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DENNIS J. LEVINE ELECTED TO ABI’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

April 10, 2009, Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Dennis J. LeVineof Dennis LeVine & Associates, PA (Tampa, Fla.) has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 1990 and former co-chair of ABI’s Consumer Bankruptcy Committee, LeVine is also a frequent contributor of consumer bankruptcy articles to the ABI Journal. He is a former co-chair of ABI’s Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop. LeVine will serve a term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.

LeVine is the founder and president of Dennis LeVine & Associates, PA in Tampa, Fla., where he primarily represents creditors and chapter 7 trustees in all bankruptcy courts and creditors in commercial and consumer collection actions. He is Board Certified in both Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification. LeVine is a past president of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association and an active member the Florida Bar’s Business Law Section. LeVine received his undergraduate degree Phi Beta Kappa from Tulane University and received his J.D. from George Washington University’s National Law Center.

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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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 more than 12,000 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.abiworld.org/conferences.html.