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Garry M. Graber a speaker at 30th annual UB Law alumni convocation

October 28, 2005
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Garry M. Graber, Esq., a partner in Hodgson Russ LLP's Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Commercial Litigation Practice Group, was a featured speaker at the University at Buffalo Law School's 30th annual alumni convocation, "Emerging Developments, Changes, and Updates in Bankruptcy Law, Jury Trial Innovations, Aging and the Law," October 22, Buffalo Hyatt Regency.

Alongside Hon. Carl L. Bucki, a U.S. bankruptcy judge for the Western District of New York, Mr. Graber provided an overview of the sweeping changes brought to the federal bankruptcy laws by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 and addressed the implications of those changes for commercial and consumer bankruptcies.

Mr. Graber has over 25 years of experience practicing bankruptcy, corporate restructuring, creditors' rights, financial services, and commercial and corporate litigation and general business law. He represents troubled business entities, their secured and unsecured creditors, and their shareholders and principals inside and outside of bankruptcy, as well as creditors' committees, equity committees, trustees, examiners, and purchasers in bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings across the United States and in cross-border matters, primarily with Canada.

Mr. Graber received a B.A. from the University at Buffalo and a J.D. from the University at Buffalo Law School. He is currently an adjunct professor at the law school, where he teaches an upper-level course on Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 

With more than 220 attorneys practicing in all major areas of law, Hodgson Russ is among the 200 largest law firms headquartered in the United States. It is one of approximately 100 firms in the country listed in America's Greatest Places to Work With a Law Degree. In June 2005, Hodgson Russ received the Carol S. Knox Family-Friendly Employer Award from the Capital District Women's Bar Association. The Firm, which was established in 1817 and is among the oldest law firms in the United States, is the only law firm that can count two former U.S. presidents, Millard Fillmore and Grover Cleveland, among its alumni. Hodgson Russ has seven offices: Albany, Buffalo, and Johnstown, and two in New York, New York; Boca Raton, Florida; and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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