5:30pm - 7:30pm

Ruth's Chris Steakhouse
3900 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, NV 89101

Ample parking in the back

TMA Nevada proudly presents an actual case analysis and a study of a major Las Vegas Strip gaming property (who shall remain anonymous) facing bankruptcy. The case, its analysis and discussion will be lead by a distinguished panel of experts who have experience and first-hand knowledge of the circumstances. They will be reviewing the debt, equity, financial performance, liquidity, default imminence, loan covenants and negotiating deadlines. The panelists will take us through each one of these considerations with a view towards how to create and negotiate the best deal in a tough situation.

Our moderators, Brett Axelrod, shareholder of Greenberg Traurig and specialist in gaming & business reorganization & bankruptcy and Gregory E. Garman, shareholder in the Las Vegas law firm of Gordon Silver, who specializes in the practice of corporate restructuring and bankruptcy will be leading fellow panelists: Matthew L. Nelson, Senior Vice President and team lead in Wells Fargo's Loan Adjustment Group; John P. Sordillo, CPA & Partner, Reorganization Services Group, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP and David Tuvlin, Managing Director Stuyvesant Square Advisors, Inc.

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Brett Axelrod
Shareholder
3773 Howard Hughes Parkway
Suite 400 North
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Phone: (702) 792-3773
Fax: (702) 792-9002

Brett A. Axelrod, a shareholder in the Las Vegas office's business reorganization and bankruptcy group, focuses her practice on the representation of Chapter 11 debtors, unsecured creditors' committees, purchasers of bankruptcy assets and secured creditors. Having worked on some of the largest bankruptcy cases in the state of Nevada, Brett has a broad range of experience in insolvency and corporate restructuring matters.

Areas of Concentration

• Business reorganization and bankruptcy
• Asset sales and acquisitions
• Gaming

• Representation of a variety of businesses in their Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings.
• Representation of purchasers in 363 sales.
• Representation of a secured creditor in Chapter 11 bankruptcies.
• Counsel to Unsecured Creditors Committee in Stateline Casino and related cases
• Debtor's counsel Stratosphere Gaming Casino
• Debtor's counsel Elsinore Gaming
• Counsel to American Wagering /Leroy's Sports Book
• Debtor's counsel to Fitzgerald Gaming
• Represented prospective purchasers in Aladdin 2 and 3 bankruptcy cases
• Debtor's counsel Village Hotel Investors, Village Hotel Holdings
• Counsel to equity holders Resort in Summerlin
• Counsel to Tech Results, Inc.
• Negotiated gaming Software Distribution Agreements, Oem agreements
• Nonexclusive product licensing agreements for software development company
• Counsel to City Stop gaming tavern route operator in partnership dispute
• Represented vendors in contract and license negotiations with Coushatta Tribe and Grand Casinos
• The above representations were handled by Ms. Axelrod prior to joining Greenberg Traurig.

• Director, Turnaround Management Association, Nevada Chapter
• Member, TAGLAW
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
• Member, Las Vegas Business Forum

• Named, "2008 Bankruptcy Practioner of the Year," Turnaround Management Association of Nevada, 2009
• Selected by Super Lawyers magazine and Nevada Super Lawyers magazine, 2007 - 2008
• Listed, Who's Who in Nevada Business

• Speaker, "Plain Speaking: Do They Mean What They Say or Say What It Means? Debate on Equitable vs. Plain Meaning Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court, " ABI's 14th Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference, January 2009

Gregory E. Garman
Managing Shareholder
Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy Department

Gregory Garman is a shareholder in the business restructuring and bankruptcy department at Gordon Silver, Mr. Garman's practice is concentrated in commercial and corporate bankruptcy and restructuring. He regularly represents debtors, trustees, official committees, secured creditors and other parties in matters involving hospitality, lending, high tech, gaming, airlines and real estate among others.

Since joining the firm in 1997, Mr. Garman has played an integral role in the business restructuring and bankruptcy department's successes. His strong judgment and negotiating skills as well as his "big picture" outlook have earned him recognition from his peers and is continually recognized by "Best Lawyers in America" and Nevada Superlawyers.

Based upon his experience and expertise, Mr. Garman has lectured on diverse legal issues that range from the intersection of bankruptcy code and landlord-tenant law, to best practices in electronic data discovery.

Mr. Garman serves on the firm's executive committee and is a firm representative to Lawyers Associated Worldwide, an association of independent law firms located in over 100 major commercial centers throughout the world. He is also a member of the State Bar of Nevada, Southern Nevada Association of Bankruptcy Attorneys, Clark County Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Mr. Garman admitted in Nevada and received his Juris Doctorate from the Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and his Bachelor of Arts from Loyola Marymount University.

Matthew L. Nelson
Senior Vice President
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
333 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 940
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 253-6223
(213) 253-5913 Fax
matthew.l.nelson@wellsfargo.com

Matt Nelson is a senior vice president and team lead in Wells Fargo's Loan Adjustment Group. Matt has substantial experience in gaming and hospitality finance, having been a Managing Director with Wells Fargo Foothill's Hospitality Finance Group before joining the Loan Adjustment Group. Prior to his career as a banker, Matt was a commercial finance and restructuring attorney in private practice. Matt is a frequent lecturer on loan workouts and restructuring and is a published author. Matt has served on several boards, and is currently the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the American Bar Association Board of Governors.

John P. Sordillo, CPA
Partner, Reorganization Services Group
Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
(212) 436-6634
jsordillo@deloitte.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Mr. Sordillo is a partner in the Reorganization Services Group of Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP. Mr Sordillo has specialized in the provision of restructuring advisory services to companies, senior lenders, unsecured creditors, hedge funds and private capital providers in the troubled credit environment. He has guided management teams, stakeholders, and investors in Chapter 11 proceedings, out-of-court restructurings, capital raising efforts and distressed M&A transactions. Mr. Sordillo's experience also includes a significant amount of forensic and dispute advisory work in connection with business litigation, asset recovery and hedge fund failures.

Over the past twelve years, Mr. Sordillo has worked exclusively in the troubled business environment. He has been a principal investor in turnaround situations as well as an advisor in a variety of industries including energy, manufacturing, telecommunications, hedge funds, gaming, healthcare, and retail. His experience includes a significant amount of transnational insolvency practice. Most recently, he has been active serving financial institutions in disputes with counterparties pursuant to failed investment opportunities and in connection with various questions of financial record keeping.

Prior to joining Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Mr. Sordillo worked for six years as a restructuring advisor in the corporate finance practice of Ernst & Young LLC. Mr. Sordillo has significant financial accounting experience and spent 7 years as an auditor. He has also spent time as a portfolio manager in the U.S merchant banking business of TD Bank Financial Group and has most recently served as a senior restructuring advisor in the turnaround and restructuring pracrtice of AlixPartners LLC.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• BBA in Accounting, Pace University
• JD, Brooklyn Law School
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• American Bar Association
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Turnaround Management Association

David Tuvlin
President
Stuyvesant Square Advisors, Inc.
233 East 17th Street, PH1
New York, New York 10003
917-446-4940
dtuvlin@stuyvesantsquareadvisors.com

Mr. Tuvlin began his career on Wall Street in the Leverage Finance and Restructuring Group at Merrill Lynch in June 1992 as an analyst. The group was renamed Global Leverage Finance in the mid 90's. Mr. Tuvlin spent 2.5 years in London starting Merrill's European Leverage Finance Group from 1998 to early 2000. Upon returning to New York, Mr. Tuvlin was responsible for originating and executing high yield bonds, leverage loans and mezzanine securities for clients and financial sponsors in the media and gaming industries. Mr. Tuvlin left Merrill as Managing Director in early 2008 to start his own financial advisory and consulting firm - Stuyvesant Square Advisors, Inc. Stuyvesant Square Advisors is focused on providing sophisticated financial and financing advice to corporate, Native American and municipal clients in the gaming industry.

Mr. Tuvlin earned his BA in economics from the University of Rochester in 1991 and his MBA in finance and marketing from the University of Rochester's Simon School of Business in 1992.