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JEAN MAESS ELECTED TO ABI’S BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
size='3'>May 2, 2007, Alexandria, Va. —
size='3'> The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces
that Jean Maess
size='3'>of Thomson West (
w:st='on'>Rochester
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has been elected to ABI’s
Board of Directors. An ABI member since 1998, she
previously served two terms as ABI Director.Shewill serve a term of
three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.
Maess is the vice president of
practice area marketing and development for Thomson West, where she is
the executive in charge of marketing and development of information for
specialty practitioners. Maess is licensed to practice law in
York
some version of West/LCP/CBC since starting as an editor in 1982. She
most recently served as vice president of strategic marketing. She has
represented Thomson West on the nonprofit boards of the Red Cross,
American Heart Association,
w:st='on'>United Way
and Goodwill. Maess received her B.S. from the State
University of New York at Fredonia and her J.D. from the State
University of New York at Buffalo School of Law.
The complete list of directors
and officers is available at
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