I am off to Cape Cod tomorrow afternoon for the annual Northeast Conference of the American Bankruptcy Institute. Even though my practice right now is less bankruptcy work then in the past, this is sill the group I grew up with as a lawyer.
Some of the attendees are people I have know for over 25 years, including former partners and a rath of consultants I have worked with or brought into cases. Actually, I physically look a lot like one of the local Bankruptcy Judges, which makes for some fun conversations at the convention until people realize they are speaking with the wrong person.
My first experience in Bankruptcy Court was in RI in 1973. Until about 1992, I spent a great deal of time at the Bankruptcy courts of MA and RI. Since then my practice has taken a turn away from actual bankruptcy work, but I still have fond and frightening memories of dealing with the members of the bankruptcy bar.
For some reason these folks have always been the people I have been drawn to as friends. In fact, the world of workouts and insolvency has been a fascination of mine ever since my first boss in 1973 asked me if I knew any bankruptcy law. I said yes and immediately ran to the RI State Law Library and started reading the volumes of Collier’s on Bankruptcy( no web based resources then).
I can only stay for part of the conference, but I look forward to seeing people who I really think of as friends, even though on occasion they have been quite cutting to me in the Bankruptcy court.
I will try and blog from the conference if anything strikes my fancy.
