Commercial Law League of America
CLLA Luncheon at the NCBJ
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Marriott Marquis Chicago • CHICAGO, IL
2025 CLLA Events at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ)
The Annual CLLA Luncheon & Hon. Frank Koger
Memorial Educational Program
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Marriott Marquis Chicago, Chicago, IL
We invite you to become a sponsor at the Annual CLLA Luncheon & Hon. Frank Koger Memorial Educational Program.
This prestigious event, part of the NCBJ Annual Meeting and Conference—the largest annual gathering of insolvency professionals—presents a unique opportunity to elevate your brand while connecting with key industry leaders, decision-makers, and experts on issues of bankruptcy law and procedure.
With multiple sponsorship levels available, we’ve designed options that cater to a variety of budgets and goals, ensuring that there’s a perfect fit for your organization. Your support not only enhances your visibility but also contributes to the growth and success of the League.
Thank you for considering this opportunity to partner with us. No matter which sponsorship level you choose, your commitment is invaluable to the League.
2025 CLLA Events at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ)
The Annual CLLA Luncheon & Hon. Frank Koger
Memorial Educational Program
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Marriott Marquis Chicago, Chicago, IL
We invite you to become a sponsor at the Annual CLLA Luncheon & Hon. Frank Koger Memorial Educational Program.
This prestigious event, part of the NCBJ Annual Meeting and Conference—the largest annual gathering of insolvency professionals—presents a unique opportunity to elevate your brand while connecting with key industry leaders, decision-makers, and experts on issues of bankruptcy law and procedure.
With multiple sponsorship levels available, we’ve designed options that cater to a variety of budgets and goals, ensuring that there’s a perfect fit for your organization. Your support not only enhances your visibility but also contributes to the growth and success of the League.
Thank you for considering this opportunity to partner with us. No matter which sponsorship level you choose, your commitment is invaluable to the League.
Cultivate a Positive Reputation Through Sponsorship!
Identify as a Proud Sponsor of the Commercial Law League of America
We have several sponsorship levels to choose from to provide flexibility to ensure that the right sponsorship opportunity is conducive to your budget. Whichever level of sponsorship you choose, CLLA is appreciative of your support of the League and the CLLA Events at NCBJ!
Exclusive Sponsorship
Keynote Speaker Sponsor $3,500 SOLD
Sponsorship Opportunities
Platinum Sponsor
$2,000
Gold Sponsor
$1,000
Silver Sponsor
$500
Bronze Sponsor
$250
Individual Sponsor
Other Amount
- Your company logo placement on the cover, and prominently displayed within The Annual CLLA Luncheon and Education Program Guide at the NCBJ distributed to more than 200 bankruptcy judges, attorneys and other attendees at CLLA sponsored NCBJ events
- Projection of your logo on the large AV screen during the CLLA luncheon event and before and after the CLLA education program
- A prominent link on the CLLA website, featuring your logo, announcing your support of the program
- The opportunity to place your company branded item (pen, USB stick, notepad, etc.) on the CLLA luncheon tables or on the luncheon registration table
- Your company logo prominently displayed within the The Annual CLLA Luncheon and Education Program Guide at the NCBJ
- Projection of your logo on the large AV screen during the CLLA luncheon event and before and after the CLLA education program
- A prominent link on the CLLA website, featuring your logo, announcing your support of the program
- The opportunity to place your company branded item (pen, USB stick, notepad, etc.) on the CLLA luncheon tables or on the luncheon registration table
- Your company logo prominently displayed within the The Annual CLLA Luncheon and Education Program Guide at the NCBJ
- A prominent link on the CLLA website, featuring your logo, announcing your support of the program
- Your company logo prominently displayed within the Annual CLLA Luncheon and Education Program Guide at the NCBJ
- Projection of your name only on the large AV screen during the CLLA luncheon and education program
GOLD
Cultivate a Positive Reputation Through Sponsorship!
Identify as a Proud Sponsor of the Commercial Law League of America
We have several sponsorship levels to choose from to provide flexibility to ensure that the right sponsorship opportunity is conducive to your budget. Whichever level of sponsorship you choose, CLLA is appreciative of your support of the League and the CLLA Events at NCBJ!
Exclusive Sponsorship
Keynote Speaker Sponsor $3,500 SOLD
Sponsorship Opportunities
Platinum Sponsor $2,000
- Your company logo placement on the cover, and prominently displayed within The Annual CLLA Luncheon and Education Program Guide at the NCBJ distributed to more than 200 bankruptcy judges, attorneys and other attendees at CLLA sponsored NCBJ events
- Projection of your logo on the large AV screen during the CLLA luncheon event and before and after the CLLA education program
- A prominent link on the CLLA website, featuring your logo, announcing your support of the program
- The opportunity to place your company branded item (pen, USB stick, notepad, etc.) on the CLLA luncheon tables or on the luncheon registration table
Gold Sponsor $1,000
- Your company logo prominently displayed within the The Annual CLLA Luncheon and Education Program Guide at the NCBJ
- Projection of your logo on the large AV screen during the CLLA luncheon event and before and after the CLLA education program
- A prominent link on the CLLA website, featuring your logo, announcing your support of the program
- The opportunity to place your company branded item (pen, USB stick, notepad, etc.) on the CLLA luncheon tables or on the luncheon registration table
Silver Sponsor $500
- Your company logo prominently displayed within the The Annual CLLA Luncheon and Education Program Guide at the NCBJ
- A prominent link on the CLLA website, featuring your logo, announcing your support of the program
Bronze Sponsor $250
- Your company logo prominently displayed within the Annual CLLA Luncheon and Education Program Guide at the NCBJ
Individual Sponsor Other Amount
- Projection of your name only on the large AV screen during the CLLA luncheon and education program
GOLD
PROFESSOR LAWRENCE P. KING
ABOUT THE AWARD
Each year, the Executive Council of the Commercial Law League’s Bankruptcy Section presents the Lawrence P. King Award to recognize a lawyer, judge, teacher, or legislator who exemplifies the best in scholarship, advocacy, judicial administration, or legislative activities in the field of bankruptcy. The award is designed to recognize the lifetime achievements of Professor King, which includes contributing to the practice of bankruptcy law through teaching, by working to elevate the profession and through bankruptcy-related legislative activities.
BECOME A SPONSOR
Whichever level of sponsorship you choose, CLLA is appreciative of your support of the League and the CLLA events at NCBJ.
Call Dawn Federico at 312-240-1400 or send an email to dawn.federico@clla.org.
To register for the CLLA Luncheon and Educational Program, visit https://ncbj.org/annual-meeting/.
Lawrence P. King Award Winner
Richardo I. Kilpatrick
Richardo I. Kilpatrick is an attorney at Shermeta, Kilpatrick & Associates, PLLC in Auburn Hills, Michigan, which specializes in creditors’ rights and insolvency law while focusing on corporate, consumer and commercial litigation and bankruptcy, real property remedies for creditors, real property transactions and general corporate counseling. He is a past president of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and has served on the Board of Directors for the American College of Bankruptcy (ACB). Mr. Kilpatrick is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. He was inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Bankruptcy in March 1999 and appointed to its Board of Directors in July 2001. In October 2008, Mr. Kilpatrick was invited to be a conferee at the National Bankruptcy Conference (NBC). As a member of the NBC, Mr. Kilpatrick worked with Judge Thomas Small on the NBC’s Small Business Proposal, a portion of which was incorporated into the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019. Mr. Kilpatrick also served as a member of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules from August 2011 to 2017 where he worked to directly craft, tweak, update, and change bankruptcy rules in an ongoing effort to improve the bankruptcy system. He is Board Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification (ABC), and he received his B.A. in economics in 1973 from Harvard University and his J.D. in 1982 from the University of Michigan Law School.
Mr. Kilpatrick currently serves as a Chapter 11 and Subchapter V trustee where he assists businesses in reorganizing.
Mr. Kilpatrick has spoken at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ) and is a presenter at numerous seminars focusing on bankruptcy and collections presented by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, faculty for the Norton Litigation Institute, PESI, ABI, NACTT, and NABT. He is an editor for Norton’s Treatise on Bankruptcy and is adjunct professor at St. John’s University Law School where he teaches a course in the LLM program on small business bankruptcies.
Practice
- Shermeta, Kilpatrick & Associates, PLLC (November 2023-Present)
- Kilpatrick & Associates, P.C., President (January 2000 – November 2023)
- Shermeta, Chimko & Kilpatrick, P.C., Partner (1987 – 1999)
- Shermeta, Tardie, Chimko & Hocking, P.C., Associate (1984 – 1986)
Admissions
- State Bar of Michigan, 1983
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1983
- United States District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1984
- United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1988
- United States Supreme Court, 1997
Education
- University of Michigan Law School – Juris Doctor
- Harvard University – Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Organizations
- American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) – President of the American Bankruptcy Institute from April 2001 to April 2002.
- Served as a Commissioner on the ABI Consumer Bankruptcy Commission.
- American College of Bankruptcy – Inducted as a Fellow, 1999 to Present
- National Bankruptcy Conference – Conferee, 2011 to Present
- Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules – Member, 2011 to 2017
- Norton Litigation Institute – 1992 to Present
- Contributing Editor for Norton’s Bankruptcy Law and Practice Treatise
- St. John’s University Law School – Adjunct Professor, Current
- Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Institute – Current
PROFESSOR LAWRENCE P. KING
ABOUT THE AWARD
Each year, the Executive Council of the Commercial Law League’s Bankruptcy Section presents the Lawrence P. King Award to recognize a lawyer, judge, teacher, or legislator who exemplifies the best in scholarship, advocacy, judicial administration, or legislative activities in the field of bankruptcy. The award is designed to recognize the lifetime achievements of Professor King, which includes contributing to the practice of bankruptcy law through teaching, by working to elevate the profession and through bankruptcy-related legislative activities.
BECOME A SPONSOR
Whichever level of sponsorship you choose, CLLA is appreciative of your support of the League and the CLLA events at NCBJ.
Call Dawn Federico at 312-240-1400 or send an email to dawn.federico@clla.org.
To register for the CLLA Luncheon and Educational Program, visit https://ncbj.org/annual-meeting/.
Lawrence P. King Award Winner
Richardo I. Kilpatrick
Richardo I. Kilpatrick is an attorney at Shermeta, Kilpatrick & Associates, PLLC in Auburn Hills, Michigan, which specializes in creditors’ rights and insolvency law while focusing on corporate, consumer and commercial litigation and bankruptcy, real property remedies for creditors, real property transactions and general corporate counseling. He is a past president of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and has served on the Board of Directors for the American College of Bankruptcy (ACB). Mr. Kilpatrick is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. He was inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Bankruptcy in March 1999 and appointed to its Board of Directors in July 2001. In October 2008, Mr. Kilpatrick was invited to be a conferee at the National Bankruptcy Conference (NBC). As a member of the NBC, Mr. Kilpatrick worked with Judge Thomas Small on the NBC’s Small Business Proposal, a portion of which was incorporated into the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019. Mr. Kilpatrick also served as a member of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules from August 2011 to 2017 where he worked to directly craft, tweak, update, and change bankruptcy rules in an ongoing effort to improve the bankruptcy system. He is Board Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification (ABC), and he received his B.A. in economics in 1973 from Harvard University and his J.D. in 1982 from the University of Michigan Law School.
Mr. Kilpatrick currently serves as a Chapter 11 and Subchapter V trustee where he assists businesses in reorganizing.
Mr. Kilpatrick has spoken at the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ) and is a presenter at numerous seminars focusing on bankruptcy and collections presented by the Institute of Continuing Legal Education, faculty for the Norton Litigation Institute, PESI, ABI, NACTT, and NABT. He is an editor for Norton’s Treatise on Bankruptcy and is adjunct professor at St. John’s University Law School where he teaches a course in the LLM program on small business bankruptcies.
Practice
- Shermeta, Kilpatrick & Associates, PLLC (November 2023-Present)
- Kilpatrick & Associates, P.C., President (January 2000 – November 2023)
- Shermeta, Chimko & Kilpatrick, P.C., Partner (1987 – 1999)
- Shermeta, Tardie, Chimko & Hocking, P.C., Associate (1984 – 1986)
Admissions
- State Bar of Michigan, 1983
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1983
- United States District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1984
- United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1988
- United States Supreme Court, 1997
Education
- University of Michigan Law School – Juris Doctor
- Harvard University – Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Organizations
- American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) – President of the American Bankruptcy Institute from April 2001 to April 2002.
- Served as a Commissioner on the ABI Consumer Bankruptcy Commission.
- American College of Bankruptcy – Inducted as a Fellow, 1999 to Present
- National Bankruptcy Conference – Conferee, 2011 to Present
- Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules – Member, 2011 to 2017
- Norton Litigation Institute – 1992 to Present
- Contributing Editor for Norton’s Bankruptcy Law and Practice Treatise
- St. John’s University Law School – Adjunct Professor, Current
- Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Institute – Current
Keynote
Detecting Corporate Psychopaths
Psychopaths make up 1% to 4% of the population. While serial killers tend to get the most press, psychopaths in the workplace are a common and pervasive problem, especially when in leadership positions. This presentation will discuss the unique characteristics of corporate psychopaths and how frequently psychopaths infiltrate the corporate world. The discussion will highlight the personality traits of psychopaths, how to identify those most likely to deceive and manipulate victims and what professions have the highest percentages of psychopaths. Learn specific interview techniques designed to detect psychopaths, whether evaluating a potential new hire, investigating workplace complaints, or even meeting with a new client. Tips will be provided on how best to interview individuals to try to detect lying and withstand the manipulation.
To register for the CLLA Luncheon and Educational Program, visit https://ncbj.org/annual-meeting/.
Distinguished Speaker
BECOME A SPONSOR
Whichever level of sponsorship you choose, CLLA is appreciative of your support of the League and the CLLA events at NCBJ.
Call Dawn Federico at 312-240-1400 or send an email to dawn.federico@clla.org.
Kathy Bazoian Phelps
Partner, Raines Feldman Littrell, LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Kathy Bazoian Phelps has been a lawyer since 1991 and is currently a partner at Raines Feldman Littrell LLP in the Los Angeles office. In addition to serving as a fiduciary, Kathy focuses her law practice in the areas of insolvency law, fiduciary representation, and fraud litigation, frequently representing federal equity receivers, state court receivers, and bankruptcy trustees. Kathy also serves as special litigation counsel for fiduciaries and interested parties in fraud-related litigation cases arising out of receivership and bankruptcy cases. She is particularly knowledgeable about the administration of Ponzi scheme cases and has extensive litigation experience in claims arising in these types of cases.
Kathy has lectured widely and written on bankruptcy and receivership matters, with a focus on Ponzi schemes. Her book entitled The Ponzi Book: A Legal Resource for Unraveling Ponzi Schemes, co-authored with Hon. Steven Rhodes, has garnered national and international attention as the authoritative work on Ponzi scheme law. Kathy is also the author of The Ponzi Scheme Blog and Ponzi-Proof Your Investments: An Investor’s Guide to Avoiding Ponzi Schemes and Other Fraudulent Scams.
In addition to her roles as lawyer, fiduciary, speaker and author, Kathy also serves as a mediator and is currently on the mediation and arbitration rosters for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, as well as the Bankruptcy Mediation Panel for the Central District of California and the Bankruptcy Mediation Panel for the District of Arizona.
Save the Dates for these CLLA Education Events!
Keynote
Detecting Corporate Psychopaths
Psychopaths make up 1% to 4% of the population. While serial killers tend to get the most press, psychopaths in the workplace are a common and pervasive problem, especially when in leadership positions. This presentation will discuss the unique characteristics of corporate psychopaths and how frequently psychopaths infiltrate the corporate world. The discussion will highlight the personality traits of psychopaths, how to identify those most likely to deceive and manipulate victims and what professions have the highest percentages of psychopaths. Learn specific interview techniques designed to detect psychopaths, whether evaluating a potential new hire, investigating workplace complaints, or even meeting with a new client. Tips will be provided on how best to interview individuals to try to detect lying and withstand the manipulation.
To register for the CLLA Luncheon and Educational Program, visit https://ncbj.org/annual-meeting/.
Distinguished Speaker
BECOME A SPONSOR
Whichever level of sponsorship you choose, CLLA is appreciative of your support of the League and the CLLA events at NCBJ.
Call Dawn Federico at 312-240-1400 or send an email to dawn.federico@clla.org.
Kathy Bazoian Phelps
Partner, Raines Feldman Littrell, LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Kathy Bazoian Phelps has been a lawyer since 1991 and is currently a partner at Raines Feldman Littrell LLP in the Los Angeles office. In addition to serving as a fiduciary, Kathy focuses her law practice in the areas of insolvency law, fiduciary representation, and fraud litigation, frequently representing federal equity receivers, state court receivers, and bankruptcy trustees. Kathy also serves as special litigation counsel for fiduciaries and interested parties in fraud-related litigation cases arising out of receivership and bankruptcy cases. She is particularly knowledgeable about the administration of Ponzi scheme cases and has extensive litigation experience in claims arising in these types of cases.
Kathy has lectured widely and written on bankruptcy and receivership matters, with a focus on Ponzi schemes. Her book entitled The Ponzi Book: A Legal Resource for Unraveling Ponzi Schemes, co-authored with Hon. Steven Rhodes, has garnered national and international attention as the authoritative work on Ponzi scheme law. Kathy is also the author of The Ponzi Scheme Blog and Ponzi-Proof Your Investments: An Investor’s Guide to Avoiding Ponzi Schemes and Other Fraudulent Scams.
In addition to her roles as lawyer, fiduciary, speaker and author, Kathy also serves as a mediator and is currently on the mediation and arbitration rosters for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, as well as the Bankruptcy Mediation Panel for the Central District of California and the Bankruptcy Mediation Panel for the District of Arizona.
Save the Dates for these CLLA Education Events!
CLLA Hon. Frank Koger Memorial Educational Program
Crime and Punishment:
Ethical Quandaries in Insolvency Proceedings
This program will explore what issues exist and may arise for professionals in matters involving criminal, fraudulent or negligent conduct related to insolvency cases. The panel will examine red flags and appropriate and inappropriate responses to criminal or unethical conduct. The panel will also analyze a professional’s ethical responsibility using fact scenarios drawn from infamous cases over the past few decades such as FTX, Neiman Marcus and Le-Natures.
To register for the CLLA Luncheon and Educational Program, visit https://ncbj.org/annual-meeting/.
BECOME A SPONSOR
Whichever level of sponsorship you choose, PLATINUM, GOLD, SILVER , BRONZE or INDIVIDUAL, CLLA is appreciative of your support of the League and the CLLA events at NCBJ.
Call Dawn Federico at 312-240-1400 or send an email to dawn.federico@clla.org.
MODERATOR
Distinguished Panelists
Prof. Nancy B. Rapoport
William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV
Las Vegas, NV
Nancy B. Rapoport is a UNLV Distinguished Professor, the Garman Turner Gordon Professor of Law at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and an Affiliate Professor of Business Law and Ethics in the Lee Business School at UNLV. After receiving her B.A., summa cum laude, from Rice University in 1982 and her J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1985, she clerked for the Honorable Joseph T. Sneed III on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and then practiced law (primarily bankruptcy law) with Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco from 1986-1991. In 2022, UNLV’s Alumni Association named her the Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year. Boyd law students have honored her three times: she tied (with Professor Jean Sternlight) for “Faculty Member of the Year” in 2024; she was named “Faculty Member of the Year” (and faculty commencement speaker) in 2021; and she was named “Dean of the Year” by Boyd law students in 2013. Her specialties are bankruptcy ethics, ethics in governance, law firm behavior, artificial intelligence and the law, and the depiction of lawyers in popular culture. She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. In 2017, she received the Commercial Law League of America’s Lawrence P. King Award for Excellence in Bankruptcy. She has served as the fee examiner or as chair of the fee review committee in such large bankruptcy cases as Zetta Jet, Toys R Us, Caesars, Station Casinos, Pilgrim’s Pride, and Mirant.
Robert J. Cleary
Of Counsel,
Patterson Belknap Webb & Taylor, LLP,
New York, NY
Bob Cleary is Of Counsel at Patterson Belknap Webb & Taylor, LLP in New York City where he has a white-collar defense and trial practice. Earlier in his career, Bob served for almost two decades as a federal prosecutor, including service as the United States Attorney in New Jersey. Most recently in his private practice, Bob was the court-appointed Examiner in the FTX bankruptcy case.
Prof. Veronica J. Finkelstein
Wilmington University School of Law,
Wilmington, DE
Veronica J. Finkelstein is an Associate Professor of Law at the Wilmington University School of Law and a Litigative Consultant to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She serves as a Program Director for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and travels across the country teaching advocacy skills.
CLLA Hon. Frank Koger Memorial Educational Program
Crime and Punishment:
Ethical Quandaries in Insolvency Proceedings
This program will explore what issues exist and may arise for professionals in matters involving criminal, fraudulent or negligent conduct related to insolvency cases. The panel will examine red flags and appropriate and inappropriate responses to criminal or unethical conduct. The panel will also analyze a professional’s ethical responsibility using fact scenarios drawn from infamous cases over the past few decades such as FTX, Neiman Marcus and Le-Natures.
To register for the CLLA Luncheon and Educational Program, visit https://ncbj.org/annual-meeting/.
BECOME A SPONSOR
Whichever level of sponsorship you choose, PLATINUM, GOLD, SILVER , BRONZE or INDIVIDUAL, CLLA is appreciative of your support of the League and the CLLA events at NCBJ.
Call Dawn Federico at 312-240-1400 or send an email to dawn.federico@clla.org.
MODERATOR
Prof. Nancy B. Rapoport
William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV
Las Vegas, NV
Nancy B. Rapoport is a UNLV Distinguished Professor, the Garman Turner Gordon Professor of Law at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and an Affiliate Professor of Business Law and Ethics in the Lee Business School at UNLV. After receiving her B.A., summa cum laude, from Rice University in 1982 and her J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1985, she clerked for the Honorable Joseph T. Sneed III on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and then practiced law (primarily bankruptcy law) with Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco from 1986-1991. In 2022, UNLV’s Alumni Association named her the Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year. Boyd law students have honored her three times: she tied (with Professor Jean Sternlight) for “Faculty Member of the Year” in 2024; she was named “Faculty Member of the Year” (and faculty commencement speaker) in 2021; and she was named “Dean of the Year” by Boyd law students in 2013. Her specialties are bankruptcy ethics, ethics in governance, law firm behavior, artificial intelligence and the law, and the depiction of lawyers in popular culture. She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. In 2017, she received the Commercial Law League of America’s Lawrence P. King Award for Excellence in Bankruptcy. She has served as the fee examiner or as chair of the fee review committee in such large bankruptcy cases as Zetta Jet, Toys R Us, Caesars, Station Casinos, Pilgrim’s Pride, and Mirant.
Distinguished Panelists
Robert J. Cleary
Of Counsel,
Patterson Belknap Webb & Taylor, LLP,
New York, NY
Bob Cleary is Of Counsel at Patterson Belknap Webb & Taylor, LLP in New York City where he has a white-collar defense and trial practice. Earlier in his career, Bob served for almost two decades as a federal prosecutor, including service as the United States Attorney in New Jersey. Most recently in his private practice, Bob was the court-appointed Examiner in the FTX bankruptcy case.
Prof. Veronica J. Finkelstein
Wilmington University School of Law,
Wilmington, DE
Veronica J. Finkelstein is an Associate Professor of Law at the Wilmington University School of Law and a Litigative Consultant to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She serves as a Program Director for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and travels across the country teaching advocacy skills.
