Jeff Marwil Elected to ABIs Board of Directors

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JEFF MARWIL ELECTED TO
ABI’S BOARD OF
DIRECTORS

April 11,
2008, Alexandria, Va. — The
American Bankruptcy Institute (
w:st='on'>ABI) announces that
face='Times' color='black'>Jeff J. Marwil
color='black'>of Winston & Strawn LLP (Chicago)
color='black'>has been elected to
w:st='on'>ABI’s Board of Directors.
face='Times'>An ABI member
since 1993, Marwil has served as a co-chair of
w:st='on'>ABI's Finance and Banking Committee and is a
frequent speaker at
w:st='on'>ABI’s conferences and events
face='Times'>. Hewill serve a term of three
years on the 60-member ABI
Board of Directors.

Marwil is a partner and
co-chair in Winston & Strawn’s Restructuring and Insolvency
Group and is currently focused on hedge funds in distress, including
hedge fund restructurings, wind-downs and liquidations.  He
represents hedge funds, managers/advisors, and sophisticated
fund-of-fund and pension plan investors in hedge fund restructurings,
wind-downs and complex litigation matters. In addition to counseling
clients through workouts, restructurings and reorganizations, Marwil has

represented companies, private-equity funds, hedge funds and other
investment groups in the purchase and sale of distressed companies, debt

and assets. He was named an “Illinois Super Lawyer” for
bankruptcy in 2005 and 2006, was listed in 'New Stars, New Worlds' in
Lawdragon Magazine in 2006, and honored for his insolvency and
restructuring practice in the 2006 edition of Who’s Who Legal
Illinois.

The complete list of directors
and officers is available at

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size='3'>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
w:st='on'>ABI membership includes more than 11,700
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
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