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MITCHELL RYAN ELECTED TO ABI’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

April 15, 2011, Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Mitchell Ryan of Epiq (Orange, Calif.) has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 2002, Ryan is a co-author/editor of ABI’s manual Getting Paid: Retention and Compensation in Bankruptcy Cases A Guide for Non-attorney Professionals, a frequent speaker at ABI events and a member of ABI’s corporate band, “The Indubitable Equivalents.” He will serve a term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.
 
Ryan is director of sales and marketing at Epiq Systems in Orange, Calif., where he educates clients and industry relationships on the services and solutions the company provides. Prior to joining Epiq, Ryan was Managing Director of CPT Group, Inc., a West Coast-based claims and noticing agent that worked in the chapter 11 restructuring, class action and trustee services areas. Before that, he marketed large-scale printing projects, including many chapter 11 plan and disclosure statement projects. Ryan was also a speaker on the California Bankruptcy Forum panel “Claims and Noticing for the Mega-Case.” He is a long-standing member of the Turnaround Management Association and the California Bankruptcy Forum, and received his B.A. from California State University at Fullerton.

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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