Eugene J. Geekie, Jr., a partner in the Bankruptcy and Complex Litigation practice groups at Arnstein & Lehr LLP, was recently a panelist on a teleseminar hosted by West Legal Ed-Norton Bankruptcy Institute on the topic of “Post-Confirmation Issues in Bankruptcy.” Mr. Geekie is a regular teleseminar panelist for West-Norton, and has been a faculty member for Norton Bankruptcy Institute for more than ten years.
Young President’s Organization (YPO) has admitted Aaron L. Hammer of Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP to its Chicagoland Chapter. YPO is a global network of young chief executives with approximately 22,000 members in more than 130 different countries.
Robert Meyers, Chief Commercial Officer & Managing Member, Republic Business Credit, will serve as a member of the 2017 Executive Committee and Chair of the Young Professionals Committee. He is also a recipient of the 2016 CFA (Commercial Finance Association) 40 Under 40 Awards.
Mark Melickian authored an article entitled "The Troubled Energy and Production (Oil and Gas) Sector" in The Bankruptcy Strategist. The article discusses the numerous energy-related bankruptcy filings over the past 18 months. Bankruptcy Strategist is a Law Journal Newsletter circulated to industry insiders across the globe.
HYPERAMS announces that Burdette Wilber has joined the firm as Director of Auction Services. Burdette has unparalleled experience in the auction/liquidation industry as an auctioneer, appraiser, and asset consultant. Tom Pabst, President of HYPERAMS said, “Burdette brings the perfect blend of entrepreneurial spirit and practical experience to our organization. His addition to the team will allow Kathleen Parker, who played a significant role in the growth of our auction business, to focus on her new role as Director of Business Development.”
Mark A. Silverman recently joined Dykema Gossett PLLC in Chicago, Illinois. His practice continues to focus on a wide variety of Creditors’ Rights and bankruptcy matters on behalf of banks, servicers, special servicers, and private equity companies.
Paul J. Raab has joined CSI, the Milwaukee-based turnaround and performance improvement consulting firm, as Associate Partner. Raab served for the past 17 years as a Managing Director of FCF Partners LP, a Midwestern private equity fund headquartered in Milwaukee. In that role he was involved in the acquisition, financing, and oversight of several of the fund’s portfolio companies. In addition, he was the Fund's Chief Financial and Compliance officer.
Member and NextGen Co-Chair Jack O’Connor recently published an article entitled “Using Bankruptcy to Kill the Narrative of the ‘Craft Beer Bubble’” in the Mash Tun Journal, a local publication focused on business issues in the craft beer industry. The article explores the current climate of the craft beer industry, through the lens of a recent chapter 11 filing in the Northern District of California for Magnolia Brewing Company.
On November 17, 2016, Aaron L. Hammer and Elizabeth B. Vandesteeg, partners in the law firm of Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP, spoke at the Federation of Credit & Financial Professional’s (FCFP) Credit & Accounts Receivable Professional Retreat Day. Mr. Hammer and Ms. Vandesteeg will join fellow credit professional Rafael X. Zahralddin-Aravena, Chairman of the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Group at Elliott Greenleaf, in discussing how to "Protect Sensitive Information" in today’s electronic world.
MorrisAnderson is pleased to announce Todd A. Zoha as a managing director in its Chicago office. Zoha’s 15-years’ experience bolsters the bench strength of MorrisAnderson’s middle-market specialty areas, having successfully advised companies through complicated restructurings and turnarounds within the automotive, business services, consumer products, energy, financial services, manufacturing and transportation sectors. “Todd has an incredible track record working through complex large restructuring deals, both as an outside advisor and internal C-level executive,” said Dan Dooley, MorrisAnderson’s chief executive officer.
Suzanne Koenig of SAK Management Services, LLC moderated a panel titled, “"Healthcare Fraud"- The New "BUZZ WORD"!!!!” at The Annual TMA Conference held in Orlando Florida, She also participated on a panel for The Dawn Gideon Lecture & Webinar titled, “Health Care’s Newest Code Blue: The Need for Cash Infusion and Restructuring!” at the University of Pittsburgh’s, Department of Health Policy & Management, Graduate School of Public Health, Alumni Association Program.
Kevin Krakora, CTP, principal with KPMG’s restructuring practice, participated in the CFA’s annual Turnaround Roundtable, published in The Secured Lender, October 2016. The 2016 Turnaround Roundtable reflected the views of leaders in the turnaround space regarding restructuring trends and the pulse of the corporate renewal industry currently and for the upcoming year.
On November 3, 2016, Jonathan Friedland, a partner at the law firm of Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Hammer LLP, was a featured "shark" at a luncheon hosted jointly in New York City by the New York Institute of Credit and the International Factoring Association.
Thomas Fawkes and Brian Jackiw of Goldstein & McClintock LLLP presented on “Social Media for the Credit Professional” at the NACM Great Lakes Annual Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio and at the NACM Upstate New York Annual Meeting in Rochester, New York; and “Creating the Perfect Credit Policy” at the NACM Connect Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Thomas Fawkes presented on “Social Media for the Credit Professional” and “Preparing for Litigation” at the NACM Connect Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, and on “Contracts 101 for the Credit Professional” for the NACM Flat Rolled Steel Industry Group in Indianapolis, Indiana. Brian Jackiw and Thomas Fawkes published an article on the Delaware Bankruptcy Court’s recent reclamation decision in the Reichhold Industries case in the October 2016 edition of the Credit Research Foundation News.