American College of Bankruptcy Announces Class 31 Inductees

Stanardsville, VA - The American College of Bankruptcy announced today that the following insolvency professionals will be inducted as Fellows in the 31st Class of the College on March 13, 2020 in Washington, DC:

 

Mary Beth Ausbrooks

Rothschild & Ausbrooks, PLLC

Nashville, TN

 

Joyce Bradley Babin

U.S. Trustee

Little Rock, AR

 

Brian A. Bash

BakerHostetler

Cleveland, OH

 

Alane A. Becket

Becket & Lee, LLP

Malvern, PA

 

Jeffrey E. Bjork

Latham & Watkins LLP

Los Angeles, CA

 

Prof. John M. Czarnetzky

University of Mississippi School of Law

University, MS

 

Christine E. Devine

Mirick, O’Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP

Worcester, MA

 

Dan W. Forker, Jr.

Forker Suter LLC

Hutchison, KS

 

Hon. Catherine J. Furay

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Madison, WI

 

Adam H. Isenberg

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP

Philadelphia, PA

 

D. Ethan Jeffery

Murphy & King P.C.

Boston, MA

 

Kevin Lavin

Ankura Consulting Group, LLC

New York, NY

 

Ryan E. Manns

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Dallas, TX

 

Todd F. Maynes

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Chicago, IL

 

Derek F. Meek

Burr & Forman LLP

Birmingham, AL

 

Prof. Irit Ronen Mevorach

University of Nottingham 

Nottingham, UK

 

Ryan T. Murphy

Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

Minneapolis, MN

 

Dwayne Murray

Murray & Murray, LLC

Baton Rouge, LA

 

Edward J. Peterson, III

Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Postler, P.A.

Tampa, FL

 

Caroline A. Reckler

Latham & Watkins, LLP

Chicago, IL

 

Hon. Brendan Linehan Shannon

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Wilmington, DE

 

Wendell Sherk

Wendell Sherk, Attorney at Law

St. Louis, MO

 

Prof. Jingxia (Josie) Shi

University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)

Beijing, China

 

J. Kate Stickles

Cole Schotz, P.C.

Wilmington, DE

 

Hon. Robert R. Summerhays

U.S. District Court

Lafayette, LA

 

M. Regina Thomas

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Atlanta, GA

 

Irving E. Walker

Cole Schotz, P.C.

Baltimore, MD

 

Thomas D. Walker

Walker & Associates, P.C.

Albuquerque, NM

 

John F. Ventola

Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

Boston, MA

 

Keith H. Wofford

Ropes & Gray LLP

New York, NY

 

Scott A. Wolfson

Wolfson Bolton PLLC

Troy, MI

 

The Induction Ceremony and Reception in honor of the new Fellows will take place at the Smithsonian Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture. The thirty-one new Fellows are being honored and recognized for their professional excellence and their exceptional contributions to the bankruptcy and insolvency practice.

 

The American College of Bankruptcy is an honorary association of bankruptcy and insolvency professionals and plays an important role in sustaining professional excellence in the field. College Fellows include commercial and consumer bankruptcy attorneys, judges, insolvency accountants, turnaround and workout specialists, law professors, government officials and others in the bankruptcy and insolvency community. The College offers unique and challenging educational programs and publications, maintains the National Bankruptcy Archives at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and, in conjunction with the American College of Bankruptcy Foundation, is believed to be the single largest financial supporter of pro bono bankruptcy services in the United States, contributing over $3 million since 2012.

 

Nominees are extended an invitation to join based on a sustained record of achievement. Candidates are selected by the College’s Board of Regents from among recommendations of Circuit Admissions Councils in each federal judicial circuit and specially appointed Committees for Judicial and International Fellows.

 

Criteria for selection as a Fellow of the College include: the highest standard of professionalism, ethics, character, integrity, professional expertise and leadership contributing to the enhancement of bankruptcy and insolvency law and practice; sustained evidence of scholarship, teaching, lecturing or writing on bankruptcy or insolvency; community service; and commitment to elevate knowledge and understanding of the profession and public respect for the practice.

 

For more information about the American College of Bankruptcy, or about the 2020 Induction Ceremony, contact Shari A. Bedker, Executive Director at 434-939-6004 or email at sbedker@amercol.org.