TAMPA, FL - Steven M. Berman, partner in the Tampa office, will speak at the Annual Spring Meeting of the American Bankruptcy Institute April 1-4, 2009 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on various issues facing unsecured trade creditors, including trends in reclamation claims litigation.  The American Bankruptcy Institute is a multi-disciplinary, non-partisan organization dedicated to research and education related to bankruptcy and insolvency.

Mr. Berman has over 18 years of experience and has focused his practice as a business bankruptcy litigator representing creditors, trustees, committees and business entities litigating disputes in bankruptcy court.  He is Board Certified by the American Board of Certification in both Creditors' Rights Law and Business Bankruptcy Law, is a member of both the Florida and California Bars and is admitted to practice in all Florida state courts, all California state courts, all federal courts in the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida, the federal courts in the Southern and Central Districts of California and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Mr. Berman received his J.D. from University of Florida Levin College of Law and his B.S. in Multinational Business Operations from Florida State University.

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