20th Annual ABI Southwest Bankruptcy Conference

Hon. Redfield T. Baum, Sr. is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Arizona in Phoenix, originally sworn in on March 26, 1990, and previously served as chief judge. Prior to his appointment, he was a partner and director at the O’Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears law firm, where he concentrated in commercial law, creditor’s rights, bankruptcy, chapter 11 reorganizations and... Read More →

David K. Gottlieb is the national partner in charge of Crowe Horwath LLP’s Bankruptcy Insolvency Services Group in Sherman Oaks, Calif. He has also served as a chapter 7 panel trustee in the Central District of California since 1995. Mr. Gottlieb is a chapter 11 trustee and examiner and acts as accountant and financial advisor to other fiduciaries, as well as debtors-in-possession, official unsecured creditors&rsquo... Read More →

Steven D. Jerome is a partner with Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. in Phoenix, where his practice focuses on bankruptcy and bankruptcy-related state and federal court proceedings. He has represented debtors and secured and unsecured creditors in a variety of forums, including bankruptcy administrative proceedings, bankruptcy adversary proceedings and state court receivership proceedings, and has significant experience in providing... Read More →

Debra A. Riley is a partner with Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP in San Diego, where she has extensive experience representing debtors, private-equity funds, lenders, institutional investors and creditors’ committees in complex chapter 11 proceedings. Ms. Riley has been involved in the purchase and sale of millions of dollars of distressed assets, and her experience covers a wide array of industries... Read More →