2003 Annual Report

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The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) attained new milestones while launching several new initiatives during the past year.Total ABI membership has sailed past 9,500 members, making ABI the world’s largest organization dealing with insolvency matters.

Service to the growing ranks of new practitioners is enhanced by a new educational program on the fundamentals of bankruptcy.This popular program, introduced at the 2003 Annual Spring Meeting, is also available online at the ABI World website. Meanwhile, both of the semi-annual membership meetings and each of the regional conferences set new attendance marks this year.

Four new titles were added to the growing ABI library of publications, spanning a range of diverse topics from consumer bankruptcy to the European Union insolvency regulations. Several new books are planned for 2004.

ABI’s Endowment Fund is now past $1 million. Our strong commitment to research was demonstrated by the funding of several new grants to scholars and the underwriting of an academic symposium marking the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Bettina M. Whyte President

Richardo I. Kilpatrick Chairman

Samuel J. Gerdano Executive Director

Annual Report Table of Contents Educational Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .October 2003 Legislative Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .November 2003 Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .December 2003 ABI World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .January 2004 Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .February 2004

Our award-winning website now attracts over 2 million views per month and nearly 7,000 unique visits per day. A major overhaul of the site is set for late 2003, to provide both a fresh look and improved functionality. Also revamped is the joint website on asset sales. A new site on international insolvency has great promise as a resource for those dealing with cross border insolvencies.

Finally, our service to members was further evidenced by the creation of the new ABI Career Center, to help both job seekers and employers find the right fit in the dynamic insolvency employment market.

Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .March 2004 In The News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 2004 Law Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .May 2004 International Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June 2004 Professional Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .July 2004 Bankruptcy Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .August 2004 Finances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .September 2004 Endowment Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .October 2004

On behalf of our Board of Directors, we pledge to continue to develop new programs and products to serve our community, and urge each member to fully participate in ABI activities. We look forward to working with you in the year ahead.

Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .November 2004 ABI Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .December 2004 Committees

ABI has earned a reputation for high quality

Annual Spring Meeting The 2003 Annual Spring Meeting in Washington saw a record 900 attendees.The Seventh Annual “Great Debates” focused on hot topics such as retention bonuses for key executives and critical vendor motions. Educational panels addressed the essentials of effective trial practice, equitable subordination, first-day orders, preferences and out-of-court alternatives to bankruptcy. Consumer bankruptcy sessions focused on chapter 13 trends and ethics.The program featured two former U.S. Attorneys General: Hon. Griffin Bell, who served as the keynote lunch speaker, and Hon. Dick Thornburgh, who spoke on his role as the examiner in the WorldCom case.

The event concluded with a gala dinner and concert by Motown legends The Commodores.

educational programs that meet the needs of our diverse membership, while providing valuable networking opportunities, all at a reasonable cost. More than 4,000 members attended programs over the past 12 months.

Hundreds more continue to take advantage of the convenience of the growing number of

Winter Leadership Confernce

ABI programs online via West LegalEdCenter.

More than 600 attended the 2002 Winter Leadership Conference at LaPaloma Resort in Tucson, Arizona. Among the topics were panels on the scope of Section 105 powers, intellectual property issues in bankruptcy, wage and benefit claims and the controversy over indemnification of non-attorney professionals.

Noted economist and television host Stuart Varney provided a forecast of the U.S. economy and financial markets during a luncheon keynote.

Immediate Past President Andy Caine introduces a panel at the 2002 Winter Conference.

Regional Programs ABI’s popular regional programs thrived over the past year, with each one setting new attendance marks.The workshop format of the programs allows members to customize their educational experience.The largest regional conference is the Northeast Bankruptcy Conference. In 2003, this program surpassed 600 registrants for an event at beautiful Newport, Rhode Island.

Other ABI educational initiatives include programs for state court judges (now in its 13th year) and government agency counsel (new in 2003).

Former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell spoke on the asbestos liability crisis at the 2003 Annual Meeting.

2003 Winter Leadership Conference

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ABI’s Robert M. Zinman Resident Scholars (Prof. David Epstein and Prof. Marianne Culhane) responded to Capitol Hill requests for analysis and comment on various legislative proposals and prospective amendments to H.R 975. Prof. Jack Williams, a previous Zinman Scholar, commented on the impact of a proposed amendment to change the tax attributes of certain actions taken by WorldCom. Comments from ABI are not limited to the academic community. Bankruptcy judges Eugene Wedoff and Thomas Small developed a package of recommendations, titled A Proposal for More Effective Bankruptcy Reform, to address the goals of bankruptcy reform, while limiting unproductive administrative procedures.

ABI’s Legislative Committee, co-chaired by judges David Houston and George Paine, regularly invites the key Hill staff to update our members during the Annual Spring Meeting on the prospects for reform.

The history of bankruptcy policy is an important part of the ABI’s October 2003 Symposium marking the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978. Should the current bankruptcy reform bill become law, ABI will sponsor a series of teleseminar programs for members covering the important changes in both personal and business bankruptcy.

This year marks the sixth year that Congress has considered comprehensive bankruptcy reform.The legislation (H.R. 975) passed the House of Representatives in the spring of 2003 and is pending in the Senate. While ABI is not a lobbying group with a particular agenda, our members are frequently called upon to assist Congress’ understanding of bankruptcy issues and policy.

ABI World serves as a comprehensive source of archived legislative materials since the 105th Congress.The full text of all bills, legislative history, commentary, analysis and more can be found online.

One of the hot topics being considered in H.R. 975 is whether the current “disinterestedness” standard for the employment of investment bankers should be relaxed. ABI’s co-chair of the Investment Banking Committee, Peter Kaufman (Gordian Group; New York) weighed in on the issue during this interview on CNBC-TV.

“Quick Polls” on ABI World frequently address legislative issues.

House Judiciary Committee Staffers David Lachmann and Susan Jensen discuss the prospects for the pending legislation.

“US Airways is urging Congress to let the airline pay its $3 billion pension liability over 30 years as opposed to seven, as an essential element of its reorganization strategy.The PBGC opposes this plan as unfair to other companies struggling to meet pension obligations. Should Congress pass this legislation?”

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With an endowment of well over $1 million,

In addition to empirical research, the endowment funds an annual $10,000 scholarship to the St. John’s University School of Law bankruptcy LL.M. program.

the ABI is expanding its capability to fund important scholarly research. Since 1998,

The endowment also contributes to the support of ABI’s in-house research capability, in the presence of the Robert M. Zinman Resident Scholar. Zinman Scholars for 2003 were Prof. David Epstein (Georgetown University Law Center) and Prof. Marianne Culhane (Creighton University Law School).

the endowment has funded over $270,000 in research grants, scholarships and special projects. During 2003, ABI produced a

The endowment’s biggest contribution during 2003 is to help defray costs associated with an academic symposium marking the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the Bankruptcy Code.The October 10-11, 2003 event featured major papers presented by Profs. Barry Adler (NYU), Douglas Baird (Chicago), Elizabeth Warren (Harvard) and James White (Michigan).The symposium has a strong public policy focus, with Congressional consideration of bankruptcy reform this year. Congressional scholar Norman Ornstein provided a luncheon keynote on changes in Congress over the last quarter century. Famed Harvard professor Arthur Miller served as a moderator for a roundtable on bankruptcy reform from the 1970’s to today.

DVD to help consumers better manage their finances, while explaining the basics of bankruptcy procedure.

Prof. Marianne Culhane ABI Resident Scholar Fall 2003

Project Grantee Consumer debtor education training program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Coalition for Consumer Bankruptcy Debtor Education Bankruptcy court competition in Ch 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prof. Lynn LoPucki (UCLA Law School) Consumer awareness of credit disclosures and buying choices . . . . .Coalition for Consumer Bankruptcy Debtor Education Study of serial Ch 13 filers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prof. Jean Lown, Ph.D. (Utah State) During the past 12 months, ABI’s Research Grant Committee, chaired by Hon.Wesley Steen (W.D.Tex) has funded four new projects.

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ABI’s award-winning website – www.abiworld.org –

Members can order CLE programs online 24/7/365, through a partnership with West LegalEdCenter.com.

ABI’s bankruptcy fundamentals program is among the most popular.

The website also contains streaming audio casts of the “Bankruptcy Today” programs on the Sky Radio Programs such as “Nuts and Bolts of Bankruptcy” are available online. network, and ABI press briefings.

Dow Jones Newsletters this year joined our existing content partners (West, Lexis-Nexis,The Deal, Bankruptcy Litigation Report) by providing news items, headlines from the Daily Bankruptcy Review Small Cap Report, as well as networking notes.

is the first stop each day for the insolvency world.

The site features daily news headlines, the latest on bankruptcy filings, legislative developments, analyses of court opinions and more. Popular features include “Cracking the Code” – an interactive weekly newsletter – and “Bankruptcy Year in Review” – a digest of hundreds of cases in business and personal bankruptcy.

The joint ABI-NABT website dedicated to the sale of assets in bankruptcy (www.bankruptcysales.com) enjoyed a redesign this year.

More than 80,000 online documents are searchable, creating a powerful research capability. Enhancing this functionality is a key component of a planned redesign effort, set for 2004.The site attracts more than 2 million page views per month and over 200,000 visits per month, with more than 6,000 unique visitors per day.

New in 2003 is the Career Center, an online service connecting employers in the bankruptcy field with qualified candidates.The service is free to both employers and job seekers. More than 200 jobs were listed within the first few months.

The popular ABI Network Update also benefitted from a facelift this year. Now each bi-weekly issue is delivered direct to members’ email inbox in an attractive and easy-toread (HTML) format. Each Update provides direct access to a variety of links, such as court opinions and committee newsletters, and an archive to past issues.

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ABI members enjoy a variety of publications

New Titles ABI published four new books during the first half of 2003. First Day Motions, by Debra Grassgreen (Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl,Young, Jones & Weintraub; San Francisco) with Prof. G. Ray Warner (St. John’s University School of Law) is an insightful guide to the critical first days of a bankruptcy case.The book addresses the basics of administrative, operational and substantive motions as well as appeals of first day motions.The Bankruptcy Telecommunications Manual, by the bankruptcy group at Wiley, Rein & Fielding (Washington, D.C. and Tysons Corner,Va) provides an overview of basic bankruptcy law for the telecom professional and basic communications law for the insolvency professional. It examines the interrelationship and conflict between the Communications Act and the Bankruptcy Code.The Consumer Bankruptcy Handbook, by Tom Yerbich (Anchorage, Alaska) covers the basics of chapter 7 and 13. Also new in 2003 is the European Union Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings, by Dutch professor and practitioner Bob Wessels.

as a benefit of membership, from the monthly ABI Journal and semi-annual ABI Law Review to the annual Membership Directory.The 2003-04 Directory is nearly 1,000 pages.

New Editions ABI published several new editions of popular titles during the past 12 months. Included here are Bankruptcy in Practice, a 500-page work by Prof. Jack Ayer (University of California-Davis) and Michael Bernstein (Arnold & Porter; Washington, D.C.); Bankruptcy Issues for State Trial Court Judges, by Prof. Marianne Culhane (ABI Resident Scholar; Creighton University Law School), and When World’s Collide, on the impact of bankruptcy on family law, by Peter Alexander (Dean, Southern Illinois University Law School) and Hon. Judith Fitzgerald (W.D. Pa)

Committee e-Newsletters This year also marked the advent of committee newsletters, written by ABI committees and produced in colorful html format, and sent via email to all committee members.

Each newsletter features at least two topical articles and links to other online information relevant to that committee’s work.

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ABI membership passed 9,500 in July, 2003.

The 12-month rolling growth rate is over nine percent. More new members joined during the first seven months of 2003 than during any similar period in our 21-year history.

Membership retention rates hover at or near 90 percent – a figure nearly unheard of in associations and especially impressive given the diverse nature of the membership. More than 60 percent of the nation’s bankruptcy judges are paid members, as are over 150 bankruptcy law professors.

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ABI members enjoy a wide 1995 5,156 range of benefits, including discounts on educational conferences and publications, unlimited access to the daily news headlines and research sections of the website, and unmatched networking opportunities Members join from a variety of sources, including educational conferences, trade show exhibits, direct mail and the website. Special outreach efforts have been extended to judicial law clerks, consumer bankruptcy specialists, young professionals and non-attorneys.

Membership by Join Source The ABI Membership Directory, now nearly 1,000 pages, features a “directory within a directory” where all members within a particular law, accounting or turnaround firms are listed.This feature makes it easy to identify and network with the nation’s top practitioners.

Membership by Profession Type

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Reporters turn to the ABI when they need a reliable source for information in the bankruptcy field. Over the past 12 months, ABI and its members were cited as authorities ABI Resident Scholar Marianne Culhane appeared on Fox News Channel’s Cavuto on Business.

in hundreds of national and local news outlets,

ABI President Bettina M.Whyte was a featured speaker at a business journalism conference aimed at training reporters and editors how to cover the complex financial issues arising in large public company cases. Her insights on the strategies used by corporate executives before and during bankruptcy will assist the media’s understanding of the reorganization process.

covering both the print and electronic media.

Much of the media coverage centered on the continued rise in personal bankruptcies and the prospects for new legislation.

Executive Director Samuel Gerdano discussed bankruptcy trends on CNN.

ABI’s public affairs efforts are also geared toward enhancing public understanding of bankruptcy’s implications for the national economy.

Toward that end, new in 2003 is a partnership with Sky Radio, the business news channel of the nation’s air carriers. ABI produced a monthly segment called “Bankruptcy Today” featuring prominent professionals addressing current developments. Segments covered economic forecasting, trends in corporate finance and reorganization, the emerging crisis of asbestos litigation, the treatment of labor and employment issues in bankruptcy cases, and changing consumer attitudes toward debt.The shows aired throughout 2003 on the in-flight networks of United, American, US Airways, Northwest and Delta airlines.

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The American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review

The first issue, published in 1993, dealt exclusively with the theme of single asset real estate cases. Succeeding issues have usually featured a single theme, such as consumer bankruptcy, technology cases, healthcare bankruptcy, ethics, international insolvencies and bankruptcy taxation, among other themes.

is the nation’s largest circulation bankruptcy law review. Edited by the top students at St. John’s University School of Law, it is

The Winter 2002 issue was an open (non-theme) issue with three articles addressing different aspects of claims trading and two articles on the engagement rules for employment of turnaround managers and financial advisors. Included was a piece on the controversial concepts of indemnification and exculpation of these professionals.

published twice each year by West Group.

The Spring 2003 issue featured a transcribed and annotated roundtable discussion on new corporate governance issues in the wake of the accounting and financial scandals of the previous year.The session was colorfully titled: “Remembering When - Recollections of a Time When Aggressive Accounting, Special Purpose Vehicles, Asset Light Companies and Executive Stock Options Were Positive Attributes”. A featured article in the Spring issue addressed the hot topic of retention and severance packages for key employees and insiders.

Christopher A. Lynch, Editor-in-Chief of the ABI Law Review, receives the annual ABI scholarship and plaque for his term of service, from Prof. Robert M. Zinman.

Prof. Robert M. Zinman (St. John’s University School of Law), a past ABI President and Chairman, has served as the faculty advisor and chair of the Law Review Advisory Board since the inception. Prof.

Zinman will be succeeded by Prof. G. Ray Warner, who also serves as the new director of the LL.M. program at St. John’s. Each issue of the Law Review also publishes a thesis by a graduate of the LL.M. program.

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The committee helped organize an educational exchange for judges from Mexico attending the 2003 NCBJ annual meeting, building on the success of an earlier program for judges from Central and Eastern Europe.

George M. Kelakos (Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe (New York), Josefina Fernandez

ABI’s Vice President for International Affairs, Steven G. Golick (far left) (Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt;Toronto) headed up the fourth Canadian-American Symposium, held in New York in February 2003. More than 150 attended.

McEvoy (Squire, Sanders & Dempsey; Los Angeles) and Ian G. Williams (Edwards Geldard; London) is among our most active member committees.

Each of ABI’s national conferences contains an educational panel on cross-border topics.The 2003 Winter Leadership Conference featured a program on airline reorganization with a focus on the Air Canada case.

ABI is the largest of 32 member associations in INSOL International, the worldwide federation of insolvency professionals. ABI and INSOL created www.globalINSOLvency.com, a new website devoted to international insolvency.The website was launched during INSOL’s 2003 conference in the Americas (in Las Vegas).The 2003 ABI Southwest Bankruptcy Conference, also held in Las Vegas, held a panel on cross-border current developments as a segue to the INSOL conference.

Also new this year is a primer on the new European Union Regulations on Insolvency Proceedings, written by Prof. Bob Wessels, a Dutch lawyer and noted commercial law professor at Vrije University in Amsterdam.

The book covers jurisdictional issues, winding up proceedings such as the appointment of a liquidator, recognition of judgments, creditors rights and other provisions.

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ABI is committed to advancing the

Annual LL.M. Scholarship Each year the Institute also awards a $10,000 scholarship to a graduate law student in the bankruptcy LL.M. program at St. John’s University School of Law.The LL.M. program is the only one of its kind, and the award reflects ABI’s long partnership with St. John’s.

development of young professionals in various insolvency disciplines.The Institute sponsors competitions, awards scholarships

Medal of Excellence

and recognizes outstanding achievements among those planning careers in bankruptcy fields.

National Moot Court Competition A record 28 law schools competed in the 2003 Conrad B. Duberstein National Moot Court Competition.The event, now in its 12th year, is the only national competition devoted to bankruptcy. It is held each year at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and is named in honor of Judge Duberstein, a former member of the ABI Board of Directors and the Chief Judge of the Eastern District of New York.The 2003 competition was won by the University of Miami School of Law, coached by ABI Director Patricia Redmond (Stearns, Weaver et al.).

ABI presented the 2003 Medal of Excellence in Bankruptcy to over 100 top students around the country. Medal recipients are selected by each law school’s bankruptcy faculty, and typically receive their awards during school commencement exercises. Winners receive engraved medals and certificates of achievement, as well as a complimentary one-year ABI membership. Now in its sixth year, the program is coordinated by ABI Director Christopher Graham (Thacher, Proffitt & Wood; New York).

MBA Programs ABI and the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University are developing a graduate business school competition, where the nation’s top MBA students would prepare and present business plans to save financially troubled companies.The presentations would be made to blue-ribbon panels of CEO’s, CFO’s, turnaround experts and judges. Kellogg is the nation’s top graduate business school. ABI will administer the program, sponsor a faculty stipend and provide financial awards for the winning schools.

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As the only national board certification for bankruptcy

According to the American Board Association, approximately 30,000 attorneys are board certified in one or more practice areas.We have demonstrated the value of the rigorous ABC certification process in that the number of certified attorney continues to rise and our retention rate for certified attorneys averages 97%. ABC will soon grow to over 1,000 certificate holders.This growth reflects the trend among attorneys and law firms in recognizing the value of board certification and firms encouraging their eligible attorneys to become certified.The Board recently implemented new procedures to make it easier for firms seeking to have multiple attorneys certified. Recognition of ABC certification continues at the state level as well.The ABC programs gained additional accreditations from the Ohio Supreme Court and the Indiana Supreme Court, and the Iowa and Arkansas Supreme Courts enacted rules changes that recognize certification.

and creditors rights attorneys, the American Board of Certification (ABC) continually seeks new and innovative ways to enhance the value of board certification.This year, retired judges were added to the Board of Directors to gain their invaluable insights into the certification process.

The 2003-2004 Directory of Board Certified Attorneys was distributed to over 9,000 judges, bankruptcy and creditors rights professionals as well as others who are constantly in need certified attorneys. Additionally, more than 75,000 visitors are expected to the ABC website (www.abcworld.org) during the year by those seeking

Chair James T. Markus Block, Markus and Williams, L.L.C. Denver, CO

Officers: Richard P. Carmody Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville Birmingham, AL

President

William I. Kohn Schiff Hardin & Waite Chicago, IL

valuable information regarding ABC certified attorneys and the ABC certification programs.

Prof. Lois R. Lupica University of Maine School of Law Portland, ME

John D. Penn Haynes and Boone, LLP Fort Worth,TX Vice President Rudy J. Cerone McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC New Orleans, LA Treasurer Bob Bernstein Bernstein Law Firm, P.C. Pittsburgh, PA

C. Daniel Motsinger Krieg DeVault Alexander & Capehart Indianapolis, IN Joseph A. Peiffer Day, Rettig, Peiffer, Johanson Cedar Rapids Bettie Kelley Sousa Smith Debnam Narron Wyche Story & Myers Raleigh, NC Executive Director Michelle L. Anderson

Secretary William L. Norton III Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry PLC Nashville,TN

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During the past year, the ABI enhanced its financial position while continuing to be the nation's leading provider of high

American Bankruptcy Institute Statement of Financial Position

quality bankruptcy education and research.

ASSETS December 31, 2002

December 31, 2001

$202,491 349,767 233,739 282,417 49,155

$175,671 268,586 160,139 116,531 52,342

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1,855,144 68,657 76,397 23,810

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$3,774,706

$2,797,277

$378,592 1,124,541

$273,452 908,037

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702,680 648,320 1,351,000

143,752 123,285 267,037

143,789 120,999 264,788

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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $3,774,706

$2,797,277

Current Assets: Cash and cash equivalents Short-term investments Accounts receivable, net Prepaid and other assets Pledges receivable, net

At a presentation of the 2002 audited financial statements, BDO Seidman, LLP again issued an unqualified “clean report” and highlighted ABI’s remarkable growth over the

Total Current Assets

past several years. Investment Advisors at Paine Webber

Noncurrent Assets: Long-term investments Pledges receivable, net Property and Equipment, net Deposits

monitor our investments and help ensure the financial security of the ABI.

Total Current Assets

The information at right is taken from the 2002 audited

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financial statements.

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Current Liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued expenses Deferred revenue

Revenue Growth by Year ABI’s revenue nearly tripled from 1995 to 2002 through membership growth and new educational programs

1995

Total Liabilities Net assets: Unrestricted Undesignated Board designated endowment Total unrestricted net assets

$ 1,697,271

1996

$ 1,872,567

1997

$ 2,318,743

1998

Temporarily restricted General Endowment Total temporarily restricted net assets

$ 2,633,678

1999

$ 3,058,946

2000

$ 3,427,825

2001

Total net assets

$ 4,152,251

2002

$ 4,931,889 0

$1,000,000

$3,000,000

$5,000,000

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Southwest Bankrupcty Conference – The Bellagio Las Vegas, NV

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ABI Endowment Fund Contributions

Benefactors

Stutman,Treister & Glatt, PC Michael H. Goldstein Harvey L.Tepner Loeb Partners Corporation Richard N.Tilton Prof. G. Ray Warner St. John’s University School of Law/Greenberg Traurig, LLP Prof. Jack F.Williams Georgia State University/ BDO Seidman LLP Deborah Williamson Cox & Smith Inc.

Contributions of $5,000$9,999 Atlas Partners, LLC Roger “Biff ” Ruttenberg & Michael H. Nadler Joseph S.U. Bodoff Bodoff & Slavitt, LLP Edward P. Bond Bederson & Company, LLP Eric L. Brossman Duane Morris LLP Hon. Leif M. Clark U.S. Bankruptcy Court Cohn, Khoury, Madoff & Whitesell, LLP Daniel C. Cohn Dickinson Wright PLLC Daniel F. Gosch Foothill Capital Corporation Steven G. Golick Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Philip J. Hendel Hendel & Collins, PC Kenneth C. Henry BDO Seidman LLP High Ridge Partners Nancy Ross, Pat Cavanaugh & Mike Eber Hon. Lee M. Jackwig U.S. Bankruptcy Court Douglas Jessop Jessop & Company, PC William I. Kohn Sachnoff & Weaver E. Bruce Leonard Cassels, Brock & Blackwell James B. Matthews Prime Locations Consulting Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC William W. Kannel & Richard E. Mikels David L. Osias Allen, Matkins, Leck, Gamble & Mallory The Ozer Group & Paragon Capital, LLC Stephen G. Miller Patricia A. Redmond Sterns Weaver et al.

Michael P. Richman Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw Thomas J. Salerno Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Anthony H. Schnelling Bridge Associates LLC James Patrick Shea Shea & Carlyon, Ltd.

Thru June 1, 2003

Century Council Members Contributions of $25,000 and above AlixPartners LLC Jay Alix & Bettina M. Whyte William A. Brandt Development Specialists, Inc. John Wm. Butler, Jr. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP L.E. Creel III Creel, Sussman & Moore Harry D. Dixon, Jr. Keen Consultants LLC National Auctioneers Association Robert A. Shively & Larry Theurer Visa USA, Inc.

Lifetime Members Contributions of $10,000 $24,999 Andersen A.S.K. Financial, Inc. Gregory S. Abrams & Joseph L. Steinfeld Gerald P. Buccino Buccino & Associates, Inc. Gary W. Burns KPMG LLP Mitchell H. Cohen Gordon Brothers Retail Partners LLP Robert N. Dangremond AlixPartners LLC Sanford R. Edlein Glass & Associates, Inc. Ford Elsaesser Elsaesser, Jarzabek, Anderson, Marks & Elliott, Chtd.

Barbara A. Everly Leslie H. Miles, Jr. MB Valuation Services, Inc. Morris Anderson & Associates, Ltd. Daniel F. Dooley & Baker A. Smith Prof. Robert M. Zinman St. John’s University School of Law

Sustaining Members Contributions of $2,000$4,999 Sean Allen Bankruptcy Management Corporation Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC Andrew I. Silfen Atwell, Curtis & Brooks Ltd. /University Management Associates & Consultants Becket & Lee LLP Gary D. Bernhardy Carl Marks Consulting Group Scott Bernstein SB Capital Group LLC Matthew Bordwin Keen Consultants LLC Paul Bennett Bran Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky LLP Prof. Daniel U. Bussel Klee,Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern, LLP Andrew W. Caine Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl,Young, Jones & Weintraub Mary Jane Cardwell Carl Marks Consulting Group Mark Claster George B. Cauthen Nelson Mullins et al.

Rudy J. Cerone McGlinchey Stafford PLLC David D. Cleary McDermott, Will & Emery Alan Cohen ALCO Capital Group, Inc. Howard S. Cohen Parente Randolph, LLC

Karen Cordry National Association of Attorneys General James H. Cossitt Attorney at Law Jack J. Cullen Foster Pepper & Shefelman, PLLC Hon. J. Michael Deasy U.S. Bankruptcy Court Holly Felder Etlin Crossroads LLC Gus Michael Farinella Attorney/Counselor at Law Robert E. Feidler Tinamarie Feil Bankruptcy Management Corporation Robert M. Fishman Shaw, Gussis, Fishman, Glantz & Wolfson Jean K. FitzSimon Bridge Associates LLC Allan Friedman Bowne & Co. Leonard H. Gilbert Holland & Knight, LLP Peter Gilhuly Latham & Watkins Hon.William H. Gindin U.S. Bankruptcy Court Jeffrey Gordon IAR Group LLC Christopher F. Graham Thacher Proffitt & Wood Daniel Carl Green Racine, Olson, Nye, Budge & Bailey Wayne M. Greenwald Greenwald & Rimberg LLP Hon. James D. Gregg U.S. Bankruptcy Court Nell Hennessy The Hilco Organization Stephen A. Holiga Visa USA, Inc. Dillon E. Jackson Foster Pepper & Shefelman Alan M. Jacobs AMJ Advisors LLC J. James Jenkins Lain Faulkner & Co., PC Soneet R. Kapila Kapila & Company George M. Kelakos Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe LLP Danny C. Kelly Stoel Rives LLP

Richardo I. Kilpatrick Kilpatrick & Associates Faye Knowles Andrew A. Kress Kaye Scholer LLP Forrest B. Lammiman Lord Bissell & Brook Latham & Watkins Robert J. Rosenberg Gerard J. Leimkuhler Wescott Strategic Management LLC Joel H. Levitin Dechert Richard M. Lorenzen Brown & Bain, P.A. James M. Lukenda Huron Consulting Group LLC Hon. Raymond T. Lyons U.S. Bankruptcy Court Jean Maess WEST Jerry M. Markowitz Markowitz, Davis, Ringel & Trusty, PA Josefina Fernandez McEvoy Josefina Fernandez McEvoy PC Thomas M. Messana Markowitz, Davis, Ringel & Trusty, PA Weldon L. Moore III Creel, Sussman & Moore Hon. C. Ray Mullins U.S. Bankruptcy Court The Nassi Group LLC Albert T. Nassi David M. Neff Piper Rudnick, LLP Neil P. Olack Duane Morris LLP Olshan, Grundman, Frome, Rosenzweig & Wolosky, LLP Michael P. O’Neil Sommer Barnard Ackerson Christian Carl Onsager The Broe Companies Gilbert C. Osnos Osnos Associates, Inc. Hon. John K. Pearson (Retired Judge) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Joseph A. Peiffer Day, Rettig, Peiffer & Johansen, PC Scott Peltz American Express Tax & Business Services

John D. Penn Haynes and Boone, LLP Thomas J. Petters Petters Company Lisa M. Poulin PricewaterhouseCoopers Timothy T. Read Jonathan Reich Michael Fox International M. Freddie Reiss PricewaterhouseCoopers Robert P. Reynolds Reynolds, Reynolds & Duncan, LLC Rebecca A. Roof AlixPartners LLC Salomon Green & Ostrow Chester B. Salomon Sanford Sigoloff Sigoloff & Associates, Inc. Edward J. Siskin Fleet Retail Finance, Inc. James E. Smith Attorney at Law William K. Snyder Corporate Revitalization Partners LLC Frank A. Somers Bank of America Sommer Barnard Ackerson Attorneys, PC James H.M. Sprayregen Kirkland & Ellis Hon.Wesley W. Steen U.S. Bankruptcy Court Stonehill Group LLP Donald C. Swenson Lynn Lewis Tavenner Tavenner & Beran, PLC Deborah L.Thorne Barnes & Thornburg United Way of MiamiDade Lawrence M. Schantz Adorno & Zedar, PA Lynnette R.Warman Jenkens & Gilchrist Robert H.Warshauer Ernst & Young Corporate Finance LLC Hon. Eugene R.Wedoff U.S. Bankruptcy Court Stephen D.Wheelis Wheelis & Rozanski Colin W.Wied C.W. Wied PC Joseph J.Wielebinski Munsch, Hardt, Kopf & Harr, PC Louis A. Zircher

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Law Center Washington, DC (tent.)

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April 2003 to April 2004 * Richardo I. Kilpatrick Chair Kilpatrick &Associates PC Auburn Hills, Mich. * Andrew W. Caine Immediate Past-President Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl,Young, et al.

Los Angeles, Calif. * Bettina M.Whyte President AlixPartners LLC New York, N.Y. * Michael P. Richman President-Elect Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw New York, N.Y. * Mitchell H. Cohen Vice President-Membership Gordon Brothers Group LLC Boston, Mass. * Steven G. Golick Vice President-International Affairs Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Toronto, Ont. * Benjamin L. Nortman Vice President-Development The Hilco Organization Northbrook, Ill.

Geoffrey L. Berman Development Specialists Inc. Los Angeles, Calif.

Hon. David W. Houston III U.S. Bankruptcy Court Aberdeen, Miss.

Robert J. Rosenberg Latham & Watkins New York, N.Y.

Hon.William T. Bodoh U.S. Bankruptcy Court Youngstown, Ohio

Dillon E. Jackson Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC Seattle, Wash.

Nancy A. Ross High Ridge Partners Inc. Chicago, Ill.

Mark V. Bossi Thompson Coburn LLP St. Louis, Mo.

* Reginald W. Jackson Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Columbus, Ohio

Sandra L. Schirmang Kraft Foods Inc. Northfield, Ill.

* Hon.William H. Brown U.S. Bankruptcy Court Memphis,Tenn.

Robert J. Keach Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson PA Portland, Maine

Anthony H. Schnelling Bridge Associates LLC New York, N.Y.

Prof. Ralph E. Brubaker Emory University School of Law Atlanta, Ga.

George M. Kelakos Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP New York, N.Y.

James Patrick Shea Shea & Carlyon Ltd. Las Vegas, Nev.

Karen Cordry National Association of Attorneys General Washington, D.C.

Joel H. Levitin Dechert LLP New York, N.Y.

Edward J. Siskin Fleet Retail Finance Inc. Boston, Mass.

Jean E. Maess West Rochester, N.Y.

Kent V. Snyder Snyder & Associates Portland, Ore.

James T. Markus Block Markus Williams LLC Denver, Colo.

* James H.M. Sprayregen Kirkland & Ellis Chicago, Ill.

Richard E. Mikels Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, et al.

Boston, Mass.

Harvey L.Tepner Compass Advisers LLP New York, N.Y.

Christian C. Onsager Denver, Colo.

John Tittle Jr. Deloitte & Touche Dallas,Texas

Mitchell E. Drucker CIT Business Credit New York, N.Y. Sanford R. Edlein Glass & Associates Inc. Dallas,Texas James S. Feltman KPMG LLP Miami, Fla.

* Neil P. Olack Vice President-Education Duane Morris LLP Atlanta, Ga.

Michael Fishman Wells Fargo Foothill Santa Monica, Calif.

Colleen A. Palmer GE Capital Commercial Finance Inc. Chicago, Ill.

Hon. Judith K. Fitzgerald U.S. Bankruptcy Court Pittsburgh, Pa.

* John D. Penn Vice President-Publications Haynes and Boone LLP Fort Worth,Texas * Hon.Wesley W. Steen Vice President-Research Grants U.S. Bankruptcy Court Houston,Texas * John W. Ames Secretary Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC Louisville, Ky. * Gary W. Burns Treasurer KPMG LLP New York, N.Y.

R.Carter Pate PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Dallas,Texas

Leonard P. Goldberger White and Williams LLP Philadelphia, Pa.

Robin E. Phelan Haynes and Boone LLP Dallas,Texas

Christopher F. Graham Thacher Proffitt & Wood New York, N.Y.

John Rao National Consumer Law Center Boston, Mass.

Hon. James D. Gregg U.S. Bankruptcy Court Grand Rapids, Mich.

Patricia A. Redmond Stearns, Weaver, Miller, et al.

Miami, Fla.

Henry E. Hildebrand III Lassiter,Tidwell & Hildebrand PLLC Nashville,Tenn.

Lawrence R. Ahern III Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC Nashville,Tenn.

Hon. Steven W. Rhodes U.S. Bankruptcy Court Detroit, Mich.

Stephen A. Holiga Visa USA Inc. San Francisco, Calif.

Lynnette R.Warman Jenkens & Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP Dallas,Texas Prof. G. Ray Warner St. John’s University School of Law Jamaica, N.Y. Robert H.Warshauer Ernst & Young Corporate Finance LLC New York, N.Y. * Hon. Eugene R.Wedoff U.S. Bankruptcy Court Chicago, Ill. Samuel J. Gerdano Executive Director Alexandria,Va. * Denotes Executive Committee Member

Hon. Linda B. Riegle U.S. Bankruptcy Court Las Vegas, Nev.

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As of September 2003

Executive Director Samuel Gerdano Director of Administration Kathy Sheehan

(from left) Sharisa Sloan, Caroline Milani, Rali Mileva and Vanessa York pose with the Grammy Award-winning Commodores at the 20th Annual Spring Meeting.

Membership Director Chris Thackston

Senior Accounting Manager Patty Sadusky

Membership Retention Assistant Kim Hay

Finance & Accounting Assistant Arzu Bagci

Membership Associate Beverly Hoeftman

Accounts Receivable Coordinator Jenny Chung

Marketing Coordinator Sharisa Sloan

Communications Director Melissa Lanning Trumpower

Special Projects Director Caroline Milani

Communications Coordinator Carolyn Kanon

Staff AssistantPublications/Receptionist Pat Noboa (Suite 404)

Public Affairs Specialist Rali Mileva

Staff Assistant-CLE/Receptionist Ana Quada (Suite 400)

Graphic Designer Susan Druzak Webmaster Karim Guirguis (from left) Carolyn Kanon, Melissa Lanning Trumpower, Karim Guirguis,Adina Yu, Rali Mileva and Susan Druzak comprise ABI’s Communications Department.

Web Assistant Adina Yu Meeting Planners John Good Jennifer Dannemiller Vanessa York (from left) John Good, Jennifer Dannemiller, Ana Quada and Vanessa York lead ABI’s meetings staff.

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Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Lester J. Levy JAMS 2 Embarcadero Ctr, Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94111-3802 (415) 982-5267 (415) 982-5287 Hon. Barbara J. Houser U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Texas 1100 Commerce St, Suite 12A24 Dallas,TX 75242 (214) 753-2055 (214) 753-2057 judge_barbara_houser@ txnb.uscourts.gov Asset Sales David Peress Ozer Group LLC 75 Second Ave, Suite 400 Needham, MA 02494 (781) 707-4235 (781) 707-4201 fax depress@ozergroup.com Richard N.Tilton 2112 Baileys Corner Rd Wall, NJ 07719 (732) 449-7893 (732) 449-8170 fax rick@bankruptcy-acquisition.com Bankruptcy Taxation Prof. Jack F.Williams Georgia State University/ BDO Seidman LLP PO Box 4037 Atlanta, GA 30302 (404) 651-2139 (404) 651-2092 fax jwilliams@gsu.edu Charles F. Rosen, Esq. Law Offices of A. Lavar Taylor 6 Hutton Center Dr, Suite 880 Santa Ana, CA 92707-5707 (714) 546-0445 (714) 546-2604 fax chuckrosen@taylorlaw.com

Business Reorganization Robert J. Keach Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson 100 Middle St. PO Box 9729 Portland, ME 04104-5029 (207) 774-1200 (207) 774-1127 fax rkeach@mainelaw.com Anthony H. Schnelling Bridge Associates, LLC 747 Third Ave, Suite 20A New York, NY 10017-2803 (212) 207-4710 (212) 207-9294 fax aschnelling@ bridgeassociatesllc.com Subcommittee on Insurance, Construction & Surety Lawrence R. Ahern, III Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC Two American Ctr 3102 West End Ave, Suite 700 Nashville,TN 37203-1304 (615) 760-7112 (615) 760-7312 fax lra@gdm.com J. Gregg Miller Pepper Hamilton LLP 2 Logan Square, Suite 3000 Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799 (215) 981-4085 (215) 981-4750 fax millerj@pepperlaw.com Subcommittee on Agriculture Rick A.Yarnall Chapter 13 Trustee 1300 SW Fifth Ave, Suite 1700 Portland, OR 97201-5667 (503) 972-6311 (503) 972-6252 fax yarnall13@msn.com

International

Legislation

George M. Kelakos Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP 120 W 45th St New York, NY 10036 (212) 847-8694 (212) 763-7600 fax gkelakos@hewm.com

Hon. David W. Houston, III U.S. Bankruptcy Court PO Box 867 Aberdeen, MS 39730 (662) 369-2624 (662) 369-2635 fax david_houston@ msnb.uscourts.gov

Josefina Fernandez McEvoy Squire Sanders & Dempsey 801 S. Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 (213) 6895120 (213) 623-4581 fax jmcevoy@ssd.com

Hon. George C. Paine, II U.S. Bankruptcy Court 218 Customs House 701 Broadway Nashville,TN 37203 (615) 736-5587 (615) 736-2716 fax george_paine@ck6.uscourts.gov

Ian G.Williams Edwards Geldard 44 The Ropewalk Nottingham, NG1 5EL England 44 115 840 4499 44 115 840 4500 fax ian.williams@geldards.co.uk Investment Banking Peter S. Kaufman Gordian Group, LLP 499 Park Ave., 5th floor New York, NY 10022 (212) 486-3600 (212) 486-3616 fax psk@gordiangroup.com James D. Decker Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin 3475 Piedmont Rd NE, Suite 950 Atlanta, GA 30305 (404) 495-7000 (404) 233-1468 fax jdecker@hlhz.com Law School Prof. Robert M. Zinman St. Johnís University School of Law 8000 Utopia Pkwy Jamaica, NY 11439 (718) 990-6646 (718) 990-6649 fax zinmanr@stjohns.edu Christopher F. Graham Thacher Proffitt & Wood 11 W 42nd St New York, NY 10036-8002 (212) 789-1200 (212) 789-3500 fax cgraham@thacherproffitt.com

Mass Torts Hon. Judith K. Fitzgerald U.S. Bankruptcy Court U.S. Steel Tower 600 Grant St, Suite 5490 Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2805 (412) 644-3541 (412) 644-5448 fax judge_judith_fitzgerald@ pawb.uscourts.gov Theodore L. Freedman Kirkland & Ellis 153 E 53rd St New York, NY 10022 (212) 446-4934 (212) 446-4900 fax theodore_freedman@ kirkland.com Professional Compensation C. R. “Chip” Bowles Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC National City Twr 101 S Fifth St, Suite 3300 Louisville, KY 40202-3197 (502) 587-3746 (502) 589-3995 fax crb@gdm.com James D. Sweet Murphy & Desmond, SC 2 E. Mifflin St, Suite 800 PO Box 2038 Madison, WI 53701-2038 (608) 257-7181 (608) 257-4333 fax jsweet@murphydesmond.com

Subcommittee on Hospitality, Entertainment Venues & Gaming Rudy J. Cerone McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC 643 Magazine St. New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 596-2786 (504) 596-2760 fax rcerone@mcglinchey.com Subcommittee on Small Business Deborah A. Crabbe Foster, Pepper & Shefelman, PLLC 1111 Third Avenue, Suite 3400 Seattle, WA 98101-3299 (206) 447-5325 (206) 749-2009 fax crabd@foster.com Commercial Fraud Task Force Sandra T. Rasnak U.S.Trustee Program National Bankruptcy Fraud Coordinator 227 W. Monroe St., Suite 3350 Chicago, IL 60606-5025 (312) 886-5784 (312) 886-5794 fax sandra.rasnak@usdoj.gov

Vice Chairs

Finance and Banking

Thomas J.Yerbich Law Office of Thomas J.Yerbich 329 F St., Suite 210 Anchorage, AK (907) 274-5631 (907) 274-5794 fax yerblaw@alaska.com

Peter Antoszyk Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP One Financial Ctr, 18th Floor Boston, MA 02111-2600 (617) 856-8513 (617) 856-8201 fax pantoszyk@brbilaw.com

Dennis R. Dow Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP One Kansas City Place 1200 Main St Kansas City, MO 64105 (816)474-6550 (816) 421-5547 fax ddow@shb.com Court Administration Richard M. Kipperman Corporate Management, Inc. PO Box 3939 La Mesa, CA 91944-3939 (619) 668-4500 (619) 668-9014 fax rmk@corpmgt.com Hon. Cecelia G. Morris U.S. Bankruptcy Court 176 Church St Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-4165 (845) 425-4200 poughkeepsie.chambers@ nysb.uscourts.gov

Consumer Bankruptcy

Ethics

Co-Chairs

Richard P. Carmody Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Sommerville, LLP 417 20th St N., Suite 1700 Birmingham, AL 35203 (205) 250-5033 (205) 250-5034 fax rcarmody@langesimpson.com

Hon. Eugene R.Wedoff U.S. Bankruptcy Court 219 S. Dearborn St, Room 748 Chicago, IL 60604-1795 (312) 435-5644 (312) 408-5114 fax eugene_wedoff@ wiwd.uscourts.gov Hon.William H. Brown U.S. Bankruptcy Court 200 Jefferson Ave., Suite 675 Memphis,TN 38103-2328 (901) 328-3530 (901) 328-3545 fax William_h_brown@ tnwb.uscourts.gov

Public Companies and Claims Trading Glenn E. Siegel Dechert 30 Rockefeller Center, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10112 (212) 698-3500 (212) 698-3599 fax gsiegel@dechert.com Geoffrey Groshong Miller Nash LLP Two Union Square 601 Union St, Suite 4400 Seattle, WA 98101-2352 (206) 622-8484 (206) 622-7485 fax ggroshong@millernash.com Real Estate John Collen Duane Morris LLC 227 W. Monroe St, Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60606-5098 (312) 499-6700 (312) 499-6701 fax jcollen@duanemorris.com Alec P. Ostrow Salomon, Green & Ostrow, PC 485 Madison Ave., 20th Floor New York, NY 10022-5803 (212) 319-8500 (212) 319-8505 fax ostrow@ salomongreenostrow.com Technology and Telecommunication Cases Nancy A. Peterman Greenberg Traurig 77 W. Wacker Dr., Suite 2500 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 456-8410 (312) 456-8435 fax petermann@gtlaw.com Joel H. Levitin Dechert 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 (212) 698-3558 (212) 698-3599 fax joel.levitin@dechert.com

Richard M. Meth, Esq. Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, LLP PO Box 1950 Morristown, NJ 07962-1950 (973) 966-8319 (973) 966-1550 fax rmeth@pitneyhardin.com

Unsecured Trade Creditors Deborah L.Thorne Barnes & Thornburg 10 S La Salle St, Suite 2600 Chicago, IL 60603 (214) 855-4792 (312) 759-5646 fax dthorne@btlaw.com Doug G. Fox Bosch Rexroth Corporation PO Box 25407 Lehigh Valley, PA 18002 (610) 694-8250 (610) 954-8670 doug.fox@boschrexroth-us.com Berry Spears Winstead Sechrest & Minick, PC 2400 Bank One Ctr 910 Travis St Houston,TX 77002-5814 (713) 650-2717 (713) 650-2400 fax bspears@winstead.com Uniform Commercial Code Mark V. Bossi Thompson Coburn LLP One Firstar Plaza St. Louis, MO 63101 (314) 552-6015 (314) 552-7015 fax mbossi@thompsoncoburn.com

Mark D. Collins Richards, Layton & Finger One Rodney Square PO Box 551 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 651-7531 (302) 651-7701 fax collins@rlf.com Financial Advisors Rebecca A. Roof AlixPartners LLC 9 W 57th St, Suite 3420 New York, NY 10019-2701 (212) 490-2500 (212) 490-1344 fax rroof@alixpartners.com Claudia Slacik Citibank 388 Greenwich St, 19th Floor New York, NY 10013 (212) 816-2468 (212) 816-2613 fax claudia.slacik@citi.com Health Care William W. Kannel Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC One Financial Ctr., 38th Floor Boston, MA 02111 (617) 348-1665 (617) 542-2241 fax wkannel@mintz.com Samuel R. Maizel Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl,Young & Jones, PC 10100 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, CA 90067 (310) 277-6910 (310) 201-0760 fax smaizel@pszyj.com

Brent R. Cohen Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons, LLP 1200 17th St, Suite 3000 Denver, CO 80202-5839 (303) 623-9000 (303) 623-9222 fax bcohen@rothgerber.com Young Members Melissa Kibler Knoll KPMG, LLP 1211 SW Fifth Ave., Suite 2000 Portland, OR 97204-3796 (503) 323-0528 (503) 796-7659 fax mknoll@kpmg.com Douglas E. Deutsch Chadbourne & Parke LLP 30 Rockefeller Plz New York, NY 10112-0129 (212) 408-5169 (214) 541-5369 fax ddeutsch@chadbourne.com Brian L. Shaw Shaw, Gussis, Fishman, Glantz & Wolfson, LLC 1144 W Fulton St, Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60607 (312) 541-0151 (312) 541-0155 fax bshaw100@shawgussis.com

Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Lester J. Levy JAMS 2 Embarcadero Ctr, Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94111-3802 (415) 982-5267 (415) 982-5287 Hon. Barbara J. Houser U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Texas 1100 Commerce St, Suite 12A24 Dallas,TX 75242 (214) 753-2055 (214) 753-2057 judge_barbara_houser@ txnb.uscourts.gov Asset Sales David Peress Ozer Group LLC 75 Second Ave, Suite 400 Needham, MA 02494 (781) 707-4235 (781) 707-4201 fax depress@ozergroup.com Richard N.Tilton 2112 Baileys Corner Rd Wall, NJ 07719 (732) 449-7893 (732) 449-8170 fax rick@bankruptcy-acquisition.com Bankruptcy Taxation Prof. Jack F.Williams Georgia State University/ BDO Seidman LLP PO Box 4037 Atlanta, GA 30302 (404) 651-2139 (404) 651-2092 fax jwilliams@gsu.edu Charles F. Rosen, Esq. Law Offices of A. Lavar Taylor 6 Hutton Center Dr, Suite 880 Santa Ana, CA 92707-5707 (714) 546-0445 (714) 546-2604 fax chuckrosen@taylorlaw.com

Business Reorganization Robert J. Keach Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson 100 Middle St. PO Box 9729 Portland, ME 04104-5029 (207) 774-1200 (207) 774-1127 fax rkeach@mainelaw.com Anthony H. Schnelling Bridge Associates, LLC 747 Third Ave, Suite 20A New York, NY 10017-2803 (212) 207-4710 (212) 207-9294 fax aschnelling@ bridgeassociatesllc.com Subcommittee on Insurance, Construction & Surety Lawrence R. Ahern, III Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC Two American Ctr 3102 West End Ave, Suite 700 Nashville,TN 37203-1304 (615) 760-7112 (615) 760-7312 fax lra@gdm.com J. Gregg Miller Pepper Hamilton LLP 2 Logan Square, Suite 3000 Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799 (215) 981-4085 (215) 981-4750 fax millerj@pepperlaw.com Subcommittee on Agriculture Rick A.Yarnall Chapter 13 Trustee 1300 SW Fifth Ave, Suite 1700 Portland, OR 97201-5667 (503) 972-6311 (503) 972-6252 fax yarnall13@msn.com

International

Legislation

George M. Kelakos Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP 120 W 45th St New York, NY 10036 (212) 847-8694 (212) 763-7600 fax gkelakos@hewm.com

Hon. David W. Houston, III U.S. Bankruptcy Court PO Box 867 Aberdeen, MS 39730 (662) 369-2624 (662) 369-2635 fax david_houston@ msnb.uscourts.gov

Josefina Fernandez McEvoy Squire Sanders & Dempsey 801 S. Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 (213) 6895120 (213) 623-4581 fax jmcevoy@ssd.com

Hon. George C. Paine, II U.S. Bankruptcy Court 218 Customs House 701 Broadway Nashville,TN 37203 (615) 736-5587 (615) 736-2716 fax george_paine@ck6.uscourts.gov

Ian G.Williams Edwards Geldard 44 The Ropewalk Nottingham, NG1 5EL England 44 115 840 4499 44 115 840 4500 fax ian.williams@geldards.co.uk Investment Banking Peter S. Kaufman Gordian Group, LLP 499 Park Ave., 5th floor New York, NY 10022 (212) 486-3600 (212) 486-3616 fax psk@gordiangroup.com James D. Decker Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin 3475 Piedmont Rd NE, Suite 950 Atlanta, GA 30305 (404) 495-7000 (404) 233-1468 fax jdecker@hlhz.com Law School Prof. Robert M. Zinman St. Johnís University School of Law 8000 Utopia Pkwy Jamaica, NY 11439 (718) 990-6646 (718) 990-6649 fax zinmanr@stjohns.edu Christopher F. Graham Thacher Proffitt & Wood 11 W 42nd St New York, NY 10036-8002 (212) 789-1200 (212) 789-3500 fax cgraham@thacherproffitt.com

Mass Torts Hon. Judith K. Fitzgerald U.S. Bankruptcy Court U.S. Steel Tower 600 Grant St, Suite 5490 Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2805 (412) 644-3541 (412) 644-5448 fax judge_judith_fitzgerald@ pawb.uscourts.gov Theodore L. Freedman Kirkland & Ellis 153 E 53rd St New York, NY 10022 (212) 446-4934 (212) 446-4900 fax theodore_freedman@ kirkland.com Professional Compensation C. R. “Chip” Bowles Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC National City Twr 101 S Fifth St, Suite 3300 Louisville, KY 40202-3197 (502) 587-3746 (502) 589-3995 fax crb@gdm.com James D. Sweet Murphy & Desmond, SC 2 E. Mifflin St, Suite 800 PO Box 2038 Madison, WI 53701-2038 (608) 257-7181 (608) 257-4333 fax jsweet@murphydesmond.com

Subcommittee on Hospitality, Entertainment Venues & Gaming Rudy J. Cerone McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC 643 Magazine St. New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 596-2786 (504) 596-2760 fax rcerone@mcglinchey.com Subcommittee on Small Business Deborah A. Crabbe Foster, Pepper & Shefelman, PLLC 1111 Third Avenue, Suite 3400 Seattle, WA 98101-3299 (206) 447-5325 (206) 749-2009 fax crabd@foster.com Commercial Fraud Task Force Sandra T. Rasnak U.S.Trustee Program National Bankruptcy Fraud Coordinator 227 W. Monroe St., Suite 3350 Chicago, IL 60606-5025 (312) 886-5784 (312) 886-5794 fax sandra.rasnak@usdoj.gov

Vice Chairs

Finance and Banking

Thomas J.Yerbich Law Office of Thomas J.Yerbich 329 F St., Suite 210 Anchorage, AK (907) 274-5631 (907) 274-5794 fax yerblaw@alaska.com

Peter Antoszyk Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP One Financial Ctr, 18th Floor Boston, MA 02111-2600 (617) 856-8513 (617) 856-8201 fax pantoszyk@brbilaw.com

Dennis R. Dow Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP One Kansas City Place 1200 Main St Kansas City, MO 64105 (816)474-6550 (816) 421-5547 fax ddow@shb.com Court Administration Richard M. Kipperman Corporate Management, Inc. PO Box 3939 La Mesa, CA 91944-3939 (619) 668-4500 (619) 668-9014 fax rmk@corpmgt.com Hon. Cecelia G. Morris U.S. Bankruptcy Court 176 Church St Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-4165 (845) 425-4200 poughkeepsie.chambers@ nysb.uscourts.gov

Consumer Bankruptcy

Ethics

Co-Chairs

Richard P. Carmody Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Sommerville, LLP 417 20th St N., Suite 1700 Birmingham, AL 35203 (205) 250-5033 (205) 250-5034 fax rcarmody@langesimpson.com

Hon. Eugene R.Wedoff U.S. Bankruptcy Court 219 S. Dearborn St, Room 748 Chicago, IL 60604-1795 (312) 435-5644 (312) 408-5114 fax eugene_wedoff@ wiwd.uscourts.gov Hon.William H. Brown U.S. Bankruptcy Court 200 Jefferson Ave., Suite 675 Memphis,TN 38103-2328 (901) 328-3530 (901) 328-3545 fax William_h_brown@ tnwb.uscourts.gov

Public Companies and Claims Trading Glenn E. Siegel Dechert 30 Rockefeller Center, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10112 (212) 698-3500 (212) 698-3599 fax gsiegel@dechert.com Geoffrey Groshong Miller Nash LLP Two Union Square 601 Union St, Suite 4400 Seattle, WA 98101-2352 (206) 622-8484 (206) 622-7485 fax ggroshong@millernash.com Real Estate John Collen Duane Morris LLC 227 W. Monroe St, Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60606-5098 (312) 499-6700 (312) 499-6701 fax jcollen@duanemorris.com Alec P. Ostrow Salomon, Green & Ostrow, PC 485 Madison Ave., 20th Floor New York, NY 10022-5803 (212) 319-8500 (212) 319-8505 fax ostrow@ salomongreenostrow.com Technology and Telecommunication Cases Nancy A. Peterman Greenberg Traurig 77 W. Wacker Dr., Suite 2500 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 456-8410 (312) 456-8435 fax petermann@gtlaw.com Joel H. Levitin Dechert 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 (212) 698-3558 (212) 698-3599 fax joel.levitin@dechert.com

Richard M. Meth, Esq. Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, LLP PO Box 1950 Morristown, NJ 07962-1950 (973) 966-8319 (973) 966-1550 fax rmeth@pitneyhardin.com

Unsecured Trade Creditors Deborah L.Thorne Barnes & Thornburg 10 S La Salle St, Suite 2600 Chicago, IL 60603 (214) 855-4792 (312) 759-5646 fax dthorne@btlaw.com Doug G. Fox Bosch Rexroth Corporation PO Box 25407 Lehigh Valley, PA 18002 (610) 694-8250 (610) 954-8670 doug.fox@boschrexroth-us.com Berry Spears Winstead Sechrest & Minick, PC 2400 Bank One Ctr 910 Travis St Houston,TX 77002-5814 (713) 650-2717 (713) 650-2400 fax bspears@winstead.com Uniform Commercial Code Mark V. Bossi Thompson Coburn LLP One Firstar Plaza St. Louis, MO 63101 (314) 552-6015 (314) 552-7015 fax mbossi@thompsoncoburn.com

Mark D. Collins Richards, Layton & Finger One Rodney Square PO Box 551 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 651-7531 (302) 651-7701 fax collins@rlf.com Financial Advisors Rebecca A. Roof AlixPartners LLC 9 W 57th St, Suite 3420 New York, NY 10019-2701 (212) 490-2500 (212) 490-1344 fax rroof@alixpartners.com Claudia Slacik Citibank 388 Greenwich St, 19th Floor New York, NY 10013 (212) 816-2468 (212) 816-2613 fax claudia.slacik@citi.com Health Care William W. Kannel Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC One Financial Ctr., 38th Floor Boston, MA 02111 (617) 348-1665 (617) 542-2241 fax wkannel@mintz.com Samuel R. Maizel Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl,Young & Jones, PC 10100 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, CA 90067 (310) 277-6910 (310) 201-0760 fax smaizel@pszyj.com

Brent R. Cohen Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons, LLP 1200 17th St, Suite 3000 Denver, CO 80202-5839 (303) 623-9000 (303) 623-9222 fax bcohen@rothgerber.com Young Members Melissa Kibler Knoll KPMG, LLP 1211 SW Fifth Ave., Suite 2000 Portland, OR 97204-3796 (503) 323-0528 (503) 796-7659 fax mknoll@kpmg.com Douglas E. Deutsch Chadbourne & Parke LLP 30 Rockefeller Plz New York, NY 10112-0129 (212) 408-5169 (214) 541-5369 fax ddeutsch@chadbourne.com Brian L. Shaw Shaw, Gussis, Fishman, Glantz & Wolfson, LLC 1144 W Fulton St, Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60607 (312) 541-0151 (312) 541-0155 fax bshaw100@shawgussis.com

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