Asbestos Bankruptcy Conference to Highlight Garlock, Bondex and Automakers Bankruptcy Cases

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(Free-Press-Release.com) June 9, 2010 -- The conference, featuring a “Judicial Roundtable on Asbestos Compensation,” will address the recent headline news regarding the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings of RPM International’s Bondex unit and Enpro Industries’ Garlock subsidiary. The conference is chaired by John Cooney, Esq., Cooney & Conway, Chicago, IL, and Kirk Hartley, Esq., Childress Duffy Goldblatt, Ltd., Chicago, IL.

In addition to sessions on the recent bankruptcy filings, the one-day conference features six important panels on emerging asbestos bankruptcy issues including "Asbestos Bankruptcy 2010 – A New Era or the Last Chapter?" which provides a national update of current cases involving debtors who have yet to emerge from the bankruptcy process and those who recently entered the trust system – W.R. Grace, Quigley (Pfizer), Congoleum, Flintkote, Pittsburgh Corning, Plant Insulation, NARCO, etc.

Another panel addresses the critical changes in today’s ever-changing bankruptcy and tort environment, “Trusts Online: The Impact of Asbestos Bankruptcies on the Tort System,” which focuses on the emergence of bankruptcy trusts to pay claimants and how state courts are currently dealing with asbestos bankruptcy trust claims. Other panels include an update on the continued impact of the GM and Chrysler bankruptcy cases; the management and operation of an asbestos bankruptcy trust; and how to successfully file asbestos bankruptcy trust claims.

The conference closes with a session of the nation’s top bankruptcy and state court judges who offer their insight on the evolving changes in asbestos and asbestos bankruptcy law. The Judicial Roundtable, “The Interplay between Bankruptcy Trusts and Traditional Asbestos Litigation,” features Hon. Judith Fitzgerald, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Hon. James Murray Lynn, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Hon. William D. Maddux, Circuit Court of Cook County, Hon. Randall J. Newsome, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California, and Hon. Daniel Stack, Madison County Circuit Court.

Perrin Conferences continues to deliver meaningful content for attendees and excellent networking opportunities at each Legal Conference by bringing together the "best of the best" in the industry. For more information on this conference as well as our highly anticipated annual Asbestos Litigation conference, please see the Perrin Conferences' website at www.PerrinConferences.com.

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