Agenda: [2022] The 28th Annual Bankruptcy Law Conference

Wednesday, November 9, 2022
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration and Check-In
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Opening Remarks John Kolwe - US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana Welcome and Opening Remarks: Chief Judge John Kolwe (WDLA)
8:45 AM - 10:00 AM	Recent Developments: An Overview of National and Circuit Decisions, and Louisiana Decisions of Interest Louis Phillips - Kelly Hart Pitre Bill Rochelle - American Bankruptcy Institute
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	The Intersection Between Bankruptcy and Divorce John Kolwe - US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana Fernand Laudumiey - Chaffe McCall, LLP Alicia Bendana - Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Economic Status Update Across Industries in the Gulf South Graham Ralston - Regions Bank
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch (Provided)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Evidence: Rebutting Presumptions and Burdens of Proof in Claim Objections and Preference Actions David Jones - United States Bankruptcy Court
2:05 PM - 3:20 PM	Consumer Breakout: Consumer Case Updates (Chapters 7 & 13) Keith Lundin - Middle District of Tennessee Stephen Wheelis - United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana Todd Johns - Todd S. Johns Chapter 13 Trustee Michelle Larson - United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas Dallas Division	Business Breakout: Hot Topics in Chapter 11: Confidentiality & Privileges, Third-Party Injunctions and Releases, and UST Fee Litigation John Kolwe - US Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana Bradley Drell - Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, APLC Cherie Nobles - Fishman Haygood, LLP
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Business Breakout: But Wait! There’s More! Fiduciary Duties, Gifting, Equitable Mootness in Chapter 11 Meredith Grabill - US Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Louisiana Jan Hayden - Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Paul Stewart - Stewart Robbins Brown & Altazan, LLC Samantha Oppenheim - Jones Walker LLP	Consumer Breakout: Hot Topics in Chapter 7 & 13 John Hodge - U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rachel Vogeltanz - The Law Office of Rachel Thyre Vogeltanz, LLC Stephen Wheelis - United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana Hilary Bonial - Bonial and Associates, PC Eugene Hastings - Office of the Chapter 13 Trustee Jon Thornburg - Office of Chapter 13 Trustee Jon C Thornburg
5:00 PM	Brown Inn of Court: Judge Douglas Dodd's Retirement Party!
Thursday, November 10, 2022
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration and Check-In
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM	Recent Developments: An Overview of National and Circuit Decisions and Louisiana Decisions of Interest (Continued) Louis Phillips - Kelly Hart Pitre Bill Rochelle - American Bankruptcy Institute
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Lifelines for Families and Businesses: Updates on the CARES Act and Subchapter V Meredith Grabill - US Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Louisiana Greta Brouphy - Heller, Draper & Horn, LLC Dwayne Murray - Murray & Murray
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Debt and Domestic Violence Angela LIttwin - University of Texas at Austin School of Law
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch (Provided)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Professionalism: Views from the Bench: A Lookback on a Career Well Spent Douglas Dodd - U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Middle District of Louisiana Robert Summerhays - U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Views from the Bench: A Lookback on a Career Well Spent
2:05 PM - 3:20 PM	Business Breakout: ETHICS: Rumble in the Bankruptcy Jungle—Avoiding an Ethical TKO in Bankruptcy Court Benjamin Kadden - Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard Marvin Isgur - US Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Texas David Jones - United States Bankruptcy Court	Consumer Breakout: ETHICS: Tricky Terrain: Navigating Through Ethical Dilemmas in Consumer Bankruptcy John Hodge - U.S. Bankruptcy Court Beatrice Chandler - LSU Law Center Kevin Molloy - Simon, Fitzgerald, Cooke, Reed & Welch
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Judges' Panel Hosted by Professor Summer Chandler Beatrice Chandler - LSU Law Center Meredith Grabill - US Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Louisiana John Hodge - U.S. Bankruptcy Court Stephen Wheelis - United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Louisiana Michael Crawford - United States Bankruptcy Court MDLA Robert Summerhays - U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana