Attorney Jerry Markowitz appointed to American Bankruptcy Institute Board of Directors

MIAMI - April 24, 2015 - PRLog -- Miami, FL – April 24, 2015 – Bankruptcy Attorney Jerry M. Markowitz, co-founder and managing shareholder of the law firm of Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty & Hartog P.A., has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) for a term of three years.

Markowitz is one of South Florida’s leading business and bankruptcy reorganization law practitioners and mediators. He is ranked as a 2015 Best Lawyer, in the 2014 Chambers USA edition, a 2014 Florida Super Lawyer including the Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers list and the Top 100 Miami Super Lawyers list, a 2014 Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite and a 2014 Top Lawyer in South Florida in the South Florida Legal Guide.

Active in the community, Markowitz is a former president of the University of Miami Law Alumni Association, regional co-chair of the ABI Endowment Fund, a founding member of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida and a former co-chair of the ABI Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop. In 2013, Markowitz received the Thomas Davison, III Memorial Service Award from the University of Miami Law Alumni Association, for outstanding service to the law school.

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 more than 12,000 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 http://www.abi.org.

Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty & Hartog, P.A. concentrates on the representation of businesses, institutions, fiduciaries, and individuals across four practice groups, which include Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights; Complex Business Litigation and Dispute Resolution; Business and Real Estate Transactions; and Probate, Guardianship, Estate Planning, and Elder Law. Dedication to clients and service to the community are the principles upon which Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty & Hartog, P.A., was founded more than 30 years ago, and upon which it still operates today.  For more information, please   visitwww.mrthlaw.com.