2025 Patrons and Sponsors
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College Patrons and Sponsors
Dear Fellows,
Funding for the College is provided solely by our Fellows and their professional firms through dues, event sponsorships, and - most significantly - the Patrons & Sponsors Program. Your firm's support for that Program has been and continues to be critical to the continuation and expansion of College activities, including educational programs, annual meeting and induction events, committee activities, the Distinguished Law Student Program, the JTB Scholars program, the National Bankruptcy Archives and pro bono grants through the American College of Bankruptcy Foundation. The College keeps getting better and better and it is only through your generous support.
We are proud and grateful that in 2025 over 180 of the professional firms with which our Fellows are associated participated in the Program as a Benefactor, Sustaining Patron, Patron, Sponsor, or Supporter. (You may view our generous 2025 sponsors here.)
Last year, we introduced a new level of sponsorship Benefactor ($7,500). This was the first time in twelve years that the College had offered a new sponsorship category. While we understand that all firms are examining
their spending and sponsorship priorities closely, we hope that the College's important work will remain a priority for you and your firm in 2026. We know you are keenly aware of the increased costs associated with the College’s programs and activities, which have almost doubled over the past decade. The College has expanded its outreach by selecting distinguished students from each circuit annually and leading the way in introducing Professional Pipeline grant opportunities. These initiatives aim to develop a strong pipeline of students and professionals in the bankruptcy and insolvency field, with a particular focus on supporting individuals who face barriers to advancement and success.
Now more than ever, the College and its Fellows will play a critical leadership role in supporting the reorganization of businesses and individuals grappling with rising interest rates, continuing strain from geo-political volatility and other market factors and increased defaults and potential for failure.
And the need for pro bono support from the Foundation - funded in large part by the College - has never been greater. (Please note that the Foundation will be reaching out to Fellows in October to solicit their individual charitable contributions made directly to the Foundation.)
Also, for many years, the College has sponsored a semester-long class on international bankruptcy. The class is offered annually during the spring semester at many law schools. The lecturers include some of the leading global international insolvency academics, practitioners, and judges, most of whom are College Fellows. In addition, the College provides financial support for top notch educational programs at the national level and the Circuit level and sponsors many outreach initiatives.
Induction into the College not only recognizes the important contributions that each of our Fellows has made to the profession and his or her community serves as a call to action to continue making a meaningful impact. We would be most grateful for your firm's continued - or upgraded - support of the Patrons & Sponsors Program, enabling the College to fulfill our mission to enhance professionalism, scholarship, and service in bankruptcy and insolvency law and practice.
Please click here to pledge your firm's support for 2026.
Patricia A. Redmond
President
