ABI Podcast

Conversation With Anya Kamanetz This week's podcast features an interview by ABI Resident Scholar Lois R. Lupica with writer Anya Kamanetz, whose series, 'Generation Debt: The New Economics of Being Young, received a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize and recently published the book, Generation Debt, about the financial pitfalls of younger generations.

Conversation With Karen Gross This edition of the ABI podcast features an interview by ABI Resident Scholar Lois R. Lupica with Karen Gross, president of Southern Vermont College and the founder and former president of the Coalition for Consumer Bankruptcy Debtor Education, discussing her career of studying and advocating for remedies to the impact of overindebtedness.

Conversation With John W. Ames This edition of the ABI podcast features an interview by ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano with ABI President-Elect John W. Ames of Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald PLLC (Louisville, Ky.) on John's recent business trip to Vietnam, a country he visited under different circumstances 38 years ago.

Conversation with Prof. Todd J. Zywicki This edition of the ABI podcast features an interview by ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano with Prof. Todd J. Zywicki of the George Mason University School of Law about his perspectives on bankruptcy, including the relationship between medical debt and bankruptcy.

Conversation with Stephen Case This edition of the ABI podcast features an interview by former ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Jack Ayer with Stephen Case, Managing Director and General Counsel of Cohen & Company, LLC (New York) about his career in bankruptcy law.

Conversation with CLIFFORD J. WHITE III This edition of the ABI podcast will feature an interview by ABI Deputy Executive Director Felicia S. Turner with Clifford J. White, III, Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees. In addition to providing an update on the implementation of the Program's responsibilities under BAPCPA, White discusses the recent congressional hearing examining the Pr...

Conversation with Prof. G. Marcus Cole This month's podcast features a conversation with G. Marcus Cole of the Stanford Law School. Prof. Cole comments on the legislative and regulatory responses to the home mortgage foreclosure crisis, from a law and economics perspective. He argues that, as with many other examples of government intervention into the marketplace, these proposed solutions may end...

Conversation with Prof. Stephen J. Lubben Claude Chip Bowles Jr. of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC (Louisville, Ky.), the chairman of ABI's professional fee study advisory board and practitioner advisory board, discusses the results of ABI's chapter 11 professional fee study with reporter Prof. Stephen J. Lubben of Seton Hall University School of Law. The recently completed study examining the is...

Conversation with Roberta DeAngelis ABI Deputy Executive Director Felicia S. Turner talks with Roberta DeAngelis, Acting General Counsel for the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees, about some challenging chapter 11 issues that are recurring in cases of all sizes. With BAPCPA having shepherded in changes affecting debtors in possession and the U.S. Trustee's oversight of chapter 11 cases, DeAngelis...

Conversation with Alex J. Pollock This podcast features a discussion between ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano and American Enterprise Institute Resident Fellow Alex J. Pollock about the current troubles in the subprime mortgage market. With nearly 35 years in the banking industry, including twelve years as president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, Pollock is a leading exp...

Conversation with Congressman Brad Miller The latest ABI podcast features a discussion between ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano and Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.) about the legislation that Miller is sponsoring to allow bankruptcy judges to modify the mortgage on the primary residence of a chapter 13 debtor. Miller was elected to Congress in 2002 and has established his reputation as an advocat...

Conversation with Samuel K. Crocker ABI Deputy Executive Director Felicia S. Turner talks with Samuel K. Crocker, the current president of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees and a partner in the firm of Crocker and Niarhos in Nashville, Tenn. Having served on the panel of chapter 7 trustees for the Middle District of Tennessee for almost 25 years, Crocker discusses some of the changes...

Conversation with Judge Thomas Bennett ABI Deputy Executive Director Felicia S. Turner talks with Bankruptcy Judge Thomas Bennett of the Northern District of Alabama (Birmingham), the current president of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ). Appointed to the bench in 1995, Judge Bennett discusses the effect of BAPCPA on the workload of bankruptcy judges. He also discusses current l...

Conversation with Profs. Amir Sufi and Paul M. Vaaler The latest podcast features two of the speakers who will be featured at the upcoming Interdisciplinary Academic Symposium on Debt as ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano talks with Profs. Amir Sufi of the University of Chicago and Paul M. Vaaler of the University of Minnesota. Sponsored by ABI and the University of Illinois, the Symposium t...

Conversation with Robert Sanderson ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano talks with Robert O. Sanderson, the current president of the INSOL International and a senior partner with KPMG LLP's Transaction Advisory Services Group based in Toronto. A past president of the Insolvency Institute of Canada, Sanderson discusses some of the challenges faced by global insolvency practitioners in the curre...

Conversation with James Scurlock ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano talks with James Scurlock the director, producer, screenwriter and author of the critically acclaimed documentary and book, Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders. Scurlock, the guest speaker at ABI's Debt Symposium at the University of Illinois on May 2, discusses his powerful work that takes an...

Conversation with Mark Zandi ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano talks with Mark Zandi, chief economist and co-founder of Moody's Economy.com. A witness before Congress and frequently quoted in the media, Zandi shares his views on the current mortgage crisis as well as his views on current legislative proposals looking to remedy the housing downturn, such as the Senate's housing assistance pa...

Conversation with Arthur T. Perkins ABI Deputy Executive Director Felicia S. Turner talks with Arthur T. Perkins, the current president of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) and co-head of Deloitte Financial Advisory Services' turnaround consulting and restructuring practice for the West Region. In addition to discussing the history of TMA, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year,...

Conversation with Grant Stein ABI Resident Scholar Jack F. Williams talks with Grant Stein, the current president of the Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors (AIRA) and a partner in Alston & Bird's Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Workouts Group. Stein discusses the history and growth of the AIRA, as well as the organization's Certified Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor (CIRA) and Cer...

Conversation with Prof. Ronald T. Wilcox ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano talks with Prof. Ronald T. Wilcox of the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. Author of the recently published book, Whatever Happened to Thrift? Why Americans Don't Save and What to Do About It, Wilcox shares his views on the growing trend of consumer debt in the United States...

Conversation with Martha G. Bronitsky Continuing the series of conversations with presidents of various prominent organizations in the insolvency community, ABI Deputy Executive Director Felicia Turner speaks with Martha G. Bronitsky, the president of the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees (NACTT). Bronitsky discusses the history of the NACTT, the NACTT Academy and some of the changes to...

Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens The latest ABI Podcast features a conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, recorded at the ABI Southwest Bankruptcy Conference on Sept. 5. Justice Stephens is the longest-serving current member of the Court, appointed by President Ford in 1975.

Conversation with Prof. Lois R. Lupica ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano talks with Prof. Lois R. Lupica, the Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Professor of Law at the University of Maine School of Law. Lupica, who served as the Robert M. Zinman ABI Resident Scholar for the Spring 2007 semester, discusses A Study of Consumers' Post-Discharge Finances: Struggles, Stasis, or Fresh-St...

Should We Worry About PBGCs Debt ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano talks with Nell Hennessy, President & CEO of Fiduciary Counselors Inc. From 1993 to 1998, Hennessey served as Deputy Executive Director and Chief Negotiator of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) and represented the PBGC in negotiations with major corporate pension plan sponsors and unions in a wide range of industries...

Mortgage Loan Modification Options This podcast features a discussion of residential home mortgage modification options now facing Congress. Joining ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano are Christopher Mayer, Senior Vice Dean and Paul Milstein Professor of Real Estate at the Columbia University Business School, and Edward Morrison, Professor of Law at the Columbia Law School. Mayer and Morrison have...