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JONATHAN P. FRIEDLAND ELECTED TO ABI’S BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
May 3, 2006,
color='black'> The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces
that Jonathan P. Friedland of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Chicago)
has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors.
An active member since 1995, Friedland participates on the
Advisory Board for ABI’s Law Review and is a contributing
editor to theABI Journal. He will serve a
term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.
A partner in
Kirkland & Ellis’ Restructuring Group, Friedland concentrates
his practice on financial and operational restructurings, including
out-of-court workouts and chapter 11 reorganizations and representation
of buyers and sellers of distressed assets. In 2005, Friedland was
selected as an “Illinois Super Lawyer” by Chicago
Magazine. He received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
Law School in 1994 and his B.S. with highest honors in 1991 from the
State University of New York at
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The complete list of directors
and officers is available at
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