Be sure to join us at the historic Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford, NY for our 22nd year of education and networking with your fellow WNY practitioners and the federal bankruptcy judiciary!

 Agenda (subject to slight changes):

8:30 – 9:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 10:00am PANEL 1
Consumer: Matrimonial, Divorce and Death Issues in Bankruptcy
Business: Defending Preference and Fraudulent Transfers: Advanced Topics

10:00 – 10:10am Break

10:10- 11:10 am PANEL 2
Consumer: Business Cases in Chapter 13 and Other Current Topics
Business: Merchant Cash Advances, Cash Collateral, Roll-ups and Other Financing Issues

11:10- 11:30am Break and room transitions

11:30- 12:30pm PANEL 3: Tax Authority Interactions: Practical Strategies and Must‑Know Issues  

12:30 – 1:30pm Lunch and Announcements

1:30 – 2:30pm JUDGES’ PANEL

2:30 – 3:30 pm PANEL 4: 20 Years of Practice Under BAPCPA

3:30-3:40pm Break

3:40 – 4:40pm PANEL 5: Recent Cases of Interest

 Faculty:

• Hon. Melanie L. Cyganowski (ret.), Otterbourg P.C.
• Hon. Carl L. Bucki, Chief Bankruptcy Judge, W.D.N.Y.
• Hon. Patrick G. Radel, Bankruptcy Judge, N.D.N.Y.
• Kevin J. Bambury, Esq., Legal Aid Society of Rochester
• Arthur G. Baumeister, Esq., Baumeister Denz LLP
• Gary P. Bluestein, Esq., Lippes Mathias LLP
• Scott J. Bogucki, Esq., Gleichenhaus, Marchese & Weishaar, P.C.
• Daniel F. Brown, Esq., Lippes Mathias LLP
• Catherine N. Cervone, Esq., Phillips Lytle LLP
• Joseph E. DeMarco, Esq., Peter Grubea Attorneys
• Stephen A. Donato, Esq., Bond, Schoeneck, & King, PLLC
• Timothy P. Lyster, Esq., Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
• Gregory J. Mascitti, Esq., McCarter & English LLP
• Angela Z. Miller, Esq., Phillips Lytle LLP
• Christopher P. Moen, Esq., NYS Department of Taxation and Finance
• Julie A. Philippi, Chapter 13 Trustee, Buffalo
• George M. Reiber, Esq., Chapter 13 Trustee, Rochester
• Bernard Schenkler, Esq., Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
• Mark J. Schlant, Esq., Zdarsky, Sawicki & Agostinelli LLP
• Regina A. Walker, Esq., The Law Office of Regina Walker

Special thanks to our Planning Committee: Beth Ann Bivona, Esq. and Mikal J. Kreuger, Esq.

$120 BAEC/MCBA members
$160 nonmembers
$70 paralegals
FREE for current law students
Tuition Assistance is available. Click here for an application.

 Thank you to our generous Bronze Sponsors:

Sponsorship opportunities are available.

Contact [email protected] for more information.