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Program: Chicago Conference on Judicial Valuation

The University of Chicago Gleacher Center
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL 60611

All panels are in Room 100 unless otherwise noted. This agenda is subject to change. You can view the formal program, with speaker bios, here.

  • Friday, September 9, 2022
    • Breakfast
      • Room 621 Executive Dining Room
    • Opening Remarks
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      • Dean Thomas J. Miles, The University of Chicago Law School
        Deputy Dean Anthony J. Casey, The University of Chicago Law School

    • Panel I: Valuation in Bankruptcy, The Academics’ View
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      • Prof. Kenneth Ayotte, UC Berkeley School of Law
        Prof. Jared Ellias, Harvard Law School
        Prof. Edith Hotchkiss, Boston College, Carroll School of Management
        Prof. David C. Smith, University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce

    • Panel II: Valuation in Bankruptcy, The Practitioners’ View
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      • Ryan Dahl, Ropes & Gray LLP
        The Honorable Craig T. Goldblatt, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
        Chad Husnick, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
        Elizabeth McColm, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
        Moderated by Kevin Eckhardt, Reorg

    • Lunch
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      • Room 621 Executive Dining Room
    • Panel III: Valuation in Corporate Litigation, The Academics’ View
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      • Prof. Robert Bartlett, UC Berkeley School of Law
        Prof. Adriana Robertson, The University of Chicago Law School
        Prof. Holger Spamann, Harvard Law School
        Prof. Eric Talley, Columbia Law School

    • Panel IV: Valuation in Corporate Litigation, The Practitioners’ View
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      • Randall J. Baron, Robbins, Geller, Rudman & Dowd LLP
        Jennifer Muller, Houlihan Lokey
        Rachelle Silverberg, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz
        The Honorable Lori W. Will, Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
        Moderated by Jeff Lula, GLS Capital, LLC

    • Conference Dinner
      • Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab

      • 5:30 (Cocktails); 6:00 (Dinner)

  • Saturday, September 10, 2022
    • Breakfast
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      • Room 621 Executive Dining Room
    • Panel V: Strategic Considerations and Tactics
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      • Donald S. Bernstein, Davis Polk
        Jack Butler, Birch Lake Holdings, LP
        Cullen Speckhart, Cooley LLP
        Moderated by Prof. Douglas Baird, The University of Chicago Law School

    • Panel VI: Judges’ Roundtable
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      • The Honorable Robert D. Drain, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
        The Honorable Craig T. Goldblatt, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
        The Honorable David R. Jones, Chief Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
        The Honorable Christopher S. Sontchi, International Judge, Singapore International Court; Judge (Ret.), United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
        The Honorable Lori W. Will, Vice Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery
        Moderated by Prof. Anthony J. Casey, The University of Chicago Law School

    • Lunch
      • Room 621 Executive Dining Room