Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP partner Edward A. Friedman spoke on "What the Bankruptcy Bench Expects of the Bar" at the American Bankruptcy Institute's third annual New York City Bankruptcy Conference held on May 14, 2001. Mr. Friedman was a panelist with Judges Robert G. Gerber and Adlai S. Hardin, Jr. of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, discussing a wide range of procedural and substantive issues that arise in bankruptcy court litigation.