Stephen D. Lerner Named ABI President

Alexandria, Va. - The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Stephen D. Lerner of Squire Patton Boggs (Cincinnati) has been selected by the ABI Board of Directors to be President for a one-year term. An ABI member since 1990, Lerner is formerly ABI's Vice President-International, the co-chair of the ABI International European Insolvency Symposium, the program chair of ABI's Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar and a frequent speaker at ABI conferences.

Lerner is the global chair of Squire Patton Boggs' Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group. He has an extensive national and cross-border restructuring practice in which he represents debtors, committees of unsecured creditors, secured and unsecured creditors, directors and acquirers of troubled businesses in chapter 11 reorganization cases, chapter 9 municipal restructurings, chapter 15 cases and out-of-court restructurings throughout the U.S. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, for which he has served as Chair of the Board of Regents and is now Counsel to the College. Since 2004, Lerner has been named one of Ohio's top bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business , which named him as one of a handful of bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers in the U.S. to receive a Star Individual ranking. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982 and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1985.

The complete list of directors and officers is available at http://www.abi.org/about-us/board-directors.

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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and 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 nearly 11,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events .