The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association announced the agenda for its 2023 Legal Forum and recognized the members who are serving on the 2023 ELFA Legal Committee. New this year, the Forum is offered both in-person on May 7-9 in Fort Myers, FL and virtually at a special discounted virtual rate of $295. Attendees will receive 12.0 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credit + 1.0 Ethics Credit.

“Whether you’ve been to every Legal Forum or if this is your first, you won’t want to miss the excellent programming and opportunities to learn and develop with other colleagues from the equipment finance industry,” said R. Scott Adams, Chair of the ELFA Legal Committee, which plans and hosts the Forum. “This is a welcoming group that will help newcomers deepen their knowledge and relationships. The amount of change facing our industry continues to compound with respect to regulation and complexity of transactions, and the Legal Forum helps attendees address those challenges together.”   

The 2023 Legal Forum will provide attorneys serving the equipment finance industry with critical updates on legal issues, practical takeaways for their daily practice and comprehensive discussions of key market segments. Breakout sessions and roundtables will cover a wide range of hot topics, from UCC to clean energy to bankruptcy and much more. General Sessions will include the popular Legal Update, as well as focus on 1071, ethics, DEI and more. In addition, a variety of networking opportunities and a trivia competition are planned.

Planning Committee
ELFA recognized the members of the 2023 Legal Committee who are helping to plan the Legal Forum, including:

• R. Scott Adams, Vice President Legal & Compliance, North America, Volvo Financial Services (Committee Chair)
• Vincent Borst, Shareholder, Robbins DiMonte, Ltd.
• Jennifer Crastz, Partner, Hemar, Rousso & Heald, LLP
• Jeanette Dannenfelser, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Summit Funding Group, A First Financial Bank Company (Immediate Past Chair)
• Alexandra Dressman, CLFP, Counsel - Senior/Assistant Vice President, Huntington Equipment Finance
• Julia Gavrilov, Partner, Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP
• Arlene Gelman, Shareholder, Vedder Price P.C.
• Barbara Goodstein, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
• Robert Hornby, Member of the Firm, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
• Brian Kestenbaum, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, LEAF Commercial Capital Inc.
• Alexis Levine, Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
• Dominic Liberatore, Deputy General Counsel, DLL (Subcommittee Chair)
• David Miele, Esq., Chief Administrative Officer, Citizens Asset Finance, a division of Citizens Bank, N.A.
• Molly Simon, CLFP, Senior Legal Counsel, DLL
• Mary Ann Stathopoulos, Esq, Senior Corporate Counsel, Cisco Systems Capital Corporation

More Information
The agenda and registration details for the ELFA Legal Forum are available at www.elfaonline.org/events/2023/LF/.