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The 2025 Pat E. Morgenstern-Clarren and William J. O'Neill Bankruptcy Institute

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Date Published

December 4, 2025

Publisher

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Subjects

Bankruptcy

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Summary

1.25 Hours
View from the Bench - General 
Judge Suzana Koch, United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio 
Judge Alan Koschik, United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio 

1.25 Hours
Valuation Litigation
Robert J. Stark, Brown Rudnick
Jeffrey Jonas, Brown Rudnick

1.25 Hours
Mass Torts 
Carl E. Black, Jones Day 
Eric R. Goodman, Brown Rudnick



1 Hour Ethics Presentation 
Bankruptcy in the Age of AI: Ethical Considerations for Practitioners
Brendan Whitted, Privacy Compliance Manager, KeyBank
Marc Dann, Managing Partner, Dann Law

1.25 Hours
Case Law Update
Judge John P. Gustafson, United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio 
Tom DeCarlo, Office of Steinberger, Cimmino PC

1 Hour
Don't Gamble with Your Discharge 
Thomas Cafferty, Thom Cafferty Law Office 
Andromeda Morrison, General Counsel and Director of Skill Games, Ohio Casino Control Commission

Breakout Sessions

Commercial Breakout 
1 Hour
Executory Contracts in Chapter 11: What Performance is Required, and the Whether the Process for Assumption and Rejection Violates Rule 9011
John Kostelnik, Frantz Ward
Naomi Tellez, Frantz Ward 

Consumer Breakout
1 Hour
Student Loans
Assistant United States Attorney Bill Rojas 
Patrick Miller, The Legal Aid Society

SWOD-26674

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Program Titles and Supporting Materials

This program contains the following components:

Media Files
Bankrupcty Institute MP4
Downloadable Files
Views from the Bench 2025 final
ohio updated 002 003
Options for Mass Tort Restructuring Post Purdue
Morgenstern Clarren O Neill New Case Update Outline 3
New Case Update Dec 4 slides
Cafferty Slides
December 2025 Clev Bar Assn Backruptcy Institute
CMBA Bankruptcy Insititute Presentation Slide Deck
Basic Starting Draft4 Student Loan Attestation Form UPDATE 5 2025
Plan Prepare Social Security
Student Aid Navigation
PVR Images
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