Agenda

Thursday, October 29, 2020
8:00 AM - 8:35 AM	Check-in/Conference Opening
8:35 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Remarks: Dedication and Pamela Magee Memorial
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	National Recent Developments: Circuit and Other Decisions and Developments of Note Meredith Grabill - U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Louis Phillips - Kelly Hart & Pitre Bill Rochelle - American Bankruptcy Institute
9:50 AM - 10:35 AM	Report from the Office of the United States Trustee on Prior Year’s Work in Louisiana and Region 5 Henry Hobbs -
10:40 AM - 11:40 AM	Professionalism: Empathy for the Client and the Debtor Situation - Living Under the Means Test/Bankruptcy Budgets Craig Gargotta - Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM	CARES Act and Bankruptcy Developments Christopher Caplinger - Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard Douglas Dodd - U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Middle District of Louisiana
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	Louisiana and Fifth Circuit Case Law Update Louis Phillips - Kelly Hart & Pitre Robert Summerhays - U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
2:35 PM - 3:20 PM	Merchant Cash Advances: Law and Bankruptcy Strategies to Deal With “Pay Day” Loans for Business Bradley Drell - Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, APLC Heather Mathews - Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, APLC
3:25 PM - 4:25 PM	Ethics - Professional Fees & Benefit to the Estate/Rule 2014 Disclosures of Connections/Civility Michael Richman - Steinhilber Swanson LLP
Friday, October 30, 2020
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM	Check-in/Conference Opening
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	National Recent Developments: Circuit and Other Decisions of Note Meredith Grabill - U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Bill Rochelle - American Bankruptcy Institute
9:50 AM - 10:50 AM	Sub-Chapter 5 Developments John Hodge - U.S. Bankruptcy Court Greta Brouphy - Heller, Draper & Horn, LLC Dwayne Murray - Murray & Murray Richardo Kilpatrick - Kilpatrick & Associates, P.C Paul Swanson - Steinhilber Swanson LLP
10:55 AM - 12:25 PM	Commercial Breakout - Recent Developments and Trends in Ch. 11 and Commercial Practice John Kolwe - US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana Janet Bostwick - United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusett Jan Hayden - Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC	Consumer Breakout - Ch. 13 Update: Vaccine Approved for Consumer Debtors Stephen Wheelis - United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana Henry Hildebrand - Middle District of Tennessee Keith Lundin - Middle District of Tennessee
1:20 PM - 2:05 PM	Tax Issues Within the Bankruptcy Realm H. Kenneth Lefoldt - Lefoldt & Co., P.A., CPA
2:10 PM - 3:10 PM	Bankruptcy Judges’ Law Clerks Panel - A Peek Behind the Curtain B. Johnson - US Courts Anna Mangham - U.S. Bankruptcy Court Jennifer Sues - United States Bankruptcy Court; Western District of Louisiana Harlin "Cooter" Hale - Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division Lauren Havrylkoff - Michael Medved - United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana Abby Moskowitz - U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Stuart Welch - US Bankruptcy Courty for the Western District of Louisiana
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Judges’ Panel Douglas Dodd - U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Middle District of Louisiana Meredith Grabill - U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana John Hodge - U.S. Bankruptcy Court John Kolwe - US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana Stephen Wheelis - United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana Harlin "Cooter" Hale - Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division