Chicago. National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. 88 th Annual Meeting. October 8-11, 2014

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1 Chicago October 8-11, th Annual Meeting Meet the NCBJ Produced Educational Sessions Moderators and Presenters

2 Table of ConTenTs page Hon. Elizabeth L. Perris Hon. Steven Rhodes Daniel Heimowitz Marc A. Levinson Ron Oliner Hon. William Houston Brown (ret.) Professor Katherine Porter Michael St. Patrick Baxter Whitman L. Holt Mindy A. Mora Douglas B. Rosner Hon. Brian D. Lynch Calvin Hwang Todd F. Maynes Hon. James F. Holderman Stephen D. Lerner Jason Lichter Camisha Simmons James H.M. Sprayregen, P.C Adam Harris Eddie Middleton Luiz Fernando Valente de Paiva Mark Robinson Hon. James M. Peck (ret.) Bruce Bennett Mark D. Brodsky William Q. Derrough Kenneth Liang Hon. Bernice Bouie Donald Hon. Ann C. Williams Shay A. Agsten Timothy J. Dragelin Stephen E. Hessler Ori Katz Demetra L. Liggins Richard L. Wynne Hon. Barbara J. Houser Ross M. Kwasteniet Jeffrey N. Pomerantz Damion S. Schaible Jane Lee Vris Hon. Colleen A. Brown Scott Rogers Paul Steven Singerman Hon. James B. Haines, Jr Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar Hon. Neil P. Olack Hon. Erithe A. Smith Christine E. Devine Timothy F. Nixon Professor Nancy B. Rapoport G. Eric Brunstad, Jr Erwin Chemerinsky

3 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom 9:00 am 10:00 am A TAle of Two CiTies Hon. elizabeth l. Perris Judge Perris has been a united states Bankruptcy Judge for the district of Oregon since she has been an Adjunct Professor at Lewis & Clark College of Law ( , ) and Willamette university school of Law (1998). she was a member of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit from and From she worked as a bankruptcy court law clerk, served as a bankruptcy trustee and was an attorney in private practice specializing in bankruptcy. Judge Perris has been a member of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy rules since 2007 and is chairperson of the Bankruptcy Forms subcommittee. she has served as chairperson of the Bankruptcy Judges education Committee of the Federal Judicial Center (FJC), FJC board member, chairperson of the Bankruptcy section of the Federal Bar Association, chairperson of the Oregon state Bar (OsB) Continuing Legal education Committee, and chairperson of the OsB debtor-creditor section. she is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Judge Perris has been a judicial mediator in the chapter 9 cases filed by multiple cities: Vallejo, Mammoth Lakes, stockton, and detroit. united states Bankruptcy Court district of Oregon 1001 sw 5th Ave., rm 700 Portland, Or

4 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom 9:00 am 10:00 am A TAle of Two CiTies Hon. steven rhodes moderator Judge steven rhodes has been a united states Bankruptcy Judge in the eastern district of Michigan (detroit) since 1985, serving as its chief judge from He was also appointed to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the sixth Circuit from and , serving as its chief judge from He was an Associate editor of the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, published by the of Bankruptcy Judges, from in 1995, he was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. From , he was the Chair of the of Bankruptcy Judges endowment for education. From , he was Vice President for research of the American Bankruptcy institute and on its executive Committee. On April 3, 2009, the ABi awarded him its 2009 distinguished service Award. He is also a co-author, with Kathy Bazoian Phelps, of THE PONZI BOOK: A LegAL resource FOr unraveling PONZi schemes, published by Matthew Bender LexisNexis (March 2012). united states Bankruptcy Court eastern district of Michigan 211 West Fort street detroit, Mi

5 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom 9:00 am 10:00 am A TAle of Two CiTies daniel HeimowiTz daniel Heimowitz is a Managing director in rbc Capital Markets' u.s. Municipal Finance group. He joined rbc in 2008 and currently leads municipal banking efforts with large issuers throughout the united states. On september 30, 2014 he completed a term as Chairman of the Board of directors of the Municipal securities rulemaking Board (MsrB), the Congressionally created, self-regulatory organization charged with promulgating the rules of conduct for the us Municipal securities Market. during his tenure the MsrB expanded its scope with the introduction of rules of conduct for advisors to municipal issuers and significantly expanded pricing transparency and credit disclosure standards required for transactions in the municipal secondary market. Prior to his position with rbc Capital Markets, Mr. Heimowitz was a managing director in Lehman Brother's public finance group. He joined Lehman Brothers after a 19-year career with Moody's investors services, during which time he served as executive vice president and head of the public finance ratings group, while also chairing Moody's public finance ratings and ratings policy committees. Mr. Heimowitz is a member of the Municipal Analysts group of New York, the National Federation of Municipal Analysts and a past president of both the society of Municipal Analysts and the Municipal Forum of New York. He previously served as a member of the governmental Accounting standards Advisory Council and the government Finance Officers Association Advisory Committee. Mr. Heimowitz received bachelor's degrees in economics and geography from Clark university and a master's degree in city planning from Harvard university. rbc Capital Markets dan.heimowitz@rbccm.com 3

6 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom 9:00 am 10:00 am A TAle of Two CiTies marc A. levinson Marc Levinson is a partner in Orrick, Herrington & sutcliffe LLP, resident in its sacramento office. since starting his career as an associate in shutan & Trost in Los Angeles in 1975, his practice has been limited to insolvency planning, bankruptcy cases and workouts and other out-of-court reorganizations. He was lead bankruptcy counsel for the City of Vallejo, California, whose chapter 9 plan of adjustment went effective in the fall of 2011, and currently is the lead bankruptcy counsel for City of stockton, California. Vallejo produced two published bankruptcy court decisions, one affirmed by the BAP and one by the district court, each in a published opinion. As of April 2014, stockton had produced six published bankruptcy court decisions. Mr. Levinson is a conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference, and is the Chair of the Board of regents of the American College of Bankruptcy. He received his B.A. in english from ucla in 1970, and his J.d. from the u.c. davis school of Law in 1973, where he was the editor-in-chief of the Law review. He served as a law clerk for Chief Justice donald r. Wright of the California supreme Court ( ) and for Judge William H. Orrick, Jr. of the u.s. district Court for the Northern district of California ( ). Orrick, Herrington & sutcliffe LLP 400 Capitol Mall, suite 3000 sacramento, CA malevinson@orrick.com 4

7 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom 9:00 am 10:00 am A TAle of Two CiTies ron oliner ron Oliner practices in the area of business reorganization and financial restructuring. He represents financial institutions, including loan servicers, mortgage lenders and asset based lenders, as well as bankruptcy trustees, creditors' committees, and rents and equity receivers. Mr. Oliner has served as a chapter 11 trustee in the Northern district of California Bankruptcy Court, and is a court-appointed mediator and examiner. He has testified in jury trials as a qualified expert witness on bankruptcy and commercial remedies, and is versed in all creditors' remedies in both state and federal courts. He has also defended appeals in bankruptcy appellate courts, district courts, and before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. in recent years, Mr. Oliner served as counsel to creditors' committees in Health Plan of the Redwoods, one of the largest chapter 11s ever filed in santa rosa; Swift Instruments, Inc. in san Jose; sonicblue, inc. in san Jose and Cedar Funding, inc. in san Jose. He has represented trustees in several very large cases, including Cyberhome Entertainment, Inc. and 3DFX Interactive, Inc. in the Northern district of California. Mr. Oliner is currently representing the Vallejo Police Officers Association in the City of Vallejo chapter 9 bankruptcy case, pending in sacramento, as well as the san Bernardino Police Officers Association in the City of san Bernardino's chapter 9 case, pending in riverside. in addition to his bankruptcy practice, Mr. Oliner has extensive experience in receivership, foreclosure and workouts. He has represented lenders in over one hundred receivership cases in state courts throughout California and in other jurisdictions. Mr. Oliner also represents court-appointed receivers in numerous cases in Northern California. Mr. Oliner was the 2009 president of the California receivers Forum. He was elected chair of the Commercial Law and Bankruptcy section of the san Francisco Bar Association in 2005; served on the Northern district of California's Bench-Bar Liaison in ; and served as president of the California receivers Forum, Bay Area Chapter, in Mr. Oliner has written and spoken on a variety of topics in the bankruptcy and receivership fields. He has been designated as a Northern California super Lawyer in the bankruptcy field in 2005 through 2012; is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law; and has been repeatedly recognized as one of the most active bankruptcy lawyers in the country by The deal. Mr. Oliner is a 1990 graduate of the university of Oregon school of Law with a certificate in business law. While in law school, he served as Articles editor for the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation. duane Morris LLP spear Tower One Market Plaza, suite 2200 san Francisco, CA roliner@duanemorris.com 5

8 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom AB 10:30 am 11:30 am Consumer PoTPourri: what s sizzling, what s fizzling ConCurrenT A Hon. william HousTon brown (ret.) Honorable William Houston Brown retired in 2006 as a united states Bankruptcy Judge for the Western district of Tennessee, and he had been designated to sit also in the Middle district of Tennessee, southern district of Florida, eastern district of Michigan and Western district of Kentucky. Judge Brown served a four-year term on the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the sixth Circuit from 1999 through He received his law degree from the university of Tennessee, College of Law, where he was Order of the Coif. Judge Brown is a member of the American Bankruptcy institute, having served on its Board and executive Committee, and is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy. He is the author or co-author of several texts, including Bankruptcy exemption Manual, 2005 Bankruptcy reform Legislation with Analysis 1st and 2d editions, Bankruptcy and domestic relations Manual, The Law of debtors and Creditors (all published by Thomson West), and he is a principal contributing editor for Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice 3rd. He is also contributing author with Judge Keith M. Lundin of the online chapter 13 treatise, with a searchable case database, found at ch13online.com. He is currently Adviser to the Academy for Consumer Bankruptcy education, the education arm of the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees. Thompsons station, TN williamhoustonbr@comcast.net 6

9 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom AB 10:30 am 11:30 am Consumer PoTPourri: what s sizzling, what s fizzling ConCurrenT A Professor KATHerine PorTer Professor Porter specializes in commercial and consumer law, including bankruptcy, mortgage foreclosure, and credit cards. Her research focuses on empirical studies of consumer bankruptcy and has been published in journals including the Texas Law Review, the Georgetown Law Journal, the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, and the Cornell Law Review. she is a co-author of textbook, The Law of Debtors and Creditors (Wolters Kluwer 2014), and the editor of Broke: How Debt Bankrupts the Middle Class (stanford Press 2012). in March 2012, Professor Porter was appointed by California Attorney general Kamala Harris to be the state's independent monitor of banks in a nationwide $25 billion mortgage settlement. As Monitor, she oversees the banks' implementation of the settlement reforms, conducts community outreach and education, and manages a program to assist homeowners. The Monitor Program, with a staff of a dozen professionals, has reviewed and responded to over 5,000 complaints and has intervened with the banks in hundreds of situations. Professor Porter founded a Consumer Protection Clinic at uci Law to involve students in the Monitor's work. Professor Porter has been a principal investigator in several original empirical projects, including the 2007 Consumer Bankruptcy Project and the Mortgage study. she recently launched an ongoing data collection with Professors Lawless and Thorne on families filing bankruptcy in 2013 and subsequent years. in 2012, Professor Porter served as a member of the Task Force Working group on Natural Persons insolvency for the World Bank insolvency and Creditor/debtor regime. Professor Porter has received awards for her academic and service work, including selection as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2012, receipt of the Champion of Consumer rights Award from the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, and the award of the editors' Prize from the American Bankruptcy Law Journal for best article. Professor Porter previously was on the faculty at the university of iowa College of Law and has been a visiting professor at Harvard Law school, uc Berkeley Law, the university of illinois College of Law, and the unlv Boyd school of Law. she practiced bankruptcy law in Portland, Oregon, and clerked for the Honorable richard s. Arnold of the eighth Circuit. she earned her J.d. from Harvard Law school and her B.A. from Yale university. university of California irvine school of Law 401 east Peltason drive, suite 3800 irvine, CA

10 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom CD 10:30 am 11:30 am All in THe family: Advising THe Closely-Held ComPAny ConCurrenT A michael st. PATriCK baxter MiCHAeL st. PATriCK BAXTer is a partner at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, d.c. He advises creditors, official committees, and debtors in bankruptcy cases, advises on the structuring of transactions involving financially troubled companies, counsels companies in workouts and corporate restructurings, and serves as a Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustee, bankruptcy examiner, and consumer privacy ombudsman. Mr. Baxter was appointed the Chapter 11 Trustee of Money Centers of America in delaware. He successfully represented the creditors committee in the Ahern rentals Chapter 11 case in Nevada. Mr. Baxter served as the bankruptcy examiner in the Trump casinos reorganization in New Jersey. He was appointed the consumer privacy ombudsman in the Borders bankruptcy case in New York to review the sale of personally identifiable information. Mr. Baxter is a Fellow and director of the American College of Bankruptcy, a Conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference, a Founding Member of the international insolvency institute, and a member of The American Law institute. He earned the distinguished Adjunct Faculty Teaching Award from The george Washington university Law school, and has received numerous other professional awards and distinctions. He was appointed by the Chief Justice of the united states to the united states Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy rules, where he chairs the subcommittee on Technology and Cross-Border insolvency. Covington & Burling, LLP 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington dc mbaxter@cov.com 8

11 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom CD 10:30 am 11:30 am All in THe family: Advising THe Closely-Held ComPAny ConCurrenT A whitman l. HolT ]Whitman L. Holt is a partner of Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & stern LLP in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Holt has represented clients across the bankruptcy spectrum, including borrowers in and out of court, debtors subject to involuntary bankruptcy petitions, municipal debtors, official committees, secured creditors in and out of bankruptcy, hedge and distressed debt funds, equity sponsors, plaintiffs and defendants in bankruptcyrelated litigation, and purchasers of assets via chapter 11 plans and section 363 sales. Mr. Holt also has significant experience regarding various alternative insolvency regimes, including bank and thrift receiverships under title 12 of the u.s. Code and proceedings for troubled insurers under state law. Mr. Holt s active bankruptcy-related appellate practice includes briefing multiple matters before the supreme Court of the united states, including the prevailing merits brief in the landmark stern v. Marshall case. Mr. Holt is a regular participant in educational seminars and panels regarding bankruptcy and commercial law. He has also guest-lectured about bankruptcy and tax law at the ucla, usc, and Loyola Law schools. Mr. Holt has been recognized as one of the top young corporate bankruptcy and restructuring attorneys in California by super Lawyers Magazine and by Chambers & Partners. in 2012, Mr. Holt was selected as a member of the inaugural class of delegates to the international insolvency institute s Nextgen Leadership Program in Paris, France. Mr. Holt is a graduate of Bates College (B.A., 2002, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and Harvard Law school (J.d., 2005, cum laude). Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & stern LLP 1999 Avenue of the stars, 39th Floor Los Angeles, CA wholt@ktbslaw.com 9

12 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom CD 10:30 am 11:30 am All in THe family: Advising THe Closely-Held ComPAny ConCurrenT A mindy A. mora Mindy A. Mora focuses her practice on creditor s rights, workouts, bankruptcy and commercial loan transactions, counselling high visibility clients in many major bankruptcy cases and restructuring efforts, both nationally and in Florida. she previously served as Chair of the Business Law section of The Florida Bar, which represents the interests of over 5,000 business lawyers within the state of Florida. Mindy has been active in the development of Florida s commercial laws, having chaired the Florida Bar Task Force that sponsored the 2007 revisions of the Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors statute (chapter 727, Florida statutes). she has also co-sponsored the 1997 revisions to Article 8 and 1999 revisions to Article 9, uniform Commercial Code (chapters 678 and 679, Florida statutes). Mindy has often lectured and published articles about insolvency, restructuring and commercial lending. Mindy has appeared on behalf of secured and unsecured creditors, committees, debtors, equity, trustees and purchasers of assets in numerous bankruptcy cases under chapters 11 and 7 including Florida gaming Corporation, Cabi sma Tower i, LLLP, Cabi New river, LLC, Cabi 301 LLLP, Cabi downtown, LLC, Fontainebleau Las Vegas, LLC, itg Vegas, inc., Circuit City stores, inc., Tradewinds Airlines, inc., America Capital Corporation, suncruz Casinos, LLC, Atlas Air, inc., in re Abraham d. gosman, Viasource Communications, inc., usa Floral Corporation, universal gym equipment, and BMJ Medical Management, inc., to name but a few. Bilzin sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod, LLP 1450 Brickell Avenue, 23rd Floor Miami, FL mmora@bilzin.com 10

13 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom CD 10:30 am 11:30 am All in THe family: Advising THe Closely-Held ComPAny ConCurrenT A douglas b. rosner douglas rosner is a director at the law firm of goulston & storrs based in Boston, where he practices in the firm s Bankruptcy group. doug has extensive experience representing clients in complex chapter 11 reorganizations, chapter 7 liquidations, workouts and related litigation throughout the united states. He has represented corporate debtors, unsecured creditors committees, lenders, secured and unsecured creditors, purchasers of assets, investors, landlords and trustees. in addition, doug has counseled lenders and borrowers in corporate and real estate financing transactions, asset-backed securitizations and workouts. He served as co-chair of the Boston Bar Association Bankruptcy Law section and on the Boston Bar Association Council, executive Committee and Finance Committee. He is on the Board of directors of the Turnaround Management Association Northeast Chapter and is a member of the American Bankruptcy institute. doug has been recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of America s Leading Business Lawyers annually since He is also consistently ranked among the top lawyers in The deal s bankruptcy league tables. doug received his undergraduate degree, cum laude, in 1988 from Brandeis university, and his law degree, cum laude, in 1991 from Boston College Law school. goulston & storrs 400 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA drosner@goulstonstorrs.com 11

14 Hon. brian d. lynch Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom AB 11:45 am 12:45 pm retirement AsseTs in bankruptcy: ProTeCTing, or TArnisHing, A debtor s AsseTs in THe golden years ConCurrenT b Brian d. Lynch was sworn in as a united states Bankruptcy Judge for the Western district of Washington, Tacoma division, on June 1, He received his J.d. from georgetown university Law Center in He currently serves on the Ninth Circuit it Committee and Bankruptcy education Committee. Prior to becoming a judge, he was a standing Chapter 13 and Chapter 12 Trustee in the district of Oregon Bankruptcy Court, and before that practiced law for 25 years in seattle with the firm of Bishop, Lynch & White, Ps. united states Bankruptcy Court Western district of Washington 1717 Pacific Avenue, room 2155 Tacoma, WA

15 CAlvin HwAng Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom AB 11:45 am 12:45 pm retirement AsseTs in bankruptcy: ProTeCTing, or TArnisHing, A debtor s AsseTs in THe golden years ConCurrenT b Calvin Hwang received his Jd/MBA from Washington university in st. Louis as a Wood Fellow and his BA from the university of Michigan. He is senior bankruptcy counsel for Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, inc. in east saint Louis, illinois, where he oversees the consumer bankruptcy practice and also works in foreclosure defense. He regularly practices in the Central and southern districts of illinois and in the eastern district of Missouri for pro bono clients. Land of Lincoln is the only provider of a full range of civil legal services to low-income persons in 65 counties in central and southern illinois, a service area the size of indiana. Prior to Land of Lincoln, Calvin worked as a private attorney in consumer bankruptcy and also served as counsel for a Chapter 7 Trustee in the eastern district of Missouri. He has presented at local and national bankruptcy seminars, including the 2013 National Consumer Litigation Conference in Washington d.c. and at multiple regional seminars in the greater st. Louis area. Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, inc state street, suite 101 east saint Louis, illinois x 273 chwang@lollaf.org 13

16 Todd f. maynes Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom AB 11:45 am 12:45 pm retirement AsseTs in bankruptcy: ProTeCTing, or TArnisHing, A debtor s AsseTs in THe golden years ConCurrenT b Todd Maynes, a partner in Kirkland's Chicago office, focuses his practice on the tax aspects of debt restructuring, bankruptcy, and mergers & acquisitions. Todd has served as chairman of the Planning Committee for both the university of Chicago Federal Tax Conference and the Chicago-Kent College of Law Federal Tax institute. He teaches bankruptcy taxation at Northwestern university school of Law, previously taught advanced income taxation at Chicago-Kent College of Law, and lectures regularly at the university of Michigan Law school. He is the only currently active tax attorney who is a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference. He is co-chairman of the Kirkland & ellis Finance Committee, chairman of the Kirkland & ellis Benefits Committee, administrator for the Firm's retirement plans, and Tax Matters Partner for the Firm. Todd has been the lead tax advisor in numerous major bankruptcies and restructurings, including united Airlines, Conseco, Calpine, Charter Communications, Visteon, and Wr grace. Chambers USA said that Todd has a "spectacular" reputation in the bankruptcy tax area, and is a "talented and very smart man." Todd has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, the Legal 500, and as one of Illinois' Super Lawyers. He has published many articles on tax matters, speaks frequently at tax conferences, and is the author of the BNA Portfolio on start-up expenses. The Legal 500 reports that Todd "is rated as 'a brilliant lawyer' who is 'a fighter, but canny enough to know when to take a deal. Kirkland & ellis, LLP 300 North Lasalle Chicago, illinois todd.maynes@kirkland.com 14

17 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom CD 11:45 am 12:45 pm Assuring ediscovery does not become edisaster ConCurrenT b Hon. JAmes f. HoldermAn Judge James F. Holderman has served on the united states district Court for the Northern district of illinois since 1985, and was Chief Judge of that court from July 1, 2006 to July 1, As Chief Judge, in addition to handling his assigned caseload, he over saw the court s $27 million annual budget and 450 member staff. during his years on the court, Judge Holderman has presided in more than 10,000 cases in all areas of federal jurisdiction, and has served by designation on judicial panels of the united states Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and seventh Circuit. Before his appointment to the federal bench by President ronald reagan, Judge Holderman was a partner in the international law firm now known as dentons, where he specialized in federal court litigation. Before his years in private practice, he was an assistant united states attorney in Chicago and received several united states department of Justice awards for distinguished service. Judge Holderman currently serves on the eight-member Board of the Federal Judicial Center, which is chaired by Chief Justice John g. roberts, Jr. Judge Holderman is the founding chair of the ongoing seventh Circuit electronic discovery Pilot Program, and a member of the Judicial Advisory Committee of the sedona Conference. Additionally, he has currently co-chaired the ABA Litigation section Trial Practice Committee and the ABA s Commission on the American Jury Project. He is also a past-president of the richard Linn American inn of Court. Judge Holderman is a recipient of the Justice John Paul stevens Award from the Chicago Bar Association, and the Mark T. Banner Award from the ABA section on intellectual Property Law, as well as several other awards and honors from various other organizations, including the Chicago American inn of Court, the Federal Bar Association, the illinois Bar Foundation, the intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, Lawyers Lend-A-Hand, and the Women s Bar Association of illinois. Judge Holderman has been a speaker at numerous judicial and bar association seminars, both nationally and internationally. Over the past three decades, Judge Holderman has taught at several law schools, including the university of Chicago Law school, the Chicago- Kent College of Law, The John Marshall Law school, and the university of illinois College of Law, where for more than twenty years he has taught an intensive course titled Aintellectual Property Trial Advocacy@ with his wife Paula Hudson Holderman, who is an attorney and currently the President of the illinois state Bar Association. Judge Holderman has been a contributing author of several publications on various legal topics. He received both his undergraduate degree and his law degree from the university of illinois at urbana-champaign, where he served as the managing editor of the law review. united states district Court Northern district of illinois 219 south dearborn st., room 2146 Chicago, il

18 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom CD 11:45 am 12:45 pm Assuring ediscovery does not become edisaster ConCurrenT b stephen d. lerner stephen d. Lerner is chair of the squire sanders restructuring & insolvency Practice group. He has an extensive national and cross-border restructuring practice in which he represents debtors, committees of unsecured creditors, secured and unsecured creditors, equity interest holders and acquirers of troubled businesses in Chapter 11 reorganization cases, Chapter 15 cases and out-of-court restructurings throughout the united states. stephen has led the representation of clients in the Chapter 11 bankruptcies of AmFin Financial, station Casinos, Chrysler, enron and eaglepicher, among many others. stephen currently is representing the Court Appointed expert in the City of detroit s Chapter 9 Case. recently, stephen led squire sanders representation of the American College of Bankruptcy in filing an amicus brief with the united states supreme Court in the highly anticipated case of Executive Benefits Insurance Agency v. Peter H. Arkison, Trustee of the Estate of Bellingham Insurance Agency, Inc. stephen is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy for which he has served as the regent for the 6th Circuit and currently serves as a member of the Board of directors and Chair of the strategic Planning Committee. He receives perennial recognition in The Best Lawyers in America and since 2004 stephen has been placed in the highest echelon of Ohio s bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers by Chambers USA: America s Leading Lawyers for Business. in every year from 2009 to the present, stephen has been honored by Chambers as one of fewer than 15 bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers in the us to receive a star individual ranking. in addition to numerous bar associations, stephen is a member of the American Bankruptcy institute and the New York chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, a founder of the board of the Tri-state Association for Corporate renewal and a member of the executive Committee of the Midwest regional Bankruptcy seminar. He frequently contributes to bankruptcy and restructuring scholarship and teaches and lectures throughout the united states, including at NCBJ, ABi and serving as a guest lecturer at Harvard Business school, the university of Michigan Law school and the university of Cincinnati Law school. stephen recently served on the Bankruptcy Working group (and Chair of the Large Chapter 11 committee) of the Bankruptcy Court structure and insolvency Process Committee of the ABA Business Law section which issued a Best Practices report on electronic discovery (esi) issues in Bankruptcy Cases published in August 2013 edition of The Business Lawyer (American Bar Association). squire sanders, LLP 221 east Fourth street, suite 2900 Cincinnati, OH stephen.lerner@squiresanders.com 16

19 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom CD 11:45 am 12:45 pm Assuring ediscovery does not become edisaster ConCurrenT b JAson lichter Jason Lichter, director of discovery services and Litigation support, Pepper Hamilton LLP Jason Lichter is the director of discovery services and Litigation support at Pepper Hamilton LLP. in this capacity, Mr. Lichter develops and implements strategies to ensure that the firm s clients receive the highest quality discovery and litigation technology services in a cost-effective and defensible manner. Mr. Lichter advises colleagues and clients on how to leverage the latest tools and best practices to efficiently guide matters from initial document preservation and collection through to production and eventual presentation at trial. An area of particular emphasis is document review, for which Mr. Lichter applies well-developed protocols and procedures in staffing, training, project and vendor management, quality control, privilege review, knowledge transfer, and technology-assisted review to promote efficiency, mitigate risk, and gather reliable metrics for use in preparing accurate budgets. A frequent speaker and writer on e-discovery trends and developments, Mr. Lichter has delivered e-discovery lectures at the university of Pennsylvania Law school and Fordham Law school. Mr. Lichter s strong technical background includes substantial undergraduate computer science coursework followed by experience as a software engineer for sapient, a leading technology services consultancy. in 2009, he was named a Future star by Benchmark Litigation: The definitive guide to America s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys. Mr. Lichter graduated cum laude from Yale university in 2000 and received his J.d. from Harvard Law school in Pepper Hamilton, LLP The New York Times Building 37th Floor 620 eighth Avenue New York, NY direct lichterj@pepperlaw.com 17

20 Thursday, October 9 East Tower, Grand Ballroom CD 11:45 am 12:45 pm Assuring ediscovery does not become edisaster ConCurrenT b CAmisHA simmons Ms. Camisha simmons, a member of the Bankruptcy & insolvency practice group of Norton rose Fulbright, focuses her practice on the representation of debtors, creditors and other stakeholders in complex restructuring, bankruptcy, litigation and finance matters. After graduating from law school, Camisha was a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Mary F. Walrath, Judge of the united states Bankruptcy Court, district of delaware (Chief Judge from ). in 2013, Texas Lawyer named Camisha to its inaugural list of Legal Leaders on the Rise. The recognition honors Texas 25 most promising lawyers under the age of 40 whose accomplishments distinguish them from their peers. she has also been named a Texas Rising Star by Super Lawyers. Camisha frequently writes and speaks on topics related to her primary areas of practice. she has published numerous articles in various online and print journals. she is a contributing writer for the American Lawyer Media online news service Law.com and a coordinating editor of the American Bankruptcy institute Journal. she holds a J.d., magna cum laude and an M.B.A. from Texas Tech university, an M.ed. from the university of Maryland, College Park and a B.B.A. from Campbell university. Prior to beginning her legal career, she served on active duty in the united states Army from 1999 to Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP 2200 ross Avenue, suite 2800 dallas, TX camisha.simmons@nortonrosefulbright.com 18