Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Donald A. Workman of BakerHostetler (Washington, D.C.) has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 1996, Workman chairs the ABI Views from the Bench conference while also serving on seven ABI Membership Committees. He contributes regularly to the ABI Journal and is a frequent speaker at ABI conferences. He will serve a term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.

Workman is the head of BakerHostetler's Washington, D.C., office’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights practice group. His practice includes business bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, debtor reorganizations, general insolvency, stockbroker liquidations and commercial litigation. He has experience representing every constituency involved in major reorganizations and workouts, including creditor committees, secured creditors, debtors, trustees, debtor-in-possession lenders, receivers, assignees for the benefit of creditors, creditors in regulated industries, and asset-purchasers. He has represented entities around the country in bankruptcy matters, including retail cases such as Toys “R” Us and Circuit City, as well as airline bankruptcies such as TWA, US Airways I and II, United, ATA, Aloha, Hawaiian Air, Delta, Northwest, Mesaba and Independence Air.

Workman was selected as a Fellow in the American Bar Foundation and is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell for preeminence in his field and his ethical standards. Additionally, he co-authored a book for CEOs and chief financial officers titled The Role of Creditors’ Committees in Chapter 11 Bankruptcies, a publication of the Thompson Cos., and Journal of Bankruptcy Law, a publication of A.S. Workman received his J.D. from Stetson University College of Law in 1991 and his B.A./B.S. from the University of Florida in 1977.

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 11,000 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.