Category: Speaking Engagements

Partner Patricia Kipnis to Speak at the Consumer Financial Services Fundamentals 2025

Patricia Kipnis, Bailey Glasser partner and Consumer Litigation Practice Group Leader, will be a panelist at the Practising Law Institute’s Consumer Financial Services Fundamentals 2025 conference in New York City on March 13-14.

Patricia will join the panel titled, “The Fundamentals of Servicing and Collections for Consumer Obligations,” discussing key considerations for financial services companies when servicing accounts and collecting delinquent balances.

Attendees will gain insight into:
• The life cycle of consumer loans and servicing activities
• Key federal and state laws governing servicing and collections
• Emerging issues, including the role of AI in servicing and collections

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from industry consumer litigation leaders. For more information and to register for the event, visit here.

Learn more about Patricia Kipnis, here.

#ConsumerProtection #ConsumerFinance #BankingandFinance #DebtCollections #CFSF2025 #FinancialServices #BaileyGlasser

Bailey Glasser’s 2024 Year in Review

2024 marked a milestone for Bailey & Glasser, LLP as we celebrated 25 years since our founding on March 1, 1999. As founding partner Brian Glasser said back then, “I can’t tell you how great it is to come to work just plain excited.” For over 25 years, that passion has driven our dedication to practicing law while making a meaningful impact on our clients and communities—work that remains at the core of BG today.

This “2024 Year In Review” highlights our accomplishments from the past year, including work for our valued clients, introductions to new partners and lawyers, celebrations like our 25th anniversary celebration at our Washington, D.C. office, nationwide recognitions, and a flashback to 1999 from the BG Archives. Notable victories highlighted include a $40 million jury verdict in a Texas corporate fraud case, compassionate advocacy for abuse survivors and consumers injured by defective products, precedent-setting ERISA rulings on behalf of retirees in courts nationwide, a special section highlighting our litigation and corporate work in the energy industry, and over $1 billion in closed deals for the West Virginia Investment Management Board, and so much more.

Thank you for taking a few moments to explore this report—we hope you enjoy it. Follow this link to view the full report.

#BaileyGlasser #2024inReview #25thAnniversary #TrialLawyers #CorporateLawyers #ERISA #MassTorts #EnergyIndustry #Litigators #ClassActions #MassTorts #ProductLiability #Community

ERISA Partner Gregory Porter to Speak on Federalist Society Panel

This Thursday, Bailey Glasser’s ERISA Practice Group Leader, Gregory Porter, will join the Federalist Society’s “A Seat at the Sitting” panel discussion to preview the Supreme Court of the United States’ upcoming January docket.

One case set for argument on January 22, 2025, is Cunningham v. Cornell, which focuses on a key issue in ERISA litigation: whether a plaintiff can state a claim simply by alleging that a plan fiduciary engaged in prohibited transactions with a party in interest, or whether they must plead and prove additional facts not expressly required by federal law. The outcome could significantly impact how ERISA claims are litigated, particularly those involving retirement plan fees and fiduciary duties.

Greg brings extensive trial and class action experience in complex pension, 401(k), and ESOP lawsuits, having recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of employees who lost retirement savings due to fiduciary mismanagement. His insights on the potential implications of this case for retirement plans nationwide are invaluable. To learn more about Greg, visit here.

For more information and to register for the webinar, visit here.

#ERISALitigation #SupremeCourt #CunninghamvCornell #BaileyGlasser #FederalistSociety

Partner Michael Hawthorne to Speak on Estate and Business Succession Planning at Strafford CLE Webinar

Michael Hawthorne, partner in Bailey Glasser’s Corporate Practice Group, will be a panelist at Strafford’s CLE Webinar titled, “Estate and Business Succession Planning: Estate and Tax Considerations, Planning Vehicles, Best Practices” on Friday, November 15, 2024, sharing his invaluable experience in leveraging his multi-disciplinary approach in how to grow and successfully implement succession plans.

Mr. Hawthorne is nationally recognized in the areas of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and securities law. He has extensive experience working on securities matters and helps his clients comply with related laws and regulations, and also works with clients involved in complex commercial litigation. Mr. Hawthorne has extensive experience in working with tax laws and how to structure companies and deals to help work with and maximize tax benefits and savings (e.g., tax-free transactions, 1202 benefits, partnership taxation, like-kind exchanges, tax incentives and financings).

Learn more and register for this event here.

Nick Johnson to Lead Session During NBI CLE on “Resolving Boundary Disputes in Virginia”

Nick Johnson, Bailey Glasser’s Corporate, Commercial Litigation, and Criminal Practice Area Leader, will be speaking at NBI’s CLE Webinar on “Resolving Boundary Disputes in Virginia” on Wednesday, October 9th. Nick will lead the session titled, “Oil, Gas, and Mineral Rights Disputes: Employing the Top Methods,” sharing his invaluable experience in complex mineral development and boundary resolution.

With a practice spanning high-stakes litigation over agreements like mineral development, financial derivatives, and partnership contracts, Nick also advises energy clients on complex environmental, reclamation, and permitting compliance issues.

Nick’s most recent victory includes a major win for interstate commerce and constitutional law, where his team secured a summary judgment for Foresight Coal Sales, declaring Kentucky’s SB 257 unconstitutional and enjoining the Public Service Commission from enforcing the law—an important step forward in Foresight’s long-standing battle against discriminatory practices in interstate commerce.

To learn more and register for the event, visit here.

For more information on Nick Johnson, visit here.

Partner Travis Prince Speaking at 66th Annual WVAJ Convention

BG partner, Travis A. Prince, is speaking at the 66th Annual West Virginia Association for Justice Convention and Seminar on June 6 – 7th in Charleston, WV. On Friday, Travis will be a panelist in the session titled: “When Criminal and Civil Law Collide: Handling the Civil Case and Securing Justice for Your Client.” The WVAJ and its members are committed to protecting access to the West Virginia state and federal courts, the civil justice system, and the 7th Amendment right to a jury trial.

Travis Prince focuses his practice on catastrophic personal injury, civil rights violations, asbestos litigation, and medical malpractice cases, including but not limited to wrongful death, misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis, stroke, heart attack, and joint replacement. Recently, Travis represented Blake Gober, a Marine veteran wrongly accused of stealing a Hertz rental, and helped to obtain the dismissal of all felony charges against him with prejudice.

To learn more about Travis Prince, please visit here.

For more information and to register for the Annual WVAJ Convention visit here.

#WVAJ #justice #thoughtleadership

Todd Mathews Discusses IL Abuse Cases on WJPF Newsradio

“Rough stuff”: BG partner Todd Mathews joined WJPF newsradio this morning to discuss our landmark Illinois sex abuse case filed earlier this month on behalf of 95 individuals who suffered sexual abuse as juveniles in juvenile detention facilities across Illinois. In this insightful interview, Todd discusses the status of the case, how more cases are going to be filed, and how many survivors have reported the same kind of abuse by the same people, even when in detention facilities at completely different times. Todd also discusses how a goal is to work with the state to get victims justice for the harms suffered (including treatment and therapy as necessary), and how our clients – all brave survivors who have stepped forward – want this kind of abuse stopped so that no one else has to suffer as they have.

To listen to the full 10-minute interview, visit this link.

To learn more about Todd Mathews visit here.

To learn more about the Illinois lawsuit on behalf of abuse survivors, visit our service page here.

ERISA Partner Patrick Muench a Panelist on ABA ERISA Litigation Virtual Webinar

Join Bailey Glasser Partner Patrick Muench December 12, 2023, at 1pm EST for a virtual webinar discussion on ERISA litigation involving Employee Stock Ownership Plans (“ESOPs”) hosted by the American Bar Association’s Joint Committee on Employee Benefits. This event will include a review of some common areas of dispute in ESOP cases and a summary of trends and recent court decisions.

Patrick litigates complex commercial cases with emphasis on ERISA, antitrust, and oil and gas disputes. He handles all aspects of these matters from discovery through trial. His experience includes winning a $30 million trial judgment in Brundle v. Wilmington Trust, a case involving breaches of duty by a trustee and complex valuations in an ESOP transaction. Learn more about Patrick Muench here.

To register and learn about CLE credits for this event, visit this link.

#BaileyGlasser #ERISA #ABA #EmployeeBenefits

Partner Todd Mathews on the Mass Tort News Legalcast

In the most recent episode of the Mass Tort News Legalcast, Bailey Glasser partner Todd Mathews discusses how the firm is helping survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of the State of Maryland acting through the Department of Juvenile Services and its predecessors find closure, healing, and accountability.

The discussion also touches on other states’ approaches to addressing child abuse cases, with some implementing limited windows of opportunity for survivors to file claims. Todd points out the challenges of addressing these cases, especially the need for a sensitive and compassionate approach, avoiding the re-traumatization of survivors.

Switching gears, the conversation touches on recent developments in the legal field, particularly in relation to Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its potential third bankruptcy filing. Todd expresses his concern and disapproval of such actions, which he views as an abuse of the bankruptcy process to delay compensating victims further. He also addresses the viability of the Camp Lejeune docket, highlighting how recent issues with case attrition and unethical practices in the legal field can impact its resolution.

Partner Todd Mathews Visits “The Leverage Report” Podcast

Todd Mathews, Bailey Glasser mass torts partner, is featured on The Leverage Report podcast where he discusses his commitment to justice, “do no harm,” and being inspired by “The Blind Side,” with program host Susan Barfield.

Todd also discusses the firm’s recently filed sexual abuse cases against the State of Maryland on behalf of former minors who were horrifically abused while institutionalized in the juvenile hall system. In one highlight from the program, Todd states:

“We hope that with the position of the Attorney General, which I read to you earlier, along with the law that has changed, we hope that we can find some sort of a global solution for these survivors. The last thing I really want to do is subject these survivors to depositions and trial and all of the public scrutiny that, quite frankly, they don’t deserve. So we are in contact with the Attorney General’s office. We were before we even filed suit. And we believe we’re going to have a very productive interaction. And moving forward, I think we’re going to try and find a… I’m hopeful that they’ll continue to try and pursue justice with us on these cases.”

The podcast can be viewed here (along with a transcript): https://yourcaseworks.com/the-leverage-report/sexual-abuse-update-with-todd-mathews/

For more about our lawsuits on behalf of abuse survivors in Maryland, visit here: https://www.baileyglasser.com/news-Survivors-of-Sexual-Abuse-Sue-Maryland-Under-Child-Victims-Act-of-2023

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