Hon. Bruce Harwood (Ret.) Named ABI President

Alexandria, Va. - The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Hon. Bruce A. Harwood (ret.) (San Francisco) has been selected by the ABI Board of Directors to be President for a one-year term. An ABI member since 1989, Judge Harwood is a former Secretary of ABI's Executive Committee and a past program co-chair of ABI's Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, and he served as chair of the ABI Board of Directors' Communication, Information & Technology Committee and as Northeast Regional Chair of the ABI Endowment Fund's Development Committee.

Prior to his retirement in August 2024, Judge Harwood had served on the bench of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Hampshire since his appointment in March 2013. Prior to taking the bench, he chaired the Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors' Rights Group at Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green in Manchester, N.H., where he represented business debtors, asset-purchasers, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors' committees and trustees in bankruptcy and served on the panel of chapter 7 trustees in New Hampshire. Judge Harwood also mediated disputes arising in debtor/creditor relations and represented insurance and banking regulators in connection with the rehabilitation and liquidation of insolvent insurers and trust companies. He was named in the bankruptcy law section of The Best Lawyers in America for more than 10 years, as well as in New England Super Lawyers, and he has been honored in Chambers USA with a "Band 1" ranking in the field of corporate/commercial bankruptcy. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Judge Harwood received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Washington University School of Law.

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

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