Practice and Procedure

Cross-examination demonstration of financial experts valuing assets (measuring enterprise value by discounted cash flow, the income and cap rate approaches for real estate, and how such methods can be manipulated).

How to manage the public side of a chapter 11 case, dealing with customers, vendors, employees, union members, press, shareholders, etc.; use of websites and public relations firms; FAQs; comfort orders and confidentiality restrictions

Nothing Is Impossible: The Complex Requirements and Ethical Duties of Representing Chapter 11 and/or Chapter 13 Consumer Debtors

Professional Development Track: The End Game and How to Get There Utilizing a case-study approach, this panel will provide a primer for young practitioners on the goals, motivations and incentives that key constituents in a chapter 11 case have, and the techniques and strategies used to achieve such goals.

Professional Development Track: The Dos and Don’ts of Discovery in the Bankruptcy World This panel will explore effective strategies for navigating the world of discovery in bankruptcy cases. Topics will include effective use of 2004 examinations, document subpoenas and deposition testimony, as well as other issues.

Professional Development Track: The Dos and Don’ts of Effective Oral Advocacy

Professional Development Track: Advancing in the Restructuring Profession This panel of well-known and respected department heads will offer advice to young professionals on how to advance in their careers. From rainmaking to servicing clients to becoming involved in professional organizations, the panelists will offer practical tips that helped guide them in their career advancement.

Financial Advisors Track: How to Be a Successful Expert

This luncheon plenary session will provide an overview of some of the most common evidentiary problems and miscues that come up in trial practice before the bankruptcy court, along with a number of trial evidentiary pointers and practice tips.

This interactive program will enable attendees to “vote their conscience” (with responders) on various ethical dilemmas, with panelists providing commentary after each question.