Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) 2025 Central States Bankruptcy Workshop is being held June 18-20 at The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago in downtown Chicago. The programming features sessions specially designed for both business and consumer practitioners while exchanging ideas with esteemed regional judges and experienced colleagues. A special lunch-and-learn plenary session will feature experts providing their insights during a mock sale hearing. Attendees have the opportunity to earn up to 10.5 hours of CLE/CPE credit.

Plenary sessions at the Central States Bankruptcy Workshop include:

·      Supreme Court Update

·      Lunch and Learn: Mock Hearing on Plan Feasibility

·      Judges’ Roundtables

·      Implications of AI on Legal Practice

Sessions on the Workshop’s Business Track include:

·      Chasing the Money: Unpacking Subsequent-Transfer Claims Under § 550(a)(2)

·      Liability-Management Exercises and Implications

·      Don’t Get "Whacked" by These § 365 Lease Issues: The Necessary Tools to Bring to Your Next "Sitdown"

·      Limited Liability Company Debtor Cases

Sessions on the Workshop’s Consumer Track include:

·      Case Law Update for the Sixth and Seventh Circuits, and Hot Topics in Consumer Bankruptcy

·      Nondischargeability Litigation: Advanced Trial Strategies and Considerations Following the Supreme Court’s Bartenwerfer Ruling

Rebecca R. DeMarb of Swanson Sweet LLP (Madison, Wis.) and E. Philip Groben of Gensburg Calandriello & Kanter, P.C. (Chicago) are the workshop’s co-chairs. Bankruptcy Judges Joel D. Applebaum (E.D. Mich.; Flint) and Beth E. Hanan (E.D. Wis.; Milwaukee) are the judicial co-chairs.

To view the full list of expert speakers, and for more information on attending ABI’s Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, please click here. Members of the press interested in attending the workshop should contact ABI Public Affairs Officer John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or jhartgen@abi.org.

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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 10,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events.