ABI's Health Care Committee, dedicated to the study of the unique aspects of health care provider insolvencies, is co-chaired by William W. Kannel and Samuel R. Maizel. Both served as contributing authors for ABI's Health Care Insolvency Manual.

William W. Kannel is a member in the Boston office of the law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC, where he works in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Commercial Law Section. He practices primarily in the areas of commercial law, workouts and corporate reorganization and has represented various institutional lenders, indenture trustees, bondholders, other creditors, debtors and trustees in all manner of insolvency proceedings in courts throughout the United States. Mr. Kannel has substantial experience in all phases of bankruptcy litigation, practice and case management from both the debtor and creditor's perspective, including relief from stay, adequate protection, valuation, preference, fraudulent transfer, subordination and competing-plan litigation. He has a specialty in negotiating sales of troubled companies and assets, both in and out of bankruptcy. His practice also includes addressing bankruptcy and documentation issues in securitizations, receivable sales, bond transactions and structured financings.

Mr. Kannel is active in the Turnaround Management Association and is a member of the Banking and Commercial Law Section of the American Bar Association, as well as a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association. In addition, he is a member of and former chair of the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Boston Bar Association. Mr. Kannel frequently lectures and writes on insolvency issues for these associations and numerous other bar, trade and industry groups, including the National Federation of Municipal Analysts and the Association of Insolvency Accountants. He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the First Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. He received his A.B. from Wesleyan University in 1981 and his J.D. cum laude from Boston University School of Law in 1985.

Samuel R. Maizel, a shareholder resident in the Los Angeles office of Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, Young, Jones & Weintraub PC, specializes in bankruptcy litigation and appeals, and represents various constituents in health care and government contract insolvency issues. Mr. Maizel is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and California. His clients include health plans, health care providers and the attorneys general of all 50 states on possible bankruptcies in the tobacco-products industry. Formerly, he represented the U.S. Department of Justice in bankruptcy, district and appellate courts nationwide. He received his undergraduate degree from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., in 1977, an M.A. from Georgetown University in 1983, and his law degree from the George Washington University National Law Center in 1985, where he served as president of its Moot Court Board.

Mr. Maizel has written on insolvency issues for numerous publications and is a contributing editor to the Intensive Care column of the ABI Journal. He has also lectured extensively on numerous bankruptcy topics and is chairman of the ABA's Health care-related Insolvency Issues Working Group. In September 2003, he served as a speaker for the teleseminar "The Brave New World of HMO Insolvency: New Issues and Trends," presented jointly by ABI and the American Health Lawyers Association. He also is a member of the board of directors of the Mid-City West Community Council, one of 72 such councils created to give Los Angeles neighborhoods a voice in the city's policy-making.

More Members in the News

SSG Capital Advisors LP, an investment bank specializing in providing financial advisory services in middle-market business restructurings, announced that it has joined forces with the investment banking and financial advisory practice of Cleveland-based Resilience Capital Partners LLC, which will operate as SSG's Midwestern office. Resilience Capital Partners is a private merchant banking firm located in Cleveland. Resilience Capital Partners will continue to focus exclusively on managing The Resilience Fund, a private equity fund that invests in middle-market underperforming, undermanaged, and turnaround buyout opportunities. ABI members at SSG Capital Advisors include Mark E. Chesen, Matthew P. Karlson and J. Scott Victor in the Conshohocken, Pa., office, as well as Allyson F. DeMatteo and Robert C. Smith of New York.

Carolyn G. Wade of Hershner, Hunter, Andrews, Neill & Smith LLP was elected chairwoman of the Debtor-Creditor Section of the Oregon State Bar. She has practiced in Eugene, Ore., for 20 years and specializes in creditors' rights, debtors' remedies and bankruptcy matters.

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co. L.P.A. announced it has expanded two of its nine offices in its Detroit office and moving the Holly, N.J., office to a larger facility in Burlington, N.J. The firm, which includes members Alan C. Hochheiser, James P. Valecko, Geoffrey J. Peters and David Wolfe, was named the nation's largest creditors' rights law firm by Collections & Credit Risk magazine.

Maurice & Needleman P.C. announced that Donald S. Maurice, an attorney with its Bridgewater, N.J., firm, has been certified in creditors' rights law by the American Board of Certification. He is now one of three attorneys in New Jersey certified in this area of bankruptcy and commercial law. The firm practices in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the Federal Courts of the Southern District of New York.

Siemens Financial Services Inc. announced it has relocated its headquarters to 170 Wood Avenue South, Iselin, N.J. 08830, (800) 327-04443, www.siemensfinancial .com. Nicholas J. Mariano is a member of the company.

American Express Tax and Business Services Inc. announced that former ABI Director Scott Peltz has been promoted to chairman of its Litigation Services Group, based in Chicago. The practice consists of professionals who provide litigation support and turnaround services to underperforming companies, creditors, lenders, debtors, trustees and other stakeholders. Mr. Peltz is a CPA and has served as chief restructuring officer, financial advisor, consulting and testifying expert, trustee and forensic investigator. The company also announced that T. Steven Blake had joined its National Corporate Recovery Practice in Cleveland. He has primary experience in financial and operational analysis, corporate workout and recovery, and loan banking operations, and has spent the last 15 years in commercial workout and corporate recovery.

Conway, MacKenzie & Dunleavy, a financial management and consulting firm based in Birmingham, Mich., announced that Kevin A. Berry has been named a co-chair of the firm's litigation support practice. His responsibilities will focus on increasing awareness of the firm's litigation support service capabilities.

GE Commercial Finance's Corporate Lending business, Norwalk, Conn., announced that it has named James Hogan, senior vice president, to lead the origination function of its Retail Finance team, which is comprised of highly experienced senior lenders dedicated to serving and financing retailers. The group provides essential working capital financing, including asset- and cash-flow-based loans, revolving credit facilities and term loans, to retail companies at all points of the business cycle.

Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC is pleased to announce that Richard Boydston has joined the firm's Cincinnati office as a member of the firm's Finance and Development Practice Group, where he concentrates his practice in bankruptcy reorganizations, bankruptcy and lender litigation, commercial transactions and equipment leasing. Greenebaum is a business law firm with more than 200 legal professionals in eight offices.

Charles River Associates Inc., a Boston firm providing economic, financial and management consulting services, announced that Jonathan D. Yellin has joined the firm as vice president and general counsel. Most recently a senior partner in the Insolvency and Restructuring Practice at Riemer & Braunstein LLP, Mr. Yellin has focused on complex in- and out-of-court restructurings and sales and acquisitions for numerous clients from a variety of industries. He also has significant going-concern operational experience as a court-appointed trustee to oversee the restructuring and successful reorganization/sale of several companies.

Corporate Revitalization Partners LLC (CRP), an international turnaround management firm based in Dallas, announced that Gene R. Baldwin has been named partner. Mr. Baldwin had been serving as a director with the firm for the last year and a half, completing a number of engagements in the multi-unit retail and restaurant/food service industries. Mr. Baldwin has 30 years of experience as an owner, executive, consultant and outside director for companies in a wide variety of industries, including retail, automotive, financial services, real estate, manufacturing, and oil and gas. He has restructured companies both in and out of bankruptcy serving as interim financial executive, and has served as corporate officer and director for both public and privately held companies.

Arent Fox PLLC announced the addition of George P. Angelich, an associate in the firm's Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Group in its New York office. Mr. Angelich focuses on corporate reorganization and bankruptcy matters and represents committees of unsecured creditors, secured creditors, indenture trustees, bondholder and note-holder groups, and other entities in bankruptcy reorganization and liquidation proceedings.