Scott F. Gautier Elected to ABIs Board of Directors

Scott F. Gautier Elected to ABIs Board of Directors

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SCOTT F. GAUTIER ELECTED TO ABI’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

April 10, 2009, Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Scott F. Gautier of Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP (Los Angeles) has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 2001 and a frequent speaker on bankruptcy and insolvency issues, Gautier is also the national editor for ABI’s circuit court updates, which are posted on the ABIWorld Web site. He is a former co-chair of ABI’s Bankruptcy Battleground West CLE program. Gautier will serve a term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.

Gautier is a partner with Peitzman, Weg & Kempinsky LLP in Los Angeles, where he is focused on bankruptcy related representation of debtors, creditors, committees, equityholders and acquirers. He is a member of the Financial Lawyers Conference, American Bar Association and Los Angeles County Bar Association. Gautier was named in Chambers USA “America's Leading Lawyers for Business' listings for both 2007 and 2008 and as one of Southern California's 'Rising Stars” by Law & Politics and Los Angeles Magazine from 2005-08. He received his B.A./B.S. from Ohio State University College and his J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.

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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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 12,000 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.