ABI Podcast

Ian Williams of Williams Consulting International (London), the program chair of ABI's International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium, recently joined ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss on a “Party in Interest” podcast that was taped live and followed by an ABI Virtual Happy Hour. Williams discusses his growth in ABI from overseas, some of his favorite conference memories, and what he...

The latest episode of the "Reframing Mediation" podcast features ABI Mediation Committee Co-Chairs Edward L. Schnitzer of Womble Bond Dickinson LLP (New York) and Connor Bifferato of The Bifferato Firm (Wilmington, Del.) discussing the hot-button topic of mediation and bad faith.

The latest “Party in Interest” podcast features ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talking with ABI President-Elect Chris Ward, chair of Polsinelli's Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice and managing shareholder of the firm’s Delaware office. Ward discusses how his career path turned toward bankruptcy, ways he decompresses when he’s not working, and his reputation as a snappy dresser.

ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle discusses the Supreme Court's opinion in Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin with Prof. Jack F. Williams of Georgia State University College of Law (Atlanta) and Thomas Salerno of Stinson LLP (Phoenix). The Court held that the Bankruptcy Code unequivocally abrogates the sovereign immunity of all governments, including federally recog...

ABI Podcast Episode 250, Mediation Episode 001 ABI Mediation Committee Co-Chairs Edward L. Schnitzer of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP (New York) and Connor Bifferato of The Bifferato Firm (Wilmington, Del.) recently launched ABI’s "Reframing Mediation" podcast to highlight interesting case law and trends in mediation. On this inaugural episode, Ed and Connor tackle the topic of conf...

ABI's latest "Party in Interest" podcast features a conversation between ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss and the co-chairs of ABI's Subchapter V Task Force, Bankruptcy Judge Michelle Harner (D. Md.; Baltimore) and Megan Murray of Underwood Murray (Tampa, Fla.). Learn more about how Judge Harner and Murray became passionate about small business matters, their overall impressions of how subch...

ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talks with ABI President Soneet R. Kapila of KapilaMukamal, LLP (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) for the inaugural edition of ABI's "Party in Interest" podcast. The "Party in Interest" series highlights extraordinary members of our community for their contributions to key bankruptcy developments, initiatives to push the practice forward and/or passion for a cause or a...

The second TechBytes podcast features ABI Emerging Industries and Technology Committee communications  manager Tara J. Schellhorn of Riker, Danzig LLP (Morristown, N.J.) talking with Prof. Juliet M. Moringiello, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Widener University Commonwealth Law School (Harrisburg, Pa.). Schellhorn and Moringiello discuss digital assets and proposed Uniform Commercial Code...

This edition of ABI Podcast features experts examining the Supreme Court’s February 22 opinion in Bartenwerfer v. Buckley. ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle talks to Profs. Lawrence Ponoroff and David Kuney about the Court's unanimous February 22, 2023, holding that Section 523(a)(2)(A) precludes a debtor from discharging in bankruptcy a debt obtained by fraud, regardless of her own culpability.

The inaugural TechBytes podcast features ABI Emerging Industries and Technology Committee co-chair Matthew T. Faga, Esq. of Markus Williams Young & Hunsicker LLC (Denver) talking with ABI Chief Operating Officer Karim Guirguis about the evolution of his career at ABI and the technology that propels the organization forward.

Held in conjunction with Sheppard Mullin's "Restructure This!" podcast, this special ABI podcast features Bankruptcy Judges Marvin Isgur and David R. Jones of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (Houston) discussing a number of important issues, such as third-party releases and venue reform, with host Justin Bernbrock, a partner at Sheppard Mullin. Click below to listen. F...

Latest ABI Podcast: Former ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano Discusses His Transition from the Hill, the Growth of ABI and the Enactment of the Small Business Reorganization Act A special two-part podcast features ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle talking with former ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano, an alumnus of Syracuse University, about his move from Capitol Hill to ABI, the growth of ABI a...

Part I: Former ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano Discusses His Career Arc Toward Bankruptcy, His Time on the Hill and the Enactment of Chapter 12 A special two-part podcast features ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle talking with former ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano, an alumnus of Syracuse University, about his career arc toward bankruptcy, chapter 12, how ABI has grown as an organization, an...

Legislative measures throughout 2020 were aimed at providing economic stability to meet the challenges of the financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and December saw a flurry of activity that resulted in the Combined Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. The $2.3 trillion spending bill combined $900 billion in stimulus relief for the COVID-19 pandemic with a $1.4 trillion omnibus s...

Legislative measures throughout 2020 were aimed at providing economic stability to meet the challenges of the financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and December saw a flurry of activity that resulted in the Combined Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. The $2.3 trillion spending bill combined $900 billion in stimulus relief for the COVID-19 pandemic with a $1.4 trillion omnibus s...

ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle talks with Susan N.K. Gummow of Foran Glennon (Chicago) about key issues confronting bankruptcy and insurance jurisprudence. Gummow is the author of the recently released Bankruptcy and Insurance Law Manual, Fourth Edition, and discusses key scenarios, strategies and cases at the intersection of bankruptcy and insurance law.

ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle spoke with experts about the June 1 decision by the Supreme Court that the appointment of the Puerto Rico Oversight Board did not violate the Appointments Clause. Prof. Stephen Lubben, the Harvey Washington Wiley Chair in Corporate Governance & Business Ethics at Seton Hall (Newark, N.J.); Prof. Juliet Moringiello, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Devel...

The latest ABI Podcast features an engaging discussion between Stinson LLP's Tom Salerno and ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle. Salerno reviews some of the predictions he provided in a commentary in March about the financial crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and discusses how his recent publications (Pre-Bankruptcy Planning for the Commercial Reorganization, 3rd Edition and Acquisitions from Fi...

ABI's latest podcast features members of ABI's Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy discussing recommendations from the Final Report to expand chapter 13’s debt limit and create a chapter 13 reserve fund. Commissioner and chapter 13 trustee Henry Hildebrand (Nashville, Tenn.) moderates the discussion with Jenny L. Doling of J. Doling Law, PC (Palm Desert, Calif.) and Prof. Angela Littwin of the Unive...

ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano talks with Prof. Anne Fleming of Georgetown University Law (Washington, D.C.), author of City of Debtors: A Century of Fringe Finance. In City of Debtors, Prof. Fleming explores the origins, growth and regulation of small-dollar lending institutions in the U.S. over the twentieth century. Listen to the discussion about the book and issues surrounding small-dollar...

ABI Endowment-Funded Research that Found Individuals with Gap in Medical Coverage More Than Twice as Likely to File for Bankruptcy - Ep. 234. ABI Consumer Committee Co-Chair Jon Jay Lieberman of Sottile & Barile LLC (Loveland, Ohio) talks with Profs. Brook E. Gotberg of the University of Missouri School of Law (Columbia, Mo.) and Michael D. Sousa of the University of Denver Sturm College of La...

Members of ABI's Consumer Commission Discuss Recommendations on Discharge Violations, Attorney Competency and Lawyer Misconduct ABI's latest podcast features members of ABI's Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy discussing recommendations from the Final Report looking at remedies for discharge violations, attorney competency and remedying lawyer misconduct. Commissioner Rudy Cerone of McGlinchey Staf...

Members of ABI's Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy discuss the recommendations in the Final Report focused on the Code's credit counseling and financial management course requirements, and means test provisions. The Commission's recommendations address provisions established by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) that made obtaining the financial fresh star...

The latest ABI Podcast features members of ABI's Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy providing insights on the Commission's recommendations on student loans and bankruptcy, the first topic addressed in its Final Report. Prof. Robert M. Lawless of the University of Illinois College of Law (Champaign, Ill.), the Commission's Reporter, hosts the discussion with Commissioners Prof. Dalié Jiménez of the...

ABI Editor-at-Large Bill Rochelle talks with Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey (D-Del.; Wilmington), Paul Hage of Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss (Southfield, Mich.) and Lindsay Milne of Bernstein Shur (Portland, Maine) about the Supreme Court's decision in Mission Product Holdings Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC (17-1657). On May 20, the Court held that rejection of an executory trademark license does not bar t...