Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Eric Madden of Reid Collins & Tsai LLP (Dallas) has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 2000, Madden has served as a co-chair of both the ABI Bankruptcy Litigation and Commercial Fraud Committees, is a frequent speaker at ABI events and has contributed to ABI’s Volo Circuit Court site. He will serve a term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.

Madden is a partner in the Dallas office of Reid Collins & Tsai LLP, where his practice is focused on complex business and insolvency-related litigation. He has represented trustees, receivers, creditor and bondholder committees, and defrauded investors in a number of major cases throughout the country. These cases often involve Ponzi schemes, financial fraud and/or significant fraudulent transfers.

Madden was named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2019), ranked as a leading lawyer in Chambers USA (2019), listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2016-19), recognized as a “Future Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation (2019), named a “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters (2014-19) and earned an AV-Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell (2012-19). He received his J.D. in 1999 from the University of Kansas and his B.A. from the University of Kansas in 1996.

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 11,000 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.