Morris James Attorneys at ABI Summer Conferences

Brett D. Fallon, a partner in Morris James' Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights group, will be a panelist at this year's American Bankruptcy Institute 4th Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop.  The conference which will take place in Cambridge, Maryland from July 31 through August 2, 2008.

Brett will speak on the "Leveling the Playing Field: Avoidance Issues Update” panel, which will be moderated by the Honorable Mary D. France of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.  Brett is also a member of the Advisory Board for the conference.

Morris James attorney Thomas M. Horan is the facilitator of the “Swords into Plowshares: Mediation and ADR” panel at the conference.  That panel will be moderated by the Honorable Kevin Gross of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Morris James attorneys Douglas N. Candeub and Ericka F. Johnson also plan to attend the conference.


Visit the ABI website to register for the
Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop.

Brett is also planning to attend the ABI's 13th Annual Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop in Amelia Island, Florida from July 16 through 19, 2008.  Brett will be joined by Morris James partners Stephen M. Miller and Carl N. ("Chuck") Kunz, III.  Steve Miller will also attend the ABI's 15th Annual Northeast Bankruptcy Conference in Brewster, Massachusetts from July 10 through 13, 2008.

Morris James' Tom Horan Named Newsletter Editor for ABI Young & New Members Committee

Morris James LLP bankruptcy attorney Tom Horan has been appointed Newsletter Editor for the Young & New Members Committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute

In his capacity as Newsletter Editor, Tom will solicit and gather appropriate articles from members for publication and distribution in the committee newsletter.  The committee publishes its newsletter four times a year.  Archived editions of the ABI Young & New Members Committee Newsletter are available online for members of the ABI.

Tom's association with the ABI extends back to his days as a student at St. John's University School of Law, where he was Executive Notes & Comments Editor for the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review.

Members interested in submitting articles for consideration for publication in the ABI Young & New Members Committee Newsletter should contact Tom at thoran@morrisjames.com.

Tom recently published an article entitled 11 U.S.C. § 503(b)(9): A Primer on the Caselaw Two Years After BAPCPA  in the ABI Young & New Members Committee Newsletter.

Along with Morris James partner Carl N. ("Chuck") Kunz, III, Tom is also the author of New Value Must Remain Unpaid?: It's Time to Resole New York City Shoes, which was published in the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal in November, 2006.

Tom is a frequent contributor to the Delaware Business Bankruptcy Report.