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Women In Restructuring Podcast Episode 003 Host Sarah Foss of Debtwire talks with Rachel Strickland of Fried Frank about in-court restructuring trends, challenges for women in the field, and why restructuring practice can be a bit like the movie Fight Club.

Women In Restructuring Podcast Episode 002 This special International Women's Day episode features a discussion between host Sarah Foss of Debtwire and Kate Stephenson of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Based in London, Stephenson provides key insights on restructuring plan developments in the U.K. and a few lessons that she's learned in her international restructuring career.

Women In Restructuring Podcast Episode 001 Host Sarah Foss of Debtwire talks with Alice Eaton of Paul Weiss about her take on recent insolvency developments, as well as how she got her start in the restructuring field.

ABI's Party In Interest podcast. Hon. Christopher S. Sontchi, an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court and a former Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, where he served for 16 years, talks with ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss about moments that helped shape his incredible restructuring career — and provides tips to new practiti...

The latest episode of ABI's "Party in Interest" podcast features ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talking with Tara Twomey, the director of the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees (EOUST). How did Twomey develop a passion for consumers and businesses being able to access a financial fresh start in bankruptcy? What steps led her to a career in the restructuring industry? What does she do to de...

Unordinary Course Episode 5. An ABI Podcast Production. The latest episode of the ABI Business Reorganization Committee’s “Unordinary Course” podcast series features host Lee Pacchia of ICR talking with Mark Podgainy, a managing director at Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC, about the financial and operational challenges facing institutions of higher education.

The latest episode of ABI's "Party in Interest" podcast features ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talking with Melissa B. Jacoby, the Graham Kenan Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and soon to be a visiting professor at Harvard Law School in the fall. ABI’s Resident Scholar for the spring 2016 semester, Prof. Jacoby recently released her first book, Unjust D...

Host Lee Pacchia of ICR talks with James Doak, the head of Miller Buckfire, a Stifel company, to discuss current trends in the retail industry and what to expect going forward.

ABI's newest podcast features a conversation between the author, Gordon Z. Novod of Grant & Eisenhofer, and editor, Rosa Evergreen of Arnold & Porter, of ABI’s newest publication, Driving the Recovery Bus: Augmenting Creditor Recoveries Through Claims Brought by a Litigation Trustee. Listen to Novod and Evergreen provide insights on the issues at play in Driving the Recovery Bus, the audie...

Latest "Unordinary Course" Podcast Prof. Kevin Kaiser of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business joins host Lee Pacchia of ICR on the latest edition of "Unordinary Course" to take a closer look at the intersection of private equity and restructuring, and the recent spike in private-equity-backed companies filing for chapter 11.

Kara E. Casteel of ASK LLP and Luke Murley of Saul Ewing LLP join hosts Edward L. Schnitzer of Womble Bond Dickinson LLP (New York) and Connor Bifferato of The Bifferato Firm (Wilmington, Del.), co-chairs of ABI's Mediation Committee, to discuss a host of key mediation topics. Click here to listen.

The latest episode of ABI’s "Unordinary Course" podcast, brought to you by ABI's Business Reorganization Committee, features Lee Pacchia of ICR Inc. (New York) talking with Frank Pometti of AlixPartners, LLP (New York) about the ongoing turmoil and challenges in the digital media space, and where the industry might be headed in the future.

The latest episode of the ABI Mediation Committee’s "Reframing Mediation" podcast features an informative debate on four key issues in mediation practice. Listen as ABI Mediation Committee Co-Chairs Edward L. Schnitzer of Womble Bond Dickinson LLP (New York) and Connor Bifferato of The Bifferato Firm (Wilmington, Del.) volley viewpoints on the following issues: - Remote vs. In-Person Mediation - J...

The latest episode of ABI's "Party in Interest" podcast features ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talking with Chad Van Horn, the founding partner of Van Horn Law Group, P.A. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. An ABC board-certified attorney and member of ABI’s 2022 “40 Under 40” class, Van Horn recently appeared as Player 286 on the popular Netflix reality show “Squid Game: The Challenge” and says he...

The latest episode of ABI's "Party in Interest" podcast features ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talking with David M. Tanabe, an associate with Winthrop & Weinstine in Minneapolis who played for nine years in the National Hockey League before an injury forced him into early retirement. Find out about Tanabe's drive to transition from professional hockey to law, the mentors that assiste...

The latest episode of "Unordinary Course," brought to you by ABI's Business Reorganization Committee, examines key events in SVB's demise, regional banking distress last year and the current state of the American banking sector. Host Lee Pacchia of ICR (New York) talks with Marshall S. Huebner, co-head of restructuring at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (New York) and counsel to the ad hoc group of...

ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talks with Rachel Albanese, co-chair of DLA Piper's U.S. Restructuring practice and a partner in the firm’s New York office. In addition to her more than 20 years of restructuring experience that has included a wide range of chapter 11 cases, cross-border insolvencies and Puerto Rico's restructuring efforts, she is integral to a number of ABI initiatives, inc...

The final installment of a series of TechBytes podcasts looking at cryptocurrency and bankruptcy provides key insights and takeaways that practitioners may encounter in these cases. Join Patricia K. Burgess of Frost Brown Todd LLP (Nashville, Tenn.), the Special Projects Leader of ABI's Emerging Industries and Technology Committee, as she talks with John S. Wagster, who leads Frost Brown Todd's Te...

ABI's Business Reorganization Committee is proud to launch "Unordinary Course," a podcast series that aims to unpack current events and emerging trends in the restructuring industry. The inaugural episode features host Lee Pacchia of ICR talking with Karol Denniston of Squire Patton Boggs about trends and issues surrounding industrial policy, and why practitioners should take note.

This is the third and final installment of a series of TechBytes podcasts that looks at cryptocurrency and bankruptcy. On this episode, Patricia K. Burgess of Frost Brown Todd LLP (Nashville, Tenn.), the Special Projects Leader of ABI's Emerging Industries and Technology Committee, talks with John S. Wagster, who leads Frost Brown Todd's Technology Industry Team (Nashville, Tenn.); Jordan S. Blask...

Lee Pacchia of ICR (New York) interviewed members of ABI's Health Care Committee to discuss the health care trends that shaped 2023, what they expect for 2024, and upcoming events that practitioners should note on their calendars to help prepare for the year ahead. Pacchia was joined by Health Care Committee Co-Chair Cynthia Romano of FTI Consulting, Inc. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Committee Spec...

In the inaugural "Fresh Start" podcast of ABI's Young and New Members Committee, Gabrielle G. Palmer of Onsager Fletcher Johnson Palmer LLC (Denver), the committee’s Special Projects Leader, talks with Karlene Archer, compliance manager of Skylight Lending, about issues and strategies concerning work/life balance for young professionals.

This is the second in a series of TechBytes podcasts that looks at cryptocurrency and bankruptcy. On this episode, Patricia K. Burgess of Frost Brown Todd LLP (Nashville, Tenn.), the Special Projects Leader of ABI's Emerging Industries and Technology Committee, talks with John S. Wagster, who leads Frost Brown Todd's Technology Industry Team (Nashville, Tenn.), and Jared M. Tully, who is vice chai...

The latest episode of ABI's "Party in Interest" podcast features ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talking with Kenneth R. Feinberg, one of the nation’s leading experts in alternative dispute resolution. Currently the court-appointed mediator in both the Imerys/Cyprus talc bankruptcy case in Delaware, and the Honx asbestos bankruptcy case in Texas, Feinberg's distinguished career includes pre...

This is the first in a series of TechBytes podcasts that will look at cryptocurrency and bankruptcy. On this episode, Patricia K. Burgess of Frost Brown Todd LLC (Nashville, Tenn.), the Special Projects Leader of ABI's Emerging Industries and Technology Committee, talks with John Wagster, who leads Frost Brown Todd's Technology Industry Team. With his focus on technology-related commercial agreeme...