| ABI's Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy Releases Final Report at Annual Spring Meeting | The ABI Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy was created in December 2016 to research and recommend improvements to the consumer bankruptcy system that can be implemented within its existing structure. After soliciting public feedback, Commission members identified nearly 50 discrete issues for study and divided these issues among three advisory committees composed of 52 bankruptcy professionals. The commissioners and committee members represent all diverse stakeholders in the bankruptcy system. On April 11, the Commission unveiled its final report of recommendations. Two days later, an educational session hosted by the Consumer Bankruptcy Committee was held at ABI's Annual Spring Meeting, during which panelists discussed these findings in detail. A reception was held afterward to celebrate the fruition of this Endowment-supported enterprise. |
| | Pictured (l-r): Hon. Elizabeth L. Perris (ret.), Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff (ret.), Prof. Robert M. Lawless and Hon. Willam Houston Brown (ret.). |
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| Donors Honored at the Annual Spring Meeting | At the Saturday Luncheon of this year's Annual Spring Meeting, Vice President-Development Robert P. Reynolds (Reynolds, Reynolds & Little, LLC) presented awards to members who have reached milestones in Endowment giving. | David P. Leibowitz (Lakelaw) New Lifetime Member |
| | Jennifer M. McLemore (Williams Mullen) New Sustaining Member |
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| Victor Owens (East West Bank) New Sustaining Member |
| | Ericka F. Johnson (Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP) and Jon Jay Lieberman (Sottile & Barile LLC) New Benefactor Members |
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ASM SILENT AUCTION WINNERS ABI thanks the following members for participating in the silent auction during the Annual Spring Meeting in April. The winners included Bernadette M. Barron (Barron Business Consulting; Chicago), J. Ford Elsaesser (Elsaesser Anderson Chtd.; Sandpoint, Idaho), Steven S. Flores (Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc.; Providence, R.I.), Douglas M. Foley (McGuireWoods LLP; Washington, D.C.), Peter Hartheimer (Sherwood Partners, Inc.; New York), Hon. Mary Jo Heston (U.S. Bankruptcy Court (W.D. Wash.); Tacoma), Robert J. Keach (Bernstein Shur; Portland, Maine), Suzanne Koenig (SAK Management Services, LLC; Riverwoods, Ill.), Donald R. Lassman (Law Office of Donald R. Lassman; Needham, Mass.), Claire Ann Resop (Steinhilber Swanson LLP; Madison, Wis.), Amanda Dalton Stafford (NextGear Capital, Inc.; Indianapolis), John W. Weiss (Alston & Bird LLP; New York) and Oliver Zurbel (BMC Group/SmartRoom; Hawthorne, Calif.). Ford Elsaesser and his wife, Jean, won tickets to see the Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals. ASM ENDOWMENT RECEPTION An Endowment bourbon-tasting reception was held during ABI’s Annual Spring Meeting in mid-April in Washington, D.C. The invitation-only event was sponsored by Omni Management Group, Inc., Perkins Coie LLP, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP and Stretto and included new donors at the Sustaining Member level and up. |
| New Donors Recognized The Endowment Fund recognizes and thanks the following for reaching new levels of giving: SUSTAINING MEMBER
Bernstein-Burkley, P.C. Plan Administrator of Berkline/BenchCraft Furniture Liquidating Plan LEADERSHIP CLUB
Hon. Robert D. Drain U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.) Levels of Support Millennium Level Contributions of $50,000 and above 30th Anniversary Circle Contributions of $30,000 – $49,999 Century Council Member Contributions of $25,000 – $29,999 Visionary Contributions of $20,000 – $24,999 Legacy Contributions of $15,000 – $19,999 Lifetime Member Contributions of $10,000 – $14,999 Benefactor Contributions of $5,000 – $9,999 Sustaining Member Contributions of $2,000 – $4,999 Leadership Club Contributions of $1,000 – $1,999 Donor Contributions of $100 – $999 Pledges at the Leadership Club level and up are payable over up to five years. | |
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Endowment Fund Development Committee | Vice President—Development: Robert P. Reynolds Reynolds, Reynolds & Little, LLC Committee Members: Steven M. Berman Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP Richard S. Lauter Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP Jerry M. Markowitz Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A. Bradley D. Sharp Development Specialists, Inc. Christopher A. Ward Polsinelli | |
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| Regional Endowment Chairs | | Mid-Atlantic Chair: Christopher A. Ward – Polsinelli Sam J. Alberts – Dentons Ryan G. Foley – Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Charles Forman – LeClairRyan, PC Neil B. Glassman – Bayard, P.A. Thomas M. Horan – Fox Rothschild LLP Warren Martin – Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, PC Richard M. Meth James E. Van Horn – Barnes & Thornburg LLP Midwest Chair: Richard S. Lauter – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP Daniel A. DeMarco – Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP James A. Lodoen – Lindquist & Vennum LLP Claire Ann Resop – Steinhilber Swanson Sheryl L. Toby – Dykema Gossett PLLC New England Chair: Jeffrey T. Varsalone – CBIZ MHM, LLC New York Metro Co-Chair: Lisa G. Beckerman – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Co-Chair: Allen D. Wilen – EisnerAmper LLP Rocky Mountain Co-Chair: Annette W. Jarvis – Dorsey & Whitney LLP Lynne Long – All Business Development Solutions, LLC South Chair: Kristina M. Johnson – Jones Walker LLP Rudy J. Cerone – McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC Craig M. Geno – Craig M. Geno, PLLC James R. Irving – Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP Derek F. Meek – Burr & Forman LLP James E. Smith – Williams Anderson PLC Emily Campbell Taube – Burr & Forman LLP Stephen P. Wheelis – Wheelis & Rozanski, APLC |
| | Southeast Chair: Jerry Markowitz – Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A. Terri L. Gardner – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP Neil C. Gordon – Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Jennifer McLemore – Christian & Barton, LLP Jennifer M. Meyerowitz – Summit Investment Management LLC Edward J. Peterson, III – Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Postler, PA Lynn Lewis Tavenner – Tavenner & Beran, PLC Glenn Thompson – Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin, PLLC Texas & Southwest Co-Chair: Jason S. Brookner – Gray Reed & McGraw, PC Co-Chair: Scott Van Meter – Berkeley Research Group, LLC Thomas H. Grace – Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Jordan A. Kroop – Perkins Coie LLP John Penn – Perkins Coie LLP Thomas J. Salerno – Stinson Leonard Street (US) LLP West Chair: Bradley D. Sharp – Development Specialists, Inc. Matthew Gates – Duff & Phelps, LLC Scott Gautier – Robins Kaplan Mitch Ryan – Donlin, Recano & Company, Inc. |
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