News & Events
- Bill Brandt and Brian Calvert recently addressed a different audience, law students. Bill was a guest lecturer for Professor Ingrid Hillinger's Business Bankruptcy Course at Boston College Law School in Newton Massachusetts. Brian gave shared his expertise with students at the University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia, Missouri, with a two-hour lecture entitled, "Principles of Corporate Valuation and Working with the Expert Witness."
- Brian Calvert was among the "People to Watch -- 2008; Business Professionals Making Their Mark" by Turnarounds & Workouts. Brian's "outstanding achievements," according to T&W, include expert testimony Brian has given, his consulting services in complex litigation and his leadership on the DSI team providing financial advisory services to Dana Corporation's non-Union retirees.
- Geoff Berman will give a presentation on Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors on March 19 in New Haven, Connecticut. The presentation is part of a program on assignments and receiverships sponsored by the Connecticut Bar Association's Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section.
- Cathy Vance has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the TriState Association for Corporate Renewal. DSI has long been a supporter of TACR and Cathy's appointment fills a vacancy left by the passing of our colleague, Fritz Reed.
- DSI Launches Office in Cleveland Ohio; Elizabeth M. Lynch Tapped to Head Up Office -- DSI is expanding the firm's Ohio and greater Midwest presence by opening a Cleveland office, bringing to eight its United States offices. Elizabeth Lynch will run the Cleveland office and, in addition to providing consulting services to DSI clients, serves as the firm's new Vice President of Marketing & Business Development.
Read the Press Release (PDF).
- The Governor of Illinois has appointed Bill Brandt as Chairman of the Illinois Finance Authority (IFA). The IFA is a self-financed, state authority principally engaged in issuing taxable and tax-exempt bonds, making loans, and investing capital for businesses, non-profit corporations, agriculture and local government units statewide. IFA approves about $3 billion in project financing each year. Since its formation in 2004, IFA has approved 780 projects and funded nearly $11 billion in capital projects to support growth initiatives throughout Illinois — initiatives that create and keep jobs, stimulate the economy and improve quality of life. Read the Press Release (PDF).
- The DSI Columbus office is again a sponsor of the TACR Annual Holiday Networking Social. The event will be held December 12 in Cincinnati.
- DSI continues its support of the DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal Symposium by once again sponsoring the event's luncheon presentation. The 6th Annual Symposium, held in conjunction with the Commercial Law League of America, will take place May 1, 2008 and will this year concentrate on "Lawyers, Law Firms & the Legal Profession." Three separate panels will look at the ethics of billing practices, lawyer mobility and representation in the modern practice of law. More information is available at the Bankruptcy Litigation Blog.
