Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Patricia A. Redmond of Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Ahadeff & Sitterson, PA (Miami) has been selected by the ABI Board of Directors to be President-Elect. She will become president for a one-year term, beginning with ABI’s Annual Spring Meeting in 2013. An ABI member since 1985, Redmond is formerly ABI’s Vice President-Development and chair of both the Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop and Caribbean Insolvency Symposium. Redmond is a shareholder in the Business Restructuring Department of Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Ahadeff & Sitterson, PA. Her practice focuses on bankruptcy with concentration in creditors' rights and insolvency counseling in bankruptcy court and in out-of-court workouts. Redmond has extensive experience in representation of trustees, creditors' committees, secured creditors and debtors in chapter 11 cases. Redmond is also a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. She received her B.A. from the University of Miami in 1975 and J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 1979, where she is an adjutant professor 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 ### 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 13,000 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.