The O'Neill Institute offers an entertaining and comprehensive approach to the latest and best in the bankruptcy and insolvency arena. This two-day seminar features regionally and nationally recognized speakers, including principal attorneys and judges from some of the nation's highest-profile bankruptcy cases.

The 2010 event will be held on May 12 and 13 at the Marriott at Key Center.  Click here for registration details.

 

 

 

William J. O'Neill Regional Bankruptcy Institute - Cleveland, Ohio (CMBA)

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Institute co-chairs

Suzana K. Koch, Brouse McDowell

Beth Ann Schenz, Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.

Matthew R. Goldman, Baker Hostetler LLP

William I. Kohn, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP

The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association mourns the loss of William Kohn, who passed away suddenly on February 24. A partner with Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, Will's contributions, energy and commitment to the CMBA and the legal profession will be dearly missed. He was a co-chair of the upcoming William J. O'Neill Regional Bankruptcy Institute and chair of the Bankrupty By-Pass Initiative Training, co-sponsored with the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.

The board, staff and members of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association offer condolences to Mr. Kohn's family, colleagues and friends.

Firm sponsorship committee co-chairs

Erik J. Stock, Schottenstein Zox & Dunn

Dov Frankel, Buckley King

Dale Smith, Thompson Hine LLP

Chrysanthe E. Vassiles, Black McCuskey Souers & Arbaugh, LPA

social events committee co-chairs    

Eric R. Goodman, Baker Hostetler

Rebecca Lynn Smith, McDonald Hopkins LLC

publicity committee co-chairs

Lori Pittman, Ulmer & Berne LLP

Tiiara N.A. Patton, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

John (Jay) J. Rutter, Roetzel & Andress

hospitality committee co-chairs

Carrie M. Brosius, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP

Daniel M. Syphard, Jones Day

Bridget Franklin, Brouse McDowell

vendor sponsorship committee co-chairs

Lisa A. Meyer, Dettelbach, Sicherman & Baumgart

Frederic P. Schwieg, Attorney at Law

The Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Section gratefully acknowledges the sponsors of the 2010 William J. O'Neill Regional Bankruptcy Institute.  Your support is invaluable.

Join the Institute Committee and Speakers for an evening of networking and entertainment on May 12 at Pickwick & Frolic.

We are pleased to acknowledge the Turnaround Management Association for their generous support of this year's social event.

Click here to register.

13.50 hours CLE & Specialization Credits requested

Wednesday, May 12 - 6.50 CLE Hours

7:30 a.m.  Registration

8:00 a.m.  Introduction/Welcome and Announcements

8:15 a.m.  Commercial Case Law Update
The Honorable Randolph Baxter, Northern District of Ohio; The Honorable Mary Ann Whipple, Northern District of Ohio; The Honorable Kay Woods, Northern District of Ohio

9:15 a.m.  Consumer Case Law Update
The Honorable Jeffery P. Hopkins, Southern District of Ohio; The Honorable Daniel S. Opperman, Eastern District of Michigan

10:15 a.m.  Break

10:30 a.m.  The Tax Man Cometh — an Update of Tax Issues of Workouts and Bankruptcies in the Great Recession
Edward Purnell, Jones Day; Thomas J. Callahan, Thompson Hine, LLP; James L. Bickett, Assistant U.S. Attorney General; Richard Baumgart, Dettelbach, Sicherman & Baumgart

11:30 a.m.  Luncheon
Empirical Studies: From Academia to the Courtroom(Going Behind the Statistics)
Professor of Law Robert M. Lawless, University of Illinois, Director of the Bankruptcy Data Project at Harvard

1:00 p.m.  363 Sales after Chrysler and Lehman: Everything Must Go (Including the Law?)
Martin Bienenstock, Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP; David G. Heiman, Jones Day; John D. Penn, Haynes & Boone, LLP; Lawrence Oscar, Hahn Loeser & Parks

2:00 p.m.  Madoff & Ponzi, Inc., Partners in Crime—Finding Equity for the Victims
Irving H. Picard, Baker Hostetler, LLP; James Garrity, Jr., Shearman & Sterling, LLP; Richard Levin, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP; Josephine Wang, Securities Investor Protection Corporation

3:00 p.m.  Break

3:15 p.m.  Future of Chapter 11
William A. Brandt, Jr., DSI; Keith Shapiro, Greenberg Traurig,LLP; Harry W. Greenfield, Buckley King; G. Christopher Meyer, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, LLP

4:15 p.m.  Substance Abuse (0.50 Substance Abuse Instruction)
Scott Bea, Psy. D., Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Cleveland Clinic

4:45 p.m.  IWIRC Reception at Marriott

5:30 p.m.  Social Event - Dinner and Comedy at Pickwick & Frolic
Sponsored by the Turnaround Management Association

Thursday, May 13 - 7.00 CLE Hours

7:30 a.m.  Registration

8:00 a.m.  Introduction/Welcome and Announcements

8:15 a.m.  Professionalism: Creative Responses to the Great Recession’s Economical Impact on the Profession(1.0 Professionalism)
M. Colette Gibbons, Moderator, Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co., LPA; Jennifer Blaga, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law; Pamela Lombardi, The Ohio State University Moritz School of Law; Kelli Curtis, Case Western Reserve University School of Law; Barbara Weinzierl, University of Akron School of Law

9:15 a.m.  BREAKOUT SESSION 1
The Great Recession Lands on Your Desk: The Bar Responds

Commercial Lightning Round
The Honorable Russ Kendig, Moderator; Jeremy M. Campana, Thompson Hine, LLP; Sherri L. Dahl, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, LLP; Kate M. Bradley, Brouse McDowell; Michael S. Tucker, Ulmer & Berne, LLP; Stuart L. Larsen, Day Ketterer, Ltd.

Consumer Lightning Round
The Honorable Arthur I. Harris, Moderator; Diana M. Thimmig, Roetzel & Andress; Phyllis A. Ulrich, Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich; Andrew R. Vara, Office of the U.S. Trustee; Marc P. Gertz, Goldman & Rosen

10:15 a.m.  Break

10:30 a.m.  The Great Recession: The Legislature’s Response
John Rao, National Consumer Law Center; William A. Brandt, Jr., DSI

11:30 a.m.  Luncheon
Planting Seeds and Finding Green Shoots in Springtime in Northeast Ohio
Raphael Omerza, Moderator, Porter Wright, Morris & Arthur; Robert Jaquay, Board Member of the Fund for Our Economic Future; Co-Chair of the Government Collaboration and Efficiency Committee; Associate Director of the George Gund Foundation; Joel Ratner, Board Member of the Fund for Our Economic Future; President of The Raymond John Wean Foundation; Baiju R. Shah, President & CEO, BioEnterprise

1:00 p.m.  Dropping in on the Neighbors: Practicing in Other Jurisdictions
The Honorable William Bodoh, Ret., Moderator, Frost Brown Todd, LLC; Wendy D. Brewer, Barnes & Thornburg, LLP; Jeffrey S. Grasl, McDonald Hopkins, LLC; George Cheever, K&L Gates

2:00 p.m.  Economic Issues before the Bench
The Honorable Robert D. Drain, Southern District of New York; The Honorable Marvin Isgur, Chief Judge, Southern District of Texas; The Honorable Pat E. Morgenstern-Clarren,Northern District of Ohio

3:00 p.m.  Break

3:15 p.m.  BREAKOUT SESSION II
Commercial: From Eastlake to East Africa: The Reach and Impact of Ohio Director of Transp. v. Eastlake Land Dev. Co. in a Receivership Case
Carrie Brosius, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, LLP; Lori A. Pittman, Ulmer Berne, LLP; Kim Campbell, First American Title Insurance Co.; Eric Silver, AG Real Estate Group Inc.

Consumer: Protecting the Debtors and their Counsel: Litigating 707(b) Issues; Examining Exemptions
The Honorable Marilyn Shea-Stonum, Chief Judge, Northern District of Ohio; Craig Shopneck, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee; Debra Booher, Debra Booher & Associates Co., LPA; Robert Thomas, Thomas Trattner & Malone, LLC; Lenore Kleinman, Esq., Office of the U.S. Trustee

4:15 p.m.  Ethics (1.0 Ethics)
Trish Lazich, Office of the Ohio Attorney General

5:15 p.m.  Adjournment