The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) has elected Stephen D. Lerner, partner and global chair of the Squire Patton Boggs Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group, as President-Elect. Stephen will serve in this capacity for a one-year term and assume the position of President in April 2026.
An ABI member since 1990, Stephen has supported the organization in a variety of roles including having served as a member of the Executive Committee of ABI’s Board of Directors and as Vice President – International.
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.
Stephen Lerner has served as global chair of the Squire Patton Boggs Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group for nearly two decades. He has extensive national and cross-border restructuring experience representing debtors, distressed businesses, committees of unsecured creditors, secured and unsecured creditors, equity interest holders, boards of directors, indenture trustees and acquirers of troubled businesses in Chapter 11 reorganization cases, Chapter 15 cross-border cases, Chapter 9 municipal restructurings and out-of-court restructurings throughout the US, Europe, the United Arab Emirates, South America and India.
Under Stephen’s leadership, the Firm’s global restructuring practice has been recognized for excellence, including as one of the world’s leading law firms for cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters by Global Restructuring Review (GRR) in its GRR 100.
In addition to serving as a leader of the ABI, Stephen serves on the Executive Committee of the American College of Bankruptcy as Counsel to the College, the Executive Committee of the National Bankruptcy Conference and is a member of the International Insolvency Institute.