Focus on Fellows
We invite all Fellows to submit information about awards, news, and/or recent publications. Member highlights will be published on a bi-monthly basis to all Fellows through email or the College Columns as appropriate. If you have news about yourself or a colleague, please send announcements to Michelle Foster, ACB Communications Director, at [email protected].
Robert S. Bernstein was included on the 2021 list of The Best Lawyers in America.
Lee R. Bogdanoff has been appointed by Governor Newsom as a Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge.
Organna Brown has been recognized as one of The Liberty Bell Award recipients for 2020 presented by the Clark County Law Foundation’s Let Freedom Ring Committee.
Reinhard Dammann founded his law firm, Dammann Avocat in Paris.
Robert Fishman and Brian Shaw joined Cozen O’Connor in their Chicago office.
Harry W. Greenfield was included on the 2021 list of The Best Lawyers in America.
Dean J. Rich Leonard has been awarded the prestigious designation of a Fullbright Specialist Scholar for a three-year period.
Derek Meek (Burr Forman) will serve as the Global Chair of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) starting January 1, 2021, following his year as TMA Global President in 2020.
Shelley D. Rucker of Chattanooga is the new Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Trivia Questions
1. What late Fellow is considered the progenitor of Bankruptcy Code Section 1111(b), which was devised to maneuver around the impact of the Pine Gate decision on undersecured real estate lenders? [Hint: His son is a Fellow in the College.]
2. What Fellow recalled hearing New York City business bankruptcy pioneer, Harry Margolis, coin the phrase, “The only good debtor is a dead debtor.”?
(a) Michael Crames (b) David Lander (c) Richard Toder (d) Ronald Trost
3. Before taking the bench, what Fellow served as one of the first female panel trustees in her district and was tasked with liquidating a local Playboy Club, including seizing possession of the famous “bunny” costumes?
(a) Judge Louise DeCarl Adler (b) Judge Judith K. Fitzgerald
(c) Judge Susan Pierson Sonderby (d) Judge Mary F. Walrath
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