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 2009

Chair
Lawrence R. Ahern, III
Burr & Forman LLP
Nashville TN

President
William I. Kohn
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Cleveland OH

President Elect
C. Daniel Motsinger
Krieg DeVault LLP
Indianapolis IN

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

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

Directors

Prof. Laura Bartell
Wayne State University Law School
Detroit MI
Gary W. Becker
DCM Services, LLC
Minneapolis MN
Robert S. Bernstein
Bernstein Law Firm, PC
Pittsburgh PA
Hon. William T. Bodoh
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Columbus OH
J. Scott Bovitz
Bovitz & Spitzer
Los Angeles CA
Claude R. "Chip" Bowles, Jr.
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC
Louisville KY
Winn Davis Brown, Jr.
The Winn Brown Law Firm, PLLC
Southaven MS
Steven T. Buquicchio
Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP
Grand Rapids MI
John R. Burns, III
Baker & Daniels
Fort Wayne IN
Candace C. Carlyon
Shea & Carlyon, Ltd.
Las Vegas NV
Ella Rebecca Case
Stone, Leyton & Gershman, P.C.
St. Louis MO
Dan Childers
Elderkin & Pirnie, PLC
Cedar Rapids IA
George L. Clauer, III
Clauer Law Firm, LLC
Salem SC
James H. Cossitt
James H. Cossitt, P.C.
Kalispell MT
John J. Cruciani
Blackwell Sanders LLP
Kansas City MO
Prof. John M. Czarnetzky
University of Mississippi School of Law
University MS
Carmen Dellutri
The Dellutri Law Group, P.A.
Fort Myers FL
David J. Doyaga, Sr.
Doyaga & Schaefer
Brooklyn NY
Prof. Alexander L. Edgar
Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame IN
Mac D. Finlayson
Morrel Saffa Craige, P.C.
Tulsa OK
Daniel L. Freeland
Daniel L. Freeland & Associates, P.C.
Highland IN
Robert C. Furr
Furr & Cohen, P.A.
Boca Raton FL
Terri L. Gardner
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Raleigh NC
Craig M. Geno
Harris Jernigan & Geno, PLLC
Ridgeland MS
Daniel Jacob Goldberg
Ross, Banks, May, Cron & Cavin, P.C.
Houston TX
Walter J. Greenhalgh
Duane Morris LLP
Newark NJ
Dion W. Hayes
McGuireWoods LLP
Richmond VA
Paul M. Hollender
Corash & Hollender, P.C.
Staten Island NY
Brian L. Holman
White & Case LLP
Los Angeles CA
Michael P. Horan
Trenam Kemker
St. Petersburg FL
Prof. Creola Johnson
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Columbus OH
Robert J. Keach
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A.
Portland ME
Edward M. King
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Louisville KY
Roy S. Kobert
Broad and Cassel, Attorneys at Law
Orlando FL
Prof. Margit Livingston
DePaul University College of Law
Chicago IL
James M. Lloyd
Lloyd & McDaniel PLC
Louisville KY
Prof. Nathalie Martin
University of New Mexico School of Law
Albuquerque NM
Michael K. McCrory
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Indianapolis IN
Rosemary Taft Milby
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, L.P.A.
Cleveland OH
Francis A. Monaco, Jr.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
Wilmington DE
Christine L. Myatt
Nexsen Pruet
Greensboro NC
Jerry T. Myers
Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, L.L.P.
Raleigh NC
Joseph A. Peiffer
Day Retting Peiffer, P.C.
Cedar Rapids IA
Robert L. Pollak
Glassberg, Pollak & Associates
San Francisco CA
Prof Katherine M. Porter
University of Iowa School of Law
Iowa City IA
Prof. Nancy B. Rapoport
William S. Boyd School of Law
Las Vegas NV
Barbara Rom
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Detroit MI
Prof. Laura Spitz
University of Colorado School of Law
Boulder CO
Joseph I. Terkell
The Terkell Law Firm
New City NY
Michael S. Tucker
Ulmer & Berne LLP
Cleveland OH
Prof. Reynaldo A. Valencia
St. Mary's University School of Law
San Antonio TX
Hon. Thomas F. Waldron
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Ret.
Tuscon AZ
Prof. G. Ray Warner
St. John's University School of Law
Jamaica NY
David M. Warren
Poyner & Spruill LLP
Raleigh NC
Alan H. Weinberg
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, L.P.A.
Cleveland OH
Prof. Michaela White
Creighton University School of Law
Omaha NE
Prof. William H. Widen
University of Miami School of Law
Coral Gables FL
Richard L. Wynne
Jones Day
Los Angeles CA