The Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar is back in 2024 with an extended program! Catch up with friends and meet new colleagues during the return of this favorite regional event.
Optional Event
Reds Home Game
Watch the hometown Cincinnati Reds take on the Kansas City Royals from a private patio inside the stadium. This space provides superb views of the field and vast areas for networking. Tickets are $115 per person.
Happy Hour
Sponsored by Frost Brown Todd LLP
Registration Desk Opens
Breakfast
Sponsored by Allen Stovall Neuman & Ashton LLP
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Expert Evidence: Using the Rules
How have recent revisions to the Federal Rules of Evidence impacted the use of experts in the courtroom? This panel will address this question and offer best practices for using the Rules to your advantage.
Ethics: Use of AI and Ethical Issues
This panel will review the ethical issues surrounding the use of generative AI in a legal practice and provide examples of how lawyers can appropriately use AI technology to enhance efficiency and productivity.
Please bring a laptop or other device to practice using the technology in the session.Networking Break
Concurrent Sessions (2)
Business: Third-Party Releases After Purdue Pharma
This panel will consider the Supreme Court’s decision in Purdue Pharma and options that are now foreclosed or available.
Consumer: Subchapter V Nuts and Bolts
Learn how to expand your expertise into the popular and growing practice area of subchapter V. This panel will introduce you to the basics of subchapter V, eligibility, timeline, filing considerations, financial requirements, first-day motions, subchapter V plans, discharge, the role of the subchapter V trustee and much more.
Luncheon
Sponsored by Oxford Restructuring Advisors
Plenary Session: Appeals
Appellate court judges will discuss practice and procedure for bankruptcy court appeals.
Sponsored by Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Networking Break
Concurrent Sessions (2)
Business: The Future of Subchapter V: Discussing the ABI Task Force’s Final Report
Consumer: Complex Chapter 13 Issues
This panel of bankruptcy powerhouses will tackle complex chapter 13 bankruptcy issues, preparing practitioners to face the impact of personal-injury claims, such as pre-petition RoundUp and Mesh claim payments made post-petition; adversary and contested-matter timing issues (pre-plan confirmation, or just before discharge); and computing the best-interest dividend by adding up all possible recoveries vs. only realistic ones, and whether the debtor or trustee should pursue the actual recovery for the estate.
Networking Break
Concurrent Sessions (2)
Business: Landlord and Tenant Issues
Consumer: Advising Clients Who Own a Business
Networking Reception at the Taft Center
Sponsored by Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Registration Desk Opens
Breakfast
Plenary Session: Bill Rochelle and Guests
ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle, author of Rochelle’s Daily Wire, will lead a discussion with a panel of judges regarding recent significant cases involving subchapter V case law, simultaneous representation, and the need for financial distress before filing.
Networking Break
Concurrent Sessions (2)
Business: Have It Your Way: Choosing from Among Chapter 11, ABCs and Receiverships
This panel will discuss the differences between state court assignments for the benefit of creditors and receiverships, and chapters 11 and 7 and subchapter V.
Consumer: Emerging Issues in Consumer Bankruptcy
This panel will delve into emerging issues in bankruptcy cases, offering perspectives from practitioners, chapter 13 trustees and the bench. The panelists will focus on post-confirmation appreciation in asset values, such as who gets the appreciation if the house sells during the chapter 13 or if the case converts to chapter 7; early plan payouts, evaluating final payments before the end of the commitment period, hardship discharges and creative plan modifications; no-look and bifurcated fees; and end-of-case mortgage issue solutions.
Networking Break
Great Debates
Adjourn
| Seminar Registration Rates | ||
| Early (by 7/12/24) | Regular (after 7/12/24) | |
| ABI Member | $350 | $375 |
| Join and Save* | $750 | $775 |
| Govt./Aca. ABI Member | $175 | $200 |
| Govt./Academic/New ABI Member* | $300 | $325 |
| Debtor Consumer ABI Member | $175 | $200 |
| Debtor Consumer New ABI Member | $325 | $350 |
| Exhibitor Rates | |
| ABI Member Exhibitor Registration** | $550 |
| New ABI Member Exhibitor Registration*** | $950 |
| Additional Booth Representative | $150 |
* Includes a one-year ABI membership for first-time members only — a $425 value! Expired members should select the member rate and add in the membership-renewal fee on this form. You must be an ABI member to attend the conference.
** Includes one 6’ table and full registration for one booth representative.
*** Includes one 6’ table and full registration for one booth representative AND a one-year ABI membership — a $425 value!
| Optional Events | ||
| Attendee Price | Guest Price | |
| Networking Reception | Free | $25 |
| Reds Home Game | $115 | $115 |
| Happy Hour | $25 | $25 |
ABI DEFINES A “GUEST” AS A SPOUSE, CHILD OR COMPANION — NOT A PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUE. A professional colleague is defined as someone who consults with or is employed by an organization whose members are eligible for ABI membership. If a professional colleague is found to be registered as a guest, ABI reserves the right to cancel his or her event registration. Any person not meeting the criteria of “guest” who wishes to participate in any ABI function at the conference is required to register separately at the full conference rate.
Cancellation Policy
All fees, except a $75 handling fee, will be refunded if written notice of cancellation is received by July 26, 2024. No refunds will be granted after July 26, but substitutions will be allowed. After July 26, upon written request, a coupon for 20% off the registration fee (not including optional events) will be issued, which can be used (by the canceling registrant only) for any ABI educational program up to one year after this conference, or for this same conference next year.
Anti-Harassment Policy
The American Bankruptcy Institute is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organizers. Our anti-harassment policy can be found at https://www.abi.org/about-us/bylaws-and-policies.
Program Location
The Westin Cincinnati
21 E 5th St.
Cincinnati, OH 45202
ABI has arranged a special conference rate of $149 per night at The Westin Cincinnati. To secure the special rate, reservations must be made directly with the hotel by August 4, 2024. Reservations may only be made once you have registered with ABI. Upon payment of the conference registration fees, you will receive hotel reservation information with your conference confirmation. Rooms are held on a first-come, first-served basis. ABI cannot guarantee anyone a room after the specially rated ABI block is filled.
Conference Attire
Business casual attire is requested, though not required.
Advisory Board
ABI will seek 9 hours of CLE credit in states calculating CLE on a 60-minute hour including 1.0 hours of Ethics, and 10.8 hours of CLE credit in 50-minute-hour states including 1.2 hours of Ethics. Credit hours granted are subject to each state’s CLE credit-approval regulations and might not be approved prior to the program. NY MCLE: This transitional and non-transitional program has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the CLE Board for a maximum of 10.8 credit hours. California MCLE: ABI certifies that this activity has been approved for MCLE credit in the amount of 9 hours.
The American Bankruptcy Institute is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors for Group Live (live in-person) programs. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website, www.learningmarket.org.
- Recommended CPE Credits and Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge, Behavioral Ethics
- Program attendees can earn up to 10.5 CPE credits including 1.0 hours of Behavioral Ethics.
- Prerequisites: none
- Advanced preparation: none
- Program Level: intermediate
- Delivery Method: Group Live
CPE credit is available for live sessions only. CPE credit is not available for recorded versions of live sessions.
How to request CPE credit: To request CPE credit for your participation (and obtain a certificate of completion), you will need to complete an ABI Attendance Affidavit. Attendance Affidavits are available at the end of the entire conference, after we have verified your attendance. To receive CPE credit, please click "+ Add Accrediting Agency" and select NASBA (National Association of State Boards of Accountancy).
NOTE: All attendees seeking CPE credit must sign in and sign out. You may only claim credit for sessions within the period between your sign-in and sign-out; credit will be adjusted or modified accordingly.
You will receive a personalized link to submit your Attendance Affidavit via email within 7 business days of the last day of the conference.
* ABI offers intermediate-level courses, which assume that attendees will have at least some detailed knowledge of insolvency matters (pursuant to the “Statement on Standards for CPE Programs” established by AICPA and NASBA). ABI is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website, www.nasbaregistry.org. For more information regarding administrative policies such as complaints and refunds, please contact the American Bankruptcy Institute at (703) 739-0800.