Alexandria, Va. — ABI announces that John Cannizzaro of Ice Miller LLP (Columbus, Ohio) has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 2016, Cannizzaro has served as a co-chair of ABI’s Bankruptcy Litigation Committee, was named to ABI’s “40 Under 40” 2021 class of honorees, and has spoken at ABI events on key bankruptcy issues.

Cannizzaro is a member of Ice Miller’s Finance and Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Practice Groups, where he works with clients on secured transactions, loans, workouts and other financial deals, and frequently represents clients in debtor/creditor disputes, commercial and bankruptcy litigation, and other insolvency matters. In addition to his work for the firm’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring practice group, Cannizzaro frequently works cross-functionally with other teams, including Ice Miller’s Finance, Litigation, Business, Public Finance and Real Estate groups. He also renders substantive consolidation and other opinions for structured finance, real estate and bond deals.

Prior to joining Ice Miller, Cannizzaro clerked for two federal bankruptcy judges. He served for five years as a law clerk to Hon. Hannah L. Blumenstiel in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California and for more than two years as a law clerk to Hon. Charles M. Caldwell in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Much of his work involved complex business transactions, including the sale or restructuring of tech companies, commercial property ventures, health care facilities and retail chains. Cannizzaro was named to the 2017 class of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges’ Next Generation Program at the NCBJ Annual Meeting. He received his B.S., magna cum laude and with honors, in computer and information sciences in 2005 from The Ohio State University, and his J.D. from Capital University Law School in 2009, where he graduated valedictorian.

The complete list of directors and officers is available at http://www.abi.org/about-us/board-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.abi.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events.