PHILADELPHIA, PA, June 25, 2009   –  Leonard P. Goldberger, Esq., a Stevens & Lee shareholder, has been appointed to the INSOL International Technical Programme Committee, a group of only 16 insolvency practitioners worldwide. The group will plan the program for the 2010 INSOL International Europe/Africa /Middle East Regional Conference in Dubai. In December 2008, Mr. Goldberger successfully completed INSOL International’s inaugural Global Insolvency Practice Course, with honors, and became an INSOL Fellow.

INSOL International is a world-wide federation of national associations for accountants and lawyers who focus their practices on turnaround and insolvency. There are currently 40 member associations world-wide with over 10,000 professionals participating as members of INSOL International.

Leonard P. Goldberger has over 32 years of experience practicing business bankruptcy law. He represents insurers in asbestos, mass tort and environmental bankruptcy cases and works with domestic and foreign investors in the acquisition and financing of financially-distressed businesses.

A former Vice President, Director and Executive Committee member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, Mr. Goldberger was also the Chair of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Insurance Coverage Subcommittee on Insolvency, and a member of the ABA’s Litigation Section and its Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section.

Mr. Goldberger has lectured and written extensively on bankruptcy law topics and currently serves on the editorial board of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal. He has appeared as a guest commentator on CourtTV.

Mr. Goldberger received a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law and a B.A., summa cum laude, from Temple University.


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