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President’s Column I still cannot believe it has been a year already since the 2024 Annual Spring Meeting (ASM). As we once again get ready to descend on Washington, D.C., for our annual event later this month, I want to take this time to reflect on the past year, thank

President’s Column In my penultimate column as ABI President, I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce the ABI Family to our ABI President-Elect, Hon. Bruce A. Harwood (ret.), who has been an ABI member since 1989. Over the past year, I have had the pleasure of

President’s Column ABI Conferences, Start Your Engines! Like the race car season, ABI takes a short hiatus from its conference schedule after the annual Winter Leadership Conference in December. It is much-earned down time for the ABI staff, who work tremendously hard

President’s Column As you can see by the cover of this month’s Journal, ABI has announced its eighth “40 Under 40” class. They were honored at the Winter Leadership Conference last month in Arizona with high production and a lot of standing ovations! Their impressive

President’s Column The Winter Leadership Conference (WLC) is here! I look forward to seeing everyone this month at the beautiful Phoenician Scottsdale resort in Scottsdale, Ariz. As a lifelong East Coaster (born in Philadelphia, raised in South Jersey, and currently

President’s Column It is amazing how fast this year is flying by! I am well into the second half of my term as ABI President. Not that the Annual Spring Meeting next April is the end; I still have the pleasure of serving as Immediate Past President, then Chairman of the

President’s Column I am now halfway through my year as ABI President. Members tend to ask me two questions more than any others about this role: (1) How is all the travel going; and (2) is it worth it? The short answers are “great” and “yes,” but allow me to expand. ABI

President’s Column I have now had the honor of starting several regional conferences with the opening remarks. Good thing I am a morning person, as 7:30 a.m. comes quickly after these Opening Receptions! If you have been to any of my remarks at recent ABI conferences

President’s Column Subchapter V All members should know that ABI’s Subchapter V Task Force unveiled its final report of recommendations at the Annual Spring Meeting in April. The Final Report revealed that subchapter V of chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code is achieving

President’s Column Last month, I wrote about the New York City Bankruptcy Conference being my first as ABI President. What an experience! And, yes, my live Peloton ride was nearly as exciting. For any Peloton Bike users, I was excited to take the 30-minute Alex