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 2008

Chair
Joseph A. Peiffer*
Day Retting Peiffer, P.C.
Cedar Rapids IA

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

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

Treasurer
C. Daniel Motsinger
Krieg DeVault LLP
Indianapolis IN

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

Directors

Mark E. Abrams
Abrams & Abrams, PC
Chicago IL
Prof. Laura Bartell
Wayne State University Law School
Detroit MI
Gary W. Becker
Balogh Becker, LTD
Minneapolis MN
Robert S. Bernstein
Bernstein Law Firm, PC
Pittsburgh PA
William T. Bodoh
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Columbus OH
Winn Davis Brown, Jr.
The Winn Brown Law Firm, PLLC
Southaven MS
Candace C. Carlyon
Shea & Carlyon, Ltd.
Las Vegas NV
Ella Rebecca Case
Stone, Leyton & Gershman, A.P.C.
St. Louis MO
Dan Childers
Elderkin & Pirnie, PLC
Cedar Rapids IA
George L. Clauer, III
Skinner & Associates Law Firm, LLC
Greenville SC
John J. Cruciani
Blackwell Sanders LLP
Kansas City MO
Prof. Marianne B. Culhane
Creighton University School of Law
Omaha NE
Prof. John M. Czarnetzky
University of Mississippi School of Law
University MS
Carmen Dellutri
The Dellutri Law Group, P.A.
Fort Myers FL
Prof. Alexander L. Edgar
Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame IN
Mac D. Finlayson
Morrel Saffa Craige, P.C.
Tulsa OK
Prof. Christopher W. Frost
University of Kentucky College of Law
Lexington KY
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
Martin F. Goldman
Law Offices of Martin F. Goldman
Los Angeles CA
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
Robert J. Keach
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A.
Portland ME
Danny C. Kelly
Stoel Rives LLP
Salt Lake City UT
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
Jill A. Michaux
Neis & Michaux, P.A.
Topeka KS
Francis A. Monaco, Jr.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
Wilmington DE
Jerry T. Myers
Smith Debnam Narron Wyche Saintsing & Myers, L.L.P.
Raleigh NC
Adam B. Nach
Lane & Nach, P.C.
Phoenix AZ
Hon. John K. Pearson
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Ret.
Wichita KS
Robert L. Pollak
Glassberg, Pollak & Associates
San Francisco CA
Prof Katherine N. 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
Rosemary Taft Milby
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis
Cleveland OH
Michael S. Tucker
Ulmer & Berne LLP
Cleveland OH
Prof. Reynaldo Anaya Valencia
St. Mary's University School of Law
San Antonio TX
Hon. Thomas F. Waldron
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Ret.
Dayton OH
Prof. G. Ray Warner
St. John's University School of Law
Jamaica NY
Prof. Michaela White
Creighton University School of Law
Omaha NE
John F. Young
Block Markus & Williams LLC
Denver CO
Mark S. Zuckerberg
Bankruptcy Law Office of Mark S. Zuckerberg
Indianapolis IN