2017 Winter Leadership Conference, 2012

Since most debtors default in chapter 13 plans before they reach completion, are modifications needed to the law's rehabilitation goals?
Pro: Hon. Pamela Pepper
Con: Catherine Peek McEwen

Should the U.S. Trustee's enforcement role in chapter 11 cases yield to creditor preferences?
Pro: Robert M. Fishman
Con: Clifford J. White, III

Do creditors' committees serve a useful purpose in cases where the debtor's assets are overly encumbered and the amount of unsecured claims is a fraction of the amount of secured debt?
Pro: Robert J. Feinstein
Con: Jay M. Goffman

Business Track - Pushing the Envelope

This program will feature a discussion of the aggressive provisions that debtor's, lender's and buyer's counsel have been trying to insert into DIP orders, sale orders and confirmation orders.

Consumer Track - The National Mortgage Settlement: How Will It Affect Consumer Bankruptcy Cases?

Although the impetus for the $25 billion settlement was robosigning issues in foreclosure cases, many of its provisions affect residential mortgage loans in consumer bankruptcy cases. The panel will discuss the terms of the consent judgment, which will impact the handling of home loans by debtors, the affected servicers, the USTP and the bankruptcy courts.

Professional Development Track - "I'm Shocked-Shocked!-to Find that Unethical Conduct Is Going On in Here!": A Tale of Ethics in Bankruptcy

Our play will address the ethical pitfalls faced by the attorneys in the chapter 11 bankruptcy of Casablanca Snow Globes, Inc., a once-thriving manufacturer of world-class snow globes that has fallen on hard times due to cheap foreign competition, changes in consumer taste

Financial Advisors Track - How to Create Value for the Estate from Your First Client Meeting until Entry of a Final Decree

This panel will explore the ways in which financial advisors, investment bankers and chief restructuring officers can add value to a financially distressed company. Topics to be explored will include assessment of management, evaluation of asset quality, analysis of financial reporting, maintaining relationships with other stakeholders, creating operational improvements and other related endeavors.