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Of Note
The following Fellows were elected to leadership positions with the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) during ABI’s 2019 Annual Spring Meeting:
- Hon. Barbara J. Houser (N.D. Tex., Dallas), formerly ABI’s Vice President-Research Grants, was named President-Elect and will become President in April 2020.
- Retired Bankruptcy Judge Eugene R. Wedoff (Chicago) succeeds Jeffrey N. Pomerantz of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP (Los Angeles) as Chairman of the Board for a one-year term.
- Hon. Michelle Harner (D. Md.; Baltimore) was elected to serve a two-year term succeeding Hon. Barbara Houser as ABI Vice President-Research Grants.
- Hon. Bruce A. Harwood (D. N.H.; Concord) was elected to serve as Secretary.
- Soneet R. Kapila of KapilaMukamal, LLP (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) was elected as an at-large member of the Executive Committee.
Luis Manuel C. Méjan (Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico) released his 14th book, Piercing The Corporate Veil and Insolvency. It was written in collaboration with Dr. Gonzalo García Velasco and is available in Spanish only.
Jeffrey M. Reisner’s representation of the official unsecured creditors’ committee in the 2018 sale of Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. earned Irell & Manella LLP the “Healthcare/Life Sciences Deal of the Year” award for deals under $500 million at The M&A Advisor’s Turnaround Awards. The honors are given annually to the leading transactions, firms and individuals in the distressed investing and reorganization industry.
Say What?
The National Bankruptcy Archives "Quotes"
Francis X. Buckley, Jr., Thompson Coburn LLP
Bankruptcy History Committee Chair
In October 2000, the Biddle Law Library and the American College of Bankruptcy collaborated to create a special collection entitled the National Bankruptcy Archives (NBA), a national repository of materials relating to the history of debtor-creditor
relations, bankruptcy and the reorganization of debt. The NBA collects records from the College as well as from other organizations whose activities have been relevant to the history of bankruptcy and insolvency legislation, regulation, and administrative and judicial determination. The NBA also houses papers of individuals who have influenced the field, and other collections documenting the history of bankruptcy law. Test your knowledge of the history of some bankruptcy law's giants below.
1. In his oral history interview, Gerald F. Munitz recalled advocating to a bankruptcy referee in 1962, “Your Honor, if anyone is entitled to an hourly rate of one hundred dollars, it is _____.”
Was he referring to: (a) Harvey Miller; (b) Norman Nachman; or (c) Charles Seligson?
2. What bankruptcy judge quipped at the beginning of his oral history interview, “There is so much flattery going on around here, I am intimidated.” Was it: (a) Judge A. Jay Cristol; (b) Judge William Norton, Jr.; or (c) Judge Arthur Votolano?