Membership Nominations

Board of Regents  l  Circuit Admissions Council
Fellows are selected on an invitation only basis. Nominees for Fellows are extended an invitation to join based on a record of achievement in the insolvency process by professionals who have distinguished themselves in their practice and in their contribution to the insolvency field. The College now has approximately 650 Fellows, each selected by a Board of Regents from among recommendations of the Circuit Admissions Council in each federal judicial circuit and specially appointed Committees for Judicial and International Fellows.

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

Judges, lawyers, international fellows, and accountants are to be licensed to practice for at least 15 years, be primarily in the bankruptcy and insolvency areas for at least 10 years, and in the case of judges be a judge for 5 years.

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents is responsible for nomination and selection of qualified candidates to fellowship in the College. One Regent is appointed from each of eleven federal judicial circuits and three Regents are appointed At Large. Each Regent of a federal judicial circuit serves as Chair of its Circuit Admissions Council. The Board of Regents has the sole authority to elect Fellows to the College. The members are:

CIRCUIT REGENT
Chair Michael L. Cook
1st Circuit Daniel C. Cohn
2nd Circuit Marc Abrams
3rd Circuit Bonnie Glantz Fatell
4th Circuit Benjamin C. Ackerly
5th Circuit Charles A. Beckham, Jr.
6th Circuit Stephen D. Lerner
7th Circuit Ronald Barliant
8th Circuit Lloyd A. Palans
9th Circuit Howard J. Weg
10th Circuit David E. Leta
11th Circuit Roberta A. Colton
Reg-at-Large James L. Garrity, Jr.
Reg-at-Large Hon. Elizabeth L. Perris
Reg-at-Large Prof. Charles J. Tabb

Judicial Nomination Committee

The Committee is established by Art. IV, Sect 3(e) of the By-Laws and is responsible for initiating and nominating judges for admission as Fellows of the College. The members are:

NAME
Leonard H. Gilbert (Chair)
Michael St. Patrick Baxter
Hon. Barbara J. Houser
Prof. Kenneth Klee
David A. Lander
Victor A. Vilaplana

International Fellows Nominating Committee

The Committee is established by Art. IV, Sec. 3(f) of the By-Laws and is responsible for initiating and nominating International Fellows of the College. The members are:

NAME
E. Bruce Leonard (Chair)
Thomas B. Felsberg
Daniel M. Glosband
Kayalyn A. Marafioti
Prof. Grant W. Newton
Prof. Christopher G. Paulus
Dr. Shinjiro Takagi
Prof. Jay L. Westbrook
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