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Financial Fraud in Bankruptcy
Financial fraud schemes frequently come to light when businesses are in distress, causing restructuring professionals and bankruptcy courts to deal with the fallout. This panel examines how fraud trends can shift with economic cycles and developing technology, including key moments when misconduct begins to surface, particularly around market peaks and downturns. The panelists discuss various schemes — financial statement misstatements, asset-shifting through multi-tiered entities and Ponzi structures — sharing insights on emerging risks, warning signs, and how practitioners can better anticipate and respond.Learning Objectives:Attendees will understand how financial fraud schemes have evolved in recent years and the unique challenges they present in bankruptcy proceedings.Attendees will identify common indicators of fraudulent conduct and assess the tools available to practitioners for investigating suspicious transactions and structures.Attendees will apply lessons learned from recent fraud cases to develop proactive strategies for protecting estates, creditors and other stakeholders from emerging fraud risks.
Emerging Leaders & Judges Roundtable
Work/Life Balance: Is it really a thing? This session explores the critical connection between attorney well-being, the duty of competence and professional liability, examining how stress, burnout and impairment can affect ethical decision-making and client representation. Participants gain practical strategies to support personal well-being, reduce malpractice risk, and fulfill their professional and ethical obligations while maintaining a sustainable legal practice.Learning Objectives:Attendees will identify the connection between attorney's well-being, burnout, and impairment, and recognize how these factors can compromise the duty of competence and increase professional liability exposure.Attendees will apply practical strategies for managing stress and maintaining personal well-being that support sound ethical decision-making and effective client representation.Attendees will evaluate risk-management practices that reduce malpractice exposure while fulfilling professional and ethical obligations within a sustainable legal practice.
Ethics in AI
This advanced panel explores the complex ethical landscape surrounding artificial intelligence implementation in bankruptcy and legal practice. Moving beyond basic AI introductions, the panelists examine real-world AI functionality, use cases and usage statistics, judicial perspectives on AI compliance, and practical ethical challenges facing practitioners today. Through interactive polling, case studies, and expert insights, attendees gain actionable guidance on navigating AI ethics within existing professional conduct frameworks.Learning Objectives:Attendees will identify key ethical considerations arising from the use of artificial intelligence in bankruptcy and legal practice, including issues related to competence, confidentiality, supervision, and professional responsibility.Attendees will evaluate real-world AI functionality, use cases, and emerging judicial perspectives to assess the benefits, risks, and limitations of AI tools in legal workflows.Attendees will apply existing professional conduct frameworks and AI compliance principles to address practical ethical challenges and develop responsible AI implementation strategies within their practices.
Seaside Chat Session
In an interview conducted by ABI Immediate Past President Judge Bruce Harwood (ret.) and ABI’s Bill Rochelle, First Circuit Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson will offer tips for effective written and oral advocacy in bankruptcy appeals.
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