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PROF. JACK WILLIAMS RECEIVES
ABI’S HIGHEST ANNUAL AWARD
July 30, 2010, Alexandria, Va. — The American
Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) presented Prof.
face='Times New Roman'>Jack Williams of Georgia State
University College of Law (Atlanta) with its prestigious Annual Service
Award. An ABI member since 1990, Williams is the only academic to serve
two terms as ABI’s Robert M. Zinman ABI Resident Scholar: His
first term in 2001 was the inaugural term of the ABI Endowment
Fund-created program, and his second spanned January 2008 to May 2009.
In his role as resident scholar, Prof. Williams assisted ABI with its
educational programming and in its role as the authoritative source of
bankruptcy information for the Congress, media and public. He also was a
contributing author to ABI’s handbook, Bankruptcy and Debt under the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The Service Award, ABI’s
highest membership award, is presented to the ABI member whose
contributions over the past year have been extraordinary, as determined
by ABI’s Advisory Board of past presidents.
Prof. Williams teaches at Georgia State University College of Law,
where he instructs an assortment of courses, including Advanced
Bankruptcy Seminar, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Taxation, Business
Bankruptcy, Commercial Law (Lending and Payment Systems) and Federal,
State and Local Income Taxation. A member of Georgia State’s
faculty since 1991, Williams has been selected as one of the top 10
bankruptcy academics and one of the top 10 bankruptcy accounting and
taxation specialists in the United States. He also teaches at the New
York Law School LL.M. Program in Taxation, the New York University
School of Law Continuing Professional Education Program for the Internal
Revenue Service, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Prof.
Williams has previously taught at the University of Georgia School of
Law, St. John’s University School of Law in the LL.M. program and
the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York.
Prof. Williams currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board for
the ABI Law Review and is a former
director for BDO Seidman, LLP (New York). Prof. Williams also serves as
the resident scholar of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring
Advisors, and is a member of the academic board of the Journal of
Corporate Renewal and an instructor with the National Association of
Credit Managers. He has held positions as the Dean of Faculty for the
American Board of Certification, chairman of the Tax Advisory Committee
for the National Bankruptcy Review Commission and judicial law clerk for
Hon. William J. Holloway (Chief Judge, Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of
Appeals). Recently, Prof. Williams was appointed by the Governor of
Georgia to serve as a Board Member on the Children and Youth
Coordinating Council.
Previous winners of ABI’s Annual Service Award include
Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes (E.D. Mich.;
Detroit) for his work in advancing ABI’s consumer programs,
Rebecca
Roof of AlixPartners LLP (New York) for her efforts in
creating ABI’s Corporate Restructuring Competition,
size='3'>Ian
Williams of Bryan Cave LLP (London) for his work on
ABI’s international programs,
size='3' face='Times New Roman'>Lorie Beers of the Seabury
Group LLC (New York) for her work on the Complex Financial Restructuring
Program, and Chip Bowles of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC
(Louisville, Ky.) for his work on ABI’s Chapter 11 Fee
Study.
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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization
dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency.
ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased
analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes more than
12,600 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders,
turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a
forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional
information on ABI, visit
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conference information, visit
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Friday, July 30, 2010