From the Director Sep 2001

Financial support from our sponsors helps keep the registration fees low at ABI
regional programs. We thank those who supported our programs during July and August.

</p><h4>Northeast Bankruptcy Conference</h4>

<p><i>Patrons ($1,500-2,499)</i>

</p><ul>
<li>Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer &amp; Nelson (Maine)

</li><li>Duane, Morris &amp; Heckscher (Massachusetts)

</li><li>Palmer &amp; Dodge (Massachusetts)

</li><li>Riemer &amp; Braunstein (Massachusetts)

</li><li>Schreiber &amp; Associates (Massachusetts)

</li><li>Schnader, Harrison, Golstein &amp; Manello (Massachusetts)

</li><li>Sullivan &amp; Worcester (Massachusetts)

</li><li>Trumbull Services Company (Massachusetts)

</li><li>Verdolino &amp; Lowey (Massachusetts)
</li></ul>

<p><i>Benefactors ($2,500 and up)</i>

</p><ul>
<li>BBK Ltd. (Southfield, Mich.)

</li><li>Bank of America (Atlanta)

</li><li>Brown, Rudnick, Freed, &amp; Gesmer (Boston)

</li><li>Chase Manhattan Bank/Bankruptcy Information Systems (New York)

</li><li>Choate Hall &amp; Stewart (Boston)

</li><li>Creditek LLC (Parsippany, N.J.)

</li><li>Deloitte &amp; Touche (Boston)

</li><li>Development Specialists Inc. (Boston)

</li><li>Foley, Hoag &amp; Elliott (Boston)

</li><li>Foothill Capital Corp. (Los Angeles)

</li><li>Goodwin Proctor LLP (Boston)

</li><li>Gordon Brothers Group (Boston)

</li><li>Goulston &amp; Storrs (Boston)

</li><li>KPMG LLP (Boston)

</li><li>Logan &amp; Co. (Upper Montclair, N.J.)

</li><li>Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky &amp; Popeo (Boston)

</li><li>Murtha, Cullina &amp; Roche (Boston)

</li><li>The Nassi Group (Calabassas, Calif.)

</li><li>Nixon Peabody LLP (Manchester, N.H.)

</li><li>The Ozer Group (Boston)

</li><li>Poorman-Douglas Corp. (Beaverton, Ore.)

</li><li>PricewaterhouseCoopers (Boston)

</li><li>The Recovery Group (Boston)

</li><li>Ropes &amp; Gray (Boston)

</li><li>Schottenstein Bernstein Capital Group (Great Neck, N.Y.)

</li><li>Wells Fargo Retail Finance (Boston)

</li><li>West Group (Eagan, Minn.)
</li></ul>

<h4>Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop</h4>

<ul>

<li>Accredited Bankruptcy Services (Orlando, Fla.)

</li><li>Allomet Partners (Richmond, Va.)

</li><li>American Express Tax &amp; Business Services (Chicago)

</li><li>Anderson Bauman Tourtellot Vos &amp; Co. (Greensboro, N.C.)

</li><li>Clifton Gunderson LLP (Oakbrook, Ill.)

</li><li>Creditek LLC (Parsippany, N.J.)

</li><li>Development Specialists Inc. (Miami)

</li><li>EPIQ Systems (Merrit Island, Fla.)

</li><li>Equity Partners (Easton, Md.)

</li><li>Foothill Capital Corp. (Atlanta)

</li><li>Houlihan Lokey Howard &amp; Zukin (Atlanta)

</li><li>Morris Anderson &amp; Associates (Atlanta)

</li><li>The Recovery Group (Charlotte, N.C.)

</li><li>Silverman Consultants (Mount Pleasant, S.C.)

</li><li>West Group (Eagan, Minn.)
</li></ul>

<h3>Membership Directory, 2001-02</h3>

<p>Watch the mail for your new edition of the <i>ABI Membership Directory,</i> published
by West Group, containing complete listings for more than 8,000 members worldwide.
The full directory is also available through ABI World. Members who change addresses
between editions of the directory can make changes to their entry online; just follow the
instructions on the web site (go to "/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home" and click on the Online Membership
Directory link).

</p><h3>ABI Welcomes New Meeting Planner</h3>

<p>Jennifer Dannemiller joined our staff in August as a meeting planner. She has five
years of event planning experience, most recently as the manager of training
administration for an international insurance association. She also has experience in
teleconferences, satellite broadcasts and other types of distance learning. Jennifer is
a graduate of the University of California-Santa Barbara.

</p><h3>Annual Report Wins Prestigious Award</h3>

<p>The 2000-01 <i>ABI Annual Report and Calendar</i> earned the Silver Inkwell
Award from the International Association of Business Communications as an
outstanding example of design and communications excellence. The publication was one
of two honored from nearly 300 entries in the design category. ABI will receive
the award during a cermony on Sept. 13 at the National Press Club in Washington.s

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