Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Soneet R. Kapila of KapilaMukamal, LLP (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) has been selected by the ABI Board of Directors to be President for a one-year term. An ABI member since 1994, Kapila was recently ABI’s Treasurer and a co-chair of ABI’s Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop, and he is a contributing author to ABI’s Fraud and Forensics: Piercing Through the Deception in a Commercial Fraud Case, a regular speaker at ABI events, and an active member in the ABI Anthony H.N. Schnelling Endowment Fund.

Kapila is a founding partner of KapilaMukamal, LLP (formerly Kapila & Co.). For nearly 30 years, he has concentrated his efforts in the areas of insolvency, fiduciary and creditors’ rights matters. He represents other bankruptcy trustees, debtors, and both secured and unsecured creditors in and out of bankruptcy court. Kapila is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy, and he has been named one of the Power Leaders in Law and Accounting by the South Florida Business Journal and Best Trustee by the Daily Business Review’s “Best of 2012.” In addition, the South Florida Business Journal honored him with its Key Partners Award. Kapila received his M.B.A. from the Cranfield School of Management Studies in England.

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