Chief Judge Gregg Zive Elected to ABIs Board of Directors

Contact: John Hartgen

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CHIEF JUDGE GREGG ZIVE ELECTED TO

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DIRECTORS

April 11, 2008,

size='3'>Alexandria,
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— The American
Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)
announces that Hon.
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of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada
(
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face='Times New Roman'>has been elected to

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Directors. An
w:st='on'>ABI
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size='3'>Chief Judge Zive is a frequent speaker at

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with the steering committee on the
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Fund’s landmark professional fee study
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serve a term of three years on the 60-member
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Directors.

Judge Zive became chief
judge for the District of Nevada in October 1999 and was the chair of
the Ninth Circuit Conference of Chief Bankruptcy Judges from October
2005 to September 2006. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Zive practiced
as a general civil litigator in the areas of commercial, contract, real
property and employment-relations law. He is a fellow in the
American
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Bankruptcy and a member of the Washoe County Bar Association (where he
served as president from 1992-93), the National Conference of Bankruptcy

Judges and the State Bar of Nevada Advisory Commission on Law-Related
Education and Ninth Circuit Public Information and Community Outreach
Committee. Judge Zive has served as a trustee of the Access to Justice
Foundation of
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master emeritus in the Bruce R. Thompson Chapter of the American Inns of

Court.

The complete list of directors
and officers is available at

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face='Times New Roman' size='3'>ABI
size='3'>is the largest 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
face='Times New Roman' size='3'>ABI
size='3'>membership includes more than 11,700 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
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www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information,
visit
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Friday, April 11, 2008