Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Wayne P. Weitz of B. Riley Advisory Services (New York) has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 2008, Weitz co-chairs ABI’s Complex Financial Restructuring Program, is a former co-chair of ABI's Financial Advisors and Investment Banking Committee, served on the advisory boards for ABI’s Bankruptcy Battleground West program and Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, and has written articles and spoken at ABI events on key bankruptcy topics. He will serve a term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.

Weitz is a senior managing director at B. Riley Advisory Services, where his practice includes debtor and borrower advisory services, secured and unsecured creditor advisory services, offshore and cross-border insolvency, valuation and litigation support, and statutory and ad hoc committees. He also is a board member of the New York chapter of the Turnaround Management Association and co-chairs its Membership Committee. Weitz earned his B.A. from Brandeis University in 1987 and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1989, and is designated a Certified Turnaround Professional. In addition, he has earned his Intermediate Sommelier Certification from the National Wine School.

The complete list of directors and officers is available at http://www.abi.org/about-us/board-directors.

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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 nearly 10,000 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.abi.org/calendar-of-events.