Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Allen Kadish of Archer & Greiner (New York) has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 2003, Kadish is a member of ABI’s Diversity Working Group and the Working Group’s Mentorship Program, served on ABI’s “40 Under 40” Steering Committee, and has spoken and written about key bankruptcy issues. He will serve a term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.

Kadish is a partner at Archer & Greiner, where he focuses his practice in the areas of corporate crisis management, complex transactions, chapter 11 restructurings, workouts, creditors’ rights, business law and business litigation. His clients include distressed and non-distressed businesses in transition, corporate borrowers in debt transactions, debtors, creditors, lenders, vendors, fiduciaries, purchasers, investors, committees, professionals and others both in and out of court. Kadish represents parties involved with reorganization and restructuring issues in a wide range of industries, including airline, arts and entertainment, automotive, communications, construction, e-commerce, electronics, energy, environmental, fashion, financial services, food and beverage, gaming, health care, investment capital, jewelry, manufacturing, media, oil and gas services, real estate, retail, sports, technology and transportation. He is a qualified mediator, certified by the American Bankruptcy Institute/St. John’s University School of Law, and he is an approved mediator for the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

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 10,000 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.