Inside ABI April 2026
President’s Column This, my final President’s Column, is all about moments. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. One of my favorite expressions from listening to the radio is a “driveway moment.” In the context of car radios, it’s when you’ve already pulled into
Inside ABI March 2026
President’s Column I’m not a big fan of cliches, but “time flies when you’re having fun” is ringing in my ears as I write what will be my penultimate President’s Column and wondering how the months have passed so quickly since I took the gavel from Christopher A. Ward
Inside ABI December 2025
Event Roundup ABI’s Annual Health Care Program Returns to DC ABI’s Health Care Program, a one-of-a-kind conference focusing on the future of health care and the latest on restructurings in this critical industry, returned to its roots in Washington, D.C., Oct. 22-23 at
Inside ABI November 2025
President’s Column One of the questions that I’m always happy to hear, and one of the questions that makes me the happiest to answer, is this: “How do I get more involved with ABI?” I’ve put together a nonexclusive list of suggestions in this month’s column. Member
Inside ABI October 2025
Event Roundup Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop Convenes in Chocolate Town, U.S.A. This year’s Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop, geared toward practitioners in the Mid-Atlantic region, was held Aug. 18-20 in Hershey, Pa., at the family-friendly Hershey Lodge. Attendees
Inside ABI September 2025
President’s Column As I write this, I’m in the midst of a multi-hour delay at Jacksonville, Fla., airport on what has been a “three conferences in three weeks” tour: ABI’s Northeast Bankruptcy Conference & Consumer Forum in my old stomping grounds at Bretton Woods, N.H
Inside ABI August 2025
President’s Column As I have often said, being a judge is a privilege. In a job full of privileges, two of the happiest — and most meaningful — things that I ever got to do is preside over naturalization ceremonies for new American citizens, and officiate weddings. Once
Inside ABI July 2025
President’s Column This is the first column that I’ve written after this year’s Annual Spring Meeting, and although it will be summer before you read these words, that conference is still fresh in my mind. I loved seeing many of you at the conference, enjoying the top
Inside ABI June 2025
President’s Column I’m writing this column only days after returning from ABI’s Annual Spring Meeting in late April in Washington, D.C. For me, the conference was special on so many levels. The Education Committee, led by Hon. Michelle M. Harner of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Inside ABI May 2025
President’s Column I could not be more honored to be stepping into the role of ABI’s President on the heels of a long line of dedicated and talented past Presidents, most recently Christopher A. Ward of Polsinelli (Wilmington, Del.). I’ve spent most of the last year