Judge Dennis Dow Elected to ABIs Board of Directors

JUDGE DENNIS DOW ELECTED TO ABI’S BOARD OF
DIRECTORS

April 27,
2007, Alexandria,
Va. —

color='black'> The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces
that Bankruptcy Judge Dennis
Dowof the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the
Western District of Missourihas been elected
to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI
member since 1997, he is a co-chair of ABI's Consumer Bankruptcy
Committee and served on the steering committee for ABI’s BAPCPA
program last October. Judge Dowwill serve a
term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.

Prior to taking the bench, Judge Dow was a partner
with Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, where he participated in a broad
range of cases representing many different types of clients including
individual and corporate debtors in proceedings under chapter 7 and 11,
and secured, unsecured and priority creditors and lessors in chapter 7,
11, 12 and 13 cases. He also tried numerous adversary proceedings and
contested matters including preference actions, objections to discharge,

dischargeability complaints and objections to confirmation of chapter 11

plans. Judge Dow's practice also included representing purchasers of
assets from chapter 11 estates. He received his B.A. with honors from
the
w:st='on'>University of
w:st='on'>Wyoming and his J.D. from Washburn

University School of Law, where he was notes editor of the
face='Times'>Washburn Law Journal.

The complete list of directors
and officers is available at

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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 11,000 attorneys,
accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround
specialists and other bankruptcy professionals providing a forum for the

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