Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey Elected to ABIs Board of Directors
Bankruptcy Judge Kevin J. Carey Elected to ABIs Board of Directors
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BANKRUPTCY JUDGE KEVIN J. CAREY ELECTED TO ABI’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
April 15, 2011, Alexandria, Va. — The American
Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Chief Bankruptcy Judge
Kevin J. Carey (D. Del.; Wilmington) has been elected
to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 1997, Judge Carey
has served as the judicial co-chair for ABI’s Mid-Atlantic
Bankruptcy Workshop and is a frequent speaker at ABI events. He will
serve a term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.
Prior to joining the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
in 2005, Judge Carey served as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania and began his legal career as law clerk to Hon.
Thomas M. Twardowski, then served as clerk of court of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is a
former partner and member of the Financial Services Department of Fox,
Rothschild, O’Brien & Frankel LLP, where he represented
financial institutions, corporate creditors, landlords and debtors in
bankruptcy, workouts and financing matters. Judge Carey currently serves
as co-president of the Delaware Bankruptcy Inn of Court and is a member
of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and the Turnaround
Management Association’s Board of Trustees. In addition, he is a
member of the Judicial Conference Committee on Space and Facilities and
the Council’s Facilities and Security Committee. Judge Carey is
also a contributing author to the Collier Forms Manual. He received his
B.A. from Pennsylvania State University and his J.D. from Villanova
University School of Law.
The complete list of directors and officers is available at http://www.abiworld.org/Content/NavigationMenu/About_ABI/Board_of_Directors/Board_of_Directors.htm.
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