Geoffrey L. Berman Named ABI President
Geoffrey L. Berman Named ABI President
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GEOFFREY L. BERMAN NAMED ABI PRESIDENT
April 15, 2011 Alexandria, Va. — The American
Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Geoffrey L.
Berman of Development Specialists, Inc. (Los Angeles) has been
selected by the ABI Board of Directors to be President for 2011-12. He
succeeds Melissa Kibler Knoll of Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC
(Chicago) and will serve a one-year term, which began at ABI’s
Annual Spring Meeting, held March 31-April 3, 2011, in Washington, D.C.
An ABI member since 1991, Berman has served as ABI’s Vice
President–Publications and chaired a Task Force on General
Assignments. He also authored the ABI handbook General Assignments for
the Benefits of Creditors: The ABCs of ABCs, Second Edition, and he has
been a contributing editor and co-Executive Editor of the ABI Journal
and a frequent speaker at ABI conferences.
Berman is a Vice President at Development Specialists, Inc. His practice
focuses on general assignments for the benefit of creditors (in various
businesses and industries including wholesale seafood, retail auto
parts, various manufacturing concerns, wholesale nursery operations and
high-tech companies) and liquidating and creditor trusts under chapter
11 reorganization plans.
Berman is also a member of the Los Angeles, Orange County and Bay Area
Bankruptcy Forums and the Association of Insolvency Accountants, and is
a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy and insolvency subjects. He received
his B.A. in business administration with an emphasis in accounting and
finance from the University of the Pacific and his J.D. from
Southwestern University School of Law.
For a complete list of ABI’s officers and directors, please
visit:
http://www.abiworld.org/Content/NavigationMenu/About_ABI/Board_of_Directors/Board_of_Directors.htm
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