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NEW OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED DURING
ABI’S 27TH ANNUAL SPRING MEETING
April 7, 2009, Alexandria, Va. — The following officers
and members of the Board of Directors of the American Bankruptcy
Institute (ABI) were elected to leadership positions at ABI’s
27th Annual Spring Meeting, held April 1-4 in Washington,
D.C.:
Robert J. Keach of Bernstein Shur (Portland, Maine) becomes
ABI President for a one-year term, succeeding
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>John W. Ames of Greenebaum,
Doll & McDonald PLLC (Louisville, Ky.), who now assumes the position
of Immediate-Past President. Melissa Kibler
Knoll of Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC (Chicago)
was named President-Elect, to become President in April 2010.
size='3'>Reggie
Jackson of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
(Columbus, Ohio) succeeds Judge
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Wesley Steen of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Texas (Houston) as Chairman
of the Board for a one-year term.
size='3'>Brian L. Shaw of
size='3'>Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC
(Chicago) was named to a two-year term as Vice
President-Membership, succeeding Kibler Knoll. Prof.
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Margaret Howard
size='3'>of Washington & Lee Law School
(Lexington, Va.) succeeded Bankruptcy Judge
size='3'>Steven W. Rhodes (Detroit) to become
Vice President-Research Grants.
size='3'>Ian G. Williams of
size='3'>Bryan Cave LLP (London) was named to a
two-year term as Vice President-International, succeeding
size='3'>Josefina Fernandez McEvoyof
Fox Rothschild LLP (Los Angeles).
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Patricia A. Redmond
size='3'>of Stearns, Weaver, et al. (Miami)
was named to a two-year term as Vice
President-Development, succeeding
size='3'>Anthony H.N. Schnellingof Bridge
Associates LLC (New York), who became an At-Large member of the
executive committee.
size='3'>Lynette Warmanof Hunton &
Williams LLP (Dallas) was also elected to become an At-Large member of
the executive committee.
size='3'>Rebecca A. Roof of AlixPartners LLC
(New York) will remain Treasurer and
size='3'>Geoffrey L. Berman of Development
Specialists, Inc. (Los Angeles) will remain Vice
President—Publications after both were renominated to serve second
terms as ABI Officers
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Seven new members were elected to the ABI Board of Directors:
Alane A. Becket of
Becket & Lee, LLP (Malvern, Pa.),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Lorie R. Beers of KPMG
Corporate Finance LLP (New York),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Scott F. Gautier of Peitzman,
Weg & Kempinsky LLP (Los Angeles),
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>Dennis J. LeVine of Dennis
LeVine & Associates, PA (Tampa, Fla.),
size='3'>Richard M.
Meth of Day Pitney LLP (Morristown, N.J.),
size='3'>Francis A. Monaco,
Jr. of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC (Wilmington,
Del.) and
size='3'>J. Scott Victor of National City Capital Markets
(West Conshohocken, Pa.).
There were 13 directors renominated to serve three-year terms (to
2012): Rudy J.
Cerone of McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC (New Orleans),
size='3'>Jonathan P.
Friedland of Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC (Chicago), Prof.
Margaret
Howard of Washington & Lee Law School (Lexington,
Va.),
size='3'>Robert J. Keach of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer &
Nelson PA (Portland, Maine), Patricia A.
Redmond of Stearns, Weaver, et al. (Miami),
size='3'>Claire Ann
Resop of von Briesen & Roper SC (Madison, Wis.),
Tracy C.
Sandler of Osler, Hoskins & Harcourt LLP
(Toronto),
size='3'>Anthony H.N. Schnelling of Bridge Associates LLC
(New York),
size='3'>James Patrick Shea of Shea & Carlyon, Ltd. (Las
Vegas),
size='3'>Lynnette R. Warman of Hunton & Williams LLP
(Dallas), Bankruptcy Judge Eugene R. Wedoff
(N.D. Ill.; Chicago) and Ian G. Williams of Bryan Cave LLP
(London).
There are 60 members of the ABI Board of Directors. The complete list
of directors and officers is available at
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