NABT 2025 Annual Conference: Full Schedule

7:30pm MST

Trustee Assistant Committee Dinner sponsored by TrusteSolutions (by invitation only)

Sunday June 1, 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm MST

TBA

Sunday June 1, 2025 7:30pm - 9:30pm MST
TBA

Trustee Assistant

8:00am MST

Section 365 and Dealing with Landlords

Monday June 2, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am MST

TBA

This panel will give attendees an advanced refresher of Section 365. They will discuss the treatment of leases in bankruptcy under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, emphasizing the interplay with Section 362 and the automatic stay and Section 503(b). Key points include the assumption or rejection of leases, with specific time frames such as 60 days for Chapter 7 and 120 days for nonresidential real property in Chapter 11. The panel will also discuss rejection damages, assignments after assumption, Ipso Facto Clauses and the strategy and art of negotiating with any landlord for the trustee /estate's benefit.

Speakers

Hon. Mary Grace Diehl

United States Bankruptcy Court

Mary Grace Diehl is a Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Georgia serving on recall status. She was appointed to the Court in February 2004 and retired in February 2018. As a recalled judge, Judge Diehl conducts pro-bono mediations in matters assigned to other bankruptcy... Read More →

Howard M. Ehrenberg

Greenspoon Marder

Howard M. Ehrenberg is a partner in the Bankruptcy & Reorganization practice group at Greenspoon Marder. For nearly 30 years, he has served as a Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 trustee. As a bankruptcy attorney, he has represented both debtors and creditors, creditor’s committees, landlords... Read More →

Thomas J. Salerno

Partner, Stinson LLP

Thomas brings global experience and out-of-the-box solutions to his work with complex commercial corporate and real estate restructurings, helping distressed, often high-profile companies find new paths forward.Clients turn to Tom for his national and international experience helping... Read More →

Monday June 2, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am MST
TBA

Chapter 7 Trustee Assistant

8:00am MST

Trustee Assistant Coffee Connection sponsored by Stretto

Monday June 2, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am MST

TBA

Monday June 2, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am MST
TBA

Trustee Assistant Networking - General

9:30am MST

Trustee Assistant Round Table I

Monday June 2, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am MST

TBA

Speakers

Lori L. Grahl

H Jason Gold, Trustee

Paralegal Certificate (ABA), Southeastern Paralegal Institute, Nashville, TNAA, Martin Methodist College, Pulaski, TN (magna cum laude)BA, TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TN (magna cum laude)Lori has worked as paralegal and trustee assistant for Robert H. Waldschmidt, Esq... Read More →

Joy Martin

MRTH, PA

Joy Martin is the Trustee Assistant to Ross Hartog in Miami, Florida. She previously has served as the Trustee Assistant Liaison on the NABT Board. Joy has been a paralegal at the firm MRTH working with Ross for 25 years and has been his Trustee Assistant since he was appointed to... Read More →

Carleen L. Cignetto

Johnson Legal Group, LLC

Carleen Cignetto is currently an associate attorney with Johnson Legal Group, LLC in Chicago and Trustee Assistant to Cindy M. Johnson, Chapter 7 Panel Trustee for the Northern District of Illinois.She started her career as an associate attorney for Grochocinski & Grochocinski, a... Read More →

Monday June 2, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am MST
TBA

Trustee Assistant

11:00am MST

Trustee Assistant Round Table II

Monday June 2, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm MST

TBA

This panel will cover the UST Forms in depth and share tips and tricks for perfecting your reports.

Speakers

Lori L. Grahl

H Jason Gold, Trustee

Joy Martin

MRTH, PA

Carleen L. Cignetto

Johnson Legal Group, LLC

Monday June 2, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm MST
TBA

Trustee Assistant

1:00pm MST

Microsoft Office Workflow Solutions

Monday June 2, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST

TBA

Optimizing our use of available technologies has the potential to make us more efficient with less frustration. Join me in solving the biggest Microsoft Office pain points of the Trustee Assistant community. In the end, we have computers and software to make our lives easier. Let us make sure that is the case.

Speakers

Stefan Kosmala-Dalhback

Law Offices of Weneta M.A. Kosmala

Stefan Kosmala-Dahlbeck is the Trustee Assistant to Weneta Kosmala in Newport Beach, California. Stefan assisted with the Covid transition of the Trustee’s practice to an electronic platform and helped spearhead the original integration of Zoom 341(a) hearings. Stefan has also written... Read More →

Monday June 2, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
TBA

Trustee Assistant

2:30pm MST

Preference Pitfalls and Strategies

Monday June 2, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm MST

TBA

This session will dive into where to look for potential preferences, timelines for litigation and discovery.

Speakers

Carleen L. Cignetto

Johnson Legal Group, LLC

Dwayne M. Murray

Attorney, Murray & Murray LLC

Dwayne M. Murray is an insolvency lawyer serving his 32nd term as a Chapter 7 Panel Trustee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. He has been appointed Subchapter V Trustee, Liquidator, and Chapter 11 Trustee. He serves as a Special Master... Read More →

Monday June 2, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm MST
TBA

Trustee Assistant

4:00pm MST

Shark Tank Ethics, Year III

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

TBA

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

5:30pm MST

IWIRC Happy Hour

Monday June 2, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm MST

TBA

Monday June 2, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm MST
TBA

Chapter 7 Subchapter V Trustee Assistant

8:00am MST

Subchapter V – Best Practices for Case Management

Tuesday June 3, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am MST

TBA

This session will cover best practices from the initial appointment through confirmation and final reporting. Topics include docket and document review, calendaring, fee applications, debtor and creditor interactions, and trustee responsibilities. Attendees will walk away with actionable strategies to streamline case administration, avoid common pitfalls, and maintain compliance across varying court requirements.

Speakers

Kathryn L. Carter

Law Offices of Craig M. Geno, PLLC

Kathryn L. Carter received her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice with a minor in legal studies in 2011 from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Continuing her education, Ms. Carter attended Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson, Mississippi... Read More →

Ryan J. Richmond

Partner, Sternberg, Naccari & White, LLC

Tuesday June 3, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am MST
TBA

Trustee Assistant

10:30am MST

Executive and Important Updates from the AOUSC / Bankruptcy Administrators

Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST

TBA

Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST
TBA

Chapter 7 Subchapter V Trustee Assistant

10:30am MST

Executive and Important Updates from the EOUST

Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST

TBA

Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST
TBA

Chapter 7 Subchapter V Trustee Assistant

1:00pm MST

Learning Labs

Tuesday June 3, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST

TBA

Tuesday June 3, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
TBA

Trustee Assistant

2:30pm MST

Adversaries and Involuntaries, What You Need to Know

Tuesday June 3, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm MST

TBA

Bankruptcy Trustees and their assistants must understand the fundamentals of adversary proceedings and involuntary bankruptcies. This presentation will review and explain the relevant sections of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules, offering practical insights to help in managing cases involving adversary proceedings and involuntary bankruptcies.

Speakers

Marc P. Barmat

Furr Cohen PA

In February 2011, Marc Barmat was appointed as a Chapter 7 panel trustee in the Southern District of Florida by the United States Trustee. Additionally, he serves as an Assignee in Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors cases and State Court-appointed Receiver.Beyond his fiduciary... Read More →

Tuesday June 3, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm MST
TBA

Trustee Assistant

4:00pm MST

Never Judge a Book By Its Cover: How to Liquidate Unusual Assets to Make More Meaningful Distributions to Creditors

Tuesday June 3, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST

TBA

As a 25-year veteran in the world of bankruptcy, our guest expert has recovered thousands of assets internationally. In this session, he provides his blueprint for turning an array of difficult assets into a meaningful distributions to the estate and shares real case examples of monetizing hard-to-liquidate assets.

Speakers

John A. Palumbo

Owner, Bankruptcy Asset Management

John A. Palumbo is the principal of Bankruptcy Asset Management, based in Jacksonville, Florida, as well as one of the nation's leading authorities on the evaluation and liquidation of unusual assets in bankruptcy. His ability to recover and monetize assets (oftentimes deemed unworthy... Read More →

Tuesday June 3, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST
TBA

Trustee Assistant

9:30am MST

Trustee Assistant Wrap-Up

Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am MST

TBA

Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am MST
TBA

Trustee Assistant