No CLE

Learn to think through an individual Chapter 11 plan and spot critical issues that can affect your case. A panel of experienced individual Chapter 11 practitioners and a member of the judiciary will guide you, step by step, through a successful individual Chapter 11 case, and discuss problematic issues and solutions you can implement in your individual Chapter 11. Topics include: - Creating a budget on your schedules - Calculating your plan - Working with the US Trustee’s office - Tax issues - Application of the absolute priority rule - “Deemed” voting - “Reasonable and necessary” expenses - Addressing secured mortgage debts in the plan

Business Track-Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation from Soup to Nuts This program will present a mock hearing involving the myriad procedural and substantive issues associated with fraudulent-conveyance litigation brought by an estate representative, including Stern v. Marshall jurisdictional issues, Twombly and Iqbal and other issues. Bench: Hon. Joy Flowers Conti U.S. District Court (W.D. Pa.); Pittsburgh Hon. Barbara J. Houser U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Tex.); Dallas Hon. Barry Russell U.S. Bankruptcy Court (C.D. Cal.); Los Angeles Litigants: David M. Stern Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP; Los Angeles David B. Wheeler Moore & Van Allen, PLLC; Charleston, S.C.

Consumer Track - From Infants to Toddlers: Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1 Experience First-Year Growing Pains Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1 turn one year old on Dec. 1, 2012. The panel will explore the cases that have arisen over the past year and look ahead to as-yet-unresolved issues.

The panel will identify and discuss likely future trends in restructurings in Mexico, as well as projected revisions to the Concurso.

Since most debtors default in chapter 13 plans before they reach completion, are modifications needed to the law's rehabilitation goals? Pro: Hon. Pamela Pepper Con: Catherine Peek McEwen Should the U.S. Trustee's enforcement role in chapter 11 cases yield to creditor preferences? Pro: Robert M. Fishman Con: Clifford J. White, III Do creditors' committees serve a useful purpose in cases where the debtor's assets are overly encumbered and the amount of unsecured claims is a fraction of the amount of secured debt? Pro: Robert J. Feinstein Con: Jay M. Goffman

Home Sweet Home: Residential Issues in Bankruptcy Cases Including Robo-signing, Mortgage Fraud, Standing and Relief from Stay

Hot Issues in Chapter 7 and 13

A panel of judges will discuss hot topics including the latest developments regarding the absolute priority rule in individual cases, the Supreme Court's decision in RadLAX, developing jurisprudence in the aftermath of Stern v. Marshall and other topical issues.

Financial Advisors Track - How to Create Value for the Estate from Your First Client Meeting until Entry of a Final Decree This panel will explore the ways in which financial advisors, investment bankers and chief restructuring officers can add value to a financially distressed company. Topics to be explored will include assessment of management, evaluation of asset quality, analysis of financial reporting, maintaining relationships with other stakeholders, creating operational improvements and other related endeavors.