ABI mourns the passing of William A. Brandt, founder of Development Specialists, Inc. (Chicago), on May 28 from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). An ABI member since 1987, Brandt served on ABI’s Board of Directors, was a commissioner on ABI’s Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11, and served on the Advisory Boards of ABI’s New York City Bankruptcy Conference and Bankruptcy Battleground West program. Brandt was in the business of workout, turnaround and insolvency consulting for 47 years and widely recognized as one of the foremost practitioners in the field. ABI honored Brandt during the 2022 Winter Leadership Conference by announcing that its highest award, ABI’s Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes the recipient’s sustained and deep commitment to the leadership and governance of the organization, had been renamed to the Bill Brandt Lifetime Achievement Award.
