2001 Annual Report

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Table of Contents Educational Programs

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Legislative Activity

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Research

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World Wide Web

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Online Publishing

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Membership

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In the News

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Law Review

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International Activity

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Professional Development

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Bankruptcy Certification Finances Endowment Fund Committee Involvement Board of Directors/Staff

Richardo I. Kilpatrick President

Ford Elsaesser Chairman

August 2002 September 2002 October 2002 November 2002 December 2002 Samuel J. Gerdano Executive Director

The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) enjoyed another year of extraordinary achievements and growth over the last 12 months. First and foremost for a membership organization, milestones include reaching 8,000 total pai d members, just 19 months after passing the 7,000-member mark. We ag ain maintained a 90 percent member-retention rate, rare for other professional groups, but a standard achievement for ABI. Our educational offerings were attended by more professionals than ever before, with several regional conferences and both membership meetings attracting record crowds. Nontraditional programs performed particularly well, with the teleseminar programs on the new legislation attracting more than 1,400 participants. Our f irst-ever "Webinar" also utilized an innovative delivery technology and exceeded our expectations.

We funded more research grants to scholars than ever before, becoming a major source for such funding. We welcomed the f irst Robert M. Zinman ABI Resident Scholar to our off ices, thus enhancing our commitment to in-house research capabilities.

2 0 0 1 ABI World, our awardwinning web site, continued to add more valuable features and content for both members and the general public. We launched, with the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, a new site designed to help maximize recovery through asset sales.

Finally, our Annual Report and 2000-01 Calendar was honored with a prestigious Silver Inkwell Award from the International Association of Business Communicators, the highest honor available in the business communications profession, for its creative design.

As ABI has grown, so has the quality and number of our professional staff. In all of our activities, staff work closely with our volunteer members to produce high-quality and innovative products with a commitment to excellence.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, we invite each of you to become active in our work, because it is really your work as professionals in this dynamic and important f ield that helps make ABI a progressive and effective organization. Please call on any of us with your suggestions, comments and questions.

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E d u c a t i o n a lE d uPc a rt i oon ga l rP a rom g r a sm s ABI continued to enhance its reputation for offering high quality educational opportunities for members around the country. More than 4,540 members attended ABI educational programs in 2000–2001, making the Institute the largest provider of continuing legal education credit in the field.

Several new programs, including the Hawaii Bankruptcy Conference, a seminar on the role of investment bankers and the Litigation Skills Symposium were added this year. More innovation in terms of delivery system and new markets were represented by three teleseminars on the new bankruptcy legislation, a Webinar on distressed loan trading and CLOs and a Canadian-American program hosted in Toronto on cross-border issues. More than 1,470 bankruptcy practitioners attended these new ABI programs.

The U.S. Supreme Court term begins on the first Monday in October.

ABI members can access court opinions and analyses online at ABI World.

and consumer topics, blended with substantive programs offered by the Institute’s 20 standing committees.

This year’s Annual Spring Meeting featured the popular ABI Great Debates. Debaters included Peter Antoszyk (Brown Rudnick Freed & Gesmer; Boston), Mary Grace Diehl (Troutman Sanders LLP; Atlanta), Joel H. Levitin (Dechert; New York), Russell L. Munsch

Barry Richard, lead counsel to George W. Bush in the Florida Presidential election litigation, was the guest speaker at the 2001 Annual Spring Meeting.

Annual Spring Meeting, Winter Leadership Conference (Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr PC; Both the 2000 Winter Leadership Dallas), John Rao (National Conference and the 2001 Consumer Law Center; Boston) Annual Spring Meeting, and Barbara Stuart (U.S. the Institute’s two official Trustee –Region 12; membership meetings, set Minneapolis). Along with attendance records. The the wide variety of scope of the topics presenteducational sessions, this ed ref lects the diversity of year’s meeting offered an the membership. ABI entertaining diversion in the programs offer a rich mix of business

Regional Programs Regional CLE conferences continue to be popular with our members. This year ABI offered the Sixth Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference (Denver), the Ninth Annual Bankruptcy Battleground We st ( L o s A n g e l e s ) , t h e T h i r d A n n u a l Ne w Yo r k C i t y Bankruptcy C o n fe r e n c e , t h e Eighth Annual Central States B a n k r u pt c y Wo r k s h o p ( Tr ave r s e C i t y, M i ch . ) , the Eighth Annual Northeast Bankruptcy Conference (Stowe, Vt.), the Sixth Annual Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop (Amelia Island, Fla.) and the Ninth Annual Southwest Bankruptcy Conference (Las Vegas).

Most of these programs feature a workshop format where attendees can customize their learning experience in a small group setting. The top bankruptcy judges from each region f igure prominently among the faculty at these programs.

Members can make plans to attend ABI programs in 2002 via the web site at: www.abiworld.org/events/newevents.html

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form of the “Who Wants to be a Bankruptcy Millionaire?� game show, allowing participants to test their knowledge of bankruptcy fun facts.

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a c tt i iv i vt y e LLe gei sgl a it i sv el A Bankruptcy reform has been an issue for Congress since 1994, when legislation creating the National Bankruptcy Review Commission was signed into law. A bill f inally passed both the House and Senate last year, only to be vetoed by President Clinton at the end of the 106th Congress.

The new Congress and new administration continued work in the area during 2001.

ABI continues to be an active participant in the lengthy legislative process. Unique among Washington players, ABI is not an advocate or lobbyist for a particular view, but rather ser ves as a neutral source for reliable information

on the state of the law and emerging trends. Members of Congress and their staffs regularly call on ABI for assistance in understanding the implications of systemic change and to help in drafting legislative language. A team of ABI members, led by Judges Eugene Wedoff, William Brown, Wesley Steen and David Houston, along with Prof. Jack Williams, the Robert M. Zinman Resident Scholar, has advised a bipartisan group of members and staff on an ongoing basis. The goal is to help craft a more workable and practical legislative product.

Congressional staff have also benef itted from interaction with ABI members during both the Annual Spring Meeting and Winter Leadership Conference.

With a major overhaul of bankruptcy law in the off ing, ABI launched a comprehensive campaign to educate members

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The legendary LaCosta Resort & Spa is the site for the 2001 ABI Winter Leadership Conference, November 29-December 1, 2001.

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and the public about the coming changes. Our teleseminar s e r i e s — c ove r i n g business, consumer, taxation and administrative issues — attracted more than 1,400 practitioners.

The May 2001 series included written materials and audio tapes for each 90-minute session. The series was provided to bankruptcy judges and law clerks at no charge.

The ABI World web site and member listser ve continue t o ke e p t h e i n s o l ve n c y community current on new legislative developments, on a daily basis. ABI leadership a l s o p r ov i d e s r e g u l a r commentar y to the news media on the legislative process.

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Rae s re a cr c hh The ABI Endowment Fund continues to grow as a funding source for academic and empirical research. Since the release of the ground-breaking study on the repayment capacity of Chapter 7 debtors in 1998 (Profs. Marianne B. Culhane & Michaela M. White; Creighton University School of Law), ABI has funded seven other projects.

The major release during 2001 is a comprehensive study of the impact of debtor education in Chapter 13, by Prof. Jean Braucher, the Roger Henderson Professor of Law at the University of Prof. Jean Braucher Arizona College of Law. Braucher found that debtor education is only one factor among many that inf luence plan completion. “Local practices and attitudes, sometimes called local legal culture, produce great variation in how our federal bankruptcy laws are implemented,� she concluded.

The report is especially timely given that the pending bankruptcy reform measure requires all con-

sumer debtors to successfully complete a course in personal financial management as a condition for discharge. The 1997 report of the National Bankruptcy Review Commission unanimously recommended that all debtors have the opportunity to participate in a financial education program, but that such a program be voluntary.

Other ABI-sponsored research is pending completion or publication during 2001-02: Prof. Kenneth N. Klee UCLA School of Law Empirical study of cases interpreting the Religious Liberty & Charitable Donation Protection Act. (Published in the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Spring 2001.)

Prof. David G. Epstein University of Alabama School of Law Historical study of the origins of Chapter XIII. Prof. Bernard Trujillo University of Wisconsin Law School Empirical study of valuation in bankruptcy cases.

Prof. Scott F. Norberg Mississippi College School of Law Empirical study of debtor success rate and creditor repayment in Chapter 13.

Dr. Paul Wertheim Abilene Christian University Study to measure success of the Chapter 11 process for public companies.

Hon. Wesley W. Steen, Chair Hon. William T. Bodoh Prof. Ralph Brubaker Hon. Leif M. Clark Karen Cordry Kenneth R. Crone Jean K. FitzSimon Gary Klein Prof. Grant W. Newton Thomas J. Salerno Prof. G. Ray Warner

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ABI’s in-house research capability has been enriched by the addition of the first Robert M. Zinman Resident Scholars, Jack F. Williams (Georgia State University College of Law) and Margaret Howard (Washington & Lee University School of Law).

Prof. Williams began his Prof. Jack F. Williams residency in May 2001 and Prof. Howard begins her semester residency in January 2002. ABI is honored to have these two highly distinguished academics join us as our first Zinman scholars. Both are well known for their remarkable blend of teaching, writing and scholarship in bankruptcy and commercial law. The scholars will be active in writing for ABI Prof. Margaret Howard publications such as the Law Review, speaking at ABI national and regional conferences and assisting in our education efforts on Capitol Hill and with the news media.

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ABI’s off icial web site, ABI World, continues to ser ve as the top source of information for bankruptcy practitioners, researchers, the media and Congress on a wide variety of insolvency topics. With an average of 80,000 views per month, the award-winning web site (www.abiworld.org) offers daily headlines with the latest on bankruptcies, reorganizations, f inancing agreements and other insolvencyrelated news, legislative updates, court opinions, threaded discussion boards, analyses, and links to hundreds of other bankruptcy-related web sites.

All ABI publications— including the ABI Journal and the ABI Law Review—are available online to members at ABI World, including searchable archives back to 1994. More than 60,000 online documents are available. Other resources available online include quarterly bankruptcy

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statistics, the full text of legislative proposals and other congressional materials, an online guide to international insolvency laws, published research, and the latest bankruptcy court updates and judicial opinions.

Other key areas of the ABI web site include the Consumer Corner, which provides basic bankruptcy and debt counseling information to individuals who are considering bankruptcy protection, the "Cracking the Code" interactive newsletter, and Court Employment Opportunities. In addition, the web site offers links to dozens of academic and governmentsponsored studies on topics such as consumer spending and debt, corporate defaults, the impact of credit counseling on bankruptcy and more. ABI World has been recognized as one of the top legal web sites— the only one in the insolvency f ield—by The National Law Journal.

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-James V. Hoeffner, the most up-to-date Austin, Texas and accessible information av a i l a b l e o n a w i d e r a n g e o f instantly post a response and bankruptcy-related topics. The begin a discussion on the topic.

Institute continues to use the Circuit Updates are also latest technologies to provide offered both on the ABI World this information to ABI members. web site and via e-mail. These All ABI publications are Updates, written by prominent m a d e av a i l a b l e electronically. practitioners from each judicial ABI’s f lagship publication, the circuit, provide timely analyses on ABI Journal, and the popular ABI the most important court rulings.

Law Review, are both available to ABI’s online discussion members online, and a searchable boards on consumer and business archive provides access to back bankruptcy allow members to ask i s s u e s o f b ot h p u b l i c a t i o n s . qu e st i o n s o r d i s c u s s s p e c i f i c An online ABI Membership insolvency issues. The discussion Director y allows members to b o a r d s we r e threaded t h i s ye a r, access colleagues or to f ind making them more convenient to practitioners in specif ic regions use. With topics grouped together, or cities. Information on ABI it is now easier for users to locate conferences — including online relevant discussions. registration, program information, speakers, sponsors and more — is also available.

The Seventh Annual Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference will be held in Denver, Colo., January 31-February 2, 2002.

Cracking the Code, ABI’s online, interactive newsletter, provides updates on business and consumer bankruptcy issues.

This weekly electronic newsletter offers a unique “talk back” feature, permitting readers to

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ABI’s total membership Membership Join Source, 2001 14% 27% sailed past the 8,000-member 10% Trial Programs Conferences Prospect mark in 2001, up over 10 & Seminars Mailings percent from last year, making the Institute the largest and fastest-growing insolvency 10% 25% organization in the world. ABI 14% Journal, On-line Other Call-in reached this mark just 19 months after passing the 7,000While most new memmember level, a record for the bers still come from fastest additional thousand the legal f ield, the members added. ABI reached recent surge in 7,000 members in December membership ref lects a 1999, some 22 months after broad diversity of passing the 6,000-member P ro s p e c ti v practice areas such as mark in March 1998. By b e rs c a n e n e w m e m n o w “ d te s t r iv e ” th f inancial ser vices, comparison, it took 33 e o f m e m b fu ll b e n e fi ts e accounting, turnrs h ip fo months to grow from d ays w it h o u t ch r 3 0 a rg e . b y around consulting, 5,000 to 6,000 members. investment banking and debt collection, and profesMembership Growth sionals such as appraisers and auctioneers, among others.

Professional Experience of New Members Joining, 1997-2001 16% 6-10 yrs.

New members joined via attendance at ABI conferences, through the web site, special trial-offer programs and prospect mailings, among other sources.

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A sample of those joining between 1997 and 2001 shows a high level of experience in the new members’ respective fields.

Los Angeles is the site for ABI’s annual Bankruptcy Battleground West, March 8, 2002.

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For the second consecutive year, more than 90 percent of ABI members renewed their membership — a milestone that speaks to the value of member benef its. Publications (such as the Journal, Law Review and Director y), discounts on educational conferences, access to searchable databases on ABI World, and the exclusive listser ve are among the most popular benef its.

ABI’s membership team is headed by Leonard P. Goldberger (White & Williams; P h i l a d e l p h i a ) a n d t h r e e f u l l - t i m e st a f f members who focus on recruitment, retention and member benef its.

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Dozens of prominent media outlets, including CNN, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, U.S. News and World Report, The Miami Herald, and The San Francisco Chronicle cited ABI as an authority on bankruptcy this year.

The Institute is a primar y media source on insolvency because it is a reliable and objective source of information.

ABI Executive Director Sam Gerdano, Robert M. Zinman ABI Resident Scholar Jack Williams and various ABI board members ser ved as spokesmen on a wide variety of insolvencyrelated topics this year.

Topics such as bankruptcy reform legislation, students and credit card debt, e-commerce bankruptcies, the current rise in U.S. f ilings and industr y trends dominated the media coverage this year.

ABI’s award-wining web site, which provides timely and historical information, is a well-used outlet for reporters conducting online research. The web site provides links to many other sources of bankruptcy information, news clippings including video, audio and print ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano on CNN’s MoneyLine.

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bankruptcies, the role of patent and The American Bankruptcy copyright laws in technology cases, Institute Law Review, published and an evaluation of twice a year by West Group, is bankruptcies in the telecom among the most respected industry. Other articles focused on scholarly publications in the unique legal problems facing bankruptcy community.

Distributed to all ABI members secured creditors of dot-com companies, especially those as a benef it of membership, arising from intellectual property the ABI Law Review has the largest circulation of any bank- rights in the new economy. ruptcy law review. Now in its Spring 2001 Edition ninth year, the Law Review is edited by top Revised students at St. Article 9 of the John’s Uniform University Commercial Code School of Law went into effect in under the 2001. The Spring direction of 2001 edition of Prof. Robert the Law Review M. Zinman, a brought leading past ABI Robert C. Yan, the 2000-2001 student editor-inscholars and President and chief of the ABI Law Review, receives a Chairman. Most scholarship award from Prof. Robert M. Zinman. practitioners together to analyze issues of the Law the major bankruptcy implications of Review deal comprehensively with the revision. This issue includes a a single theme. debate on the relationship between Article 9 and bankruptcy policy, Winter 2000 Edition with ABI Director Prof. G. Ray Anticipating the acute financial Warner attacking the revision on problems of the high-tech industry, one side of the debate, and ChicagoKent College of Law Prof. Steven the Winter 2000 edition of the L. Harris and University of ABI Law Review was devoted to Pe n n s yl v a n i a L aw S ch o o l the timely topic of e-commerce Prof. Charles W. Mooney Jr. defendbankruptcies. The issue featured a ing the revision on the other side. roundtable discussion on the role of debtor’s counsel in these

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The Fourth Annual New York City Bankruptcy Conference will be held on May 6, 2002. A program on the role of investment bankers in corporate restructuring will be held in New York, June 17-18, 2002.

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Other articles analyze the Article 9 changes in the context of the negotiation dynamic of pre-bankruptcy workouts and explore the substantial reduction of the bankruptcy estate’s power to avoid security interests because of perfection defects, among other issues important to both business and consumer cases.

Law Review Advisory Board Prof. Robert M. Zinman (Co-chair), St. John’s University School of Law; John D. Penn (Co-chair), Haynes and Boone LLP; Prof. Peter Alexander, Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University; Prof. Ralph E. Brubaker, Emory University School of Law; Prof. Daniel J. Bussel, UCLA School of Law; Hon. Leif M. Clark, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge; Prof. Marianne B. Culhane, Creighton University School of Law; Douglas E. Deutsch, Shearman & Sterling; Prof. Mechele Dickerson, William & Mary Law School; Hon. Conrad B. Duberstein, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge; Hon. Rosemary Gambardella, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge; Prof. Karen Gross, New York Law School; Prof. John P. Hennigan, St. John’s University School of Law; Mary Jo Heston, Lane Powell Spears Lubersky; Gary Klein, Grant & Roddy; Neil P. Olack, Jones, Day; Hon. Alexander L. Paskay, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge; Robin E. Phelan, Haynes and Boone LLP; Prof. Lawrence Ponoroff, Tulane University School of Law; Prof. Mark S. Scarberry, Pepperdine University School of Law; Prof. Walter J. Taggart, Villanova Law School; Prof. William T. Vukowich, Georgetown University Law Center; Prof. G. Ray Warner, University of Missouri School of Law; Prof. Jay L. Westbrook, University of Texas School of Law; Prof. Jack Williams, Robert M. Zinman ABI Resident Scholar/Georgia State University College of Law

I n t e r n a t i o nI nat elr n aA i cvt i vi i tty y t i ocn atl A ABI international activities have expanded dramatically as our membership from around the world has grown, from just 36 members in only eight different nations in 1992, to 270 members from 30 different countries today.

ABI is frequently asked by foreign judges, legislators, regulators and practitioners for assistance with the development of insolvency systems around the world. The International Committee, chaired

by James H.M. Sprayregen (Kirkland & Ellis; Chicago), George Kelakos (Cohn, Kelakos, Khoury, Madoff & Whitesell; Boston) and Josefina Fernandez McEvoy (Josefina Fernandez McEvoy P.C.; Los Angeles), is among the most active of ABI member committees.

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The Ninth Annual Central States Bankruptcy Workshop will be held at the Grand Traverse Resort near the shore of Lake Michigan in June 2002.

ABI and the Canadian Bar Association-Ontario hosted the third Symposium on American/ Canadian Insolvency Law in May 2001. A prominent group of senior lawyers, judges and insolvency practitioners explored the conduct of a cross-border filing, from initial strategy considerations and initial case orders, to DIP financing, cross-border stays and asset sales plans.

Far East The Office of the Courts of Justice of the Kingdom of Thailand received ABI’s technical assistance on a court administration program and mediation training. These initiatives, funded by grants from The World Bank and Kenan Institute-Asia, involved teams of experts traveling to both the United States and Thailand during 2001-02.

George M. Kelakos heads up ABI’s efforts in Thailand.

ABI provided assistance to the newly created Central Bankruptcy Court of Thailand (CBC).

The next stage in the continuing assistance will be visits by Thai CBC officials to a number of U.S. Bankruptcy Courts.

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by James H.M. Spraygen, attended the 2001 Annual Spring Meeting to learn more from U.S. experts as they consider a new debt restructuring law.

An ABI delegation made a presentation on business reorganization and asset preservation in Beijing.

ABI and the International Law Relations Committee of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges will host a fall 2001educational exchange for six judges from Central and Eastern Europe. ABI created an educational program on theory and practice for the judges, presented during the judges’ visit to New York in late October 2001.

Coordinators were Ronald J. Silverman (Bingham Dana; New York) and Mark F. Liscio (Clifford Chance; New York).

INSOL ABI is one of three U.S. insolvency organizations to be a member of INSOL International, a network of global attorneys and accountants in the insolvency field. INSOL has been prominent in the development of a United Nations-sponsored cross-border project, leading to a draft model statute dealing with international insolvencies.

The model law recognizes that cross-border insolvency conf lict is on the rise and will continue to grow in step with world commerce. ABI was a financial sponsor of INSOL’s 2001 London Quadrennial. Keith J. Shapiro, Immediate Past President, serves as ABI’s delegate to the INSOL Board of Directors.

An ad hoc committee, under the leadership of Steven G. Golick, has developed the following mission statement for ABI’s international activities: (a) to educate ABI members in understanding cross-border and foreign insolvencies; (b) to be involved in and assist in international insolvency law and institutional Steven G. Golick development; and (c) to cooperate Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP with other insolvency organizations and projects of mutual interest.

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P s eiv eol onp mae nl t D e v e l o p m e n t P r orf eos sfi oe n asl D National Moot Court Competition A team of students from the University of Idaho College of Law won the Ninth Annual Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition in March 2001, defeating 23 other teams from across the countr y. The Duberstein Competition is sponsored by ABI and St. John’s University School of Law, and is named for Judge Duberstein, a St. John’s alumnus and former ABI Director. The event is the only bankruptcy moot court in the nation and has established itself as one of the top moot courts among all legal disciplines. Students from a number of leading law schools participate in the competition each year. Competitors benef it from having prominent members of the bankruptcy and appellate court bench ser ving as judges. The f inal rounds are held at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the

Second Circuit. The Duberstein Moot Court Competition gala awards dinner is the New York bankruptcy event of the year.

More than 550 guests attended the 2001 awards ceremony, held at Windows on the World at the World Trade Center.

Prof. Robert M. Zinman (St. John’s University School of Law) has ser ved as faculty advisor to the competition since its inception.

ABI Awards Annual Scholarship to St. John’s LL.M. Program ABI annually awards a $10,000 scholarship to a worthy student in the St. John's University School of Law LL.M. program in bankruptcy. The LL.M. program is the only one of its kind and the award ref lects ABI's long partnership with St. John's. The award is funded by the ABI Endowment Fund.

The f irst recipient, in the 2000-01 academic year, was Douglas E. Deutsch, a past Editor-in-chief of the ABI Law Review.

Ocean Edge Resort in Cape Cod, Mass., is the site of the Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, July 12-15, 2002.

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Nearly 100 law schools participate in the program.

Now in its fourth year, the program is coordinated by ABI Director Christopher F. Graham (Thacher, Proff itt & Wood; New York).

Katherine Porter (l) poses with her 2001 Medal of Excellence with Prof. Elizabeth Warren of Harvard Law School.

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C Bae n kr r utp tfc yi c C ear tti f iic o a t in on ABC Celebrates Tenth Year The American Board of Certif ication (ABC) is celebrating its tenth year. ABC has certif ied nearly 1,000 attorneys and continues to enhance the benef its of certif ication by working with the American Bar Association and state bar associations. ABI and the Commercial Law League of America are the sponsoring organizations of the ABC. President Harry W. Greenf ield reports, “With the help of our Executive Director, Michelle Anderson, and the Standards Committee, applications are being processed faster than ever before.

Some applications have been approved within 60 days of initial application.”

Congress Recognizes Value of Certification

The Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop will be held at the Kiawah Island, S.C., resort in August.

Both the House and Senate have approved legislation that makes certif ication one of the criteria for determining reasonable compensation.

Large Firms Make Commitment to ABC Certification Many large f irms also recognize the value of certif ication and are setting goals to have all of their attorneys certif ied. “We believe that it is better not only for our attorneys but also for those with whom we practice on a regular basis in the bankruptcy arena to become certif ied, ” said Mike Watkins of Barnes & Thornburg. The f irm of Wolff, Hill, McFarlin & Herron P. A . a l s o h a s a commitment to certif ication.

According to Peter N. Hill of the f irm, “The ABC Director y is the f irst place I turn whenever a local attorney or client is looking for bankruptcy expertise in another jurisdiction. I feel that I can make the referral with conf idence that the matter will be handled competently. In my experience, other certif ied specialists around the countr y make similar use of the Director y.”

Chair Mark A. Craige Morrel, West, Saffa, Craige & Hicks Tulsa, Okla.

President Harry W. Greenfield Buckley, King & Bluso; Cleveland Vice President James T. Markus Block, Markus and Williams L.L.C. Denver Harry W. Greenfield Treasurer ABC President John D. Penn Haynes and Boone LLP; Fort Worth, Texas Secretary Rudy J. Cerone McGlinchey Stafford PLLC; New Orleans Officers Prof. Peter C. Alexander, Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University, Carlisle, Pa.; Richard P. Carmody, Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville LLP, Birmingham, Ala.; Rick Johanson, Engel, Hairston and Johanson P.C., Birmingham, Ala.; Max G. Moses, Chicago; William L. Norton III, Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry PLC, Nashville; Neil P. Olack, Jones, Day, Atlanta

Michelle L. Anderson ABC Executive Director

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The 2001-2002 ABC Directory will be distributed to 7,000 insolvency and creditors’ rights professionals, corporations, agencies and organizations. The Directory is also found on the ABC web site (www.abcworld.org).

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A full list of contributors, including Sponsors, is available on ABI’s web site (www.abiworld.org/org/endowment.html).

Century Council Members Andersen

Morris Anderson & Associates, Ltd.

William A. Brandt

Prof. Robert M. Zinman

L.E. Creel III

St. John's University

Visa U.S.A. Inc. Harry D. Dixon Jr. Keen Consultants LLC National Auctioneers Association Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Lifetime Members

Benefactors

Ford Elsaesser

Edward P. Bond Bederson & Company LLP

Kenneth C. Henry

Andrew W. Caine

BDO Seidman LLP

Pachulski, Stang et al.

William I. Kohn

Mary Jane Cardwell

Barnes & Thornburg

David L. Osias

Jay Alix & Associates Inc.

Allen, Matkins, Leck, et al.

Gerald P. Buccino

The Ozer Group & Paragon Capital, LLC

Barbara A. Everly James B. Matthews Prime Locations Consulting, Inc.

Leslie H. Miles, Jr. MB Valuation Services Inc.

The Carl Marks Consulting Group

Elsaesser, Jarzabek, et al.

Jay Alix

Daniel Gosch

Gary D. Bernhardy

Bodoff & Associates

Cassels, Brock & Blackwell

Dickinson Wright PLLC

Becket & Lee LLP

Joseph S.U. Bodoff

A.S.K. Financial Inc.

Mitchell H. Cohen

Atlas Partners LLC Roger "Biff" Ruttenberg & Michael H. Nadler

KPMG LLP

E. Bruce Leonard

Gordon Brothers Retail Partners LLP

Sustaining Members

Gary W. Burns

Gregory S. Abrams & Joseph L. Steinfeld

The Buccino Foundation

Atlanta is the site for the Litigation Skills Symposium at Emory University Law School in October 2002.

Daniel F. Dooley & Baker A. Smith

George B. Cauthen Nelson Mullins et al.

Hon. Leif M. Clark David D. Cleary McDermott, Will & Emery

Alan Cohen

Stephen G. Miller

ALCO Capital Group Inc.

Michael P. Richman

Cohn, Kelakos, et al.

Mayer, Brown & Platt

Thomas J. Salerno

Daniel C. Cohn & George M. Kelakos

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

Karen Cordry

Stutman, Treister & Glatt

Robert N. Dangremond

Michael H. Goldstein

Jay Alix & Associates, Inc.

Richard N. Tilton

Hon. J. Michael Deasy

Bettina M. Whyte

Holly Felder Etlin

Jay Alix & Associates, Inc.

Deloitte Consulting

Neil P. Olack

Robert E. Feidler

Jones, Day

Robert M. Fishman

Christian Carl Onsager

Shaw, Gussis, Domanskis et al.

Foothill Capital Corporation Leonard H. Gilbert Holland & Knight LLP

Jeffrey Gordon International Asset Recovery Inc.

Philip J. Hendel Hendel & Collins, PC

Nell Hennessy

The Broe Companies

Gilbert C. Osnos Gilbert C. Osnos & Co.

Joseph A. Peiffer Day, Rettig, Peiffer et al.

Scott Peltz American Express Tax & Business Services

Thomas J. Petters Petters Company

Lisa M. Poulin

High Ridge Partners

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Nancy Ross, John Kolleng & Mike Eber

Timothy T. Read

Dillon E. Jackson

Patricia A. Redmond

Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC

Sterns Weaver et al.

M. Freddie Reiss

Hon. Lee M. Jackwig

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Alan M. Jacobs

Lawrence M. Schantz

AMJ Advisors LLC

Adorno & Zedar PA

John James Jenkins

Sanford Sigoloff

Lain Faulkner & Co. PC

Sigoloff & Associates Inc.

Soneet R. Kapila

Edward J. Siskin

Kapila & Company

Bank Boston Retail Finance Inc.

Richardo I. Kilpatrick

Frank A. Somers

Kilpatrick & Associates PC

Bank of America

Danny C. Kelly

Hon. Wesley W. Steen

Stoel Rives LLP Faye Knowles

James M. Lukenda Andersen

Hon. Raymond T. Lyons Mintz, Levin, Cohn, et al.

William W. Kannell & Richard E. Mikels

Weldon L. Moore III Creel, Sussman & Moore LLP

Lynn Lewis Tavenner LeClair Ryan PC

Harvey L. Tepner Loeb Partners Corporation

Colin W. Wied Joseph J. Wielebinski Munsch, Hardt et al.

Deborah D. Williamson Cox & Smith Incorporated

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Asset Sales Co-chairs: Benjamin L. Nortman Great American Group One Parkway N, Suite 520 Deerfield, IL 60015-2500 (847) 444-1400 bnortman@greatamerican.com Richard N. Tilton Recognition Group LLC 433 Fifth Ave New York, NY 10016-2207 (646) 424-9844 x231 rtilton@recognitiongroup.net

Bankruptcy Administration U.S. Trustee Subcommittee Co-chairs: Brenda M. Whinery U.S. Trustee 2929 N Central Ave, Suite 700 Phoenix, AZ 85012 (602) 640-2059 brenda.m.whinery@usdoj.gov Margaret A. Hunter KPMG LLP 2001 M St NW, Suite 9000 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 533-4756 mahunter@kpmg.com Rules Subcommittee Chair: Gary A. Norton Whitfield & Eddy PLC 317 6th Ave, Suite 1200 Des Moines, IA 50309 (515) 288-6841 norton@whitfieldlaw.com Automation Subcommittee Chair: Hon. Lee M. Jackwig U.S. Bankruptcy Court 110 E Court Ave, Suite 443 Des Moines, IA 50309 (515) 284-6229 lmj@iasb.uscourts.gov

ABI has over 30 active committees and task forces that focus on specif ic projects and issues important to all areas of bankruptcy. Committees convene at ABI’s two national conferences and throughout the year. (List is current as of September 2001.)

Alternative Dispute Resolution Subcommittee Co-chairs: Lisa Hill Fenning Dewey Ballantine LLP 333 S Grand Ave, 26th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 (213) 621-6233 lfenning@deweyballantine.com Hon. Erwin I. Katz U.S. Bankruptcy Court 219 S Dearborn St Chicago, IL 60604-1702 (312) 435-5642 erwin_katz@ilnb.uscourts.gov

Business Reorganization Co-chairs: Robert J. Keach Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson 100 Middle St PO Box 9729 Portland, ME 04104-5029 (207) 774-1200 rkeach@mainelaw.com Patricia A. Staiano U.S. Department of Justice 601 Walnut St, Suite 950 W Philadelphia, PA 19106 (215) 597-4411 Subcommittee on Insurance Chair: Lawrence R. Ahern III Gullett, Sanford, Robinson & Martin PLLC 230 Fourth Ave N, 3rd Floor Nashville, TN 37219-8888 (615) 244-4994 x259 lahern@gsrm.com

Subcommittee on Environment Chair: Reginald W. Jackson Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease 52 E Gay St Columbus, OH 43216-1008 (614) 464-5621 rwjackson@vssp.com Subcommittee on Financial Advisors Chair: Robert A. Morris Morris Anderson & Associates 1111 E Touhy Ave, Suite 286 Des Plaines, IL 60018 (847) 945-0767 ramorris@home.com Subcommittee on Small Business Chair: Deborah A. Crabbe Foster, Pepper & Shefelman, PLLC 1111 Third Ave, Suite 3400 Seattle, WA 98101-3299 (206) 447-5325 crabd@foster.com Subcommittee on Gaming Insolvency Chair: Rudy J. Cerone McGlinchey Stafford PLLC 643 Magazine St New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 596-2786 rcerone@mcglinchey.com Subcommittee on Construction & Surety Law Chair: J. Gregg Miller Pepper Hamilton LLP 2 Logan Sq, Suite 3000 Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799 (215) 981-4085 millerj@pepperlaw.com

Subcommittee on Agriculture Chair: Rick A. Yarnall Chapter 13 Trustee 1300 SW Fifth Ave, Suite 1700 Portland, OR 97201-5667 (503) 972-6311 yarnall13@msn.com

Bankruptcy Taxation Co-chairs: Prof. Grant W. Newton 132 W Main St, Suite 200 Medford, OR 97501-2746 (541) 858-1655 gnewton@ccountry.net Prof. Jack F. Williams Georgia State University/ BDO Seidman LLP PO Box 4037 Atlanta, GA 30302 (404) 651-2139 jwilliams@gsu.edu

Commercial Fraud Task Force Chair: Sandra T. Rasnak U.S. Trustee Program National Bankruptcy Fraud Coordinator 227 W Monroe St, Suite 3350 Chicago, IL 60606-5025 (312) 886-5784 sandra.rasnak@usdoj.gov

Consumer Bankruptcy Co-chairs: Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff U.S. Bankruptcy Court 219 S Dearborn St, Room 748 Chicago, IL 60604-1795 (312) 435-5644 eugene_wedoff@wiwd.uscourts.gov

Hon. William H. Brown U.S. Bankruptcy Court 200 Jefferson Ave, Suite 675 Memphis, TN 38103-2328 (901) 328-3530 william_h._brown@tnwb.uscourts.gov Vice chairs: Thomas J. Yerbich Law Office of Thomas J. Yerbich 329 F St, Suite 210 Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 274-5631 yerblaw@alaska.com Dennis R. Dow Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP One Kansas City Pl. 1200 Main St Kansas City, MO 64105 (816) 474-6550 ddow@shb.com

Ethics

Mark D. Collins Richards, Layton & Finger One Rodney Sq Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 651-7531 collins@rlf.com

Health Care Co-chairs: Gary W. Marsh Long, Aldridge & Norman One Peachtree Center 303 Peachtree St NE, Suite 5300 Atlanta, GA 30308-3251 (404) 527-4150 gmarsh@lanlaw.com William W. Kannel Mintz, Levin, Cohn, et.al.

One Financial Ctr, 38th Floor Boston, MA 02111 (617) 348-1665 wkannel@mintz.com

Co-chairs: Richard P. Carmody Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Sommerville LLP 417 20th St N, Suite 1700 Birmingham, AL 35203 (205) 250-5033 rcarmody@langesimpson.com

International

Richard M. Meth Herrick, Feinstein LLP Two Penn Plz, 11th Floor Newark, NJ 07105 (973) 274-2035 rmeth@herrick.com

George M. Kelakos Cohn, Kelakos et al.

101 Arch St, Suite 1605 Boston, MA 02110 (617) 951-2505 george.kelakos@cohnkelakos.com

Finance and Banking

Josefina Fernandez McEvoy Josefina Fernandez McEvoy PC 811 W. Seventh St, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, CA 90017 (213) 228-1171 jfm@markowitz-fernandez.com

Co-chairs: Peter Antoszyk Brown Rudnick Freed & Gesmer One Financial Ctr Boston, MA 02111-2600 (617) 856-8513 pantoszyk@brfg.com

Co-chairs: James H.M. Sprayregen Kirkland & Ellis 200 E Randolph Dr, Suite 6100 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 861-2481 james_sprayregen@kirkland.com

Co-chairs: Peter S. Kaufman Gordian Group LP 499 Park Ave, 5th Floor New York, NY 10022 (212) 486-3600 psk@gordiangroup.com Andrew B. Miller Houlihan, Lokey, Howard & Zukin 1930 Century Park W Los Angeles, CA 900676802 (310) 553-8871 amiller@hlhz.com

Law School Co-chairs: Prof. Robert M. Zinman St. John’s University School of Law 8000 Utopia Pkwy Jamaica, NY 11439 (718) 990-6646 bob@zinman.com Neil P. Olack Jones, Day 303 Peachtree St NE, Suite 3500 Atlanta, GA 30308-3242 (404) 581-8473 npolack@jonesday.com

Legislation Co-chairs: Hon. David W. Houston III U.S. Bankruptcy Court PO Box 867 Aberdeen, MS 39730 (662) 369-2624 david_houston@msnb.uscourts.gov Hon. Wesley W. Steen U.S. Bankruptcy Court 515 Rusk Houston, TX 77002 (713) 250-5153 wesley_steen@txs.uscourts.gov

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Professional Compensation Co-chairs: John W. Ames Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC 101 S Fifth St, Suite 3300 Louisville, KY 40202-3197 (502) 589-3656 jwa@gdm.com James D. Sweet Murphy & Desmond 2 E Mifflin St, Suite 800 Madison, WI 53701-2038 (608) 257-7181 jsweet@murphydesmond.com Pro Bono Service Subcommittee Chair:George B. Cauthen Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP 1330 Lady St, 3rd Floor Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 255-9425 gbc@nmrs.com

Public Companies Chair:Glenn E. Siegel Dechert 30 Rockefeller Ctr, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10112 (212) 698-3500 gsiegel@dechert.com

Real Estate Co-chairs: John Collen Duane, Morris & Heckscher 227 W Monroe St, Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60606-5098 (312) 499-6700 jcollen@duanemorris.com

Alec P. Ostrow Salomon, Green & Ostrow PC 485 Madison Ave, 20th Floor New York, NY 10022-5803 (212) 319-8500 ostrow@salomongreenostrow.com

Technology Cases Co-chairs: Nancy A. Peterman Greenberg Traurig 77 W Wacker Dr, Suite 2500 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 456-8410 petermann@oshkoshlawyers.com Joel H. Levitin Dechert 30 Rockefeller Plz New York, NY 10112 (212) 698-3558 joel.levitin@dechert.com

Unsecured Trade Creditors Co-chairs: Lynnette R. Warman Jenkens & Gilchrist, PC 1445 Ross Ave, Suite 3200 Dallas, TX 75202 (214) 855-4792 lwarman@jenkens.com Doug G. Fox Bosch Rexroth Corporation PO Box 25407 Lehigh Valley, PA 18002 (610) 694-8250 doug.fox@boschrexroth-us.com

Uniform Commercial Code Chair: Mark V. Bossi Thompson Coburn LLP One Firstar Plz St. Louis, MO 63101 (314) 552-6015 mbossi@thompsoncoburn.com

Young Members Co-chairs: Melissa Kibler Knoll KPMG LLP 1211 SW Fifth Ave, Suite 2000 Portland, OR 97204-3796 (503) 323-0528 mknoll@kpmg.com Dolly Hoffman Mayer, Brown & Platt 1675 Broadway New York, NY 10019 (212) 506-2323 dollyhoffman@mayerbrown.com

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Gary W. Burns

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court

New York, N.Y.

Houston, Texas

Hon. Leif M. Clark

Sandpoint, Idaho

*Judy D. Thompson Vice President-Education

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Poyner & Spruill LLP

*Mitchell H. Cohen

Greenberg Traurig

Charlotte, N.C.

Gordon Brothers Retail Partners

Chicago, Ill.

*Bettina M. Whyte Treasurer

Boston, Massachusetts

Jay Alix & Associates Inc.

National Association of Attorneys General

*Keith J. Shapiro Immediate Past President

*Richardo I. Kilpatrick President Kilpatrick & Associates Auburn Hills, Mich.

New York, N.Y.

San Antonio, Texas

Karen Cordry

*Prof. G. Ray Warner Secretary

Washington, D.C.

*Andrew W. Caine President-Elect

University of Missouri

San Francisco, Calif.

Kansas City, Mo.

Holly Felder Etlin

Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, Young & Jones PC

Lawrence R. Ahern III

Deloitte & Touche Consulting

Gullet, Sanford, Robinson et al.

New York, N.Y.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Nashville, Tenn.

Robert M. Fishman

*Leonard P. Goldberger Vice President-Membership

John W. Ames Greenebaum Doll & McDonald

Shaw, Gussis, Domanskis et al.

Chicago, Ill.

White & Williams LLP

Louisville, Ky.

Jean K. FitzSimon

Philadelphia, Pa.

Hon. Prudence Carter Beatty

*Steven G. Golick Vice PresidentInternational Affairs

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Hoffman Estates, Ill.

New York, N.Y.

Christopher F. Graham

*Joseph S.U. Bodoff

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Bodoff & Associates

New York, N.Y.

Toronto, Ontario

Boston, Mass.

Henry E. Hildebrand III

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*John D. Penn *Hon. William T. Bodoh Vice President-Publications U.S. Bankruptcy Court

The Winter Leadership Conference will be held at the Westin La Paloma Resort in Tucson, Ariz.

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KPMG LLP

Kenneth R. Crone

Sears Roebuck and Company

Thacher, Proffitt & Wood

Lassiter, Tidwell & Hildebrand Nashville, Tenn.

Haynes and Boone LLP

Youngstown, Ohio

Hon. David W. Houston III

Fort Worth, Texas

Mark V. Bossi

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

*Michael P. Richman Vice PresidentDevelopment

Thompson Coburn

Aberdeen, Miss.

St. Louis, Mo.

Dillon E. Jackson

Hon. William H. Brown

Mayer, Brown & Platt

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Foster Pepper & Shefelman Seattle, Wash.

New York, N.Y.

Memphis, Tenn.

Reginald W. Jackson

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Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease

Emory University School of Law

Columbus, Ohio

Atlanta, Ga.

Washington, D.C.

Gary Klein

Robin E. Phelan

Grant & Roddy

Haynes and Boone LLP

Boston, Mass.

Dallas, Texas

Joel H. Levitin

M. Freddie Reiss

Dechert

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New York, N.Y.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Jean Maess

Hon. Steven W. Rhodes

West Group

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Eagan, Minn.

Detroit, Mich.

James T. Markus

John R. Rosin

Block Markus Williams

Foothill Capital Corporation

Denver, Colo.

Atlanta, Ga.

Josefina Fernandez McEvoy

Nancy A. Ross

Josephina Fernandez McEvoy PC

High Ridge Partners Inc.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Chicago, Ill.

Thomas J. Salerno

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, et al.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

Boston, Mass.

Phoenix, Ariz.

Leslie H. Miles Jr.

Edward J. Siskin

MB Valuation Services Inc.

Fleet Retail Finance, Inc.

Dallas, Texas

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Alex D. Moglia

Kent V. Snyder

Alex D. Moglia & Associates

Snyder & Associates

Schaumburg, Ill.

Portland, Ore.

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Pepperdine University

Kirkland & Ellis

Malibu, Calif.

Chicago, Ill.

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Harvey L. Tepner

Great American Group

Loeb Partners Corporation

Deerfield, Ill.

New York, N.Y.

Neil P. Olack

Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff

Jones, Day

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Atlanta, Ga.

Chicago, Ill.

Christian Carl Onsager

Deborah D. Williamson

The Broe Companies

Cox & Smith Incorporated San Antonio, Texas

Denver, Colo.

Colleen A. Palmer Heller Financial Chicago, Ill.

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American A m e r i c a n Bankruptcy B a n k r u p t c y I n s Institute titute

AABB II

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Samuel J. Gerdano, Esq.

DIRECTOR

Kathy L. Sheehan

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ADMINISTRATION

ACCOUNTING COORDINATOR

Samory Ligondé

STAFF ACCOUNTANT

Arzu Bagci

STAFF AND ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT

Heather Awsumb

DIRECTOR oF COMMUNICATIONS

Melissa L. Lanning

COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

Carolyn M. Kanon

PUBLIC AFFAIRS COORDINATOR

Pam Shepherd

WEBMASTER

Mitch Irzinski

DESKTOP PUBLISHING SPECIALIST

Anna McGarity Lamb

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR

Christopher S. Thackston

MEMBERSHIP RETENTION MANAGER

Neche Nelson

MEMBERSHIP SPECIALIST

Beverly Hoeftman

MARKETING COORDINATOR

Sharisa L. Sloan

MEETING PLANNER

John C. Good

MEETING PLANNER

Jennifer Dannemiller

MEETING ASSISTANT

Vanessa York

RECEPTIONIST/STAFF ASSISTANT

Pat Noboa

RECEPTIONIST/STAFF ASSISTANT

Anna Quada

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A MERICAN B ANKRUPTCY I NSTITUTE 20th Anniversary

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