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 focus @ amercol . org .
Douglas C . Bernstein was included on the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America ®.
Rudy Cerone was ranked in the Chambers USA 2023 Guide .
Josiah Daniel published “ AI Chatbots Are Useless for Bankruptcy Lawyering ” in 17 LSN Reorganization & Creditors eJournal , No . 2 ( Aug . 22 , 2023 ), for download free here .
Leonard H . Gilbert has embarked on his third year as a member of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association . He has been reappointed to the Finance Committee of the Board . He also serves in the ABA House of Delagates . Leonard was re-elected at Secretary of the International Insolvency Institute at the its annual meeting on June in Amsterdam .
Hon . Jeffery P . Hopkins was appointed as a U . S . Federal District Court Judge for the Southern District of Ohio , the first African American federal district judge ever appointed in Cincinnati .
Soneet Kapila was elected as President of the American Bankruptcy Institute .
Brian Shaw was named to the 2023 list of the Top 500 Bankruptcy & Restructuring Attorneys in the country by Lawdragon magazine .
Travis Torrence was promoted to Managing Counsel-US in Shell plc ’ s Global Litigation Department .
Richard Wasserman was honored to receive the 2023 Honorable Paul Mannes Award from The Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland for commitment to the betterment of the bar association and the practice of law in Maryland .
Hon . Tracey N . Wise , USBC EDKY , was selected to receive the 2023 Judge William L . Norton , Jr . Excellence Award .
Scott Wolfson published an article in the July ABI Journal titled “ Critically Thinking About Your Critical-Vendor Status .”
Hon . Peggy Hunt was appointed as a bankruptcy judge in the District of Utah .
Hon . Corali Lopez-Castro ’ s Investiture to the U . S . Bankruptcy Court was held in August .
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