Distinguished Bankruptcy Law and Business Students

The Distinguished Bankruptcy Law and Business Student program was established by the American College of Bankruptcy to identify and promote prospective leaders in the insolvency and bankruptcy profession.

 

Committee members review and vet the nominations submitted by law or business school professors or deans, in consultation with their respective Circuit Regents, as appropriate, to select the Distinguished Bankruptcy Law and Business Students. Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students are selected annually for each Circuit, while Distinguished Business Students are selected annually on a national basis.

 

 

The criteria for the selection includes academic excellence, professional accomplishments in bankruptcy or restructuring-related courses and other endeavors while enrolled in school that relate to insolvency issues (e.g., moot court, case competitions, writing competitions, publications, research, participation in relevant community service programs, etc.), participation in relevant community service programs, etc.), a passion for, or intent to practice in, the restructuring and insolvency area, and commitment to public service and pro bono efforts. Additional information.

2024 Distinguished Bankruptcy Students

2024 Distinguished Bankruptcy Students

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  • 3rd Circuit: Jing Lu, Delaware Law School, Widener University
  • 2nd Circuit: Katherine Waldock, Columbia Law School 
  • 4th Circuit: Olivia Maier, Washington & Lee University
  • 11th Circuit: Molly Newcomb, Emory University School of Law
  • 6th Circuit: Abby Swartz, University of Dayton School of Law
  • 10th Circuit: Dillon Sullivan, University of Oklahoma College of Law
  • 1st Circuit: Kyra Luck, Boston University School of Law
  • 7th Circuit: Stone Hart, University of Chicago Law School
  • 9th Circuit: Suzie Jaderholm, University of Idaho College of Law
  • 5th Circuit: Adam Schmidt, University of Texas School of Law
  • 8th Circuit: Johanne Brown, Creighton University School of Law

2023 Distinguished Bankruptcy Students

2023 Distinguished Bankruptcy Students

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  • Salina Salim, UVA (Business Student)
  • 11th Circuit: Amanda Graham, University of GA Law School
  • 1st Circuit: Shannah Colbert, Suffolk University Law School
  • 3rd Circuit: Jasnoor Hundal, Temple University
  • 4th Circuit: Lauren Heide, GW University
  • 9th Circuit: Caven Hamilton, USC Gould Law School

2022 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2022 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

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  • 2nd Circuit: Benjamin Weissler, Columbia Law School, New York, NY
  • 7th Circuit: Kelby Roth, Chicago-Kent Law School, Chicago, IL
  • 8th Circuit: Renhua "Alex" Xuan, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, MO
  • 6th Circuit: Khalil A. Bryant, Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, TN
  • 8th Circuit: Jonathan Francisco Garcia, Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark School of Law, Salt Lake City, UT
  • 5th Circuit: Abigail Emery, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX

2021 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2021 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

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  • 1st Circuit: Alexis Soares, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA 
  • 3rd Circuit: Jamie A. Baum: University of Pennylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • 4th Circuit: Savannah Lavender, Campbell University School of Law, Buies Creek, NC
  • 9th Circuit: Hannah Kaye Fleming, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  • 11th Circuit: Kennedy Rhea Bodnarek, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, VA

2021 Distinguished Business Students

2021 Distinguished Business Student 2021 Distinguished Business Student

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  • Richard Nicholas Jové, Boston College’s Carroll School of Management Honors Program, Boston, MA
  • William Lenhart, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

2020 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

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  • 2nd Circuit: Brittani Bushman, Albany Law School, Albany, NY
  • 5th Circuit: Taylor Calvert,  Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, TX
  • 8th Circuit: Taylor Dawn Ellis, University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, AR
  • 10th Circuit: Kathleen Guilfoyle, University of Colorado Law School, Denver, CO
  • 6th Circuit: Marina Danielle Kirtland, University of Kentucky School of Law, Lexington, KY
  • 7th Circuit: Nathan Yeary, University of Illinios College of Law, Chicago, IL

2019 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2019 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

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  • 3rd Circuit: Joseph D. Farris
  • 4th Circuit: Hailey Wren Klabo
  • 11th Circuit: Brenton Thompson
  • 1st Circuit: Hanna Ciechanowski
  • 9th Circuit: Olivia Scott 

2018 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2018 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students
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  • 8th Circuit: Austin Peiffer
  • 7th Circuit: Jordan Elizabeth Fowler
  • 10th Circuit: Connor R. Bourland
  • 6th Circuit: Grace Greenwell
  • 7th Circuit: Jonathan C. Gordon

2017 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2017 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students
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  • 9th Circuit: RJ Szuba
  • 11th Circuit: Caryn Wang
  • 4th Circuit: Ryan A. Berger
  • 1st Circuit: Elizabeth A. Jordan
  • 3rd Circuit: Emily Kimmelman
  • 2nd Circuit: Jonathan Hermann

2016 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2016 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students
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  • 7th Circuit: Jeffrey D. Wysong
  • 8th Circuit: Danielle Scimeca
  • 5th Circuit: Jeri Leigh McDowell
  • 6th Circuit: Russell J. Bucher
  • 10th Circuit: Edwin Cabell Massey

2015 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2015 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students
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  • 11th Circuit: Leia Clement
  • 1st Circuit: Kaitlyn Husar
  • 9th Circuit: Khaled E. Tarazi
  • 4th Circuit: Elizabeth Ann Paul
  • 2nd Circuit: Philip Guffy
  • 3rd Circuit: Courtney A. Emerson

2014 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2014 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students
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  • 8th Circuit: William J. Schumacher
  • 6th Circuit: Marcy Walker
  • 10th Circuit: Kurtis Wiard
  • 7th Circuit: Nicole D. Stringfellow
  • 5th Circuit: Samer Lawland

2013 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

  • 1st Circuit: Benjamin Arfa
  • 2nd Circuit: Stephen D. Piaino
  • 3rd Circuit: Katie McDonough
  • 4th Circuit: Jessica Woods
  • 9th Circuit: Joseph Boniwell
  • 11th Circuit: Timothy Bow

2012 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2012 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students
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  • 6th Circuit: David Paul Mann
  • 5th Circuit: Lacey E. Rochester
  • 8th Circuit: Erin Hawkes
  • 7th Circuit: Justin R. Bernbrock
  • 10th Circuit: Clark Collings

2011 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2011 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students
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  • 3rd Circuit: Emily Battersby
  • 2nd Circuit: Laurel Harris
  • 11th Circuit: Stacia M. Stokes
  • 1st Circuit: William D. Becker
  • 9th Circuit: Jonathan M. Weiss
  • 4th Circuit: Jason Fisher

2010 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2010 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students
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  • 8th Circuit: Michael Gieseke
  • 7th Circuit: Ryan Dattilo
  • 5th Circuit: John Beck
  • 10th Circuit: Hillard Moore
  • 6th Circuit: Benjamin Beckman

2009 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2009 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students
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  • 2nd Circuit: Juraj Alexander
  • 4th Circuit: Sabrina Gardener
  • 11th Circuit: Noelle Whitmire
  • 9th Circuit: Brent D. Meyer
  • 3rd Circuit: Kelly J. Bozanic
  • 1st Circuit: Nathaniel R. Hull

2008 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2008 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students
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  • 7th Circuit: Vincent S.J. Buccola
  • 10th Circuit: Maya R. Anderson
  • 8th Circuit: Matthew R. Shaw
  • 6th Circuit: Erin E. Broderick
  • 5th Circuit: Daniel B. Centner

2007 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2007 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students
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  • 9th Circuit: Valerie C. Grubich
  • 3rd Circuit: Venay Kumar Puri
  • 2nd Circuit: Svetlana E. Dvoskin
  • 4th Circuit: Priscilla L. Walton
  • 1st Circuit: Gloria Y. Kim
  • 11th Circuit: John H. Rains, IV

2006 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2006 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students
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  • 10th Circuit: Burke R. Gappmayer
  • 5th Circuit: Emily C. Ma
  • 8th Circuit: D. Clarke Sugar
  • 7th Circuit: Jane Volkman

2005 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

  • 1st Circuit: Patrick A. Jackson
  • 2nd Circuit: Stanley A. Roberts
  • 3rd Circuit: Erica R. Cline-Blackledge
  • 4th Circuit: Aaron McCollough
  • 9th Circuit: Lindsey R. Moran
  • 11th Circuit: Nicole P. Brandi

2004 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

2004 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students
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  • 5th Circuit: Andrea L. Johnson
  • 6th Circuit: Jeffrey P. Fuller
  • 7th Circuit: Paige E. Barr
  • 8th Circuit: Cynthia J. Wooden
  • 10th Circuit: Nick Swartzendruber

2003 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

  • 2nd Circuit: Samuel Khalil
  • 3rd Circuit: Laura McGeoch
  • 4th Circuit: D.J. Reynolds