RALEIGH, N.C. – The Campbell Law Review will hold its annual symposium on Friday, Oct. 17, on the topic of municipal bankruptcy. During the daylong event, scholars, judges, practicing lawyers, and local government officials will discuss this emerging trend in the law.
With Detroit’s recent bankruptcy filing, municipal bankruptcy has become a hot topic. The symposium will include a presentation on Jefferson County, Alabama-the second most expensive municipal bankruptcy in the United States. Chief Judge Thomas B. Bennett of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama will provide the keynote address.
“Municipal bankruptcies have wide-ranging implications for local governments and their stakeholders,” said J. Rich Leonard, the Dean of Campbell Law School and a former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge. “I commend the Campbell Law Review for advancing the discussion on this cutting-edge topic.”
The live symposium includes 6.5 hours of continuing legal education credit, and there is no cost to attend. Online registration is available on the Law Review’s website, at http://culawreview.com/.
A complete list of participants is below:
Chief Judge Thomas B. Bennett, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama
David Carrington, Jefferson County Commission
Zack A. Clement, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Patrick Darby, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Adam Feibelman, Tulane University Law School
Michael J. Gearin, K&L Gates LLP
Paul R. Glassman, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C.
Robert D. Gordon, Clark Hill PLC
Paul R. Hage, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss
Chief Judge Stephani Humrickhouse, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Melissa B. Jacoby, UNC School of Law
Marc Joffe, Public Sector Credit Solutions
Rebecca B. Joyner, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
G. Thomas Lee, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
Marc A. Levinson, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Judith G. Miller, Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss
Juliet M. Moringiello, Widener University School of Law
Zachary H. Smith, Moore & Van Allen PLLC
Steven D. Walt, University of Virginia School of Law
Margaret R. Westbrook, K&L Gates LLP
The event is sponsored by Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, and Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP.
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