Featured speakers:

Dina Amadril
Alfred Artis
Mikel Bistrow
Scott Blakeley, Esq.
Nannette Bringard, CBA
Janis Fisher Chan
Danny Cox
William Creim, Esq.
Robert Day
Jim Dunn, CBF
Barry Elms
Rudet Fountain
Cheryl Hammond
Richard Macias, Esq.
Gyan Maharaj, CCE
Jim Menard, CCE
Adrienne Murphy, CCE
Brian Pezzillo, Esq.
Abe Walking Bear Sanchez
Youssef Sneifer, Esq.
Eddy Sumar
Kathy Tomlin, CCE
C.J. Wimley

Scott Blakeley, Esq.

Scott Blakeley is a partner in the law firm of Blakeley & Blakeley LLP , where he advises companies around the country regarding creditors’ rights, commercial law, e-commerce and bankruptcy law. He was selected as one of the 50 most influential people in commercial credit by Credit Today. He is contributing editor for American Bankruptcy Institute’s Manual of Reclamation Laws, and author of A History of Bankruptcy Preference Law, published by ABI. Credit Research Foundation has published his manuals entitled The Credit Professional’s Guide to Bankruptcy, Serving On A Creditors’ Committee and Commencing An Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition. Scott has published dozens of articles and manuals in the area of creditors’ rights, commercial law, e-commerce and bankruptcy in such publications as Business Credit, Managing Credit, Receivables & Collections, Norton’s Bankruptcy Review and the Practicing Law Institute, and speaks frequently to credit industry groups regarding these topics throughout the country. Scott holds an B.S. from Pepperdine University, an M.B.A. from Loyola University and a law degree from Southwestern University. He served as law clerk to Bankruptcy Judge John J. Wilson.