NAFER 2026 Annual Conference: Full Schedule

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8:00am MDT

Thursday October 22, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am MDT

Speakers

Hon. Jennifer Walker Elrod

Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Jennifer Walker Elrod is the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She was nominated and confirmed to the Fifth Circuit in 2007. Prior to serving on the Fifth Circuit, Chief Judge Elrod was appointed and then twice elected Judge of the 190th Civil... Read More →

Hon. Rebecca R. Pallmeyer

District Court Judge, U.S District Court, Nothern District of Illinois

Rebecca R. Pallmeyer graduated from Valparaiso University and earned her law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. Following a one-year clerkship with Justice Rosalie Wahl of the Minnesota Supreme Court, Judge Pallmeyer practiced commercial litigation with a Chicago law... Read More →

Hon. Mary Scriven

District Court Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

Hon. Robert Shelby

District Court Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Utah

Thursday October 22, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am MDT
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Session

8:00am MDT

Registration Desk Open

Thursday October 22, 2026 8:00am - 10:30am MDT

TBA

Thursday October 22, 2026 8:00am - 10:30am MDT
TBA

General

9:00am MDT

Break with Our Sponsors

Thursday October 22, 2026 9:00am - 9:15am MDT

TBA

Thursday October 22, 2026 9:00am - 9:15am MDT
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Break

9:15am MDT

Stablecoins & Crypto: What to Expect and What to Know

Thursday October 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:15am MDT

TBA

Crypto is officially mainstream. With a host of new federal agency guidance and the GENIUS Act set to take effect in 2026, digital assets, and particularly stablecoins, are now part of the mainstream financial system. Receivers and their teams need to be ready for when they encounter these new assets. This panel will provide a foundational understanding of digital assets tailored specifically for federal equity receivers and their teams and based on the latest technical, market, and legal developments.

Speakers

Robert A. Musiala Jr., Esq.

Partner & Leader of Web3 and Digital Assets Team, Baker Law

Robert Musiala has been working in the blockchain and digital assets market since 2012 and has led multiple digital asset investigations, including as the court appointed receiver over cryptocurrency investment funds used in a major fraud. Robert also advises on a variety of regulatory... Read More →

Ellen Ostrow

Partner, Foley & Lander LLP

Ellen Ostrow is a partner and litigation attorney at Foley & Lardner LLP. She focuses her practice on
restructuring and bankruptcy, serving as a strategic advisor to clients to help them practically resolve their
insolvency and creditors’ rights disputes.
Ellen has extensive ex... Read More →

Jared J. Perez

Shareholder, Jared J. Perez P.A.

Jared Perez is an attorney, arbitrator, and court-appointed fiduciary who concentrates his practice on business and commercial litigation with a focus on financial services and securities matters, including securities fraud litigation, SEC and FINRA investigations, shareholder derivative... Read More →

W. Marc Schwartz

CEO, Schwartz Associates

Marc’s practice over the past fifty years has included providing business valuation, financial restructuring and expert witness services on a number of civil and criminal cases as well as serving, for the past thirty-five years, as a Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustee, a Chief Restructuring... Read More →

Andrew Sotak

Managing Director, Ankura Consulting

Andrew Sotak is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura with more than 13 years of experience in forensic accounting, litigation consulting, and tax and audit advisory. He is a CPA who leads complex financial investigations, provides securities litigation support, manages forensic accounting... Read More →

Thursday October 22, 2026 9:15am - 10:15am MDT
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