ABI Podcast

The latest episode of ABI's "Party in Interest" podcast features ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talking with David M. Tanabe, an associate with Winthrop & Weinstine in Minneapolis who played for nine years in the National Hockey League before an injury forced him into early retirement. Find out about Tanabe's drive to transition from professional hockey to law, the mentors that assisted in his transition, and the lessons he’s gleaned from the ice rink that he applies in the courtroom.

The latest episode of "Unordinary Course," brought to you by ABI's Business Reorganization Committee, examines key events in SVB's demise, regional banking distress last year and the current state of the American banking sector. Host Lee Pacchia of ICR (New York) talks with Marshall S. Huebner, co-head of restructuring at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (New York) and counsel to the ad hoc group of SVB's senior noteholders. Huebner gave a presentation in November at the New York State Bar Association’s 2023 Corporate Counsel Institute titled, "Silicon Valley Bank: A Tragedy in Three or Four Chapters."

ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talks with Rachel Albanese, co-chair of DLA Piper's U.S. Restructuring practice and a partner in the firm’s New York office. In addition to her more than 20 years of restructuring experience that has included a wide range of chapter 11 cases, cross-border insolvencies and Puerto Rico's restructuring efforts, she is integral to a number of ABI initiatives, including ABI's Task Force on Veterans and Servicemembers Affairs. Find out more about the efforts that are important to Rachel and those that inspired her for all these important endeavors.

The final installment of a series of TechBytes podcasts looking at cryptocurrency and bankruptcy provides key insights and takeaways that practitioners may encounter in these cases. Join Patricia K. Burgess of Frost Brown Todd LLP (Nashville, Tenn.), the Special Projects Leader of ABI's Emerging Industries and Technology Committee, as she talks with John S. Wagster, who leads Frost Brown Todd's Technology Industry Team (Nashville, Tenn.); Jordan S. Blask, the partner-in-charge at Frost Brown Todd's Pittsburgh office; and Jared M. Tully, who is vice chair of Frost Brown Todd's Business Litigation Practice Group and serves as the team leader for the firm’s Community Bank and Financial Institutions Team, as they provide their perspectives on cryptocurrency bankruptcy cases.

ABI's Business Reorganization Committee is proud to launch "Unordinary Course," a podcast series that aims to unpack current events and emerging trends in the restructuring industry. The inaugural episode features host
Lee Pacchia of ICR talking with Karol Denniston of Squire Patton Boggs about trends and issues surrounding industrial policy, and why practitioners should take note.

This is the third and final installment of a series of TechBytes podcasts that looks at cryptocurrency and bankruptcy. On this episode, Patricia K. Burgess of Frost Brown Todd LLP (Nashville, Tenn.), the Special Projects Leader of ABI's Emerging Industries and Technology Committee, talks with
John S. Wagster, who leads Frost Brown Todd's Technology Industry Team (Nashville, Tenn.); Jordan S. Blask, the partner-in-charge at Frost Brown Todd's Pittsburgh office; and Jared M. Tully, who is vice chair of Frost Brown Todd's Business Litigation Practice Group and serves as the team leader for the firm’s Community Bank and Financial Institutions Team. They discuss issues surrounding fiduciary duties in cryptocurrency bankruptcy cases.

Lee Pacchia of ICR (New York) interviewed members of ABI's Health Care Committee to discuss the health care trends that shaped 2023, what they expect for 2024, and upcoming events that practitioners should note on their calendars to help prepare for the year ahead. Pacchia was joined by Health Care Committee Co-Chair Cynthia Romano of FTI Consulting, Inc. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Committee Special Projects Leader Clare Moylan of Gibbins Advisors (Nashville, Tenn.) and David Gordon of Polsinelli (Atlanta). The conversation weaves through 2023 trends, 2024 expectations and upcoming events, including the health care panel at this week’s 2023 Winter Leadership Conference, a special abiLIVE on Dec. 11 being moderated by Moylan, health care programming at the 2024 ABI Annual Spring Meeting and ABI's 2024 Health Care Conference in Nashville in October.

In the inaugural "Fresh Start" podcast of ABI's Young and New Members Committee, Gabrielle G. Palmer of Onsager Fletcher Johnson Palmer LLC (Denver), the committee’s Special Projects Leader, talks with Karlene Archer, compliance manager of Skylight Lending, about issues and strategies concerning work/life balance for young professionals.