American InfoSource LP (AIS) announced the hiring of Alice Whitten as general counsel at Ascension Capital Group (ACG). ACG is part of the AIS family of financial services companies.

At ACG, Whitten will lead a legal department that includes an extensive team of legal bankruptcy specialists.

Since 2009, Whitten has served as a Chapter 13 Trustee in Fort Worth, Texas. Prior to her trustee appointment, she held titles of SVP-associate general counsel and SVP-special accounts at AmeriCredit Corporation and AmeriCredit Financial Services from 2001 to 2009.

Whitten will report to Lawrence A. Friedman, who remains as general counsel at AIS.

“Alice’s role as one of the country’s most respected Chapter 13 Trustees makes her eminently qualified to lead ACG’s legal team” said Blake Hogan, president of AIS. “Adding her impressive skill set to the fantastic team we have at ACG is paramount to protecting our clients’ brands in today’s complex regulatory environment.”

ACG serves as the outsourced manager of secured bankrupt accounts for many of the nation’s leading lenders.

Headquartered in Houston, AIS is a diversified, global financial services company with additional operations in Oklahoma City, Dallas, and Vadodara, India.