4/15/05--The American College of Bankruptcy and the Boston College Law Review are pleased to present “A Symposium on the Future of Chapter 11” on April 22 at Boston College Law School, in East Wing room 115. The daylong program will include a luncheon and will conclude with a cocktail party.

The symposium will focus on the most pressing issues facing the bench and bar in small and large business cases. Practical solutions within the framework of the Code will be discussed, as well as the potential effect of S. 256, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (if passed), on Chapter 11 cases.

Participants include Chief Judge James B. Haines Jr. (Bankr. D. Maine) and Judge William C. Hillman (Bankr. D. Mass.).

Joining them will be professors Douglas G. Baird of the University of Chicago Law School, Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger of Boston College Law School, and Alan N. Resnick of Hofstra University School of Law.

A host of the bar’s finest will also join the discussion, including: Evelyn H. Biery, chair of the American College of Bankruptcy and a partner with Fulbright & Jaworski; Steven H. Case, partner with Cohen & Co.; Hon. Ralph R. Mabey, past chair of the American College of Bankruptcy and a partner at Mabey & Murray; Richard E. Mikels, a partner with Mintz, Levin, Cohen, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo; and Harvey R. Miller, partner with Greenhill & Co., Inc.

Symposium papers will be published in the December 2005 issue of the Boston College Law Review.

The symposium is free to the public, but seating is limited and reservations are required. To register contact Roz Kaplan at kaplanr@bc.edu, or at (617) 552-8557.

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A SYMPOSIUM ON THE FUTURE OF CHAPTER 11
Sponsored by
The American College of Bankruptcy
&
The Boston College Law Review
Friday, April 22, 2005
Boston College Law School
East Wing Room 115

8:00-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:15 Welcome - Dean John Garvey, Boston College Law School
Introduction and Overview - Professor Ingrid Hillinger, Boston College Law School

9:15-1:00 Presentations
-- Substantive Consolidation: A Doctrine in Need of Boundaries - Professor Douglas Baird, University of Chicago Law School
-- Impact of the 2005 Amendments on Chapter 11 - Evelyn Biery, Esq., Fulbright & Jaworski
-- Small Business Issues - Hon. James Haines, Jr., Chief Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Maine
-- First Day Orders and the Doctrine of Necessity - Acting Dean & Professor Alan N. Resnick, Hofstra University School of Law
Moderator - Hon. William Hillman, United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts

1:00-2:00 Lunch Reception

2:00-4:30 Presentations
-- Redefining Feasibility - Steven Case, Esq., Cohen & Company, LLC
-- Using Johns-Manville as a Model for Mass Tort Claims - Hon. Ralph Mabey, Mabey & Murray, LLC
-- Secured Creditor-In-Possession? - Harvey Miller, Esq., Greenhill & Co., Inc.
Moderator - Richard Mikels, Esq., Mintz, Levin, Cohen, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

4:30-6:00 Cocktail Reception

Free Admission
Registration Required
Contact Roz Kaplan (617) 552-8557 kaplanr@bc.edu