ABI Developments

Silent Auction at WLC

ABI thanks the following members for participating in the silent auction during the Winter Leadership Conference in December. The winners included Michael L. Bernstein (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP; Washington, D.C.), Hon. Hannah L. Blumenstiel (U.S. Bankruptcy Court (N.D. Cal.); San Francisco), Dawn M. Cica (Mushkin - Cica - Coppedge; Las Vegas), Walter H. Curchack (Loeb & Loeb LLP; New York), Matthew T. Faga (Markus Williams & Young LLC; Denver), Mark E. Felger (Cozen O’Connor; (Wilmington, Del.), Robert M. Fishman (Fox Rothschild LLP; Chicago), Douglas M. Foley (McGuireWoods LLP; Washington, D.C.), Bradley S. Friedman (Ares Management; Los Angeles), ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano, Rita Kostopoulos (Kostopoulos & Associates PLLC; Warren, Mich.), Martha R. Lehman (SmithAmundsen LLC; Indianapolis), Mark Podgainy (Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC; New York) and Lisa Bittle Tancredi (Gebhardt & Smith LLP; Baltimore).

Special thanks also go to those who donated items for the silent auction at the Winter Leadership Conference: Alane A. Becket (Becket & Lee, LLP; Malvern, Pa.), Lisa G. Beckerman (Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; New York), Tinamarie Feil (BMC Group; New York), Richard S. Lauter (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP; Chicago), Stephen D. Lerner (Squire Patton Boggs; Cincinnati), Jerry M. Markowitz (Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A.; Miami), James A. Peko (Grant Thornton LLP; New York), Claire Ann Resop (Steinhilber Swanson LLP; Madison, Wis.) and Robert P. Reynolds (Reynolds, Reynolds & Little, LLC; Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

Give by Year’s End to Benefit the Endowment (and You!)

Make a donation to the ABI Anthony H.N. Schnelling Endowment Fund by year’s end to receive a tax benefit. Checks mailed to a charity are considered delivered on the date that you mail them. In addition, you can pay by credit card online at abi.org/endowment/ways-to-give, or call (703) 739-0800 by Dec. 31 for your donation to be considered tax-deductible for 2018. Donors at the Sustaining Member Level ($2,000) and up will be recognized at the ABI Annual Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C., on April April 11-14, 2019 (registration information will be posted soon at abi.org/events). The generous support we receive from our members and the insolvency community helps ABI achieve the Endowment’s goal of funding important bankruptcy research and educational activities. Contributions to the ABI Endowment are tax-deductible. ABI is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. For questions about extended payment options, contact ABI Chief Financial Officer Kathy Sheehan at ksheehan@abi.org or (703) 739-0800 for more information.