In this day-long program, panels will assume the roles of management, board members and professionals to highlight how a company can lose control of its own restructuring. We will consider such questions as the appropriate level of advocacy, the ethics of giving particular advice that favors the advising professional, and other common reorganization dilemmas.
Faculty will be organized into three teams:
Teams will consider such matters as:
James T. Markus, Moderator
Markus Williams Young & Zimmerman, LLC; Denver
Resolved: A debtor may assume an unexpired intellectual property license pursuant to Bankruptcy Code § 365(c) without the consent of the licensor provided the debtor does not intend to assign the license to a third party.
Pro: David A. Hoenig
Winston & Strawn LLP; San Francisco
Con: Emily Taube
Adams and Reese LLP; Memphis
James T. Markus, Moderator
Markus Williams Young & Zimmerman, LLC; Denver
Resolved: An attorney in a consumer case should be able to limit the scope of her employment.
Pro: Richard H. Thomson
Clark & Washington, PC; Atlanta
Con: August B. Landis
Office of the U.S. Trustee; Las Vegas
James T. Markus, Moderator
Markus Williams Young & Zimmerman, LLC; Denver
Resolved: Venue should not be based on place of incorporation.
Pro: Hon. Steven W. Rhodes
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Mich.); Detroit
Con: Hon. Kevin J. Carey
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Del.); Wilmington
Jo Ann J. Brighton, Moderator
K&L Gates LLP; Charlotte, N.C.
Hon. Scott C. Clarkson
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Cal.); Santa Ana
Michael E. Imber
Alvarez & Marsal; New York
Lori Sinanyan
Jones Day; Los Angeles
Bruce A. Harwood, Moderator
Sheehan, Phinney, Bass + Green; Manchester, N.H.
Tricia M. Darby
Darby Law Practice, Ltd.; Reno, Nev.
Omid Moezzi
Nancy Curry Chapter 13 Trustee; Los Angeles
Jeffrey S. Shinbrot
The Shinbrot Firm; Beverly Hills, Calif.
Hon. Laura Stuart Taylor
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D. Cal.); San Diego
Peter J. Gurfein, Moderator
Landau Gottfried & Berger LLP; Los Angeles
John D. Penn
Haynes and Boone, LLP; Fort Worth, Texas
Michael E. Straneva
Ernst & Young; Phoenix
Jeffrey R. Truitt
XRoads Solutions Group; Santa Ana, Calif.
Hon. Gregg W. Zive
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Nev.); Reno
Hon. Linda B. Riegle, Moderator
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Nev.); Las Vegas
Dawn M. Cica
Lewis and Roca LLP; Las Vegas
Peter M. Gilhuly
Latham & Watkins LLC; Los Angeles
Frank A. Merola
Jefferies & Company, Inc.; Los Angeles
The faculty will be divided into the various constituencies necessary to achieve an out-of-court restructuring, such as:
This session, which includes lunch, will explore such issues as:
Debra I. Grassgreen, Moderator
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP; San Francisco
Martin R. Barash
Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP; Los Angeles
Thomas H. Fell
Gordon Silver; Las Vegas
Hon. Gregg W. Zive
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Nev.); Reno
Randy Nussbaum, Moderator
Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner, P.C.; Scottsdale, Ariz.
John R. Bollinger
Boleman Law Firm, PC; Hampton, Va.
Hon. Susan V. Kelley
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Wis.); Milwaukee
David A. Tilem
Law Offices of David A. Tilem; Glendale, Calif.
Mette H. Kurth, Moderator
Arent Fox LLP; Los Angeles
Michael McGrath
Mesch, Clark & Rothschild, PC; Tucson, Ariz.
Robert John Miller
Bryan Cave LLP; Phoenix
Hon. Barry Russell
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Cal.); Los Angeles
David B. Shemano, Moderator
Peitzman Weg; Los Angeles
Ford Elsaesser
Elsaesser Jarzabek Anderson Elliott & Macdonald, Chtd; Sandpoint, Id.
Robbin L. Itkin
Steptoe & Johnson LLP; Los Angeles
Hon. Gloria Navarro
U.S. District Court (D. Nev.); Las Vegas
David K. Gottlieb
Crowe Horwath LLP; Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Hon. Redfield T. Baum
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Ariz.); Phoenix
Steven D. Jerome
Snell & Wilmer, LLP; Phoenix
Deb Riley
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP; San Diego
Rudy J. Cerone
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC; New Orleans
Bernard R. Given, II
Loeb & Loeb LLP; Los Angeles
Karen L. Kellett
Armstrong Kellett Bartholow P.C.; Dallas
Tara Twomey
National Consumer Law Center; Carmel, Calif.
Prof. Nancy B. Rapoport, Moderator
William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Susan G. Boswell
Quarles & Brady LLP; Tucson, Ariz.
Monty L. Kehl
Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC; Chicago
Jordan A. Kroop
Squire Sanders; Phoenix
Deborah D. Williamson
Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated; San Antonio
This session will consider:
Cathy L. Reece, Moderator
Fennemore Craig PC; Phoenix
Ronald F. Greenspan
FTI Consulting, Inc.; Los Angeles
Jeffrey D. Hermann
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; Los Angeles
Hon. Bruce A. Markell
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Nev.); Las Vegas
Allan B. Diamond, Moderator
Diamond McCarthy LLP; Houston
Hon. Eileen W. Hollowell
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (D. Ariz); Tucson
Victor A. Sahn
SulmeyerKupetz, APC; Los Angeles
Lenard E. Schwartzer
Schwartzer & McPherson Law Firm; Las Vegas
Dillon E. Jackson, Moderator
Foster Pepper PLLC; Seattle
Hon. Leif M. Clark
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D. Tex.); San Antonio
Robert J. Keach
Bernstein Shur; Portland, Maine
Michael P. Richman
Hunton & Williams, LLP; New York
Pulling together everything learned in the first three sessions, the faculty will be divided into two teams representing the out-of-court and bankruptcy options and will compare the relative advantages and disadvantages of the two options. This comparison should come from several different perspectives including management, equity, secured lenders, unsecured creditors, landlords and union employees.