2014 Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar Faculty Biographies

Honorable Beth A. Buchanan United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of

Beth A. Buchanan was appointed as United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Ohio on May 10, 2011. Prior to her appointment, Judge Buchanan was a member of Frost Brown Todd LLC in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice Group where she practiced exclusively in the areas of bankruptcy and insolvency law, representing debtors, creditors’ committee, secured lenders and unsecured creditors in numerous complex chapter 7, 11 and 15 bankruptcy proceedings. Prior to obtaining her law degree, Judge Buchanan worked in banking for over eight years with two major financial institutions. Judge Buchanan is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Thomas F. Waldron American Bankruptcy Law Forum, the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, the Bar Association and is the Chairperson of the Local Bankruptcy Rules Standing Committee for the Southern District of Ohio. Judge Buchanan graduated in 1986 from The Ohio State University with a B.S.B.A. degree and earned her J.D. degree in 1997 from the University of Dayton School of Law, where she graduated summa cum laude. (MRBS Presentations: Judge’s Roundtable on Professionalism)

Honorable Robert E. Gerber United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York

Robert E. Gerber is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York. Since his appointment to the bench in September 2000, Judge Gerber has presided over a wide variety of chapter 11, chapter 7, chapter 15, section 304 and SIPA cases—including PSINet, Ames Department Stores, Global Crossing, Adelphia, ABIZ, Basis Yield Alpha Fund, Lyondell Chemical, BearingPoint, DBSD North America, Chemtura, Pinnacle Airlines, Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt and General Motors. He has over 150 published opinions, principally in the business bankruptcy and corporate governance areas. He has presided over about 20 cases with over $100 million in assets and debt, including 10 with more than $1 billion in assets and debt. Judge Gerber earned a B.S. degree in industrial engineering, with high honors, from Rutgers University (from which he graduated in 1967), and a J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Columbia Law School, from which he graduated in 1970, and where, among other things, he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and then a James Kent Scholar. Before going on the bench, he practiced with the firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, in New York City, specializing in securities and commercial litigation and, thereafter, bankruptcy litigation and counseling. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Columbia Law School; a contributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy; and a Fellow (and Director) of the American College of Bankruptcy. He has been named by Turnarounds and Workouts as one of the nation’s outstanding bankruptcy judges six times. (MRBS Presentations: Life After Bellingham: Did the Supreme Court Get it Right?, Commercial – How Secured are Secured Creditors? The Changing Landscape In and Out of Chapter 11)

Faculty Biographies Page 1 of 20 Honorable John E. Hoffman, Jr. United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio

John E. Hoffman, Jr. was appointed as United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Ohio in 2000. Prior to his appointment, Judge Hoffman was a partner in the Columbus office of Arter & Hadden LLP, where he practiced primarily in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation. His practice focused on the representation of Chapter 11 debtors and creditors’ committees. Judge Hoffman joined Arter & Hadden in 1989 after completing a judicial clerkship with the Honorable R. Guy Cole, Jr. (formerly a bankruptcy judge, now sitting on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals). Judge Hoffman previously served as Chair of the Columbus Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee. He served on the Board of Trustees for The Legal Aid Society of Columbus from 1995– 2000. Judge Hoffman is an active member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. He served on the Board of Directors of the NCBJ’s Endowment for Education from 2006–2011 and as Chair of the Endowment from 2007–2009. He has served on the NCBJ Education Committee (2013) and is currently serving on the NCBJ Elections Committee. In April 2013, Chief Justice Roberts appointed Judge Hoffman to a three-year term on the Federal Judicial Center Bankruptcy Judge Education Committee. Judge Hoffman is an adjunct professor of law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where he sits on the law school’s National Council. Judge Hoffman is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute. In 2012, Judge Hoffman received the Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Judge presented by the Columbus Bar Association and Columbus Bar Foundation. Judge Hoffman received his B.A. summa cum laude from Wheeling Jesuit University in 1980, and his J.D. magna cum laude from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 1983. (MRBS Presentations: Consumer - Potpourri Panel Discussion: Retention Issues, Conversion Issues and Lien Stripping)

Honorable Jeffery P. Hopkins United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio

Hon. Jeffery P. Hopkins was appointed to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio on April 1, 1996 and reappointed on April 1, 2010. Judge Hopkins is the 2010 Hon. William K. Thomas Distinguished Jurist Award recipient from the Moritz College of Law. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and member of the American Law Institute. Judge Hopkins is also the past President of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. Currently, he serves as a Director of the American Bankruptcy Institute and member of several U.S. Judicial Conference committees and subcommittees by appointment of Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr. Judge Hopkins has an extensive public service record and has been in private practice. While in private practice, he was associated with the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey from 1987 to 1990. In 1990, he was appointed an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. From 1993 to 1996, Judge Hopkins served as Chief of the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office. He also participated in the civil prosecution of health care and defense fraud cases involving the United States and defended officers and employees of the United States who had been sued. Prior to beginning his practice, he clerked on the Sixth Circuit for Honorable Alan E. Norris. Judge Hopkins received a A.B. from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine in 1982 and his Juris Doctor from Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University in 1985. (MRBS Presentations: Ethics Roundtable)

Faculty Biographies Page 2 of 20 Honorable Guy R. Humphrey United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio

Guy R. Humphrey, a 1984 graduate of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, is a Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio, sitting in Dayton. Judge Humphrey was appointed to the bench on October 2, 2007. Prior to his appointment, Judge Humphrey was a partner with Chester Willcox & Saxbe LLP in Columbus, Ohio, practicing in the areas of debtor-creditor law, bankruptcy representation, receivership, and litigation, representing a broad spectrum of clients, including individual debtors, business debtors, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, committees, and purchasers of assets from financial institutions and bankruptcy estates. That representation spanned many industries, including manufacturing, real estate, lodging, retail, construction, restaurant and food service, transportation, and utilities. Judge Humphrey serves on the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the 6th Circuit and is a member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Thomas F. Waldron American Bankruptcy Law Forum. (MRBS Presentation: Ethics Roundtable)

Honorable Lucinda Masterton Family Court of Fayette County,

Lucinda Masterton completed her undergraduate work at Northwestern University, and graduated from West University College of Law. She moved to Lexington in 1983, and engaged in a general practice of law, focusing on family mediation and bankruptcy. She was a Bankruptcy Trustee for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and administered almost 10,000 bankruptcy cases before leaving that office. Certified as a mediator by the Mediation Center of Kentucky in 1999, she was an active mediator in family court, both in motion hour at court, and at the Mediation Center, amassing thousands of hours of mediation experience. She was an Advanced Practitioner member of the Association for Conflict Resolution. She was also a facilitator for the Cooperative Parenting and Divorce program offered by the Mediation Center. In 2001, she received the Law Day Award from the Mediation Center. She was also a mediation trainer, teaching and coaching in the general and divorce mediation courses offered by the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts. Judge Masterton was elected as the Family Court Judge for the Fifth Division in Fayette County, and took the bench in January, 2007. In addition to her duties as a Family Court Judge, Judge Masterton was the judge for family drug court and juvenile drug court, and is the lead judge for the Fayette County Model Court project. She serves on numerous boards and committees, including Greenhouse 17 (formerly the Domestic Violence Prevention Board); the Race, Community and Child Welfare Commission; the Kentucky Court Improvement Project Advisory Committee; the Fayette County Juvenile Detention Alternatives Committee; and chairs the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board. She is very active with many of the subcommittees of the Model Court project, with a special focus on older children in care who have not found permanent homes. She is the Chair of the Kentucky Child Support Guidelines Commission; and has received several state-wide awards for her service as a judge, including a 2008 Kentucky Court of Justice award for outstanding contributions to Kentucky Law Related Education; the 2011 Robert Strauss Award for outstanding service in the field of substance abuse community advocacy; the 2013 Outstanding Judge Award presented by the Kentucky Citizens Foster Care Review Board; and the 2014 Judge of the Year Award from the Kentucky Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. (MRBS Presentations: Consumer - Domestic Relations Panel)

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Honorable Jeffrey S. Sutton U.S. Court of Appeals for Sixth Circuit

Jeffrey S. Sutton. Jeffrey S. Sutton sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Judge Sutton was a partner with the law firm of Jones Day Reavis & Pogue in Columbus, Ohio, and served as State Solicitor of the State of Ohio. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (Ret.), the Honorable Antonin Scalia and the Honorable Thomas J. Meskill. (MRBS Presentation: Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - Friday CLE Luncheon Presentation)

Honorable Thomas F. Waldron United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio (retired)

Thomas F. Waldron represented debtors and creditors and served as a chapter 7 trustee in Cincinnati, Ohio for 18 years, until his initial appointment as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, at Dayton, in 1985. He served as Chief Judge of that Bankruptcy Court and the first Chief Judge of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Sixth Circuit. He retired after 22 years of judicial service in October of 2007. He has been a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Dayton law schools. Following his retirement, he served as the initial Advisor to the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustee’s Academy for Consumer Bankruptcy Education and established its website ConsiderChapter13.org. He is a member of the American College of Bankruptcy and the American Board of Certification and has contributed to various publications, including the American Bankruptcy Law Journal. He is a managing co-editor for Norton’s Bankruptcy Advisor and a speaker at national, regional and local bankruptcy programs. (MRBS Presentations: Ethics Roundtable, Consumer - Domestic Relations Panel)

Honorable Lawrence S. Walter United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio

Judge Walter is a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Ohio sitting in Dayton, Ohio. Prior to his appointment in 2003, he was a partner with the law firm of Sebaly, Shillito & Dyer in Dayton and headed the firm’s bankruptcy and commercial law group. His primary practice was in chapter 11 reorganization cases representing both creditors and debtors. Judge Walter received his bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Kansas in 1972, his master’s degree from the University of in 1973, and his law degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1986. He is an active member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, and the American Bankruptcy Law Forum and is nationally certified by the American Board of Certification as a business bankruptcy specialist. He currently chairs the NCBJ Web Site/Technology Committee and serves as web master for NCBJ.com. In addition, he serves on two advisory bodies under the auspices of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: the Information Technology Advisory Council and the Steering Committee for the Next Generation of Bankruptcy CM/ECF. He is also a contributing editor to Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice, 3rd Ed. (2008-13 Vols.) and chairs the Southern District of Ohio’s Local Rules Committee. (MRBS Presentations: Judges Roundtable on Professionalism)

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Honorable Tracey N. Wise United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Kentucky

Tracey N. Wise was appointed United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky on March 31, 2010 and elevated to Chief Judge on October 1, 2011. Judge Wise is a 1980 graduate of University (B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude) and a 1983 graduate of the Indiana University School of Law (J.D., Order of the Coif) where she served as a Note Editor for the Indiana Law Journal (1982-1983). Judge Wise is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy (12th Class - 2001), a member of the Public Outreach Committee of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and serves as the bankruptcy representative on various U.S. District Court (EDKY) Committees, including its Scholarship, IT and Strategic Planning committees. Prior to her appointment, Judge Wise practiced in the areas of bankruptcy and debt restructuring, served on numerous court-appointed committees, chaired the Bankruptcy Sections of the Fayette County and Kentucky Bar Associations, served as a Trustee of the Kentucky Bar Association Client’s Security Fund and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Lexington Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation. (MRBS Presentation: Judges Roundtable on Professionalism)

David Adler, Esq. McCarter & English LLP 245 Park Ave., 27th Flr. New York, NY 10167 (212) 609-6847, [email protected]

Mr. Adler joined McCarter & English in 1991 and is a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. Mr. Adler's practice encompasses bankruptcy and other insolvency proceedings. He represents a broad range of clients, including debtors, creditors' committees, trustees, secured creditors, indenture trustees, unsecured trade creditors, equipment lessors, landlords and purchasers of assets. Mr. Adler represents Development Specialists, Inc., the court appointed plan administrator for Coudert Brothers, LLP (and prior to that the Official Committee), a former major international law firm founded in the 1850s, in its pending chapter 11 case in the Southern District of New York. Coudert’s bankruptcy involves complex issues of partnership law and the application of the “unfinished business" doctrine to matters that were transferred to successor law firms by Coudert’s partners. On May 24, 2012, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted partial summary judgment in favor of the Plan Administrator declaring, among other things, that 1) “unfinished matters” are partnership property whether the matter is billed hourly or is contingent; 2) the ethical rules of New York do not preclude the application of the unfinished business doctrine; and 3) the successor law firms are required to provide an accounting to the plan administrator for the fees that they received on these matters. Mr. Adler has represented trustees appointed under the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 in connection with the liquidation of BBS and First Interregional Equity Corp. Both of these cases involved multimillion dollar liquidations of major brokerage firms and issues dealing with complex customer positions and the unraveling of major frauds. Mr. Adler currently represents Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (DBTCA), the indenture trustee for over $1 billion in publicly traded bonds of Tribune Company, in its bankruptcy pending in the

Faculty Biographies Page 5 of 20 Delaware Bankruptcy Court. DBTCA is a member of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in that case. Mr. Adler represented Wachovia Bank, N.A. in its capacity as indenture trustee for two indentures totaling in excess of $750 million in the Teligent bankruptcy proceeding in the Southern District of New York where he successfully defended Wachovia against subordination claims asserted by the estate representative. Mr. Adler frequently represents indenture trustees in separate litigations arising out of bankruptcy where claims have been asserted by certificate holders for professional negligence, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and violation of the Trust Indenture Act. Mr. Adler was recognized as a New York Super Lawyer in 2012 and 2013. (MRBS Presentation: Life After Bellingham: Did the Supreme Court Get it Right?)

William A. Brandt, Jr. Development Specialists, Inc. 70 West Madison Street, Suite 2300 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 263-4141, [email protected]

Bill Brandt has been in the business of workout, turnaround and insolvency consulting for more than thirty years and is widely recognized as one of the foremost practitioners in the field. He is President and CEO of Development Specialists, Inc. (“DSI”), a firm specializing in the provision of management, consulting and turnaround assistance to troubled or reorganizing enterprises. Mr. Brandt and his firm continue to be involved with some of the more celebrated financial restructuring cases in the nation’s history, including Mercury Finance Company, Southeast Banking Corporation, Malden Mills, the Keck, Mahin & Cate law firm, the Coudert Brothers law firm, the Ohio “Coin Fund” scandal, and the Bernie Ebbers Settlement Trust. The firm maintains offices in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, London, Miami, San Francisco, Cleveland, and Columbus. Mr. Brandt has advised Congress on matters of insolvency and bankruptcy policy, and in that capacity was the principal author of the amendment to the Bankruptcy Code permitting the election of Trustees in Chapter 11 cases. He was also involved in drafting several amendments to the Bankruptcy Code enacted into law in April 2005 as part of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, which substantially rewrote the nation’s bankruptcy laws. During the Clinton administration, he served as a member of the President’s National Finance Board as well as serving as a delegate from the State of Florida to the 1996 Democratic National Convention. During that decade as well, and upon the invitation of both business and political leaders in the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Brandt worked with various public policy, law and banking leaders in that country on approaches to the reorganization and restructuring of some of China’s state-owned industries. In 2000, he served as a member of the Democratic Party’s National Convention Platform Committee. In 2002, he served on the Illinois Gubernatorial Transition Team as well as on the State of California’s Business Delegation dispatched to Cuba to discuss politics, business and trade. In 2008, Mr. Brandt served as a delegate from the State of Illinois to the Democratic National Convention. By Gubernatorial appointment, Mr. Brandt is serving his second consecutive term as Chair of the Illinois Finance Authority, having been first appointed in 2007 and then reappointed in 2010. The IFA is one of the nation’s largest self-financed entities principally engaged in issuing taxable and tax-exempt bonds, making loans, and investing capital for businesses, non-profit organizations and local government. The Governor has also appointed Mr. Brandt to the Illinois Broadband Deployment Council, which works to ensure that advanced telecommunications services are available to all the citizens of Illinois. He serves as a member of the National Advisory Council for the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, while also serving as a member of the Board of Trustees of Loyola University

Faculty Biographies Page 6 of 20 Chicago, and is a life trustee of Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. Additionally, he was also featured in What Happened, a documentary film humorously chronicling the dot-com “bust,” which premiered at the New York City Film Festival. Mr. Brandt has written for publications that span a broad spectrum of thought, ranging from Maclean’s, Canada’s Weekly Newsmagazine, to Directors & Boards, Corporate Board Magazine, the Florida Real Estate Journal, and the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Law Review, published in conjunction with St. John’s University School of Law. He is the co-author of the “Due Diligence” chapter in the 2nd edition of Bankruptcy Business Acquisitions published by the American Bankruptcy Institute. He is a frequent lecturer and speaker on topics of corporate restructuring, bankruptcy and related public policy issues and regularly appears on CNN, CNBC, CNNfn, Bloomberg, and Canada’s BNN, as well as the CBS Radio and National Public Radio networks. He has been profiled and interviewed in a wide array of periodicals including, among others, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, Business Week, The Miami Herald, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, Billboard Magazine and Bank Bailout Litigation News. He served several terms as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute, as well as also serving several terms on the Advisory Board for that organization’s Law Review. He served for almost 20 years as a member of the private Panel of Trustees for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois and briefly served as a member of the same panel for the Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Florida in the late 1980s. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Bankruptcy Section of the Commercial Law League of America and serves on their National Government Affairs Committee. Mr. Brandt is a member of the Board of Advisors for the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Bankruptcy Battleground West seminar held annually in Los Angeles and is also currently serving his third consecutive three-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum. In addition to the Commercial Law League of America and the American Bankruptcy Institute, he holds memberships in the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, the International Council of Shopping Centers and the Urban Land Institute. His biography appears in a number of reference works including Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, and Who’s Who in American Law. For well more than a dozen years, his firm, Development Specialists, Inc., has been rated as one of the outstanding turnaround firms in the world by the publication Turnarounds & Workouts. Mr. Brandt has also been routinely listed in the K & A Restructuring Register, an annual roster of the country’s top 100 restructuring advisors. He received his B.A. from St. Louis University and his M.A. from the University of Chicago, where he also completed further post-graduate work toward a doctoral degree. (MRBS Presentation: Commercial - Chapter 9 Municipal Restructuring, Great Debates- The Unfinished Business Rule: Valuable Jewel or Washed-up Boxer?)

Mary Clinton Internal Revenue Service Columbus, OH (614) 280-8609, [email protected]

Mary Clinton is a Revenue Officer Advisor with the Internal Revenue Service, who since 2006, has worked with the local Insolvency Group administering bankruptcy cases and receiverships. Mary has worked in all Chapters and aspects of Title 11 proceedings and currently has responsibility for larger dollar cases in the Southern District of Ohio as well as Kentucky, among other jurisdictions. Mary started with the Service in 1983 after graduating from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance with a minor in Psychology. (MRBS Presentation: Consumer – Tax Panel)

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H. Slayton (Slate) Dabney, Jr., Esq. Dabney, PLLC 303 Grande Court Richmond, VA 23229 (646) 549‐1181, [email protected]

Mr. Dabney practiced with McGuire Woods, LLP from 1974 through 2004, and with King & Spalding, LLP (NYC office) from 2005 through 2011. He formed Dabney, PLLC in 2012 to focus on projects and activities of particular interest to him. Mr. Dabney also serves as Special Counsel to Heller, Draper, Patrick, Horn & Dabney, LLC with offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, LA. Mr. Dabney is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy, an active participant in the American Bankruptcy Institute (“ABI”) and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 1991. Mr. Dabney completed (in December of 2013) the American Bankruptcy Institute and St. John’s University School of Law Bankruptcy Mediation Training course. Mr. Dabney speaks frequently to professional groups with particular emphasis on municipal insolvency and bankruptcy related litigation. He is the Editor and a Co-Author of both (1st and 2nd editions) of ABI’s handbooks on Municipal Insolvency. (MRBS Presentation: Commercial - Chapter 9 Municipal Restructuring, Great Debates - Chapter 9- The Unconstitutional Solutions?)

Paige L. Ellerman, Esq. Frost Brown Todd LLC 301 E Fourth St., Suite 3300 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 651-6115, [email protected]

Paige is a member of the bankruptcy and restructuring practice group in the Cincinnati office and is board certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification. She has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America® and has been named an Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Star each year since 2005. Paige is licensed in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio and regularly practices in federal bankruptcy and district courts across the country. She has extensive experience in all aspects of business restructurings and commercial transactions. Paige represents business debtors and creditors, including official and ad hoc creditors’ committees, in complex chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, buyers and sellers in distressed asset acquisitions, and parties involved in all types of business-to-business transactions and commercial litigation. Paige regularly represents clients holding interests in all aspects of distressed financial situations, making her uniquely positioned to provide creative and effective solutions for any business facing a similar circumstance. (MRBS Presentation: Commercial - Limited Liability Company Issues)

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Leonard Z. Eppel Financial Resource Associates, Inc. 4755 Lakeforest Drive, Suite 100 Cincinnati, OH 45242 (513) 793-8688, [email protected]

Leonard Z. Eppel is president of Financial Resource Associates, Inc. (FRA). Mr. Eppel received his B.A. with honors from Michigan State University. He received additional executive development training from the Harvard Business School and Boston College. He has been involved in business restructuring, workouts, management consulting and corporate finance for more than 30 years. » Awarded "Turnaround of the Year" in 1996 from the Turnaround Management Association. (MRBS Presentation: Commercial - How to Shut Down a Business the Right Way)

Michelle Harner Professor of Law and Director, Business Law Program University of Maryland School of Law 500 W. Baltimore Street Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 706-4238, mharner @ law.umaryland.edu

Michelle Harner joined the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law faculty in the fall of 2009. She teaches courses in Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights, Business Associations, Business Planning, Corporate Finance and Professional Responsibility. Prior to joining the faculty at UM Carey Law School, where she also has served as Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Professor Harner served on the faculty of the University of Nebraska College of Law and was voted "Professor of the Year" by the upperclass students during the 2006-07 and 2008-09 academic years. Professor Harner is widely published and lectures frequently on various topics involving corporate governance, financially distressed entities and related legal issues. Her publications appear or are forthcoming in the Vanderbilt Law Review, Notre Dame Law Review, Washington University Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, Fordham Law Review (reprinted in Corporate Practice Commentator), Arizona Law Review (reprinted in Corporate Practice Commentator), Florida Law Review, Washington & Lee Law Review, among others. She also has published or will be publishing articles in specialty law reviews at the Moritz College of Law (The Ohio State University), Rutgers School of Law, St. John’s University School of Law, University of Miami School of Law, University of College of Law and UM Carey Law School. Professor Harner’s scholarship has been cited by numerous courts, including the United States Courts of Appeal for the First, Third, Fifth and Ninth Circuits and the United States District Courts for the Districts of Massachusetts and Nevada. Professor Harner’s current research interests include shareholder and creditor activism and its impact on enterprise value; legislative responses to serial business failures and related implications for discrete industries; and the ethical implications of insolvency for directors, officers and other fiduciaries. Professor Harner currently is serving as the Reporter to the ABI Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11. In addition, in March 2009 and April 2012, Professor Harner received research grants from the American Bankruptcy Institute Endowment Fund to study the role of creditors’ committees in chapter 11 business bankruptcies and potential reforms to chapter 11, respectively. She also serves as a member of the Dodd-Frank Study Working Group for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Professor Harner previously was in private practice in the business restructuring, insolvency, bankruptcy and related transactional fields, most recently as a partner at the Chicago office of the

Faculty Biographies Page 9 of 20 international law firm Jones Day. Before joining that firm in 1996, she served as law clerk to Judge William T. Bodoh of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Professor Harner is admitted to practice law in Illinois and Ohio. Professor Harner is an honors graduate of Boston College and was the valedictorian of her class at the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, where she served as the Executive Editor of the school’s law journal. (MRBS Presentation: Case Law and Rules Update, Case Law and Rules Update Continued)

Timothy J. Hurley, Esq. Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP 425 Walnut St., Suite 1800 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 381-2838, [email protected]

Timothy J. Hurley serves as co-chair of Taft’s Business Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights practice. He is a 1973 H.A.B. graduate (summa cum laude) of Xavier University and received his J.D. in 1976 from the St. Louis University School of Law, where he was class valedictorian. Tim frequently lectures on work-out and bankruptcy matters. His presentations have been broadcast nationally and carried on Court TV. His articles have been featured in trade magazines and newspapers. He serves on the executive committee of the Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar. For more than 35 years, Tim has represented debtors, creditors, committees, indenture trustees, buyers, landlords, insurance companies and executors both in out-of-court work-out agreements and restructurings and in Chapter 11 cases throughout the United States. These representations encompass all types of complex transactions and litigation involving financially- distressed businesses and assets and include the negotiation and formulation of out-of-court restructuring arrangements and Chapter 11 reorganization plans, the acquisition and sale of assets and claims, the prosecution and defense of preference and fraudulent conveyance claims and motions related to stay relief, the formation and implementation of credit policies and procedures, and the structuring of loans and other financing arrangements involving debtor-in- possession financing, letters of credit, leasing and floor-planning. Tim was awarded an AV Peer Review Rating (Preeminent) by LexisNexis/Martindale- Hubbell. In addition, he is the first, and currently the only, Cincinnati attorney to be included in Woodward/White’s Best Lawyers in America (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law) for more than 20 years. He is also included in the Best Lawyers Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Bankruptcy categories. Tim is recognized in every edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers. He was named one of Ohio’s Top 100 Lawyers five times and one of Cincinnati’s Top 50 Lawyers six times in the Super Lawyers edition of Cincinnati Magazine and The Law & Politics Media Ohio Super Lawyers and has been listed in every Super Lawyers edition of those publications. He has also been listed in every Leading Lawyer edition of Cincy magazine. (MRBS Presentation: Great Debates- The Unfinished Business Rule: Valuable Jewel or Washed-up Boxer?)

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L. Craig Kendrick, Esq. Law Offices of Craig Kendrick PLLC 7000 Houston Rd., Suite 25 Florence, KY 41042 (859) 371-4321, [email protected]

Attorney L. Craig Kendrick has been practicing bankruptcy law in Northern Kentucky since 1990. He is a graduate of Milligan College with a B.S. degree in accounting and holds a J.D. from Northern Kentucky Salmon P. Chase College of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, Northern Kentucky Bar Association and Northern Kentucky Inns of Court and serves as a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee. He also is a regular speaker at continuing legal education seminars for the Kentucky Bar Association, Northern Kentucky Bar Association and Mid-West Regional Bankruptcy Association on bankruptcy issues. As the founder and sole attorney at the firm, he puts his large-firm experience to use, while providing clients with individual attention in a comfortable small-firm environment. As a legal adviser, business owner and Bankruptcy Trustee, Mr. Kendrick has a comprehensive and well-rounded perspective on the financial pressures that lead to bankruptcy. (MRBS Presentation: Consumer — Domestic Relations Panel)

Edward (Ted) M. King, Esq. Frost Brown Todd LLC Street, Suite 3200 Louisville, Kentucky 40202 (502) 568-0359, [email protected]

Ted is a member of the Firm, and serves as Chairman of the Firm's Finance Committee. He practices in the , Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky offices and participates in both the Firm’s bankruptcy and restructuring and commercial transactions practice groups. He was honored to be named the Top Business Bankruptcy Lawyer in Louisville in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for his outstanding reputation and distinguished work. He was also selected as one of the top Ten Lawyers in Kentucky overall by Kentucky Super Lawyers® in Bankruptcy and has been consistently selected as a Kentucky Super Lawyer® in Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights, which is an award given only to lawyers in the top five percent of their fields. He is certified as a Business Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification and serves on the Board of Directors of that organization. In bankruptcy matters, he represents debtors, creditors, and committees in insolvency proceedings. He assists clients in complex business bankruptcy matters - developing plans of reorganization and advising on strategies to maximize recoveries for clients at all stages of the bankruptcy process. Some of his recent engagements include co-counsel for the Debtors in the Jillian’s Entertainment Holdings, Inc. bankruptcy case and co-counsel for the Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors in the Buehler Foods, Inc., the Critical Access Health Services Corp. and Summitt Logistics Chapter 11 cases. Ted is a frequent speaker at bankruptcy conferences, including recent American Bankruptcy Institute conferences. In transactional matters he concentrates in all aspects of financing and secured transactions, leasing, structured financings, workouts and reorganizations, and general corporate practice. His experience includes conduit transactions, secured and unsecured financing transactions, acquisition and working capital financings, leveraged buyout transactions, ESOP loans, project and asset based transactions, senior and subordinated debt transactions, private placements, letter of credit transactions,

Faculty Biographies Page 11 of 20 loan participations, subordination and intercreditor agreements, credit enhancements, rate swaps and other hedging devices, construction and permanent real estate financing. Ted has extensive experience and expertise in Uniform Commercial Code matters as well written counsel opinions for loan transactions. He manages the Firm's New Markets Tax Credit Business and helps lead the Firm's New Markets Tax Credit Practice. This includes work for community development entities, tax audit interests, leverage lenders and borrowers (QALICBs) in New Markets transactions. Ted is active in the Community. He serves on the Boards of the Friends of the Louisville Zoo, the Kentucky Bar Foundation and is a past member of the Boards of the Jewish Community Center and the Downtown Louisville YMCA. Prior to joining Frost Brown Todd LLC, Ted clerked for William C. Lee, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana. In law school, he was a Senior Notes Editor for the Federal Communications Law Journal and a research assistant for Professor William J. Hicks, revising the multi- volume treatise Exempt Transactions Under the Securities Act of 1933. (MRBS Presentation: Consumer - Student Loans)

Stephen D. Lerner, Esq. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP 221 E. Fourth St., Suite 2900 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 361-1200, [email protected]

Stephen D. Lerner is chair of the Squire Patton Boggs Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group. He has an extensive national and cross-border restructuring practice in which he represents debtors, committees of unsecured creditors, secured and unsecured creditors, equity interest holders and acquirers of troubled businesses in Chapter 11 reorganization cases, Chapter 9 municipal restructurings, Chapter 15 cases and out-of-court restructurings throughout the United States. Stephen has led the representation of clients in the Chapter 11 bankruptcies of AmFin Financial, Station Casinos, Chrysler, Enron and EaglePicher, among many others. Stephen currently is representing the Court Appointed Expert in the City of Detroit’s historic Chapter 9 case. Recently, Stephen led Squire Sanders’ representation of the American College of Bankruptcy in filing an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in Executive Benefits Insurance Agency v. Peter H. Arkison, Trustee of the Estate of Bellingham Insurance Agency, Inc. Stephen is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy for which he has served as the Regent for the 6th Circuit and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee. He receives perennial recognition in The Best Lawyers in America and since 2004 Stephen has been placed in the highest echelon of Ohio’s bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. In every year from 2009 to the present, Stephen has been honored by Chambers as one of fewer than 15 bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers in the US to receive a Star Individual ranking. In addition to numerous bar associations, Stephen is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the New York chapter of the Turnaround Management Association, a founder of the board of the Tri-State Association for Corporate Renewal and a member of the Executive Committee of the Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar. He frequently contributes to bankruptcy and restructuring scholarship and teaches and lectures throughout the United States, including at NCBJ, ABI and serving as a guest lecturer at Harvard Business School, the University of Michigan Law School and the University of Cincinnati Law School. Stephen recently served on the Bankruptcy Working Group (and Chair of the Large Chapter 11 committee) of the Bankruptcy Court Structure and Insolvency Process Committee of the ABA Business Law Section which issued a “Best Practices Report on Electronic Discovery (ESI)

Faculty Biographies Page 12 of 20 Issues in Bankruptcy Cases” published in August 2013 edition of The Business Lawyer (American Bar Association). (MRBS Presentation: Commercial - Chapter 9 Municipal Restructuring)

Sharon L. Levine Lowenstein Sandler LLP 65 Livingston Ave. Roseland, NJ 07068 (973) 597-2374, [email protected]

Sharon L. Levine has been at the forefront of some of the largest and most complex bankruptcy cases in recent years, and she has earned a national reputation among clients and peers as a tenacious and accomplished bankruptcy lawyer. She is highly regarded for her litigation and negotiation skills in the practice of restructuring, debtor-creditor law and bankruptcy litigation; her representations include purchasers, debtors and creditors (committees and individuals). Sharon has a well-established reputation as a formidable force in bankruptcy courts across the country, where she has tried contested and litigated matters in venues including federal bankruptcy courts in New York, Delaware, California, and New Jersey, among many others. Clients rely on Sharon's adept strategic ability to provide bankruptcy advice on "out of court" corporate reorganizations, corporate and structured finance matters, and acquiring assets out of bankruptcy, as well as in circumstances when one of the parties may be insolvent. Sharon is a frequent lecturer on various bankruptcy topics and serves as Co-Chair of the Trade Credit Committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), and as a member of the Board of Trustees and the Women's Committee of the Turnaround Management Association. She also serves as Co-Chair of the Labor and Benefits Issues Advisory Committee to the ABI's Commission to Study the Reform (amend or modify) of the Bankruptcy Code treatment of Pension and Retiree Medical Benefits. She is active in serving her community and is on the Board of Trustees for the State Theatre Regional Art Center in New Jersey and on the Advisory Board of Women's Campaign International. (MRBS Presentation: Thursday Group Luncheon Presentation, Great Debates - Chapter 9- The Unconstitutional Solutions?, Commercial - Limited Liability Company Issues)

Jeffrey A. Marks, Esq. Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP 301 E. Fourth St., Suite 3500 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 723-4482, [email protected]

Mr. Marks is a partner in the Vorys Cincinnati office and a member of the finance, energy and real estate group. He leads the Cincinnati office's bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice and has more than 30 years of experience in bankruptcy and insolvency law. His practice focuses on Chapter 11 reorganizations; debtors’ and creditors’ rights; and out of court workouts and restructurings. Mr. Marks also counsels clients involved in secured lending and related workout arrangements, with emphasis in personal property/asset based lending activities, including senior secured, mezzanine, first/second lien and unitranche financings. Mr. Marks is the immediate past president of the Tri-State Association for Corporate Renewal. He is also a member and past chair of the Cincinnati Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Law Committee, a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, and a past member of the Local Bankruptcy Rules

Faculty Biographies Page 13 of 20 Advisory Committee for the Southern District of Ohio. Mr. Marks is a former principal in the Cincinnati office of Squire Patton Boggs. Mr. Marks has presented on numerous bankruptcy and insolvency related topics, including recent presentations at the Southern District of Ohio Bankruptcy Bench-Bar Conference, the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, the University of Cincinnati College of Law – Institute for the Global Practice of Law, the Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar, the Columbus Bar Association and the Capital University Law School Graduate Program. Mr. Marks received his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he served as the student articles editor for the University of Cincinnati Law Review. He received his B.A. from The Ohio State University. (MRBS Presentation: Commercial – How Secured are Secured Creditors? The Changing Landscape In and Out of Chapter 11)

Taft A. McKinstry, Esq. Fowler Bell PLLC 300 West Vine Street, Suite 600 Lexington KY 40507 (859) 252-6700, [email protected]

Taft A. McKinstry is Managing Member of the firm and chair of the firm’s Commercial Law and Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Groups. With sophisticated experience built on more than 40 years of practice, Ms. McKinstry is known for finding successful solutions to highly complicated commercial, bankruptcy and litigation matters. She represents local and national clients in a variety of industries including insurance, heavy equipment, equine, coal, oil and gas production, retail and e-commerce. Ms. McKinstry’s appellate experience encompasses numerous published opinions, including cases before the Kentucky Supreme Court and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. McKinstry’s effective handling of difficult bankruptcy issues is built on years of experience including her appointment as Bankruptcy Trustee for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 1972 to 1978, and service on the Chapter 7 Trustee Panel for Kentucky’s Eastern District from 1978 to 1982. Ms. McKinstry was inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Bankruptcy in 1994 and has been recognized in the Best Lawyers in America continuously since 1994. (MRBS Presentation: Commercial – How Secured are Secured Creditors? The Changing Landscape In and Out of Chapter 11)

Henry E. Menninger, Jr. Wood & Lamping LLP 600 Vine Street, Suite 2500 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (513) 852-6033, [email protected]

Henry E. Menninger, Jr. serves as the chair of the Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor Rights Practice Area at Wood & Lamping. In addition to his practice in the areas of business litigation, bankruptcy and real estate, Hank has been regularly involved in the quality of the legal profession in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University; and a member of the faculty of the Ohio CLE Institute. He lectures frequently on legal topics relating to bankruptcy and real estate practice.

Faculty Biographies Page 14 of 20 Mr. Menninger is a member of the Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees for the Southern District of Ohio; and has served as Chairman of the Real Estate Law Committee of the Cincinnati Bar Association, and as a member of the Planning Committee of the Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Conference. He is also an approved Real Estate Title Insurance Agent for the Chicago Title Insurance Company. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1972), Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1977) Professional Licenses: Supreme Court of Ohio, Supreme Court of Kentucky, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Court of Appeals for Sixth Circuit, United States District Courts - Southern District of Ohio, Eastern District of Kentucky, Western District of Kentucky, Southern District of Indiana, United States Tax Court, United States Court of International Trade, United States Court of Customs and Patents Appeals Professional Organizations: Cincinnati Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, American Bar Association, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, American Bankruptcy Institute, Commercial Law League of America, Ohio Land Title Association, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, American Bankruptcy Law Forum, Tri-State Association for Corporate Renewal. (MRBS Presentation: Commercial - How to Shut Down a Business the Right Way)

Wayne P. Novick, Esq. Wayne Novick and Associates 2135 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd. Dayton, OH 45459 (937) 436-2606, [email protected]

Wayne Novick has been consumer bankruptcy attorney since 1981 with the Firm of Wayne Novick and Associates. He is currently the Ohio South State Chair for the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and Member of American Bankruptcy Law Forum. (MRBS Presentation: Consumer - Potpourri Panel Discussion: Retention Issues, Conversion Issues and Lien Stripping)

Prof. John A. E. Pottow The University of Michigan Law School 625 South State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (734) 647-3736, [email protected]

John A. E. Pottow is an internationally recognized expert in the field of bankruptcy and commercial law. His award-winning scholarship concentrates on the issues involved in the regulation of cross-border insolvencies as well as consumer financial distress. He has published in prominent legal journals in the United States and Canada and testified before Congress. An oft-invited lecturer, he has presented his works at academic conferences around the world and frequently provides commentary for national and international media outlets, such as NPR, CNBC, CNN, C-SPAN, Al Jazeera America, and the BBC. In January 2014, he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in EBIA v. Arkison. Prof. Pottow joined the faculty in 2003. Prior to coming to Michigan, he worked at several bankruptcy firms, including Weil, Gotshal and Manges of New York and the former Hill & Barlow of Boston. His practice focused on debtor representation in complex Chapter 11 restructurings. He was also an active litigator whose cases included representing a gender-based asylum seeker from Afghanistan in U.S. Immigration Court and a small bankruptcy party before the U.S. Supreme Court. He holds an AB in psychology, summa cum laude, from Harvard College and a JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he served as treasurer of the Harvard Law Review. Prof. Pottow

Faculty Biographies Page 15 of 20 clerked for the Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, and the Hon. Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He is licensed as a barrister and solicitor in Ontario and as an attorney in Massachusetts and Michigan. He is a member of the International Insolvency Institute and has been an NGO observer for UNCITRAL Working Groups on Arbitration and Insolvency. In 2005, he was presented the L. Hart Wright Award for Excellence in Teaching and, in 2012, received a pro bono award from the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan. (MRBS Presentation: Life After Bellingham: Did the Supreme Court Get it Right?)

Susan L. Rhiel Rhiel & Associates Co. LPA 394 East Town St. Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 221-4670, [email protected]

Susan L. Rhiel is the sole shareholder in Rhiel & Associates Co., LPA, focusing her practice on all aspects of bankruptcy representation. Trained in music, Susan approaches the practice of law with a unique perspective. An extreme multi-tasker, she offers creative solutions to complex problems. Whether as a mom to two college-age sons, as a wife to her high school sweetheart, as a colleague and mentor to other lawyers, or as a counselor to her clients, Susan always gives it her all. She never expected to be a bankruptcy lawyer, but the door opened, she dove in, and has never looked back. Susan has served as a panel trustee in the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division since her appointment to the panel in 1998. Her practice involves both debtor and creditor representation in chapter 7 and 11 matters, as well as representation of bankruptcy trustees. Susan received a Bachelor of Music Degree from Marywood College, magna cum laude in 1981 and her Juris Doctor from the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University in 1986, where she served on The Ohio State Law Journal. Susan began her career in the Columbus office of Thompson Hine LLP and served as a partner there until 1998. She then moved her practice to be Of Counsel in the Columbus office of Frost Brown Todd LLC and remained there until February 2001 when she formed Rhiel & Terlecky Co., LPA. In 2003, the firm became Rhiel & Associates Co., LPA, a boutique bankruptcy firm with its sole office in Columbus. Susan is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute (serving on an ad hoc committee of the Consumer Bankruptcy Section), the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (past Chair of the international organization from 1997-2000 and was the founder and past Chair of the Central Ohio Network), the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, the Ohio State Bar Association (Past Chair Banking, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Committee and Bankruptcy Subcommittee; served on an ad hoc committee that worked on amendments to Ohio’s exemption statute), and the Columbus Bar Association (served on the Planning Committee for the Bankruptcy Law Institute; the Local Rules and Judicial Liason Subcommittees). Susan is a frequent speaker on bankruptcy related topics, having spoken on a national and statewide level, and appeared regularly as a bankruptcy panelist on Channel 4, WCMH, in Columbus for the OSBA’s “Legal Eagle” segment. Susan participated in JumpStart Ohio, a national program that is dedicated to educating young people about personal finance. She currently volunteers for the local chapter of CARE, a similar program that teaches a curriculum in local high schools. She also participates in a program through the Central Ohio Network for IWIRC teaching girl scouts about credit and debt issues. She also teaches a class at her church, Peace Lutheran Church in Gahanna, regarding credit and debt that is geared for adults. (MRBS Presentation: Great Debates – Siegel Fought the Law & the Law Won: Right Conclusion, Wrong Result?)

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Sumner (Sonny) Saeks New Growth Advisors 4675 Cornell Road, Suite 195 Cincinnati, OH 45241 (513) 489-7399, [email protected]

Sumner (“Sonny”) M. Saeks is the president of New Growth Advisors, Inc. a firm specializing in assisting owners and managers of troubled and under-performing companies revitalize their businesses and return them promptly to profitability. Sonny has an extensive background in banking, corporate management and corporate renewal. He has provided interim management at companies ranging in size from $65 to $250 million and consulted with companies from $5 million to over $1 billion in annual revenues. He has served as Chief Restructuring Officer and investment banker in Chapter 11 bankruptcies and as court appointed receiver in numerous matters. Sonny’s approach to corporate renewal is to assess the near-term viability of the client’s business, direct the preparation of a revitalization plan with his client’s management team including an implementation plan and timetable, direct the implementation of the plan and then monitor the success of his client. Sonny is a member of the Tri-State Association for Corporate Renewal (www.cincytacr.com), Turnaround Management Association (www.turnaround.org) and the American Bankruptcy Institute (www.abiworld.org). He has attained the designation of Certified Turnaround Professional conferred by the Turnaround Management Association. This certification demonstrates his commitment and competency in the financial, managerial and legal areas required to effectively lead corporate renewal assignments and evidences his professional commitment to this field. His written work has been included in the Tri-State Association for Corporate Renewal’s quarterly bulletin. He holds an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago – Booth School of Business. Sonny lives in Blue Ash, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. Sonny serves on Cincinnati Public Radio’s Finance Committee and serves or served on a number of non-profit Boards of Directors. (MRBS Presentation: Commercial - How to Shut Down a Business the Right Way)

Terry Serena, Esq. Serena Law LLC 3805 Edwards Rd., Suite 550 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (513) 824-1144, [email protected]

Terry Serena is in the private practice of law with Serena Law LLC after almost 27 years as a Senior Attorney with the Office of IRS Chief Counsel, and Special Assistant United States Attorney for bankruptcy matters in the Southern District of Ohio. As counsel for the IRS, Mr. Serena advised IRS personnel on all aspects of federal tax law, administration and procedures including audits, Collection Due Process, innocent spouse determinations, Offers-in-Compromise, trust fund liability determinations, refund litigation, liens and levies, employee-classification, exempt organizations and penalties. He represented the Commissioner of Internal Revenue before the United States Tax Court in nearly 1,000 docketed cases, including many Collection Due Process matters. Mr. Serena has conducted litigation before the United States Bankruptcy Court and advised IRS Bankruptcy Specialists in thousands of cases. Serena Law principally engages in tax controversy representation before the IRS and State agencies, as

Faculty Biographies Page 17 of 20 well as tax litigation in the United States District, Bankruptcy and Tax Courts. Prior to joining IRS Chief Counsel, Mr. Serena provided representation in civil, criminal defense and appellate litigation among other matters in the private sector. He received a J.D. from Case Western University School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Cincinnati. (MRBS Presentation: Consumer – Tax Panel)

Edward E. Steiner, Esq. Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL 1 E. Fourth St., Suite 1400 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 579-6400, [email protected]

Ed Steiner practices in the business representation & transactions practice group. The focus of his practice is corporate, securities and financing law, where he has extensive experience in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures representing both public and closely-held corporations and other entities. He is part of the team at Keating Muething & Klekamp that has overseen hundreds of acquisition and divestiture transactions in recent years with an aggregate transaction value in the billions of dollars. He also regularly represents investment limited partnerships in venture capital and private equity investment transactions, including investment partnerships that utilize New Markets Tax Credits. He has significant experience in initial and follow-on public offerings of securities, and in representing issuers and investors in private placements of securities. He also regularly represents franchisors and franchisees. Ed has performed professional legal services for clients such as American Financial Group, Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Kendle International Inc., Seneca Insurance Companies, Tab Products Co., Walnut Private Equity Fund, L.P., Cintas Corporation, Duro Bag Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati New Markets Fund LLC and Uptown Partners Investment Fund LLC. Prior to joining Keating Muething & Klekamp, he was a partner (1990-1993) at Taft, Stettinius & Hollister. He also has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he has taught Corporate Finance (2005- 2007) and Venture Capital and Private Equity (2008-2013), and will teach Mergers & Acquisitions. (MRBS Presentation: Commercial - Limited Liability Company Issues)

Adam Trampe Educational Credit Management Corporation P.O. Box 64909 St. Paul, MN 55164 (651) 325-3088, [email protected]

Adam Trampe is an in-house attorney with Educational Credit Management Corporation, one of the largest guarantors of federal student loans. Adam has supervised student loan adversary proceedings and other litigation nationwide, and currently manages all adversary proceedings against ECMC in the Sixth Circuit. (MRBS Presentation: Consumer – Student Loans)

Faculty Biographies Page 18 of 20 MaryAnne B. Wilsbacher Assistant United States Trustee 170 N. High St., Suite 200 Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 469-7411, [email protected] (MRBS Presentation: Consumer - Potpourri Panel Discussion: Retention Issues, Conversion Issues and Lien Stripping)

Harry B. Zornow 860 N.W. Washington Blvd., Suite J Hamilton, OH 45013 (513) 737-9770, [email protected]

Harry B. Zornow is a graduate of Case Western Reserve Law School and was admitted into the Ohio Bar in 1984 and the Federal Bar in 1986. His office is located in Hamilton, Ohio with a practice limited to consumer bankruptcy and social security disability law. (MRBS Presentation: Great Debates – Siegel Fought the Law & the Law Won: Right Conclusion, Wrong Result?)

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Michael L. Baker, Esq. Douglas L. Lutz, Esq. Ziegler & Schneider PSC Frost Brown Todd LLC 541 Buttermilk Pike, Suite 500 Great American Tower P.O. Box 175710 301 E Fourth St., Suite 3300 Covington, KY 41017 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (859) 426-1300 (513) 651-6115 [email protected] [email protected]

C.R. "Chip" Bowles, Jr., Esq. William B. Logan Jr., Esq. Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP Luper Neidenthal & Logan LPA 3500 National City Tower 50 W. Broad St., Suite 1200 101 South Fifth St. Columbus, Ohio 43215 Louisville, KY 40202-3103 (614) 229-4449 (502) 589-4200 [email protected] [email protected] Raymond J. Pikna Jr., Esq. Eric W. Goering, Esq. Wood & Lamping LLP Goering & Goering LLC 600 Vine St., Suite 2500 220 W. Third St. Cincinnati, OH 45202 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 852-6039 (513) 621-0912 [email protected] [email protected] Donald J. Rafferty, Esq. Timothy J. Hurley, Esq. Cohen Todd Kite & Stanford LLC Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP 250 E. Fifth St., Suite 2350 425 Walnut St., Suite 1800 Cincinnati, OH 45202 Cincinnati, OH 45202 [email protected] (513) 381-2838 [email protected] Robert G. Sanker, Esq. Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL Stephen D. Lerner, Esq. 1 E. Fourth St., Suite 1400 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Cincinnati, OH 45202 221 East Fourth St., Suite 2900 (513) 579-6587 Cincinnati, OH 45202 [email protected] (513) 361-1220 [email protected]

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