Conversations with interesting figures in the Insolvency world.
The podcast features a conversation from former ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Jack Ayer and David Lander. Lander talks about his long career in the bankruptcy field, including his longstanding interest in improving consumers’ access to quality credit counseling assistance.
The podcast features a conversation between Nancy Rapoport, former Dean at the University of Houston Law School, and Prof. Ayer. They discusses the run-up to the Enron bankruptcy. Rapoport is an expert on the Enron bankruptcy, the largest case in history, and a frequent writer on ethics and business reorganization issues.
The podcast features a conversation on diocesan bankruptcies between ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano and Ford Elsaesser, a senior partner of Elsaesser Jarzabek, et al. of Sandpoint, Idaho. Elsaesser, a former ABI president and chairman, represents the Association of Parishes in the Diocese of Spokane, Wash. To date, the diocese of Spokane, Wash., Tucson, Ariz., and Portland, Ore., have filed for bankruptcy in order to maintain operations while working out settlements to pay for the escalating costs of sexual abuse settlements.
The podcast features a conversation between a South Carolina attorney and avid sailor George Cauthen (Nelson Mullins; Columbia, S.C) and Prof. Ayer discussing the value of bankruptcy pro bono programs and how to set one up, even under the new law.
The podcast features a conversation between Prof. Ayer and Chuck Kuoni, a director with Corporate Revitalization Partners. Kuoni reflects on the changes he’s seen in 28 years in the interim-management business, fixing everything from public companies with environmental problems to a 600-store retailer in the competitive teen-apparel business. He describes the significant impact of the new law’s time limit on assuming retail leases, among other changes.