Lawler, Metzger, Keeney and Logan served as regulatory counsel, and Polsinelli Shughart PC served as Kansas counsel.

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The breakfast was organized by Scherzer International, Polsinelli Shughart LLP and Lawrence Financial and I was one of the featured speakers.

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Since partners are by definition insiders of the bankrupt company they can be liable for preferential transfers before a bankruptcy as creditors try to recover whatever they can from the estate, said Christopher Ward with Delaware bankruptcy lawyers Polsinelli Shughart.

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