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RONALD J. SILVERMAN ELECTED TO ABI’S
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
April 15, 2011, Alexandria, Va. — The American
Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Ronald J.
Silverman of Bingham McCutchen LLP (New York) has been elected
to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 1992, Silverman
is a member of the ABI Journal’s editorial board and a
frequent speaker at ABI events. He will serve a term of three years on
the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.
Silverman is a partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP in New York, where he
represents financial institutions and commercial enterprises in complex
financial and commercial transactions, creditors’ rights matters
and litigation throughout the United States and abroad. Silverman has
extensive experience in a wide range of transactions and
creditors’ rights matters, including international restructurings,
debtor-in-possession financing, aviation and project finance
restructurings, distressed mergers and acquisitions, out-of-court
workouts, reorganization and liquidation proceedings, and related
litigation. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of
Connecticut School of Law and is a frequent speaker and author for
various journals. Silverman is also a member of INSOL International and
the American, Connecticut, Hartford County, New York and International
Bar Associations.
Since 2006, Silverman has been noted as one of the Best Lawyers in
America, and was also recognized in 2010 by Chambers USA as a leading
lawyer in bankruptcy/restructuring in addition to being recognized by
Turnarounds & Workouts as a “2006 Outstanding Young
Restructuring Lawyer.” Silverman has also been included in the
Expert Guides to the World’s Leading Insolvency &
Restructuring Lawyers since 2007. He received his J.D. from the
University of Connecticut School of Law and his B.A. with honors from
Trinity College.
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