Contact:
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(703) 739-0800
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PROFESSOR MARGARET HOWARD ELECTED TO
ABI’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
May 10, 2006,
w:st='on'>Va.
color='black'> The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces
that Prof. Margaret Howard of
& Lee
w:st='on'>University
w:st='on'>Law
w:st='on'>School
w:st='on'>Lexington
w:st='on'>Va.
elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An active member since
2002, Prof. Howard is a former ABI Robert M. Zinman Resident Scholar
(Spring 2002) and participates in the activities of ABI’s Asset
Sales Committee. She will serve a term of three
years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.
A professor of
Law at
Lee
w:st='on'>University
Howard’s teaching focuses on bankruptcy, commercial law and
contracts. She is the John W. Elrod Law Alumni Association Fellow
in Teaching Excellence and a member of the American Law Institute. She
is also the author of the ABI publication Bankruptcy Overview.
Prof. Howard received her J.D. from the
w:st='on'>Washington
w:st='on'>University
w:st='on'>
w:st='on'>University
The complete list of directors
and officers is available at
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