Weltman Attorney Jon Lieberman Appointed Co-Chair of the ABI Legislation Committee

Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. (Weltman) is pleased to announce that attorney Jon J. Lieberman has been appointed Co-Chair of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Legislation Committee.

Mr. Lieberman will serve as Co-Chair of the ABI Legislation Committee for the 2013-2015 term. The Legislation Committee analyzes proposed bills at the request of Congress and legislative staff. In addition to testifying before Congressional committees, the ABI prepares white papers on current bankruptcy topics and also conducts periodic briefings for Congressional staff members. As a part of his duties, beginning this April, Mr. Lieberman will preside over the full Committee’s semi-annual sessions in Washington D.C. and Los Angeles. Policy-makers on Capitol Hill have long relied on the expertise of the ABI in the evaluation of bankruptcy law and efforts to improve the system. Past Co-Chairs include Judge Jeffery Hopkins of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Chief Judge David Houston of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, and Karen Cordry, Esq. of the National Association of the Attorneys General.

“Jon will make an excellent contributor as Co-Chair of the ABI Legislation Committee,” said Alan C. Hochheiser, Managing Partner of the Bankruptcy Unit. “He has a focus and knowledge base that reflects his level of commitment and excellence to his profession.”

Jon J. Lieberman practices in Bankruptcy with a focus on the Consumer Bankruptcy Group and is based in the Cincinnati office. With more than 20 years of bankruptcy experience, Jon is extremely knowledgeable of the industry. He earned his B.A. Semple Classics Scholar summa cum laude Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Cincinnati in 1985 (Distinguished Military Graduate Air Force ROTC), and his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1990. Jon is licensed in Ohio and Kentucky, and is admitted to practice before the Bankruptcy Courts of the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, and Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan. He is also admitted to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Supreme Court.

The American Bankruptcy Institute is the largest multi-disciplinary, non-partisan 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 more than 13,000 attorneys, auctioneers, bankers, judges, lenders, professors, turnaround specialists, accountants and other bankruptcy professionals providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. In fulfillment of its mission to provide information to its members, journalists, Congress and the public, ABI is engaged in numerous educational and research activities, as well as the production of a number of publications both for the insolvency practitioner and the public.