Appeals Manual: Winning Your Bankruptcy Appeal, Second Edition, provides a complete desktop manual for practitioners faced with an appeal in a bankruptcy case. It includes a discussion of choice of proper forum, standing, timing, standards for review and stays pending appeal—and also provides guidance on drafting appellate pleadings and presenting an effective appellate argument. Additionally, the updated Manual includes the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, the Rules found in Part VIII of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, and pertinent provisions from the Bankruptcy Code and other federal statutes. • Getting Paid: Retention and Compensation in Bankruptcy Cases, Second Edition, discusses the various aspects of the professional retention process of 11 U.S.C. §§ 327 and 1103 and the fee-payment procedures of 11 U.S.C. §§ 330 and 331. This book also provides practical advice on a wide range of issues, including the question of who is deemed a “professional” in terms of requiring bankruptcy court approval for employment, drafting of engagement agreements, and the filing and defense of interim and final fee applications. • When Worlds Collide: Bankruptcy and Domestic Relations Law, Fourth Edition, provides a readable primer on the bankruptcy law that impacts domestic-relations cases and a helpful starting point for any domestic-relations lawyer who needs a basic understanding of how bankruptcy intersects with family law. Appendices feature relevant sections of the Code, as well as a list of cases and articles on the issues discussed within the text.

• The Bankruptcy Court’s Watchdog: Examiners Today walks practitioners through the appointment of an examiner in a bankruptcy case, the examiner’s responsibilities, the selection and appointment process, the requirements for the examiner’s final report and the examiner’s fee structure. This comprehensive manual is replete with case law, with several appendices that contain examples from recent cases. • Consumer Bankruptcy: Fundamentals of Chapter 7 and 13, Third Edition, covers the fundamentals of consumer bankruptcy proceedings under chapters 7 and 13 of the Code, including updated information on the changes in the law since BAPCPA. In addition, this publication includes information on today’s most litigated questions, including issues surrounding applicable commitment periods in chapter 13 plans, projected disposable income, case conversion and exemptions. It also analyzes several new U.S. Supreme Court decisions, including Lanning, Ransom, Espinosa and Milavetz. • A Practitioner’s Guide to Pre-packaged Bankruptcy: A Primer serves as a guide to prepackaged bankruptcy and assists practitioners in the evaluation of restructuring alternatives, comparing the advantages and disadvantages of prepacks to the advantages and disadvantages of out-of-court restructurings or conventional filings. The book delves into the foundation for prepacks established in the Bankruptcy Code and in local bankruptcy rules and guidelines, as well as the historical basis for prepacks. It also summarizes the prepack process and contrasts this process with the process for conventional filing.

Trade Creditor Remedies Manual: Trade Creditors’ Rights is a comprehensive guide to understanding the remedies available under both the Uniform Commercial Code and the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to trade creditors dealing with a financially troubled customer. The Manual discusses UCC remedies prior to a trade credit customer’s bankruptcy filing—including the steps creditors must carefully follow to successfully exercise these remedies. The Manual also explains trade creditors’ rights following their customer’s bankruptcy, including a goods seller’s § 503(b)(9) administrative priority claim for goods sold shortly before the bankruptcy, as well as the issues that have been litigated dealing with proof of and defenses to this claim; the seller’s exercise of reclamation rights; stoppage of delivery and other UCC remedies available during the bankruptcy case; and other issues unique to trade creditors.

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Caribbean Insolvency Symposium El San Juan Resort & Casino San Juan, P.R.

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Consumer Bankruptcy Litigation Skills Program TBD Atlanta

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Caribbean Insolvency Symposium El San Juan Resort & Casino February 2-4 • San Juan, P.R.

VALCON Four Seasons Las Vegas Las Vegas

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Consumer Bankruptcy Litigation Skills Program TBD February 20-21 • Atlanta

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VALCON Four Seasons Las Vegas February 22-24 • Las Vegas

Membership Growth ABI grew during the last year to more than 13,000 members. The current membership base is 74 percent attorneys; the remaining members are turnaround professionals, judges, clerks, trustees, financial advisors, auctioneers, credit counselors, investment bankers and many others associated with insolvency. One of the most significant benefits of ABI membership is the opportunity to participate in one or more of ABI’s 17 substantive committees. In addition to providing a wealth of specialized information, the committees also serve as an environment for finding tomorrow’s ABI leaders. Committees present educational programs at ABI’s two national meetings. This ensures top-quality education, speaking opportunities and a variety of choices for our members. ABI’s committees also publish regular e-newsletters that provide the latest news and information. The committees published more than 116 such newsletters in 2010 and are slated to publish even more in 2011.

ABI Members: Non-attorney Professionals n Appraiser/Liquidator/Auctioneer n Credit Counseling & Collections n Financial Services/Advisory n Investment Banker n Judge & Judicial Administrative n Trustee n Turnaround Professional

196 40 464 138 356 188 535

Each ABI committee also has an active listserve through which members can communicate regarding recent developments and/or questions arising in practice. The committees sponsor special projects as well, such as the publication of books, production of a specialized educational conference or sponsorship of a law student writing competition. Please visit http://committees.abiworld.org to join the committee(s) of your choice. ABI members utilize the popular social networking sites of Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to connect with colleagues and learn about the latest developments in the bankruptcy profession. ABI has a presence on all three networking sites to provide members an additional forum to share information about the latest developments, upcoming ABI conferences and events, and new ABI research and publications. ABI now has over 2,600 members connected on the ABI LinkedIn page, 450 members on Facebook and 1,000 followers on Twitter. (To join ABI’s social networking sites, search for “American Bankruptcy Institute” on both the Facebook and LinkedIn websites; ABI’s Twitter handle is “abiworld.”)

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Byrne Judicial Clerkship Institute Pepperdine University School of Law; Malibu, Calf.

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Byrne Judicial CLerkship Institute Pepperdine University School of Law March 15-17 • Malibu, Calif.

Bankruptcy

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Alexander L. Paskay Seminar on Bankruptcy Law & Practice Hyatt Regency Tampa; Tampa, Fla.

Hon. Conrad B.Duberstein Moot Court Competition Duberstein U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse New York

Hon. Conrad B. Duberstein Moot Court Competition Duberstein U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse March 10-12 • New York

Nuts & Bolts

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Nuts & Bolts for Young and New Practitioners Hyatt Regency Tampa March 15 • Tampa, Fla.

Bankruptcy Battleground West Hyatt Regency Century Plaza March 16 • Los Angeles

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Alexander L. Paskay Seminar on Bankruptcy Law & Practice Hyatt Regency Tampa March 15-17 • Tampa, Fla.

Bankruptcy News ABI remains the most reliable and quoted source for the news media on all insolvency topics. On average during the first six months of 2011, the press cited ABI more than 280 times each month, and ABI was cited more than 2,700 times in 2010. During the first eight months of 2011, ABI issued more than 50 press releases and responded to dozens of media requests for data and information. ABI also redesigned the look and functionality of the Daily Headlines e-mail and its twice-weekly e-newsletter, now named the ABI Bankruptcy Brief (formerly the ABI Update). ABI also opened up the availability of the Daily Headlines e-mail from a subscription service to a free member benefit available to all 13,000 ABI members. ABI’s outreach includes informational press briefings throughout the year featuring member panels of prominent experts on the subjects at hand. ABI conducted four briefings in the last year. Two addressed the much-anticipated rulings from the Supreme Court that looked at the authority of bankruptcy courts to adjudicate state law counterclaims that are not integrally related to a particular federal government action (Stern v. Marshall), and whether a chapter 13 debtor who does not make loan or lease payments may take the deduction that is otherwise available for ownership of a vehicle (Ransom v. FIA Card Services). ABI also conducted media briefings on the fifth anniversary of BAPCPA and business bankruptcy trend predictions for 2011. Future special-event briefings will address the results of ABI’s comprehensive study of fees in consumer cases, the outlook for bankruptcy filings in 2012 and the potential trends associated with the new financial industry reform law, among others.

ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano was a guest on Fox Business Channel to discuss the reasons why fewer people are filing for bankruptcy in 2011.

Spring 2010 Resident Scholar Juliet Moringiello of Widener School of Law speaks on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” program about municipal bankruptcy trends.

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Annual Spring Meeting Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center National Harbor, Md. (D.C.)

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Annual Spring Meeting Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center April 19-22 â&#x20AC;˘ National Harbor, Md. (D.C.)

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Law Review The

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review is the ABI Law Review Advisory Board Chairs nation’s largest-circulation bankruptcy law journal, with more Prof. G. Ray Warner (Co-advisor) St. John’s University School of Law than 5,500 subscribers. Top students at St. John’s University School of Law edit it, and Thomson West publishes it semi- Prof. Keith Sharfman (Co-advisor) St. John’s University School of Law annually. An advisory board of three dozen bankruptcy judges, scholars and practitioners helps plan theme issues. Profs. G. ABI Law Review Advisory Board Ray Warner and Keith Sharfman of St. John’s University School of Law serve as the board chairs and faculty advisors. Hon. Randolph Baxter Prof. Juliet M. Moringiello The Winter 2010 issue focused on asset sales in bankruptcy and featured several articles from a symposium entitled, “The SEC in Bankruptcy: Past, Present and Future.”

The Spring 2011 issue featured articles on medical bankruptcy reform, fraudulent transfers in leveraged buyouts and the Southern District of New York’s loss-mitigation program, as well as an article considering a repeal of § 503(b)(9).

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Ohio)

Widener University School of Law

Mark N. Berman

Prof. Edward R. Morrison

Nixon Peabody LLP

Columbia Law School

Hon. Paulette J. Delk

Prof. Grant W. Newton

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D. Tenn.)

Pepperdine University (Emeritus)

Jonathan P. Friedland

Kevyn D. Orr

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Jones Day

Hon. Craig A. Gargotta

Prof. Katie Porter

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Tex.)

Univ. of California-Irvine Law School

Kristin K. Going

Prof. John A. E. Pottow

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

University of Michigan Law School

Prof. John P. Hennigan

Prof. Terri Pulley Radwan

St. John’s University School of Law

Stetson University College of Law

J. Eric Ivester

Dean Robert Rasmussen

Skadden , Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Dillon E. Jackson

Univ. of Southern California School of Law

Foster Pepper PLLC

Prof. Marie T. Reilly

Edward Janger

Penn State Dickinson School of Law

Brooklyn Law School

Hon. Barry Russell

Hon. Christopher M. Klein

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Cal.)

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Cal.)

Prof. Mark S. Scarberry

Faye Knowles

Pepperdine University School of Law

Fredrikson & Byron, PA

Paul D. Sinclair

Prof. Adam J. Levitin

Polsinelli Shughart PC

Georgetown University Law Center

Prof. Michael D. Sousa

Joel H. Levitin

University of Denver College of Law

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Hon. Morris A. Stern

Prof. Stephen J. Lubben

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. N. J.)

Seton Hall Univ. School of Law

Francisco Vazquez

Prof. Lois R. Lupica

Chadbourne & Parke, LLP

University of Maine School of Law

Victor A. Vilaplana

William L. Medford

Foley & Lardner LLP

Greenberg Traurig LLP

Prof. Warner (St. John’s University School of Law; Jamaica, N.Y.) awarded the inaugural Judge Wes Steen ABI Law Review Writing Prize to Prof. David Gray Carlson (Cardozo Law School; New York) at ABI’s Annual Spring Meeting.

Prof. G. Ray Warner (St. John’s University School of Law; Jamaica, N.Y.) presented the 2010-11 ABI Law Review Editor-in-Chief, Bertrand L. Choe, with a scholarship and plaque at the Annual Spring Meeting.

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Nuts & Bolts for Young and New Practitioners - NYC New York

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New York City Bankruptcy Conference New York

Litigation Skills Symposium Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Dallas

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Nuts & Bolts for Young and New Practitioners - NYC Association of the Bar of the City of New York May 8 • New York

New York City Bankruptcy Conference New York Marriott Marquis May 9 • New York

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Litigation Skills Symposium SMU Dedman School of Law May 15-17 • Dallas

International Activity Globalization continues to have a noticeable impact on the insolvency world. ABI provides a number of tools, resources and educational programs to help insolvency professionals worldwide meet the needs of clients and stakeholders. ABI leaders in Dubai for the Insolvency in the UAE and Across the World lecture series, hosted by the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC).

ABI members come from 24 nations. International members outside North America are eligible for a special $95 reduced rate on an “e-membership.” E-members have electronic access to all member benefits and publications. ABI held its Sixth International Insolvency Symposium in London last October. The program featured prominent international insolvency practitioners and leading U.S. bankruptcy judges speaking on the industry’s hottest topics, such as current trends in U.S. insolvencies and restructurings, out-of-court restructurings in Europe and international “blockbuster” cases. The Seventh Annual Caribbean Insolvency Symposium returned to Grand Cayman Island in 2011. More than 225 insolvency professionals from more than 23 states, Puerto Rico and five countries came together to discuss business and cross-border issues with a faculty of prominent national and regional bankruptcy judges and experienced practitioners. ABI’s Vice President-International Affairs, Ian G. Williams, was appointed as the ABI representative to INSOL International. ABI and INSOL work together on ABI’s GlobalINSOLvency.com website, and on INSOL’s 2012 conference in Miami.

DUBLIN SEVENTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL

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Friday, October 21, 2011 The Westin Dublin Dublin, Ireland

The Seventh Annual International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium held in Dublin, chaired by Ian Williams ( Sprecher Grier Halberstam LLP; London).

The Canadian/American Cross-Border Insolvency Symposium will be held in Toronto, co-chaired by Steven G. Golick (Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP; Toronto) and Marcia L. Goldstein (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; New York).

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Memphis Consumer Bankruptcy Conference Memphis, Tenn.

Central States Bankruptcy Workshop Grand Traverse Resort & Spa Traverse City, Mich.

Central States Bankruptcy Workshop Traverse City, Mich.

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Memphis Consumer Bankruptcy Conference University of Memphis School of Law June 1 • Memphis, Tenn.

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Central States Bankruptcy Workshop Grand Traverse Resort & Spa June 7-10 • Traverse City, Mich.

Now Track Your CLE/CPE Credit Scan your name badge at live ABI conferences to track each session attended. Within two weeks, review your attendance online and print your Certificate of Completion from your home or office.

Professional Development ABI maintains a strong commitment to developing the next

generation of insolvency professionals. Law students enjoy full membership benefits at reduced dues and a discounted rate for their first two years after graduation.

Winning students from Columbia Business School pose with the Bettina Whyte Trophy at the 7th Annual Corporate Restructuring Competition, held at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business.

Student competitors from finalist teams University of Houston Law Center and Baylor Law School pose with the judges of the 19th Annual Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition.

Entering its twentieth year, the Conrad B. Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition, co-sponsored by St. John’s University School of Law, is the largest appellate moot court competition in the nation, with 50 teams participating. Students from the University of Houston earned top honors in 2011. A crowd of more than 900 bankruptcy professionals attended the final-night awards dinner at Pier 60 in Manhattan. The competition honors the memory of the late Judge Duberstein, a former member of the ABI Board of Directors and Chief Bankruptcy Judge of the Eastern District of New York. Prize money and other financial support comes from ABI’s Anthony H.N. Schnelling Endowment Fund. In November 2010, 12 of the nation’s top graduate business schools competed in the Seventh Annual ABI Corporate Restructuring Competition at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia. A team from the Columbia Business School won the Bettina M. Whyte trophy, named in honor of an ABI past president. The competition encourages second-year MBA students to find creative solutions to a real-world complex case problem. The Schnelling Endowment Fund again provided financial support to the competition.

ABI holds an annual Bankruptcy Law Student Writing Competition, sponsored by ABI’s Bankruptcy Litigation Committee. The competition, judged by prominent leaders of the committee, including a judge, practitioners and a former U.S. Trustee, offers cash, publication and membership awards to the top three winners. ABI’s Young and New Members Committee hosts the annual Mid-Level Development Program. This educational program, chaired by Douglas E. Deutsch, Alan D. Holtz and Damian S. Schaible, equips developing bankruptcy professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to excel in the bankruptcy arena from all perspectives: legal, financial, accounting, networking and advancing in the profession.

Each year, ABI sponsors 25 bankruptcy law clerks to attend the Judicial Clerkship Institute at Pepperdine Law School. The Institute provides invaluable training for new clerks.

Hon. Alexander L. Paskay (M.D. Fla.) poses with Stetson College of Law student Casim Adam Neff, who was awarded the ABI Medal of Excellence by Dean Darby Dickerson (l-r).

ABI President Melissa Kibler Knoll (Mesirow Financial Consulting LLC; Chicago) (l) presents the Distinguished Service Award to Christopher F. Graham (McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP; New York) for his many years of support for ABI’s Medal of Excellence Program, which recognizes top law students from all over the country.

July 2012 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

4 Independence Day

Northeast Bankruptcy Conference & Consumer Forum Omni Mt. Washington Resort Bretton Woods, N.H.

Northeast Bankruptcy Conference Bretton Woods, N.H.

Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop The Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island, Fla.

12-14

Northeast Bankruptcy Consumer Forum Omni Mt. Washington Resort July 12-14 • Bretton Woods, N.H

12-15

Northeast Bankruptcy Conference Omni Mt. Washington Resort July 12-15 • Bretton Woods, N.H.

25-28

Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop The Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island July 25-28 • Amelia Island, Fla.

abiworld abiworld.org

Board Certification The American Board of Certification (ABC) is the nation’s premier legal

specialty certification organization, certifying attorneys as specialists in business bankruptcy, consumer bankruptcy and creditors’ rights law. The ABC serves the public interest by allowing potential clients to make an informed decision in selecting bankruptcy and creditors’ rights counsel. ABC certification encourages attorneys to strive toward excellence and recognizes those attorneys who have met the ABC’s rigorous standards. The ABC is sponsored by ABI and the Commercial Law League of America (CLLA), and all three ABC certification programs are accredited by the American Bar Association and many states. ABC certification is available to all qualified attorneys, without regard to membership in ABI or CLLA. The ABC continues to see strong demand for certified specialists from the public. In light of this, the ABC Marketing Committee is exploring new avenues to publicize certified attorneys’ certification, and the ABC Directory once again will be available at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges in October. The ABC Website, www.abcworld.org, is continuously being updated and improved, with the most recent changes designed to make it easier for attorneys to complete applications for certification (and recertification).

American Board of Certification Leadership C. Daniel Motsinger, Chairman Krieg DeVault LLP Indianapolis, Indiana

Bettie Kelley Sousa, President

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP Raleigh, North Carolina

John F. Young, President-Elect

Markus Williams Young & Zimmermann LLC Denver, Colorado

2011 • 2012 Exam Schedule

ABC Exams are held at conferences of the ABC sponsors, the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and the Commercial Law League of America (CLLA) in addition to other industry conferences. Please check the exam date you wish to register for: Date

City

12/1/11

La Quinta, CA

ABI 23rd Annual Winter Leadership Conference La Quinta Resort & Club

4/19/12

National Harbor, MD

ABI 30th Annual Spring Meeting Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center

6/7/12

Traverse City, MI

ABI 19th Annual Central States Bankruptcy Conference Grand Traverse Resort & Spa

7/12/12

Bretton Woods, NH

ABI 19th Annual Northeast Bankruptcy Conference Omni Mount Washington Resort

7/25/12

Amelia Island, FL

ABI 17th Annual Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop The Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island

8/2/12

Cambridge, MD

ABI 8th Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay

9/13/12

Las Vegas, NV

20th Annual Southwest Bankruptcy Conference Four Seasons Las Vegas

Mac D. Finlayson, Treasurer Morrel Saffa Craige, P.C. Tulsa, Oklahoma

Candace C. Carlyon, Secretary Shea & Carlyon, Ltd. Las Vegas, Nevada

Event/Location

August 2012 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Cambridge, Md.

2-4

Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay August 2-4 â&#x20AC;˘ Cambridge, Md.

American Bankruptcy Institute Statement of Financial Position ASSETS

2010 Finances

December 31, 2010 Cash and cash equivalents

$313,091

10,004,647

8,990,701

Accounts receivable, net

153,290

197,478

Prepaid and other assets

498,243

374,389

Pledges receivable, net

116,721

168,453

Property and Equipment, net

298,555

415,176

Investments

Dear ABI Members: The American Bankruptcy Institute sustained its strong financial position during 2010 increasing net assets to almost 7.5 million dollars. This healthy growth helps ABI continue to provide the highest quality programs and services for our members.

December 31, 2009

$196,757

Deposits TOTAL ASSETS

46,632

$11,314,845

$10,505,920

$1,029,701

$1,159,534

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

In the annual audit of ABI by LarsonsAllen, an audit firm specializing in Nonprofit Organizations, ABI was issued an unqualified “clean report” in conformity with general accepted accounting principles. The auditors found no matters involving internal controls and operations that were considered to be material weaknesses. Additionally, the auditors commented that the financial position of the ABI was very healthy.

LIABILITIES Accounts payable and accrued expenses Deferred revenue

2,826,044

2,641,549

Total Liabilities

3,855,745

3,801,083

Undesignated

4,675,003

4,309,707

Board designated endowment

2,626,679

2,237,474

Total Unrestricted

7,301,682

6,547,181

NET ASSETS Unrestricted

In order to continue this strong financial position, the ABI maintains three funds, General Operating Funds, General Reserve Funds and the ABI Endowment Fund, and establishes prudent guidelines for the reserve levels of the two General Funds based upon industry standards and recommendations from outside financial advisors. The ABI Endowment Fund will continue to be kept in a segregated account and any expenditures of the principal of the Endowment Fund will continue to require a two-thirds majority vote by the Board of Directors under the ABI bylaws.

Temporarily restricted Total net assets TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

157,418

198,906

7,459,100

6,746,087

$11,314,845

$10,547,170

The Executive Committee has approved the Audit Committee’s selection of LarsonAllen LLP for the audit of the 2011 Financial Statements. Respectfully submitted, Rebecca A. Roof Treasurer John Tittle, Jr. Audit Subcommittee Chair

28%

Revenue from Source Conferences and Meetings Membership Dues Publications and Website Endowment Investments

54% 28% 12% 3% 3%

54%

12% 3% 3%

September 2012 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Labor Day

Southwest Bankruptcy Conference Four Seasons Las Vegas Las Vegas

17 Rosh Hashanah

TBD

ABI/NYIC Golf & Tennis Fundraiser September TBD • TBD

Yom Kippur

13-15

Southwest Bankruptcy Conference Four Seasons Las Vegas September 13-15 • Las Vegas

TBD

First Day of Autumn

ABI/NYU Lawrence P. King and Charles Seligson Workshop on Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization NYU School of Law September TBD • New York

Major Contributors Millennium Level Contributions of $50,000 and above

Lifetime Members Contributions of $10,000 - $24,999

• Bayard, P.A. • Conseco Liquidating Trust • Speigel Creditor Liquidating Trust (James Gallagher, Case Administrator)

• John W. Ames Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC • Andersen • A.S.K. Financial LLP Gregory S. Abrams and Joseph L. Steinfeld • Ballard Spahr LLP Tobey M. Daluz, Carl A. Eklund and Vincent J. Marriott III • Becket & Lee, LLP Alane A. Becket • Gerald P. Buccino Buccino & Associates, Inc. • Clear Thinking Group LLC • Mitchell H. Cohen Gordon Brothers Group, LLC • James H. Cossitt Attorney & Counselor at Law • Walter H. Curchack Loeb & Loeb LLP • H. Slayton Dabney, Jr. King & Spalding LLP • Diamond McCarthy LLP Allan B. Diamond • Sanford R. Edlein Huron Consulting Group • Ford Elsaesser Elsaesser, Jarzabek, Anderson, Marks, Elliott & McHugh, Chtd. • Barbara A. Everly U.S. Bankruptcy Court (ret.) • Executive Sounding Board Associates Inc. Martin I. Katz • James S. Feltman Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC • Steven G. Golick Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP • Greater Kansas City Community Foundation o/b/o Thau Family Trust • High Ridge Partners, Inc. Nancy A. Ross • Reginald W. Jackson Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP • Hon. Lee M. Jackwig U.S. Bankruptcy Court • Douglas Wayne Jessop Jessop & Company, PC • Peter S. Kaufman Gordian Group, LLC • Melissa Kibler Knoll Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC • James T. Markus Markus Williams Young & Zimmerman , LLC • James B. Matthews Prime Locations, LLC • McDonald Hopkins LLC Shawn M. Riley

30th Anniversary Circle Contributions of $30,000 - $49,999 • Robert N. Dangremond AlixPartners LLP • Robert P. Reynolds Reynolds Reynolds & Duncan, LLC • John Tittle, Jr. Tittle Advisory Group, Inc.

Century Council Member Contributions of $25,000 - $29,999 • AlixPartners LLP Jay Alix • Scott L. Baena Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod, LLP • William A. Brandt, Jr. Development Specialists, Inc. • Bridge Associates, LLC Anthony H.N. Schnelling & Carl H. Young, III • John Wm. Butler, Jr. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP • L. E. Creel, III Wright Ginsberg Brusilow P.C. • Harry D. Dixon, Jr. • Ted Gavin NHB Advisors • Keen Consultants The Real Estate Division of KPMG Corporate Finance LLC Harold J. Bordwin and Matt Bordwin • National Auctioneers Association • Polsinelli Shughart PC • Visa USA, Inc. • Bettina M. Whyte Alvarez & Marsal • Carl H. Young, III

• J. Robert Medlin FTI Consulting, Inc. • Leslie H. Miles, Jr. Asset Valuation Source, LLC • Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. • MorrisAnderson Daniel F. Dooley • NHB Advisors Thomas D. Hays • Patricia A. Redmond Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA • Michael P. Richman Patton Boggs LLP • Rebecca A. Roof AlixPartners LLP • Thomas J. Salerno Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP • Chester B. Salomon Becker, Glynn, Melamed & Muffly LLP • Joseph Samet Baker & McKenzie LLP • David C. Schattenstein • Jack Seward • Keith J. Shapiro Greenberg Traurig, LLP • James Patrick Shea Shea & Carlyon, Ltd. • William K. Snyder CRG Partners • The Hilco Organization Benjamin L. Nortman & Richard L. Kaye • Togut, Segal & Segal, LLP Albert Togut • J. Scott Victor SSG Capital Advisors, LLC • Wells Fargo Foothill Scott R. Diehl • Prof. Jack F. Williams Georgia State University / BDO Seidman LLP • Prof. Robert M. Zinman Benefactors Contributions of $5,000 - $4,999 • Atlas Partners, LLC Roger ‘Biff’ Ruttenberg • Arent Fox LLP Andrew I. Silfen • Lisa G. Beckerman Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP • Steven M. Berman Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP • Joseph S.U. Bodoff Bodoff & Associates, P.C. • Edward P. Bond Bederson & Company, LLP • C. R. (Chip) Bowles, Jr. Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC • Paul B Bran, Esq. Dickstein Shapiro, LLP

• Eric L. Brossman Saul Ewing LLP • Howard Brownstein Brownstein Corp. • Donald R. Calaiaro Calaiaro & Corbett PC • Richard P. Carmody Adams and Reese LLP • George B. Cauthen Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP • Rudy J. Cerone McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC • Hon. Leif M. Clark U.S. Bankruptcy Court • Cohn, Whitesell & Goldberg LLP • William Q. Derrough Moelis & Company • Dickinson Wright PLLC Daniel F. Gosch • Raquel A. Edwards Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc. • Michael J. Epstein CRG Partners • Robert M. Fishman Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC • Douglas M. Foley McGuireWoods LLP • Jonathan P. Friedland Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC • Terri L. Gardner Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP • Scott F. Gautier Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP • Samuel J. Gerdano American Bankruptcy Institute • Bruce A. Harwood Sheehan, Phinney, Bass + Green • Dion W. Hayes McGuireWoods LLP • Bill Hazeltine Sullivan Hazeltine Allinson LLC • Philip J. Hendel Hendel & Collins, PC • Kenneth C. Henry RTL Advisory Group, Inc. • Soneet R. Kapila Kapila & Company • Robert J. Keach Bernstein Shur • George M. Kelakos Kelakos Advisors LLC • William I. Kohn Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP • Andrew A. Kress Kaye Scholer LLP • Forrest B. Lammiman Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC • E. Bruce Leonard Cassels Brock & Blackwell, LLP

• Martin F. Lewis Greenhill & Co., Inc. • David Linn Oak Point Partners • James M. Lukenda Huron Consulting Group • Hon. Raymond T. Lyons U.S. Bankruptcy Court • Josefina Fernandez McEvoy InTrust Global Investments, LLC • Jerry M. Markowitz Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog • Richard M. Meth Fox Rothschild LLP • David S. Miller Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. • Francis A. Monaco, Jr. Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC • Thomas A. Morrow AlixPartners LLP • Hon. C. Ray Mullins U.S. Bankruptcy Court • Jill L. Murch Foley & Lardner LLP • David L. Osias Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP • The Ozer Group/Paragon Capital, LLC • Norm Pernick Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, PA • Daniel H. Puryear Puryear Law Group • Dawn Ragan Bridgepoint Consulting LLC • Craig V. Rasile DLA Piper • Patrick S. Scott GrayRobinson, PA • Brian L. Shaw Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC • Glenn E. Siegel Dechert LLP • James H.M. Sprayregen Kirkland & Ellis LLP • Steven R. Strom Jefferies & Company, Inc. • Stutman, Treister & Glatt, PC • Troy Taylor Algon Group LLC • Harvey L. Tepner WL Ross & Co. • Deborah L. Thorne Barnes & Thornburg LLP • Richard N. Tilton Racebrook Restructuring Services • Sheryl L. Toby Dykema Gossett PLLC • von Briesen & Roper, SC Randall D. Crocker & Claire Ann Resop

• Wayne R. Walker Walker Nell Partners, Inc. • Lynnette R. Warman Hunton & Williams LLP • Prof. G. Ray Warner St. John’s University • Robert H. Warshauer Imperial Capital, LLC • Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff U.S. Bankruptcy Court • William P. Weintraub Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP • Ian G. Williams Sprecher Grier Halberstam LLP • Deborah D. Williamson Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated NEW 2011 Gifts Sustaining Member Level ($2,000-4,999) • Peter J. Benvenutti Jones Day • Paul Steven Singerman Berger Singerman, PA • Mark G. Stingley Bryan Cave LLP • Leon M. Szlezinger Jeffries & Company, Inc. • Mitchell Ryan Epiq Systems, Inc. NEW 2011 Gifts Leadership Club ($1,000-1,999) • Michael L. Bernstein Arnold & Porter LLP • Allen J Guon Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC • Donna Harris Pinckney, Harris & Weidinger, LLC • Marion A. Hecht Clifton Gunderson LLP • David W. Houston Burr & Forman LLP • Deborah B. Langehennig • Hon. Laurel Isicoff U.S. Bankruptcy Court • David P. Leibowitz Lakelaw/Leibowitz Law Center • David E. Leta Snell & Wilmer, LLP • Samuel R. Maizel Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP • Mark M. Maloney King & Spalding LLP • Robert F. Reilly Willamette Management Associates, Inc. • Elisa Sartori Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC

October 2012 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute Kansas City, Mo.

Saturday

Views from the Bench Washington, D.C.

Columbus Day (observed)

Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference Chicago

ABI/NCBJ Educational Program San Diego

Halloween

TBD

Views from the Bench, 2012 Georgetown University Law Center October 5 • Washington, D.C.

International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium Rome, Italy October TBD • TBD

ABI/UMKC Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute Kansas City Marriott Downtown October 5 • Kansas City, Mo.

Mid-Level Professional Development Program TBD October TBD • New York

Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference Gleacher Center, University of Chicago October 8 • Chicago

NCBJ/ABI Educational Program TBD October 26 • San Diego

DISCOVER discover.abi.org

2011 • 2012 Board of Directors † Robert J. Keach Chairman Bernstein Shur Portland, Maine

† Melissa Kibler Knoll Immediate Past-President

Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC Chicago, Ill.

† Geoffrey L. Berman President

Development Specialists, Inc. Los Angeles, Calif.

† James T. Markus President-Elect

Markus Williams Young & Zimmerman, LLC Denver, Colo.

† Prof. Margaret Howard Vice President-Research Grants Washington & Lee Law School Lexington, Va.

† Jeffrey N. Pomerantz Vice President-Education

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP Los Angeles, Calif.

† Patricia A. Redmond Vice President-Development

Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA Miami, Fla.

† Brian L. Shaw Vice President-Membership

Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC Chicago, Ill.

† James Patrick Shea Vice President-Communication & Information Technology Shea & Carlyon, Ltd. Las Vegas, Nev.

† Lynnette R. Warman Vice President-Publications Hunton & Williams LLP Dallas, Texas

† Ian G. Williams Vice President-International Affairs Sprecher Grier Halberstam LLP

† H. Slayton Dabney, Jr.

Jeff J. Marwil

Lynn Lewis Tavenner

† Rudy J. Cerone Secretary

Douglas E. Deutsch

Chadbourne & Parke LLP New York, N.Y.

Richard M. Meth

Deborah L. Thorne

London, England

McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC New Orleans, La.

King & Spalding LLP New York, N.Y.

Hon. Dennis R. Dow U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Proskauer Chicago, Ill.

Fox Rothschild LLP Roseland, N.J.

Francis A. Monaco, Jr.

† Rebecca A. Roof Treasurer

Kansas City, Mo.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC Wilmington, Del.

John W. Ames

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC Chicago, Ill.

Scott F. Gautier

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Atlanta, Ga.

AlixPartners LLP New York, N.Y.

Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC Louisville, Ky.

Corinne Ball

Jones Day New York, N.Y.

Alane A. Becket

Becket & Lee, LLP Malvern, Pa.

Lorie R. Beers

Seabury Group LLC New York, N.Y.

Michael L. Bernstein Arnold & Porter LLP Washington, D.C.

C.R. “Chip” Bowles, Jr.

Jonathan P. Friedland

Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP Los Angeles, Calif.

Hon. Robert E. Gerber U.S. Bankruptcy Court New York, N.Y.

Jay M. Goffman

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP New York, N.Y.

Bruce A. Harwood

Sheehan, Phinney, Bass + Green Manchester, N.H.

Hon. Jeffery P. Hopkins U.S. Bankruptcy Court Cincinnati, Ohio

Hon. Barbara J. Houser

Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald PLLC Louisville, Ky.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Dallas, Texas

K&L Gates LLP Charlotte, N.C.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Columbus, Ohio

Jo Ann J. Brighton

Howard Brod Brownstein The Brownstein Corp. Conshohocken, Pa.

Hon. Kevin J. Carey

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Wilmington, Del.

Deborah A. Crabbe Foster Pepper PLLC Seattle, Wash.

Reginald W. Jackson Dennis J. LeVine

Dennis LeVine & Associates, PA Tampa, Fla.

Jean Maess

Thomson Reuters Rochester, N.Y.

Hon. C. Ray Mullins Bruce S. Nathan

Lowenstein Sandler New York, N.Y.

Tavenner & Beran, PLC Richmond, Va. Barnes & Thornburg LLP Chicago, Ill.

† John Tittle, Jr.

Tittle Advisory Group, Inc. New York, N.Y.

Sheryl L. Toby

Dykema Gossett PLLC Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Albert Togut

Togut, Segal & Segal, LLP New York, N.Y.

† Nancy A. Peterman

J. Scott Victor

Prof. Nancy B. Rapoport

Prof. G. Ray Warner

Greenberg Traurig, LLP Chicago, Ill.

William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV Las Vegas, Nev.

Claire Ann Resop

von Briesen & Roper, SC Madison, Wis.

Hon. Barry Russell

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Los Angeles, Calif.

Mitchell Ryan Epiq Orange, Calif.

Tracy C. Sandler

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Toronto, Ont.

Glenn E. Siegel Dechert LLP New York, N.Y.

Ronald J. Silverman

Bingham McCutchen LLP New York, N.Y.

SSG Capital Advisors, LLC West Conshohocken, Pa. St. John’s University School of Law Jamaica, N.Y.

† Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff U.S. Bankruptcy Court Chicago, Ill.

David B. Wheeler

Moore & Van Allen PLLC Charleston, S.C.

R. Scott Williams

Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC Birmingham, Ala.

Hon. Gregg W. Zive

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Reno, Nev.

Samuel J. Gerdano Executive Director Alexandria, Va.

† Denotes Executive Committee Member

Board of Directors As of 9/25/2011

November 2012 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

22 Thanksgiving

Dec. 1

Daylight Saving Time Ends

Veterans Day

Election Day

Detroit Consumer Bankruptcy Conference Detroit

Winter Leadership Conference JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa Tucson, Ariz.

TBD

Corporate Restructuring Competition November TBD • TBD

Detroit Consumer Bankruptcy Conference November 11 • Detroit

Nov. 29-Dec. 1

Winter Leadership Conference JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa November 29-December 1 • Tucson, Ariz.

ABI has 17 active committees that focus on specific issues important to all areas of bankruptcy.

Committee members plan educational programs for ABI’s two national conferences, author committee e-newsletters on relevant topics and share ideas and information on the popular ABI-hosted listserves. See committee website for more information.

Committees

To join a committee, simply send an email to committees@abiworld.org.

Asset Sales

Commercial Fraud

Co-Chairs Don D. Grubman Hahn & Hessen LLP • New York, NY dgrubman@hahnhessen.com

Co-Chairs Jason S. Brookner Andrews Kurth LLP • Dallas, TX jasonbrookner@andrewskurth.com

Ira L. Herman Thompson & Knight LLP • New York, NY ira.herman@tklaw.com

Thomas Michael Horan Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC • Wilmington, DE thoran@wcsr.com

Edward T. Gavin NHB Advisors • Wilmington, DE ted.gavin@nhbteam.com

Consumer Bankruptcy

Health Care

Co-Chairs David P. Leibowitz Lakelaw • Waukegan, IL dleibowitz@lakelaw.com

Co-Chairs Robert A. Guy, Jr. Frost Brown Todd LLC • Nashville, TN bguy@fbtlaw.com

Hon. Pamela Pepper U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin • Milwaukee, WI pamela_pepper@wieb.uscourts.gov

Clifford A. Zucker J.H. Cohn, LLP • Edison, NJ czucker@jhcohn.com

Bankruptcy Litigation Co-Chairs Scott K. Brown Lewis and Roca LLP • Phoenix, AZ sbrown@lrlaw.com Catherine L. Steege Jenner & Block LLP • Chicago, IL csteege@jenner.com

Bankruptcy Taxation Co-Chairs Darren D. Farfante Fowler White Boggs P.A. • Tampa, FL dfarfante@fowlerwhite.com Sharon Roth Walker, Truesdell, Roth & Associates, Inc. • New York, NY sroth@walkertruesdell.com

Business Reorganization Co-Chairs Tinamarie Feil BMC Group • New York, NY tfeil@bmcgroup.com William P. Weintraub Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP • New York, NY wweintraub@fklaw.com

Ethics and Professional Compensation Co-Chairs Stuart A. Gold Gold Lange & Majoros, PC Southfield, MI sgold@glmpc.com David W. Houston, IV Burr & Forman LLP • Nashville, TN dwhouston@burr.com Kelly Beaudin Stapleton Alvarez & Marsal • New York, NY kstapleton@alvarezandmarsal.com

Financial Advisors and Investment Banking Co-Chairs Daniel F. Dooley MorrisAnderson • Chicago, IL ddooley@morris-anderson.com

International Co-Chairs Mark W. Deveno Bingham McCutchen LLP Tokyo, Japan mark.deveno@bingham.com Annerose Tashiro Schultze & Braun GmbH Achern, Germany atashiro@schubra.de Victor A. Vilaplana Foley & Lardner LLP • San Diego, CA Vvilaplana@foley.com

Labor and Employment

Technology and Intellectual Property

Co-Chairs Sam J. Alberts Dickstein Shapiro, LLP Washington, DC albertss@dicksteinshapiro.com

Co-Chairs Daryl Martin IPMETRICS LLC • San Diego, CA dmartin@ipmetrics.net

Joel Ruderman Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Washington, DC ruderman.joel@pbgc.gov

Jeremy W. Ryan Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP Wilmington, DE jryan@potteranderson.com

Legislation

Unsecured Trade Creditors

Co-Chairs Alexandra Steinberg Barrage Morrison & Foerster LLP Washington, DC abarrage@mofo.com

Co-Chairs Deborah T. Crowder Charlotte, NC deborahtcrowder@gmail.com

Karen Cordry National Association of Attorneys General • Washington, DC kcordry@naag.org

Real Estate Co-Chairs Michael J. Gearin K&L Gates LLP • Seattle, WA michael.gearin@klgates.com Michael J. Goldberg Casner & Edwards, LLP • Boston, MA goldberg@casneredwards.com

Secured Credit Co-Chairs Stephen V. Falanga Connell Foley LLP • Roseland, NJ sfalanga@connellfoley.com Damian S. Schaible Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP New York, NY damian.schaible@davispolk.com

David M. Posner Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, PC • New York, NY dposner@oshr.com

Young and New Members Co-Chairs Richard J. Corbi Proskauer • New York, NY rcorbi@proskauer.com Joshua John Lewis Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP Atlanta, GA jjl@phrd.com

December 2012 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Nov. 29

Friday

Nov. 30

Saturday

Winter Leadership Conference JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa Tucson, Ariz.

Nov. 29 - Dec. 1

Hanukkah

Christmas

Winter Leadership Conference JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa November 29-December 1 • Tucson, Ariz.

TBD

First Day of Winter

40-Hour Bankruptcy Mediation Training Program St. John’s University Manhattan Campus December TBD • New York

2011 Partners Presidential Partners

Executive Partners

Capital Partners

Exhibit and Sponsorship Opportunities:

2011-12 Event Schedule 2011

2012

8th Annual American Bankruptcy Institute Complex Financial Restructuring Program October 5 • New York

Northeast Consumer Winter Forum Suffolk Law School (tentative) January 16 • Boston

October

Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference The Gleacher Center, University of Chicago Booth School of Business October 10 • Chicago NCBJ/ABI Educational Program Tampa Convention Center October 14 • Tampa, FL

January

Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference Westin Denver Downtown January 19-20 • Denver

February

Caribbean Insolvency Symposium El San Juan Resort & Casino February 2-4 • Puerto Rico

International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium The Westin Dublin October 21 • Dublin, Ireland

Consumer Bankruptcy Litigation Skills Program February 20-21 • Atlanta

Mid-Level Professional Development Program Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Conference Center October 28 • New York

VALCON 2011 Four Seasons Las Vegas February 22-24 • Las Vegas

November

March

Corporate Restructuring Competition University of Pa. Wharton School of Business November 3-4 • Philadelphia

Hon. Conrad B.Duberstein Moot Court Competition Duberstein U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse March 10-12 • New York

Canadian –American Cross-Border Insolvency Symposium Fairmont Royal York November 7 •Toronto, ON

Nuts and Bolts for Young and New Practitioners Hyatt Regency Tampa March 15 • Tampa, Fla.

Detroit Consumer Bankruptcy Conference Best Western Sterling Inn November 11 • Sterling Heights, Mich.

Alexander L. Paskay Seminar on Bankruptcy Law and Practice Hyatt Regency Tampa March 15-17 • Tampa, Fla.

Delaware Views from the Bench Hotel Du Pont November 21 • Wilmington

December

Winter Leadership Conference La Quinta Resort & Spa December 1-3 • La Quinta, CA 40 Hour Bankruptcy Mediation Training Program St. John’s University Manhattan Campus December 7-10 • New York

May

September

New York City Bankruptcy Conference New York Marriott Marquis May 9 • New York

October

Nuts and Bolts for Young and New Practitioners - NYC Association of the Bar of the City of New York May 8 • New York

Litigation Skills Symposium SMU Dedman School of Law May 15-18• Dallas

June

Memphis Consumer Bankruptcy Conference The University of Memphis School of Law June 1• Memphis, Tenn.

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ABI/NYU Lawrence P. King and Charles Seligson Workshop on Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization NYU School of Law September TBD • New York

ABI/UMKC Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute & Consumer Forum October 5 • Kansas City, Mo. ABI/GULC Views from the Bench 2011 Georgetown University Law Center October 5 • Washington, D.C. Mid-Level Professional Development Program October TBD • New York

Central States Bankruptcy Workshop Grand Traverse Resort & Spa June 7-10 • Traverse City, Mich.

Chicago Consumer Bankruptcy Conference Gleacher Center, Univ. of Chicago October 8 • Chicago

July

NCBJ/ABI Educational Program San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina October 26 • San Diego, CA

Northeast Bankruptcy Conference Omni Mt. Washington Resort July 12-15 • Bretton Woods, NH Northeast Consumer Forum Omni Mt. Washington Resort July 12-14 • Bretton Woods, NH Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop The Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island July 25-28 • Amelia Island, FL

August

International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium October TBD • Rome, Italy

November

Corporate Restructuring Competition TBA Detroit Consumer Bankruptcy Conference TBA

Bankruptcy Battleground West Hyatt Regency Century Plaza March 16 • Los Angeles

Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay August 2-4 • Cambridge, MD

ABI Winter Leadership Conference JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa November 29- December 1 • Tucson

Byrne Judicial Clerkship Institute Pepperdine University School of Law March 15-17 • Malibu, Calf.

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December

April

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Southwest Bankruptcy Conference Four Seasons Las Vegas September 13-15 • Las Vegas ABI/NYIC Golf and Tennis Fundraiser September TBD • TBD

Mediation Training Symposium TBD

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