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ROBERT J. KEACH NAMED ABI PRESIDENT-ELECT

April 8, 2008 Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Robert J. Keach of Bernstein Shur (Portland, Maine) has been selected by the ABI Board of Directors to be President-Elect. He will become president for a one-year term, beginning with ABI’s Annual Spring Meeting in 2009. An ABI member since 1985, Keach has served as ABI’s Vice President–Education, a co-chair of ABI's Business Reorganization Committee and as a member of the Executive Committee.

Keach is a shareholder at Bernstein Shur, where he practices in the area of bankruptcy, reorganization and workouts. His practice focuses on the representation of various parties in workouts and bankruptcy cases including debtors, creditors, creditors’ committees, lessors and third parties acquiring troubled companies and/or their assets.

Keach is also a member of the American Bar Association's Committee on Enforcement of Creditors' Rights as well as their sections on business, banking and corporations, real estate and litigation. He is included in the Best Lawyers in America, a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and is a member of the Local Rules Committee for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maine.

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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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 11,700 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.