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ROBERT J. KEACH NAMED ABI
PRESIDENT-ELECT
April 8, 2008
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color='black'> The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces
that Robert J. Keach of Bernstein Shur (Portland, Maine)
has been selected by the ABI Board of Directors to
be President-Elect. He will become president for a one-year term,
beginning with ABI’s Annual Spring Meeting in 2009. An ABI member
since 1985, Keach has served as ABI’s Vice
President–Education, a co-chair of ABI's Business Reorganization
Committee and as a member of the Executive
Committee.
Keach is a shareholder at
Bernstein Shur, where he practices in the area of bankruptcy,
reorganization and workouts. His practice focuses on the representation
of various parties in workouts and bankruptcy cases including debtors,
creditors, creditors’ committees, lessors and third parties
acquiring troubled companies and/or their assets.
Keach is also a member of the
American Bar Association's Committee on Enforcement of Creditors' Rights
as well as their sections on business, banking and corporations, real
estate and litigation. He is included in the Best Lawyers in
America, a Fellow of the
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member of the Local Rules Committee for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for
the District of Maine.
For a complete list of
ABI’s officers and directors, please visit:
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