Join Us in Welcoming the 26th Class of Fellows!
Marc A. Levinson, Chair, Board of Regents
in College Class 26 to candidates from across the country and around the world. The invitees are domiciled in 24 states (including the District of Columbia) and three foreign countries (Mexico, Hong Kong and Brazil). In addition to the invitee from Honolulu, the venues of the invitees literally span the country – from Seattle to Southern California to Maine to Miami – and all points between those four corners of the U.S. Invitees include three bankruptcy judges, 25 attorneys, three professors, two financial advisors and one bankruptcy court clerk. Thirteen of the 34 are women (38%). More important than their domicile or gender, however, is the fact that this is
and compelling.
My personal thanks to the Regents and to the Committee Chairs for providing the College such a great and well-qualified group of candidates. The Regents from
the various Circuits are Mark Berman (1st), Dennis Dunne (2nd), Karen Giannelli (3rd), Richard Wasserman (4th/DC), Charlie Beckham (5th), Judy O’Neill (6th), Ron Barliant (7th), David Warfield (8th), Jeff Davidson (9th), Carl Eklund (10th) and Robbie Colton (11th). The Committee Chairs are Bob Rosenberg (International) and Jim Garrity (Judicial). And thanks to Regents at Large Tim Coleman, Judge Joan Feeney and Professor Charles Tabb for their substantial contributions before and during the October 8th meeting. But special thanks and congratulations are reserved for all the Fellows who took the time and expended the effort to put together the nomination packages. All of you who have done so understand that it is no easy task to complete the lengthy form, to do the requisite due diligence and to solicit the letters of recommendation, all in secret. The Board of Regents looks forward to equally thorough and professional packages for the nominees to Class 27, and we look forward to seeing you at the Annual Meeting in March. You may access a list of the invitees by clicking here.
another ourstanding group of bankruptcy professionals. Each and every one meets the College’s high standards in that they excel in their profession, their integrity is unquestioned and they give to the community both through participation in bankruptcy educational programs and through active (and generally leadership) roles in pro bono and charitable endeavors. You will learn more about them at the March 13, 2015, induction ceremony, which will again be held in the wonderful covered atrium of the Smithsonian Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture.
More than 34 candidates were nominated, of course, and the Regents had spirited but very collegial debates about the nominees. The decisions were tough ones because almost without exception, the nomination packages submitted by the various Circuit Councils and the Judicial and International Nominating Committees were thorough
The all-day Board of Regents meeting in Chicago on October 8th produced 34 invitations for induction