Alexandria, Va. -- The American Bankruptcy Institute's (ABI) 2023 Annual Spring Meeting returns to the JW Marriott in Washington, D.C., April 20-22. ABI’s largest annual conference features timely concurrent sessions tailored for commercial and consumer practitioners. The keynote will be provided by Kenji Yoshino, the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law and the director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. Kenneth R. Feinberg (Washington, D.C.), who served as special master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and for TARP Executive Compensation, will join a panel on the role of neutrals in bankruptcy. Saturday will feature a networking luncheon with top experts providing a legislative update and outlook. Additional plenaries will look at cryptocurrency bankruptcy cases, China’s influence in the world economy, subchapter V and more!

Sessions at the 2023 Annual Spring Meeting include:

·      Circuit Splits and Hot Topics with Bill Rochelle and Friends

·      “Been There, Done That”: Preclusion Issues in Bankruptcy

·      When Creditors Strike Back

·      The Many Roles of a Neutral in Bankruptcy

·      Recent Developments in Debt Restructurings & Workouts

·      Tax Strategies to Preserve Value/Cancellation of Debt

·      Danger Ahead! Avoiding and Addressing Ethical Landmines in Attorney Engagement and Compensation

·      How Influential Is China to the World Economy?

·      Subchapter V Sale Cases

·      Non-Monetary Defaults

·      Plenary Session: Economic Outlook

·      When a Business Owner Files Chapter 7

·      Valuation Primer

·      Issues Impacting Unsecured Creditors in Crypto Bankruptcies

·      A Bankruptcy Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight: The Juxtaposition of Failing Health Care Systems with Consumer Patients Driven into Bankruptcy by Medical Debt

·      Key Tax Issues for Non-Tax Professionals in Chapter 11 and Out-of-Court Restructurings

·      Options After Fraud Is Discovered

·      Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction and Standing

·      Legislative Update

·      Bankruptcy and Divorce

·      The Intersection of Bankruptcy and Construction Law

·      Lessons from Luckin: A Cross-Border Case Study

·      Ethics Panel

For the full schedule with the speakers for each session at ABI’s Annual Spring Meeting, please click here.

Press interested in attending the conference should contact ABI Public Affairs Officer John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or [email protected].  

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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 10,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events.