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 I. William Cohen
1st Circuit Richard E. Mikels
2nd Circuit Marcia L. Goldstein
3rd Circuit Bonnie Glantz Fatell
4th Circuit Stanley J. Samorajczyk
5th Circuit Zack A. Clement
6th Circuit Stephen D. Lerner
7th Circuit Robert M. Fishman
8th Circuit Faye Knowles
9th Circuit Howard J. Weg
10th Circuit G. Blaine Schwabe, III
11th Circuit Grant T. Stein
Reg-at-Large D. Jansing Baker
Reg-at-Large Hon. Mary Grace Diehl
Reg-at-Large Prof. Charles W. Mooney, Jr.

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)
James L. Baillie
Michael St. Patrick Baxter
Hon. Leif M. Clark
Hon. Barbara J. Houser
Prof. Kenneth Klee
Alan B. Miller
Barbara J. Rom
David T. Sykes
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)
Evan D. Flaschen
Christopher Grieson
Dr. Hans-Jochem Lüer
Prof. Grant W. Newton
Dr. Shinjiro Takagi
Prof. Jay L. Westbrook
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