Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) 2023 Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, being held June 8-10 at the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa in beautiful Traverse City, Mich., is celebrating its 30th anniversary of the program, which is geared toward insolvency practitioners in the Upper Midwest region. Bringing a flexible workshop format for both consumer and business practitioners, the Workshop’s repeating sessions allow attendees to customize their personal learning experience while earning up to 8.25/9.5 hours of CLE/CPE, including 2.75/3 hours of ethics. A special judicial roundtable session will feature eight bankruptcy judges representing Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Plenary sessions at the Central States Bankruptcy Workshop include:

·      Circuit Splits & Hot Topics with Bill Rochelle

·      Judicial Roundtables: Problems, Problems, Problems

Sessions on the Workshop’s Business Track include:

• Subchapter V: What We Know and Don’t Know After Three Years
• Fallout from the Wild, Wild West
• Retail Cases from Coast to Coast: What Can Unsecured Creditors Expect to See?
• Bankruptcy Alternatives and High Times
• Mass Torts and the Texas Two-Step
• Recent Issues with Fraudulent Transfers and Preferences

Sessions on the Workshop’s Consumer Track include:

·      Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Conversions

·      Property of the Estate

·      Student Loans

·      Avoidance Actions

Sessions on the Workshop’s Skills Track include:

·      Trial Skills: Valuation Hearings

·      Mediation and Risk Analysis

Tracy M. Clark of Steinberg Shapiro Clark (Southfield, Mich.) and Elizabeth B. Vandesteeg of Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (Chicago) are the Workshop’s co-chairs. Bankruptcy Judges James W. Boyd (W.D. Mich.; Grand Rapids) and Catherine J. Furay (W.D. Wis.; Madison) are the judicial co-chairs for the Workshop.

To view the full list of expert speakers, and for more information on attending ABI’s Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, please click here. Members of the press interested in attending the Workshop 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.