Name: Shark Tank Ethics, Year III
Start: 2025-06-02T16:00:00-0700
End: 2025-06-02T17:00:00-0700

Monday June 2, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST

America's Team, the Trustees (a/k/a the Minnows) will take on the National Team, composed of four determined Judges (a/k/a the Sharks). The program and panel is patterned off the TV Show Shark Tank wherein the Trustees will set forth and argue for the adoption of a new proposition involving a bankruptcy code section, a bankruptcy rule or patterns and practices, and the ethical implications and model code rules which necessitate the change or proposition. The appellate style presentation and questions and answers between the Teams will leave you with a clear understanding of the ethical issues and model code sections implicated in the proposition.

Speakers

Hon. James W. Boyd

United States Bankruptcy Court

James W. Boyd was appointed as a United States Bankruptcy Judge, Western District of Michigan, in May 2014. He currently presides over bankruptcy matters in Grand Rapids, Traverse City and Marquette. Prior to his judicial service, he was a partner with the Traverse City law firm of... Read More →

Hon. Daniel P. Collins

United States Bankruptcy Court

Judge Daniel P. Collins was appointed to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona effective as of January 18, 2013, and served as Chief Judge from 2014-2017. Judge Collins was the 2023 President of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, is a Fellow in the American College... Read More →

Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn

United States Bankruptcy Court

Hon. Elizabeth L. Gunn was appointed as a bankruptcy judge for the District of Columbia on September 4, 2020. A COVID-era selection and appointment, she was sworn in by Zoom from her living room. A frequent speaker and author on bankruptcy topics, Judge Gunn brings a unique perspective... Read More →

Hon. Mitchell L. Herren

United States Bankruptcy Court

Judge Herren, District of Kansas, previously practiced with a trial firm in Kansas City, served as in-house litigation counsel for a large energy company, and then practiced with a Wichita/Kansas City firm where he focused on commercial litigation for clients ranging from individuals... Read More →

Kara K. Gendron

Mott & Gendron Law

Kara Gendron has practiced bankruptcy law exclusively since 2001, focusing on helping individuals, farmers, and small business owners navigate Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 cases. She is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Courts for the Middle... Read More →

Kenneth W. Gordon

Chapter 7 Trustee, Kenneth W Gordon, Trustee

Ken Gordon was appointed as a Chapter 7 Panel Trustee in 1996 and continues to serve as a Trustee in the Western District of New York. He has lectured regularly on bankruptcy topics for NABT and the local and state bar associations. Ken serves as Social Committee Chair and is on... Read More →

Frank J. Kokoszka

Kokoszka & Janczur, PC

Frank J. Kokoszka graduated from Loyola University of Chicago in 1986 with a B.A, Honors, in Political Science and English, and then from Duke University School of Law in 1989. He is the Senior Partner of Kokoszka & Janczur, P.C. practicing primarily bankruptcy/creditors’ rights... Read More →

Nancy B. Rapoport

Professor, Boyd School of Law, UNLV

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... Read More →

Ryan J. Richmond

Partner, Sternberg, Naccari & White, LLC

Ryan J. Richmond is a partner at the New Orleans-based law firm of Sternberg, Naccari & White, LLC. Since 2020, he has served as a Subchapter V trustee throughout Louisiana. Ryan earned his JD from LSU in 2006 and later an MBA in 2015. He clerked for the Hon. Douglas D. Dodd from... Read More →

Gary F. Seitz

Partner, Gellert Seitz Busenkell & Brown, LLC

Gary is an accomplished attorney with a proven track record of success in matters related to bankruptcy, business finance, transportation and commercial litigation. Gary has special expertise in maritime recovery and vessel arrests.Gary Seitz served as a Chapter 7 Panel... Read More →

Darcy D. Williamson

Trustee, Wiliamson Law Office

Darcy D. Williamson is a native of Arapahoe, Nebraska, and a 1979 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with an undergraduate degree in Business Administration. She was a member of the UNL Women’s Basketball Team. She obtained her Juris Doctor from Washburn University... Read More →

Monday June 2, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST
TBA

Chapter 7 Subchapter V Trustee Assistant

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