Twenty-Third Annual

Spring Break WeekendMay 3-4, 2019

MARYLAND BANKRUPTCY BAR ASSOCIATION

1765 Greensboro Station Place, Suite 1000, McLean, VA 22102

Educational Program Sponsored by

Cocktail Party Sponsored by Atlantic Auctions, Inc., Easterns Automotive Group,

EisnerAmper, LLC, Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP, Gorfine, Schiller & Gardyn, P.A., RealMarkets,

Severn Savings Bank, and Verity LLC

Dessert Party Sponsored by Yumkas, Vidmar, Sweeney & Mulrenin, LLC

12Great Sessions Available

Schedule of EventsFriday – May 38:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Meeting/Classroom Style

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Break

12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. BBA Luncheon

1:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meeting/Classroom Style

2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Cocktail Party at Fado Irish Pub

9:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Cocktail and Dessert Party at Carpaccio hosted by Yumkas, Vidmar, Sweeney & Mulrenin, LLC

Saturday – May 48:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Meeting/Classroom Style

9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Break

SponsorsEducational Program Sponsor3Cubed Advisory Services, LLCwww.3cubed-as.com

Cocktail Party SponsorsAtlantic Auctions, Inc.www.bscamerica.comEasterns Automotive Groupwww.easterns.comEisnerAmperwww.eisneramper.com

Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLPwww.gejlaw.comGorfine, Schiller & Gardyn, P.A.www.GSG-cpa.comRealMarketswww.realmarkets.comSevern Savings Bankwww.severnbank.comVerity, LLCwww.verity-llc.com

Dessert, Discourse and Cocktail Party SponsorYumkas, Vidmar, Sweeney & Mulrenin, LLCwww.yvslaw.com

ExhibitorsEasterns Automotive Groupwww.easterns.comSevern Savings Bankwww.severnbank.com

Hotel ReservationsThis year’s BBA Spring Break Weekend is going to be held at Westin Annapolis Hotel 1-888-627-8994.Hotel arrangements should be made directly with the Hotel, no later than April 4, 2019 for May 3, 2019. Rate $195.

RegistrationEarly Registration due by April 5, 2019. See registration insert for details

REGISTER ONLINE at www.bankruptcybar.orgBring your laptops – free Wi-Fi in the ballroom!

At A Glance

The 23rd Annual Spring Break Weekend

Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association

May 3rd and 4thWestin Annapolis Hotel, Annapolis, MD

Brochure Design by Graphic VenturesPhotography by Tony Lewis Photography

It is my pleasure to invite you to join the Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association and attend its Twenty-Third Annual Spring Break Weekend on May 3-4, 2019 at the Westin Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland.

This year’s Spring Break Planning Committee has given great thought to ensuring our programming this year is timely and compelling. We are thrilled to have Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh joining us as the guest speaker at our annual luncheon on Friday, May 3, and eagerly await his remarks, which are sure to spark discussion in our current political climate. In addition, we have included exciting new program topics, which are sure to be relevant for attendees in all stages of their careers, including Blockchain for Bankruptcy Lawyers, Litigating Bankruptcy Cases, and Accounting Basics for Bankruptcy Attorneys.

For those who love the Spring Break programs that repeat annually, we have you covered as well. We have continued the programs that you have come to enjoy and expect in order to keep abreast of the law such as Recent Case and Rule Developments for Consumer and Business Bankruptcy Cases and the Judges’ roundtable discussions. We are fortunate to be joined this year by fourteen of our esteemed bankruptcy judges from the District of Columbia, the District of Delaware, the District of Maryland and the Eastern District of Virginia. The attendance and participation of our judges truly makes our Spring Break Weekend an educational and networking event not to be missed.

We welcome members of the Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association, Maryland State Bar Association Consumer Bankruptcy Section, Walter Chandler Inn of Courts, and Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association. We also welcome non-member consumer and business bankruptcy practitioners and non-bankruptcy lawyers seeking to gain practical bankruptcy knowledge. I look forward to seeing each of you at our cocktail party at Fado Irish Pub the evening of May 3, as well as at our always anticipated dessert party later that night.

You should also be on the lookout for forthcoming emails with information about social activities we will be offering the afternoon of Saturday, May 4, after the conclusion of the educational program.

It is quite remarkable that, for over two decades, the Bankruptcy Bar Association has dedicated a weekend each Spring to fellowship, camaraderie and the discussion of bankruptcy law and practice. I look forward to Spring Break Weekend each year, and I hope that you do as well.

Patricia B. Jefferson, President

May 3, 2019

1. RECENT CASE AND RULE DEVELOPMENTS IN CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY CASES: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Moderators: Honorable Klinette H. Kindred, Honorable Lori S. SimpsonPanelists: Marc R. Kivitz, Carolyn G. Krohn, Richard S. Stolker

2. BLOCKCHAIN FOR BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.Moderator: Honorable Nancy V. AlquistPanelists: Catherine K. Hopkin, Joyce A. Kuhns,

Bud Stephen Tayman

Break: 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

3. CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

SERIAL FILERSModerator: Honorable S. Martin Teel, Jr.Panelists: Alan D. Eisler, Laura J. Margulies, Robert S. Thomas, II

WHAT’S HOT WITH EXECUTORY CONTRACTS? Moderators: Honorable Michelle M. Harner, Honorable Mary F. WalrathPanelists: Corinne D. Adams, Brianne N. Lansinger, Stephen Metz

BBA LUNCHEON: 12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Guest Speaker: Brian E. Frosh, Maryland Attorney General

Special Presentations and Business Meeting

4. CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

JUDGES’ ROUND TABLE ON CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY TOPICS: Moderator: Christina Hamilton-EislerPanelists: Honorable Robert A. Gordon, Honorable Duncan W. Keir,

Honorable Klinette H. Kindred, Honorable Wendelin I. Lipp, Honorable David E. Rice, Honorable Lori S. Simpson, Honorable S. Martin Teel, Jr.

JUDGES’ ROUND TABLE ON BUSINESS BANKRUPTCY TOPICS: Moderator: Patricia B. JeffersonPanelists: Honorable Nancy V. Alquist,

Honorable Kevin J. Carey, Honorable Thomas J. Catliota, Honorable Michelle M. Harner, Honorable Kevin R. Huennekens, Honorable Keith L. Phillips, Honorable Mary F. Walrath

Break: 2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

5. LITIGATING BANKRUPTCY CASES: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Moderator: Honorable Thomas J. CatliotaPanelists: Lawrence A. Katz, Jean E. Lewis, Lawrence J. Yumkas

6. RECENT CASE AND RULE DEVELOPMENTS IN BUSINESS BANKRUPTCY CASES: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Moderators: Honorable Kevin R. Huennekens,

Honorable Keith L. PhillipsPanelists: Kristen Siracusa Eustis, Stephen E. Leach, Joseph M. Selba

BBA COCKTAIL PARTY AT FADO IRISH PUB:5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

DESSERT PARTY AT CARPACCIO: 9:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Hosted by Yumkas, Vidmar, Sweeney & Mulrenin, LLC

May 4, 2019

7. CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

DISCHARGE/DISCHARGEABILITY ISSUES Moderator: Honorable Wendelin I. LippPanelists: Seth W. Diamond, Katherine A. Levin, Craig M. Palik,

Roger Schlossberg

POWERS OF EXAMINERS Moderators: Honorable Kevin J. Carey, Honorable David E. RicePanelists: Maria Ellena Chavez-Ruark, John P. Fitzgerald, III,

Charles R. Goldstein

Break: 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

8. ACCOUNTING BASICS FOR BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEYS: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Moderator: Honorable Robert A. Gordon Panelists: John K. Lyons, Raymond J. Peroutka, Jr., Angela L. Shortall

Break: 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

9. BANKRUPTCY ETHICS: 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.Moderator: Honorable Duncan W. KeirPanelists: Gary H. Leibowitz, L. Jeanette Rice, Gerard R. Vetter

President ’s Message

Program Schedule