Bankruptcy Judge John Gregg Elected to ABI's Board of Directors

Bankruptcy Judge John Gregg Elected to ABI's Board of Directors

Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Bankruptcy Judge John Gregg (W.D. Mich.; Grand Rapids) has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 2001, Judge Gregg is a speaker at ABI events, co-authored the fact pattern used for the last several ABI/St. John's Annual Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition and a contributing author or editor for many ABI Journal articles and publications. He will serve a term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.

Judge Gregg was appointed as a bankruptcy judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan on July 17, 2014. Before his appointment, he was a partner with Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, where he focused on corporate restructuring, bankruptcy and other insolvency matters. Judge Gregg is a frequent writer and speaker on bankruptcy and other commercial issues. He has written and coedited numerous secondary sources, including ABI’s Issues for Suppliers and Customers of Financially Troubled Auto Suppliers and Interrupted! Understanding Bankruptcy’s Effects on Manufacturing Supply Chains. He has also contributed to the Collier Guide to Chapter 11 (LexisNexis) and Strategies for Secured Creditors in Workouts and Foreclosures (ALI-ABA). Judge Gregg serves on the advisory board for the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, and serves on the advisory board for the Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser.

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.