Winter/Spring 2015 • Issue 54, page 6

Loyola VI a Grand Success

By Weinberg, Joel*

With the number of real estate foreclosures and consequent receiverships on the wane, the Loyola VI team was tasked with a challenge of providing a program which was responsive to the needs and interests of receivers and related professionals in the current economic climate.

Loyola VI focused on business receiverships and the issues unique to these types of matters. We were quite fortunate in having outstanding panels on a variety of business related topics with a considerable depth of expertise from across the State of California. As a result of all of the excellent work done by the entire leadership team and session producers, the symposium drew 160 attendees this year. The two day symposium consisted of three general sessions and ten concurrent panels on a host of business-related topics.

We also would like to extend our appreciation and thanks to the Honorable Sandra Klein, United States Bankruptcy Judge, Honorable Neil Bason, United States Bankruptcy Judge and the Honorable Derek Hunt, Orange County Superior Court Judge and Dean Paul Hayden and Loyola Law School of Los Angeles.

Having attended the general and breakout sessions it was evident that the audience was engaged. Comments reflect that the substance of the symposium and outstanding panelists were very well received. Loyola VI achieved a new bench mark of excellence for the high quality of the educational content. Our special thanks to the segment chairs Mia Blackler, Peter Davidson, Richard Golubow, Ori Katz, Benjamin King, Richard Kipperman, Rene Lastreto, II, Randy Michelson, Alan Mirman, Samuel Newman, Kathy Bazoian Phelps, Teri Riker, Lei Lei Wang Ekvall and to each of the outstanding panelists. I would be remiss in not extending a special thanks to Jeanne Sleeper, who not only served as a session producer, but she together with Toni Spangler lead us fearlessly from the inception of Loyola VI, as a concept, to the finish line of a truly excellent event.