New Committee Leadership Positions Announced
We are happy to announce that, after receiving substantial interest from Young and New Members Committee members, four new YNMC leaders were appointed. Please congratulate Adam Weisberger, David Dunn, Joshua Lewis and Tom Horan on their new positions. Their backgrounds and specific appointments are noted below.
We have an exciting year planned for YNMC. In addition to new member outreach and seeking to invigorate our listserve discussions, we have our normal and some unusual writing opportunities available. GET INVOLVED NOW!!! Please reach out to YNMC co-chairs (Doug Deutsch and Katie Pamenter) if something catches your interest or if you have an idea you think that the YNMC should pursue. We look forward to hearing from you!
Education Director
Joshua J. Lewis
Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP; Atlanta
(404) 420-1142
Joshua J. Lewis is an associate in the Commercial Lending & Bankruptcy group at Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP. He represents debtors and creditors in commercial bankruptcy cases and out-of-court debt restructurings. Joshua is the author of To Stop and Presume: Balancing a Per Se Right to Frisk Suspected Narcotics Traffickers on the Fourth Amendment Scales, LOUISIANA LAW REVIEW (Winter 2005). Joshua received his J.D./B.C.L. from Louisiana State University School of Law, where he was a member of the Louisiana Law Review. He has been an ABI member since 2007.
Listserve Moderator
Adam M. Weisberger
Foley Hoag LLP; Boston
(617) 832-1740
Adam M. Weisberger is an associate in Foley Hoag’s Bankruptcy & Restructuring and Litigation groups, where he represents secured creditors, debtors, creditors’ committees and bankruptcy professionals in chapter 7 liquidations, chapter 11 proceedings and bankruptcy litigation. Adam's engagements include representing the debtor in the successful reorganization of biotech company Organogenesis Inc. and representation of the official committee of unsecured creditors in the 2001 bankruptcy of Malden Mills Industries Inc. Adam is the author of Directors and Officers Insurance Policies: Current Issues in Bankruptcy, Boston Bar Association, Bankruptcy Law Section, Bench Meets Bar Conference (2002) (co-authored with Kenneth S. Leonetti). Prior to becoming a lawyer, Adam was an assistant professor of Sociology at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Adam received his J.D. cum laude from Boston University School of Law. He has been an ABI member since 2002.
Membership Relations/Networking Director
David M. Dunn
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Washington, D.C.
(202) 887-4124
David M. Dunn is counsel in the Financial Restructuring group of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. His practice focuses on creditors’ and debtors’ rights and business restructurings. David represents debtors, ad hoc and official committees of creditors, municipal bond issuers and insurers and lenders in connection with in-court and out-of-court restructurings. Prior to joining Akin Gump, David was a corporate reorganization associate at Sidley Austin LLP. David received his J.D. from the St. John’s University School of Law, where he was the Executive Articles Editor of the ABI Law Review. He has been an ABI member since 2001.
Newsletter Editor
Thomas M. Horan
Morris James LLP; Wilmington, Del.
(302) 888-6827
Thomas M. Horan is an associate in the Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights group at Morris James LLP. Tom represents debtors, committees, DIP lenders and many different types of secured and unsecured creditors. Tom also participates in the preparation of opinion letters regarding bankruptcy law matters in connection with complex transactions. He contributes to Morris James’ Delaware Business Bankruptcy Report at http://www.debusinessbankruptcy.com, where he writes about cases and news in the Delaware Bankruptcy and District Courts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Tom is the author of “New Value Must Remain Unpaid? It’s Time to Resole New York City Shoes,” ABI Journal, November 2006 (with Carl N. Kunz, III), and “11 U.S.C. §503(b)(9): A Primer on the Case Law Two Years after BAPCPA,” ABI Young and New Members Committee Newsletter, February 2008. In 2004, Tom received his J.D. cum laude from St. John’s University School of Law, where he was Executive Notes & Comments Editor of the ABI Law Review. Tom has been an ABI member since 2002.
For a complete list of the leadership position descriptions, please click here.