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size='3'>RICHARD M. METH ELECTED TO ABI’S BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
size='3'>April 10, 2009, Alexandria, Va. —
size='3'> The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces
that Richard M.
Meth of Day Pitney LLP (Morristown,
N.J.) has been elected to ABI’s Board of
Directors. An ABI member since 1985 and former ABI
Vice President- Publications, Meth recently served as co-chair of
ABI’s Ethics Committee, was on the steering committee for
ABI’s Bankruptcy Reform Study Project and has previously testified
before the National Bankruptcy Review Commission on ABI’s behalf.
Hewill serve a term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of
Directors.
Meth is a partner with
Day Pitney LLP in Morristown, N.J., where he is a member of the
firm’s financial services department, working in its bankruptcy
and creditors’ rights practice group. He is currently chair of the
ABA’s Bankruptcy Appeals Subcommittee of the Business Bankruptcy
Committee of the Business Law Section and sits on the Advisory Board of
ABI’s Views from the Bench program. He previously served as chair
of the Subcommittee on Labor & Employment Law. Meth has been named
as a “New Jersey Super Lawyer” from 2005-09 as a leading
bankruptcy and creditors’ rights attorney, and has also been named
to Who’s Who Legal USA and Insolvency &
Restructuring 2006. He received his B.A.
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>magna cum laude
size='3'>from Tufts University and his J.D. from Georgetown University
Law Center.
The complete list of directors
and officers is available at
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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
12,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders,
turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals providing a
forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional
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