Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Bankruptcy Judge Bruce Harwood (D. N.H.; Manchester) has been named to a two-year term as ABI Vice President-Communications & Information Technology. An ABI member since 1989, Judge Harwood previously served as Secretary of ABI’s Executive Committee and co-chaired ABI’s Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, and he has served on the ABI Board of Directors’ Communication, Information and Technology Committee and as Northeast Regional Chair of the ABI Endowment Fund’s Development Committee.

Judge Harwood was appointed to the bench of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Hampshire in March 2013. He previously had chaired the Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors’ Rights Group at Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green in Manchester, N.H., where he represented business debtors, asset-purchasers, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees and trustees in bankruptcy and served on the panel of chapter 7 trustees in New Hampshire. Judge Harwood also mediated disputes arising in debtor/creditor relations and represents insurance and banking regulators in connection with the rehabilitation and liquidation of insolvent insurers and trust companies. He was named in the bankruptcy law section of The Best Lawyers in America for more than 10 years, as well as in New England Super Lawyers, and he has been honored in the Chambers USA guides with a “Band 1” ranking in the field of corporate/commercial bankruptcy. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Judge Harwood received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Washington University School of Law.

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 http://www.abiworld.org/conferences.html.