Christopher A. Ward Named ABI President

Christopher A. Ward Named ABI President

The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Christopher A. Ward of Polsinelli (Wilmington, Del.) has been selected by the ABI Board of Directors to be President for a one-year term. An ABI member since 2003 and formerly an ABI Vice President-Development, Ward was previously the chair and education director of ABI’s Financial Advisor and Investment Banking Committee, a member of the Mid-Atlantic ABI Endowment Committee, and a co-author of ABI’s A Business Creditor’s Guide to Distressed Vendors, Debt Collection and Bankruptcy; The Chief Restructuring Officer’s Guide to Bankruptcy: Views from Leading Insolvency Professionals; and The Zone of (In)solvency: Fiduciary Duties and Standards of Review for Corporations and Limited Liability Companies.

As chair of Polsinelli’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice and managing shareholder of its Delaware office, Ward routinely tackles financial restructurings and distressed litigation. He has significant experience in representing chapter 11 debtors, unsecured creditors’ committees, and asset purchasers, working all sides of the restructuring industry. Ward is ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Delaware), and has been named in The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and in Delaware Super Lawyers and Delaware Today magazine. He received his B.A. from Moravian College in 1995 and his J.D. cum laude from Widener University School of Law in 1999.

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.