Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Elizabeth B. Vandesteeg of Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (Chicago) has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 2009, Vandesteeg co-chairs ABI's Unsecured Trade Creditors Committee, is a member of the advisory board for ABI's Central States Bankruptcy Workshop, is a member of four ABI membership committees, has spoken and written on a number of key bankruptcy topics, and was named to ABI’s inaugural “40 Under 40” class in 2017. She will serve a term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.

Vandesteeg is a partner in the Financial Services & Restructuring Group at Levenfeld Pearlstein in Chicago. She focuses on identifying risk exposure and mitigating liability for clients, with a concentration in the areas of bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, commercial litigation, and data security and privacy. Vandesteeg is also qualified as a Certified Information Privacy Professional for the U.S. Private Sector by the International Association of Privacy Professionals, the world’s largest information privacy organization. She advises clients on cybersecurity and privacy compliance and regulatory issues, and last year launched the Cyber-U column in the ABI Journal, ABI’s monthly periodical. She also guides clients in developing and implementing information security programs that are reasonable and appropriate for their specific business needs and risks, and advises them on responding to data breaches. She has been named to the “Top 100” by Illinois Super Lawyers and “Illinois Top 50” by Women Illinois Super Lawyers, and has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America. In addition to her robust legal practice, Vandesteeg is also on the board of directors of Chicago Run, an organization that promotes the health and wellness of Chicago children through innovative, engaging and sustainable youth running programs. She received her J.D. from Boston College Law School in 2004 and her B.A. from Columbia University in 2001.

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

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