Alexandria, Va.— ABI announces that Kellie Fisher of Drummond Woodsum (Portland, Maine) has been selected as one of ABI’s “40 Under 40,” ABI’s award program that recognizes 40 of the top insolvency industry professionals under the age of 40. The honorees will be recognized at a special ceremony on Dec. 13 during ABI’s 2024 Winter Leadership Conference at The Phoenician Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Fisher is shareholder with Drummond Woodsum in Portland, Maine, in its Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights department. She focuses her practice on bankruptcy matters, commercial litigation, and transactions involving distressed companies. Fisher routinely represents financial institutions, secured and unsecured creditors (including official and ad hoc committees), lenders, debtors, equity-holders and trustees, and she advises clients on all aspects of the restructuring and bankruptcy process, including DIP-lending and cash-collateral issues, plan negotiation and drafting, § 363 sales, adversary proceedings, contested matters, and fraudulent conveyance and preference litigation. Fisher also routinely represents parties in out-of-court debt restructurings, Article 9 and real estate foreclosures, receiverships, debtor/creditor litigation, lender-liability litigation, and other general commercial litigation. She has represented secured lenders in numerous subchapter V bankruptcy cases, the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Calais Regional Hospital bankruptcy case, and the largest creditor in a contested sale trial in the IDL Development, Inc. chapter 11 bankruptcy case.

Fisher has presented numerous times on subchapter V issues at ABI’s Northeast Bankruptcy Conference & Consumer Forum (for which she serves on its advisory board) and Winter Leadership Conference, and she is a board co-chair of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation’s New England Network and a member of the Turnaround Management Association. She also is a member of the Maine Bankruptcy Court Local Rules Committee. In addition, Fisher was listed in Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in 2023 and 2024, ranked in The Best Lawyers in America as one of its “Ones to Watch” from 2020-24, and ranked by Chambers USA for Bankruptcy/Restructuring in Maine as an “Up and Coming” attorney in 2022 and 2023, and as a “Band 3” attorney in 2024.

Outside of her insolvency practice, Fisher maintains an active pro bono practice and is currently representing an Afghan refugee in connection with his green card application. She also has taken on pro bono cases on referral from the Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project, and she has taught financial literacy classes through the M. Ellen Carpenter Financial Literacy Program of the Boston Bar Association, as well as presented on personal finance and entrepreneurship through Junior Achievement of Maine. In addition, Fisher serves on her firm’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

“We are honored to celebrate the exceptional leaders within the 2024 class as they continue to make a significant impact both in their practice and in their communities,” said ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss. “As bankruptcy practice continues to evolve, this diverse collection of honorees will propel ABI and the insolvency community forward.”

The “40 Under 40” winners are distinguished by professional achievements and service and were selected by a group of experienced professionals from ABI’s current leadership. Now in its eighth year, the goal of ABI’s “40 Under 40” award program is not simply to create a one-time ceremony, but to fully engage those selected as future leaders in the insolvency profession and to build on the initiative each year.

Click here to view the full list of the 2024 “40 Under 40” honorees.

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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.