Contact: John Hartgen
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ROBERT J. KEACH NAMED ABI
PRESIDENT
size='3'>April 10, 2009 Alexandria, Va. —
size='3'> The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces
that Robert J.
Keach of Bernstein Shur (Portland,
Maine) has been selected by the ABI Board of
Directors to be President for the 2009-10 term. He succeeds
John W. Ames
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will serve a one-year term that began at ABI’s 27
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Spring Meeting held on April 1-4 in Washington, D.C. An ABI member since
1985, Keach has served as ABI’s Vice
President–Education, a co-chair of ABI's Business Reorganization
Committee and as a member of the Executive
Committee.
Keach is a shareholder at
Bernstein Shur, where he practices in the area of bankruptcy,
reorganization and workouts. His practice focuses on the representation
of various parties in workouts and bankruptcy cases including debtors,
creditors, creditors’ committees, lessors and third parties
acquiring troubled companies and/or their assets.
Keach is also a member of
the American Bar Association's Committee on Enforcement of Creditors'
Rights as well as its sections on business, banking and corporations,
real estate and litigation. He is included in the
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member of the Local Rules Committee for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for
the District of Maine.
For a complete list of
ABI’s officers and directors, please visit:
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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,
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specialists and other bankruptcy professionals providing a forum for the
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