| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Registration and Check-In |
| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Opening Remarks 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 A discussion of recent national and circuit court decisions of note to Bankruptcy practitioners. Topics to include cases on reorganization, consumer bankruptcy, municipal debt adjustment, cross-border insolvency and numerous subtopics of each. |
| 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM | Drowning in MCA Debt? Bankruptcy Might Be Your Lifesaver. |
| 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | Fireside Chat on the Energy Sector in the Gulf South |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch (Provided) |
| 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Business Breakout: Shouldering the Burden of “Going it Alone” in a 363 Sales Process | Consumer Breakout: Hot Topics (Chapters 7 & 13) |
| 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | Break |
| 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM | Consumer Breakout: Meet our new Ch. 13 Trustees – Insights, Policies and evolving procedures | Business Breakout: “Take Cover: D&O Insurance, Self-Insured Retention Policies, Bonds & More!” |
| 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM | Break |
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me When I’m 64? How To Stay in This Business and How To Get Out. (Professionalism) |
| 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Brown Inn of Court: Annual Meeting |
| 5:30 PM | Annual Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Kelly Hart and the Brown Inn of Court |
| 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) A discussion of recent national and circuit court decisions of note to Bankruptcy practitioners. Topics to include cases on reorganization, consumer bankruptcy, municipal debt adjustment, cross-border insolvency and numerous subtopics of each. |
| 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM | Break |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Evidentiary Objections: How To Win Friends and Irritate Judges. Michael Crawford - United States Bankruptcy Court MDLAErin Arnold - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitBradley Drell - Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell, APLCSelene Maddox - United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of MississippiStewart Peck - Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & HubbardConner Dillon - Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Judge Marvin Isgur’s Course on Bankruptcy Accounting & Finance |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch (Provided) |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | The Role of Bankruptcy Professionals – Counsel as Officers of the Court, Trustees, and other Professionals (Ethics) |
| 2:00 PM - 2:10 PM | Break |
| 2:10 PM - 3:25 PM | Plenary: Consumer & Commercial Speedround |
