Henry J. Sommer

Henry J. Sommer is a leading authority on consumer bankruptcy law and has litigated many major cases involving bankruptcy, consumer law, civil rights and other issues. He is the Supervising Attorney at the pro bono Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project in Philadelphia and formerly served as the head of the Consumer Law Project at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia. Mr. Sommer has served as a Lecturer-in-Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and is an adjunct professor at Temple University School of Law. Mr. Sommer is the author of Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide (Matthew Bender), Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice (Nat'l Consumer Law Center), and numerous articles on bankruptcy law. He is co-author of Collier Family Law and the Bankruptcy Code (Matthew Bender). Mr. Sommer is an elected member of the American Law Institute and the National Bankruptcy Conference. In addition, he is an elected Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He is a former president of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, former Chair of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference and a former member of the Federal Reserve Board Consumer Advisory Council. Mr. Sommer was the first recipient of the National Consumer Law Center's Vern Countryman Consumer Law Award. He received his legal education from Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude).

Rosenberg, Robert J.

Robert J. Rosenberg is a partner in the New York City office of Latham & Watkin LLP. He was formerly global co-head of the firm's Insolvency Practice Group and was an Adjunct Professor at New York University School of Law, where he taught Bankruptcy Reorganization and Business Planning. Mr. Rosenberg was also formerly an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers Law School, and an Assistant Professor at Ohio State University School of Law.

Mr. Rosenberg has been named among the top attorneys in the US in the 2008 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America guide. He has received recognition of his expertise in the bankruptcy field, including his being named one of the top 10 leading practitioners in the restructuring and insolvency arena by Global Counsel, one of the "Outstanding Bankruptcy Lawyers" in 2001, 2005 and 2007 by Turnaround and Workouts, one of the world's 20 leading insolvency lawyers by Euromoney's The Best of the Best and ranking in Chambers Global and Chambers USA. In the 2008 Legal 500 US Guide, Mr. Rosenberg was recognized for his work in corporate restructuring. Mr. Rosenberg is also listed in the 2010 Best Lawyers in America survey in the Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law category.

He is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, a Director of the Turnaround Management Association (New York), a Director of the International Insolvency Institute, a former Director of the American Bankruptcy Institute and a member of the Practicing Law Institute Bankruptcy Law Advisory Committee.

A prolific author, Mr. Rosenberg the co-author of the single-volume treatise Collier Lending Institutions and the Bankruptcy Code. He has written and lectured for the Practicing Law Institute, the New York Law Journal, the American Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the Southeastern Law Institute, the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American College of Investment Counsel, INSOL International and the International Insolvency Institute.

Mr. Rosenberg is a graduate of Columbia College and received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1970.

Lurey, Michael S.

Michael S. Lurey is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Latham & Watkins LLP, where he has practiced since 1970. He is the chair of the firm's Southern California Insolvency Practice Group and former co-chair of the firm's global Insolvency Practice Group. He also chaired the firm's Finance Department from 1988 to 1991. Mr. Lurey regularly represents debtors, borrowers, lenders, creditors' committees and other parties in all aspects of insolvency matters, including chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. He has represented borrowers, secured creditors and creditors' committees in major financing transactions and out of court restructurings. He has also represented lenders and borrowers in new financings and structured finance transactions.

Mr. Lurey is a frequent lecturer and chairperson for the American Bankruptcy Institute, the California Bankruptcy Forum, the Practising Law Institute and various other state educational organizations. He has published articles on numerous aspects of secured and unsecured lending, second lien financings, fraudulent transfer laws, chapter 11 cases and loan restructurings and is co-author of Matthew Bender's treatise Collier Lending Institutions and the Bankruptcy Code. Mr. Lurey was recognized as a leading bankruptcy and restructuring attorney in the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions of Chambers USA legal guide and named as an Outstanding Bankruptcy Lawyer of 2003 by Beard Group Inc.'s Turnarounds and Workouts Reporter. He has been listed as a leading insolvency and restructuring counsel in Who's Who Legal every year since they initiated their review of insolvency counsel and has been named in The K&A Restructuring Register America's Top 100 each year since its inception. Mr Lurey was selected to membership in the American College of Bankruptcy in 1994.

A graduate of Northwestern University, Mr. Lurey received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1970.

Broude, Mark

Mark A. Broude is a partner in the New York City office of Latham & Watkins LLP, where he is a member of the Insolvency Practice group. Mr. Broude's areas of expertise include business reorganization, creditors' rights, representation of unsecured creditors' committees and bank finance. Before joining the firm in June 2002, Mr. Broude was a partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel in New York.

Mr. Broude has had extensive experience on a variety of major bankruptcy transactions. He has regularly represented pre-petition and post-petition lenders in a substantial number of workouts and chapter 11 cases. Mr. Broude represents bondholders, both individually and formal and informal committees, as well as statutory committees, including most recently the official committee of unsecured creditors of Delphi Corporation, the largest industrial bankruptcy in United States history. He has represented debtors in complex chapter 11 cases. He also represents potential acquirers of assets of companies in chapter 11, both under section 363 and pursuant to plans of reorganization. Mr. Broude has received recognition of his expertise in the bankruptcy field, including his being named one of the leading practitioners in the restructuring and insolvency arena by Chambers USA and Chambers Global.

Mr. Broude speaks frequently on a variety of bankruptcy-related topics for the Association of the Bar for the City of New York and the International Bar Association. His articles have appeared in numerous publications. He is the revisions author of Collier Lending Institutions and the Bankruptcy Code and a contributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy.

He is a graduate of Williams College (B.A.) and the University of Chicago (J.D., Order of the Coif).

Alan N. Resnick

Alan N. Resnick is the Benjamin Weintraub Distinguished Professor of Bankruptcy Law at Hofstra University School of Law in Hempstead, New York. Professor Resnick, who has taught for more than 25 years, is a nationally recognized authority on bankruptcy law. Professor Resnick is also Of Counsel to the firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York City, where he regularly consults on bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring matters. Professor Resnick's writings have been cited in more than 150 judicial opinions, including opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was the author of Bankruptcy Law Manual (5th ed. West) and was the co-editor of Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978: A Legislative History (Wm. Hein). He has written numerous articles on bankruptcy and commercial law. He also is a frequent speaker at professional seminars and educational programs. Professor Resnick is an elected member of the National Bankruptcy Conference and the American Law Institute, and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is also an elected Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and has served as that organization's Scholar-in-Residence. He received his legal education at Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.) and Harvard Law School (LL.M.).