The American Board of Certification is the nation's premier legal specialty certification organization - certifying attorneys as specialists in business bankruptcy, consumer bankruptcy and creditors' rights law.

Board of Directors 2012

Chair
Bettie Kelley Sousa
Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, L.L.P.
Raleigh NC

President
John F. Young
Markus Williams Young & Zimmermann LLC
Denver CO

President Elect
Mac D. Finlayson
Morrel Saffa Craige, Inc.
Tulsa OK

Treasurer
Candace C. Carlyon
Shea & Carlyon, Ltd.
Las Vegas NV

Secretary
Michael P. Horan
Trenam Kemker
St. Petersburg FL

Directors

Mary Beth Ausbrooks
Rothschild & Ausbrooks, PLLC
Nashville TN
Wesley H. Avery
The Bankruptcy Law Center
Valencia CA
Mikel R. Bistrow
Foley & Lardner LLP
San Diego CA
Claude R. "Chip" Bowles, Jr.
Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP
Louisville KY
J. Scott Bovitz
Bovitz & Spitzer
Los Angeles CA
Kirk B. Burkley
Bernstein Law Firm, P.C.
Pittsburgh PA
Donald R. Calaiaro
Calaiaro & Corbett, P.C.
Pittsburgh PA
Richard P. Carmody
Adams and Reese LLP
Birmingham AL
Dan Childers
Elderkin & Pirnie, PLC
Cedar Rapids IA
James H. Cossitt
James H. Cossitt, P.C.
Kalispell MT
Mark A. Craige
Morrel Saffa Craige, Inc.
Tulsa OK
Van C. Durrer, II
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP
Los Angeles CA
Douglas S. Evans
Evans & Green LLP
Springfield MO
Robert C. Furr
Furr & Cohen, P.A.
Boca Raton FL
Craig M. Geno
Harris Jernigan & Geno, PLLC
Ridgeland MS
Samuel J. Gerdano
American Bankruptcy Institute
Alexandria VA
H. Jason Gold
Wiley Rein LLP
McLean VA
Jeffrey J. Graham
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Indianapolis IN
Walter J. Greenhalgh
Duane Morris LLP
Newark NJ
Todd L. Gurstel
Gurstel Chargo Attorneys at Law
Golden Valley MN
Paul M. Hollender
Corash & Hollender, P.C.
Staten Island NY
Benjamin A. Kahn
Nexsen Pruet, PLLC
Greensboro NC
Edward "Ted" M. King
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Louisville KY
Timothy D. Kline
Phillips Murrah, P.C.
Oklahoma City OK
R. Stephen LaPlante
Keating & LaPlante, LLP
Evansville IN
Michael R. Lastowski
Duane Morris LLP
Wilmington DE
Stuart A. Laven, Jr.
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Cleveland OH
Martha R. Lehman
Krieg DeVault LLP
Indianapolis IN
Paul A. Matthews
Bourland Heflin Alvarez Minor & Matthews PLC
Memphis TN
Christine L. Myatt
Nexsen Pruet
Greensboro NC
Jerry T. Myers
Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, L.L.P.
Raleigh NC
Michael T. O'Halloran
Law Offices of Michael T. O'Halloran
San Diego CA
Raymond J. Obuchowski
Obuchowski & Emens-Butler, P.C.
Bethel VT
Robert L. Pollak
Glassberg, Pollak & Associates
San Francisco CA
Stuart R. Schwartz
ScottHulse Law Firm
El Paso TX
Mark J. Sheriff
Wiles Boyle Burkholder & Bringardner Co., L.P.A.
Columbus OH
Rosemary Taft-Milby
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, L.P.A.
Cleveland OH
Andrew R. Turner
Conner & Winters, LLP
Tulsa OK
James Vogt
Reynolds, Ridings, Vogt & McCart PLLC
Oklahoma City OK
David M. Warren
Poyner & Spruill LLP
Raleigh NC
Michael B. Watkins
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
South Bend IN
Alan H. Weinberg
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, L.P.A.
Cleveland OH
Stephen D. Wheelis
Wheelis & Rozanski, APLC
Alexandria LA
Mark P. Williams
Norman Wood Kendrick & Turner
Birmingham AL
Stephen R. Winship
Winship & Winship, P.C.
Casper WY
Oliver Yandle
Commercial Law League of America
Chicago IL
Constance L. Young
Johnson Allison & Hord, P.A.
Charlotte NC