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JOHN
PRESIDENT-ELECT
April 25, 2007
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color='black'> The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces
that John W. Ames of Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald PLLC
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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 2008. He has been an ABI member since 1985 and has served on
the 60-member ABI Board of Directors since 1996 serving part of that
time as Vice President of ABI’s Publications Committee and a
member of the Executive Committee.
size='3'>Ames is a member of
color='black'>Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald’s Tax and
Finance Practice Group, and the Bankruptcy and Workout Team Co-Chair. He
works exclusively in the business reorganization process, both in
chapter 11s and state law work-outs.
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and unsecured creditors and has served as a trustee in addition to being
appointed as creditors' committee counsel.He
received his B.A. in International Affairs from the
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and his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Louisville
School of Law in 1973.
Ames is also the Past-Chairman
of the Kentucky Bar Association Bankruptcy Section; Past-Chairman of the
Louisville Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee; and Past Vice President
of the American Board of Certification. He has been named one of the
Best Lawyers in
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is a Fellow of the
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1999.
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United States Marine Corps, serving from 1967-1972.
For a complete list of
ABI’s officers and directors, please visit:
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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
exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI,
visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit
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