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Hon. Margaret M. Mann is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of California in San Diego, appointed on April 2, 2010, and chaired the 2016 Ninth Circuit Conference Executive Committee after serving as the program chair on the Executive Committee in 2015.

She is currently the Ninth Circuit representative to the Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Committee of the U.S. Administrative Office and to the board of directors of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. Since her appointment, Judge Mann has spoken before numerous professional associations, including as a faculty member for Federal Judicial Center Education programs, the California Bankruptcy Forum, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, ABI, the American Bar Association and the American College of Bankruptcy. She is on the board of directors for the national Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) program, is a Fellow with the American College of Bankruptcy and is a founding member of the San Diego Bankruptcy Forum.

Before becoming a judge, Judge Mann was listed in The Best Lawyers in America and served leadership roles in numerous bankruptcy and civic organizations. She was also a partner at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP and Heller Ehrman LLP.

Judge Mann received her B.A. in finance cum laude from the University of Illinois in 1978 with distinction, attended the Tilburg School of Economics in The Netherlands in 1978, and received her J.D. in 1981 from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

Edward M. Burr, CTP, CIRA is the founder and managing director of Mac Restructuring Advisors, LLC in Phoenix. He has over 27 years of bankruptcy, receivership and corporate finance experience in providing pre-package bankruptcy planning services and other chapter 11 and 7 related services; providing turnaround, financial and restructuring services to both debtors and creditors in out-of-court restructurings and bankruptcy-related engagements; developing business plans, plans of reorganization and disclosure statements, liquidation analyses, detailed feasibility analyses, financial forecasting, and budget to actual monitoring reports; providing business valuation services involved in restructuring, litigation and merger and acquisition matters; providing litigation-support services including forensic accounting and fraud examinations; and serving as interim crisis management CRO, CFO, court-appointed receiver, chapter 11 trustee and examiner, and feasibility, cramdown interest rate, and ? 1111(b) election expert.

Mr. Burr received his B.A. in biochemistry from the University of Colorado at Boulder, his B.S. in finance from Arizona State University and his M.B.A. from Arizona State University.

Matthew Bordwin is a principal and managing director with Keen-Summit Capital Partners LLC in New York, where he is responsible for all aspects of business development and execution. He focuses primarily on the development of new business, marketing and implementing strategic real estate plans for his clients, which involve real estate analysis, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, lease modifications and terminations, and corporate finance and capital market services.

Mr. Bordwin has more than 19 years of real estate advisory and transactional experience, which particular expertise in workouts and restructurings, specializing in strategic planning, the sale of real estate assets and lease negotiations. He has represented financial, corporate and retail clients. As a recognized expert on real estate restructuring issues, Mr. Bordwin is a frequent speaker on industry topics and has been quoted in national and industry publications. He is a former member of the National Board of Trustees of the Turnaround Management Association and a former ABI Board member.

Mr. Bordwin is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and the New York State Bar, and he is a licensed real estate broker, general securities representative (Series 7), registered principal (Series 24), securities agent (Series 63) and investment banking representative (Series 79). He previously was with GA Keen Realty Advisors, KPMG Corporate Finance and Keen Consultants.

Mr. Bordwin received his B.A. in 1991 from Tufts University and his J.D. in 1994 from Fordham University School of Law.