No CLE

This panel is designed to give practical advice, including checklists, to attorneys, lenders and other insolvency professionals dealing with a pre-petition receivership action in state or federal court, as well as the appointment of a chief restructuring officer (CRO) in a chapter 11 case, with an emphasis on hotels and multi-family/multi-use developments.

Selection of CRO and establishment of a scope and chain of command; role of CRO and other officers in intercompany disputes in multi-debtor cases; negotiating pre- and post-confirmation equity/incentives for officers and directors; selecting a post-confirmation board of directors; issues and actions constituting “cause” for appointment of trustee or examiner motion; appointment and role of examiner in recent cases (Rescap, Dewey, Dynegy)

David Bergeron Center for American Progress; Washington, D.C.

Practical pointers on how to deal with student loans in the context of a chapter 7 or 13 bankruptcy.

This panel will re-examine the statutory bases for venue, proper and improper, as well as recent and past case law applying those statutory provisions to either keep a case where it was filed to to transfer it to a different district.