Alexandria, Va. – ABI’s 2024 Southwest Bankruptcy Conference returns Sept. 4-6 to the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas. Experienced practitioners and regional judges will present information-packed sessions on a variety of topics, both business and consumer — ensuring that there is something for everyone. The conference will feature the popular “ABI Talks” series with discussions on fighting plan exclusivity, mentoring the next generation and plan gatekeeper provisions. The conference will also feature a Judges’ Roundtable Q&A with bankruptcy judges from the Ninth Circuit and across the country.

Program co-chairs for the Southwest Bankruptcy Conference are Jordan A. Kroop of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones (New York) and Sasha M. Gurvitz of KTBS Law LLP (Los Angeles). The sponsorship co-chairs are Grant L. Cartwright of May, Potenza, Baran & Gillespie, P.C. (Phoenix), Bradley A. Cosman of Perkins Coie LLP (Phoenix) and David L. Curry, Jr. of Okin Adams Bartlett Curry LLP (Houston). Judicial co-chairs are Bankruptcy Judges Martin R. Barash (C.D. Cal.; Woodland Hills) and Hilary L. Barnes (D. Nev.; Reno).

Timely topics for the panel sessions are as follows:

• Judges’ Roundtable
• Forum- and Judge-Shopping
• Distressed Commercial Real Estate and UCRERA
• Consumer Pre-Bankruptcy Planning and Residential Foreclosure Issues
• On the Supreme Court's Docket
• Emergency Chapter 11 Filings: What to Do When the $#!+ Hits the Fan!
• Hot Topics in Subchapter V and Consumer Bankruptcy Cases
• ABI Talks
• Restructuring Illegal Businesses
• Health Care Bankruptcies
• Chapter 13 Pre- and Post-Confirmation Issues
• Old Mistakes and New Mistakes

For a list of speakers and additional details about the Southwest Bankruptcy Conference, please click here. Press looking to attend the Southwest Bankruptcy Conference should contact ABI Public Affairs Officer John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or [email protected] to obtain a press pass.

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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.