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Dispute Resolution Experience
Francis Conrad served as a bankruptcy judge for close to fifteen years and he has taught bankruptcy for twenty-five years. Over the past ten years, Frank has provided bankruptcy consulting services and he has served as a mediator and arbitrator for over five years. Frank assisted in the formation of the ADR program for the SDNY and is a member of its panel. While he was a judge, he planned, ordered and implemented ADR and claims procedures to resolve hundreds of thousands of asbestos claims and personal injury claims in bankruptcy. He has assisted the judges in EDNY in the implementation of ADR and he has served as a panel member for the ICC International Court of Arbitration. Frank has also been successful in negotiating several collective bargaining agreements. He wrote “Bankruptcy Litigation,” a chapter in a book published in the Fall of 2001, “Bankruptcy Tax Issues Under the Code Changes” in 2005, he co-authored “Cross Border Bankruptcy Update: Do United States Bankruptcy Courts Have the Final Say” in 2008, and he was a contributing editor for a bankruptcy treatise from 1994 until 2004. Frank has been a fire fighter, emergency medical technician, and fire and EMT instructor since 1972; he is also a published poet.
Representative Matters
- Has served as the mediator in several adversary proceedings involving complex tax and contractual issues, breach of contract and other matters
- Has served as defense expert in a bankruptcy malpractice case
- Has served as a liquidator in a state insurance and business dissolution case
- Has served as the financial trustee in a complex asbestos Chapter 11 case
- Has presided over numerous insolvency and reorganization cases covering a wide range of industries and business including manufacturing, news and entertainment media, healthcare, investment banking, brokerage, insurance, banking, retail, shipping and leasing
Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities
- CFE and member of the National Association of Fraud Examiners
- Member, American Arbitration Association
- Member, Regulation (Law) Taxation and Professional Responsibility and Bankruptcy Litigation Sub-Committees, 1999-2005
- Board of Directors and International Vice President, CIRA
- Member, American Bankruptcy College
- Member, trainer, and Board member of the National Educational Assistance Dog Service
Lectures and ADR Trainings Conducted
- Bankruptcy Accounting, Bankruptcy Procedure, Creditor’s Rights and Advanced Research Thesis Professor, St. John’s University School of Law, New York, New York (1999-present);
- Mediation and Arbitration, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Connecticut (1975-1979);
- Bankruptcy and Secured Transactions, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont (1990-1994);
Background and Education
- Partner, Weiser LLP, New York, NY, 2005-present
- Of Counsel, Jager Smith, PC, New York, NY, 2005-present
- Principal, Business Strategy Advisors, New England and New York, 2002–present
- CEO, ARG Capital Partners LLP, New York, NY, 2004 – present
- Principal Business Strategy Advisors, New England and New York, 2000-present
- Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1999-2002
- United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judge for the District of Vermont, 1996-1999
- United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Vermont, 1985-1999
- Law School and College Professor, New England and New York, 1967-present
- Partner, Law Offices of Dick, Hackel & Hull, Rutland, Vermont, 1979-1985
- Certified Public Accountant, Vermont, 1970-1985
- J.D., Fordham Law School, 1977
- M.B.A., John G. Hagan Graduate School of Business, 1972
- B.B.A, Manhattan College, 1967
- Pursuing LLM in Taxation at Washington Institute for Graduate Studies, 2004
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