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Make a donation to the ABI Anthony H.N. Schnelling Endowment Fund by year 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 2016. 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 20-23, 2017 (registration information will be posted at abi.org/events soon). For questions about extended payment options, contact ABI Chief Financial Officer Kathy Sheehan at (703) 739-0800 or ksheehan@abi.org.
Thank you for your support of the Endowment Fund. The generous support we receive from our members and the insolvency community helps us 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.
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An Evening at the Grove
On November 1, ABI presented a conversation with Judges Marvin Isgur and David R. Jones of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas at The Grove in Houston. There was a reception to benefit the Endowment Fund, and thanks go to AlixPartners LLP, Andrew Kurth LLP, Baker Botts, LLP, Conway MacKenzie, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Dykema Cox Smith, Forshey & Prostok, LLP, Gardere, Gray Reed & McGraw, PC, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Hoover Slovacek LLP, Jackson Walker LLP, Kirkland Ellis LLP, Loeb & Loeb LLP, McGuireWoods LLP, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Polsinelli, Porter & Hedges, LLP, Snow Spence Green LLP, Thompson & Knight LLP and Vinson & Elkins for sponsoring the event.
LA Wine Dinner at Upstairs2
On November 9, ABI hosted an annual dinner at Upstairs2 with Los Angeles’s premier wine purveyor, the Wine House. A custom-designed multi-course wine-pairing dinner provided an enjoyable outing for a crowd of area Endowment supporters. The evening was sponsored by Donlin, Recano & Company, Inc., FTI Consulting, Inc., KCC, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, Polsinelli, Robins Kaplan LLP, Rust Omni, Sierra Constellation Partners, LLC and Smiley Wang-Ekvall, LLP. The ABI Endowment thanks all attendees for their participation and all the sponsoring firms for their generous support.
Baltimore Networking Event at Wit & Wisdom
Endowment supporters gathered in Baltimore on November 17 at Wit & Wisdom, which featured delicious food and wine along with a spectacular view of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. This delightful evening of networking was sponsored by Berkeley Research Group, LLC, McGuireWoods LLP, EisnerAmper LLP, Cole Schotz P.C., Saul Ewing LLP and Whiteford Taylor Preston LLP. The ABI Endowment thanks all attendees for their participation and all the sponsoring firms for their generous support.
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Donors at Winter
Leadership Conference
The ABI Endowment Fund was pleased to honor major donors during lunchtime ceremonies at the Winter Leadership Conference on December 2, at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. In addition, ABI members who pledged or contributed at or above the Sustaining Member level ($2,000 and up) were invited to an exclusive reception following the Final Night Dinner, where they met comedian Sebastian Maniscalco.
Endowment Hockey Event
The Philadelphia Flyers take on the Washington Capitals at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on December 21, 2016. This final Endowment event of the year is officially sold out, and we are looking forward to a fun night for everyone involved. Thanks go to Gavin/Solmonese for donating the suite and sponsors Elliott Greenleaf, McGuireWoods LLP, Polsinelli and Shook, Hardy & Bacon for making this event possible.
Newest Donor roll
ABI thanks the latest donors who have joined a special group dedicated to advancing research of interest to the bankruptcy community.
New Century Council Member ($25k)
The Steven M. Yoder Children’s Trust
New Legacy Members ($15K)
Daniel F. Dooley
MorrisAnderson
Richard S. Lauter
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
New Benefactors ($5K)
Hon. Martin R. Barash
US Bankruptcy Court
Hon. Mary Grace Diehl
US Bankruptcy Court
New Sustaining Member ($2K)
Mark Shinderman
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
New Leadership Club ($1K)
Sam J. Alberts
Dentons US LLP
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Endowment Fund Development Committee
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Vice President—Development:
Edward T. Gavin
Gavin/Solmonese LLC
Committee Members:
Richard S. Lauter
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Jerry M. Markowitz
Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A.
Robert P. Reynolds
Reynolds, Reynolds & Little, LLC
Mitch Ryan
Donlin, Recano & Co., Inc.
Kelly Beaudin Stapleton
Alvarez & Marsal
Christopher A. Ward
Polsinelli
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Regional Endowment Chairs
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Mid-Atlantic
Chair: Christopher A. Ward – Polsinelli
Charles Forman – LeClairRyan, PC
Neil B. Glassman – Bayard, P.A.
Thomas M. Horan – Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin, LLC
Warren Martin – Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, PC
Richard M. Meth – Fox Rothschild LLP
Midwest
Co-Chair: Claire Ann Resop – Steinhilber Swanson LLP
Co-Chair: Mark G. Stingley – Bryan Cave LLP
Daniel A. DeMarco – Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Reginald W. Jackson – Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Richard S. Lauter – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
James A. Lodoen – Lindquist & Vennum LLP
Scott Y. Stuart – Esquify, Inc.
Sheryl L. Toby – Dykema Gossett PLLC
New England
Chair: Jeffrey T. Varsalone – CBIZ MHM, LLC
New York Metro
Co-Chair: Lisa G. Beckerman – Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Co-Chair: Allen D. Wilen – EisnerAmper LLP
Rocky Mountain
Co-Chair: Annette W. Jarvis – Dorsey &
Whitney LLP
Lynne Long – Summit Investment
Management LLC
South
Chair: Robert P. Reynolds – Reynolds,
Reynolds & Little, LLC
Lawrence R. Ahern III – Brown & Ahern
Chip Bowles – Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
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Richard P. Carmody – Adams and Reese LLP
Rudy J. Cerone – McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC
Craig M. Geno – Craig M. Geno, PLLC
Jennifer B. Kimble – Prime Clerk
Stephen P. Wheelis – Wheelis & Rozanski, APLC
Southeast
Chair: Jerry Markowitz – Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A.
Terri L. Gardner – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Neil C. Gordon – Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Jennifer McLemore – Christian & Barton, LLP
Jennifer M. Meyerowitz – Olofson Technology Partners
Edward J. Peterson, III – Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Prosser, PA
Lynn Lewis Tavenner – Tavenner & Beran, PLC
Glenn Thompson – Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin, PLLC
Texas & Southwest
Co-Chair: Jason S. Brookner – Gray Reed & McGraw, PC
Co-Chair: Scott Van Meter – Berkeley Research Group, LLC
Thomas H. Grace – Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Jordan A. Kroop – Perkins Coie LLP
John Penn – Perkins Coie LLP
Thomas J. Salerno – Stinson Leonard Street LLP
West
Co-Chair: Mitch Ryan – Donlin Recano & Company, Inc.
Matthew Gates – Duff & Phelps, LLC
Scott Gautier – Robins Kaplan LLP
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