2022 Annual Bankruptcy Institute | Virtual

(Exact times are subject to change)

9:00 – 9:50 AM | CASE LAW UPDATE 
Speakers: Hon. Brian T. Fenimore, Chief Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Missouri, Kansas City; Hon. Bonnie L. Clair, United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis     

9:50 – 10:00 AM | BREAK            

10:00 – 10:50 AM | EVIDENCE    
Speaker: Hon. Cynthia A. Norton, United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Missouri, Kansas City        

10:50 – 11:00 AM | BREAK
            
11:00 – 11:50 AM | CHAPTER 13 (please choose one)  
Eastern District Session:
Speakers: Diana S. Daugherty, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee, Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis; Daniel A. West, SouthLaw, PC, St. Louis; Jonathan E. Brent, Jonathan Brent Attorney at Law, St. Louis  

Western District Session:
Speakers: Richard V. Fink, Office of the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee, Western District of Missouri, Kansas City; J. Paige Wright, Licata Bankruptcy Firm, Springfield; Pamela R. Putnam, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, Kansas City

11:50 AM -– 12:30 PM | LUNCH             
 
12:30 – 1:20 PM | FEES, COMPENSATION, AND DISCLOSURES (please choose one)
Eastern District Session:
Speakers: Tracy A. Brown, Law Office of Tracy Brown, PC, St. Louis; David A. Sosne, Summers Compton Wells LLC, St. Louis; David A. Warfield, Thompson Coburn, LLP, St. Louis 

Western District Session:
Speakers: Hon. Dennis R. Dow, United States Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Missouri, Kanas City; Eric L. Johnson, Spencer Fane, LLP, Kansas City; Adam E. Miller, Office of the United States Trustee, Kansas City

1:20 – 1:30 PM | BREAK
           
1:30 – 2:20 PM | DIVERSITY & INCLUSION    
Speakers: Hon. Kathy A. Surratt-States, Chief Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis; Wendi Alper-Pressman, Lathrop GPM, LLP, St. Louis; Robert E. Eggmann, III, Carmody MacDonald PC, St. Louis

2:20 – 2:30 PM | BREAK

2:30 – 3:20 PM | POWERS OF ATTORNEY AND DECEASED DEBTORS    
Speakers: Christopher T. Borniger, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Trustee, Overland Park, KS; Joe Jeppson, Jeppson Law Office, LLC, Kansas City; Michelle M. Masoner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Kansas City