The American Bankruptcy Institute will hold its annual spring meeting in Washington, D.C. from April 20 to April 22.

The spring meeting is the ABI’s largest annual conference and will feature concurrent sessions tailored for commercial and consumer practitioners. The keynote address will be provided by Kenji Yoshino, the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law and the director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. Kenneth R. Feinberg (Washington, D.C.), who served as special master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and for TARP Executive Compensation, will join a panel on the role of neutrals in bankruptcy. The final day of the event will feature a networking luncheon with top experts providing a legislative update and outlook. Additional plenaries will look at cryptocurrency bankruptcy cases, China’s influence in the world economy, subchapter V and more.

Sessions at the conference will include:

  • Circuit Splits and Hot Topics with Bill Rochelle and Friends
  • Been There, Done That: Preclusion Issues in Bankruptcy
  • When Creditors Strike Back
  • The Many Roles of a Neutral in Bankruptcy
  • Recent Developments in Debt Restructurings & Workouts
  • Tax Strategies to Preserve Value/Cancellation of Debt
  • Danger Ahead! Avoiding and Addressing Ethical Landmines in Attorney Engagement and Compensation
  • How Influential is China to the World Economy?
  • Subchapter V Sale Cases
  • Non-Monetary Defaults
  • Plenary Session: Economic Outlook
  • When a Business Owner Files Chapter 7
  • Valuation Primer
  • Issues Impacting Unsecured Creditors in Crypto Bankruptcies
  • A Bankruptcy Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight: The Juxtaposition of Failing Healthcare Systems with Consumer Patients Driven into Bankruptcy by Medical Debt
  • Key Tax Issues for Non-Tax Professionals in Chapter 11 and Out-of-Court Restructurings
  • Options After Fraud is Discovered
  • Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction and Standing
  • Legislative Update
  • Bankruptcy and Divorce
  • The Intersection of Bankruptcy and Construction Law
  • Lessons from Luckin: A Cross-Border Case Study
  • Ethics Panel