10 TMA Members Are New Fellows in the American College of Bankruptcy

Hon. Kevin J. Carey, former TMA Global president and chairman, is among 36 bankruptcy and insolvency professionals who will be honored as Fellows in the 30th class of the American College of Bankruptcy during ceremonies at the Hotel Del Coronado, near San Diego, on March 15.

Carey is a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge for the District of Delaware. Other TMA members among the new Fellows being recognized for their professional excellence and exceptional contributions to the...

Alabama

Michael Alexander, AEA Group LLC

Arizona

Jason D. Curry, Quarles & Brady LLP

Jonathan Evans, Guaranty Solutions LLC

Pasquale J. Nigro, Deloitte & Touche

Jay C. Stuckey III, Landmark Title Assurance Agency

Atlanta

Austin Bruce Alexander, Balch & Bingham LLP

Chris Coutu, Hudson Place Financial LLC

Rusty Fleming, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gwendolyn J. Godfrey, Morris Manning & Martin LLP...

Tom Buck, CTP, has joined GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of B. Riley Financial, as a principal and member of the Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice. He oversees operations in the firm’s New York office. With 20 years of experience advising companies, lenders, and creditors, Buck was most recently a principal with EisnerAmper. He has handled operational turnarounds, financial restructurings, divestiture transactions, merger integration, enterprise improvement, and orderly liquidations. He holds an MBA from Wake...

Alabama

Dannelly J. Shelton, AEA Group LLC

Sarah A. Stephens, Stephens Law Offices LLC

Atlanta

Britney Baker, King & Spalding LLP

Miguel Cadavid, King & Spalding LLP

Jack Dougherty, Emory University

Drew Minner

James C. Morgan

Timothy F. Smith, Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP

California - Northern

Jon Comeau, California Bank & Trust

California - Southern

Jerry Elliott, Elliott Group

Alex Marinescu, Futures Fins

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Scott Stuart began losing his fear of failure at an unlikely time: in the middle of a streak of courtroom wins as a young lawyer in 1989 at the Finkel Goldstein law firm in New York.

An older attorney who noticed his success pulled him aside and told him not to keep count, warning that there will be times when cases don’t work out in his favor.

“You can’t always be Muhammad Ali,” the lawyer told him, referring to the champion boxer, Mr. Stuart recalled in a recent interview with WSJ Pro Bankruptcy.

The moment helped teach him that “if you fear failure, you can’t...

Alabama

Timothy George Holland, Holland Turnaround & Restructuring Consulting LLC

Arizona

Shannon Gallop, First Western Trust Bank

Eric Lee, Keegan, Linscott & Kenon P.C.

Joseph Yockey, Leading Edge Manufacturing LLC

Atlanta

Richard Baxter, FTI Consulting

William J. Boehman, Yamaha Motor Corporation USA

Michael Kodinsky, Change Capital LLC

Bradley Leuchtman, Prudential Capital Group

Leigh Lones, Equiniti Riskfactor

Thomas Pierce,...

Edward P. Bond, a founding member of New Jersey accounting firm Bederson LLP, received a Lifetime Leadership Achievement Award during the Turnaround Atlas Awards recently at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. His firm also received an award in the private equity turnaround (small cap) category. Bond’s career spans 50 years, a tenure that includes serving as managing partner and chairman and overseeing a department specializing in bankruptcy and forensic accounting at Bederson LLP. He has provided fiduciary, forensic accounting, insolvency and...

Alabama

Barry K. Curry, Crestmark Bank

Arizona

David Wm. Engelman, Engelman Berger PC

Alan Quinty, FTI Consulting

Michael Suzuki, Maynards Capital

Atlanta

Patrick Thom, Action Capital Corporation

California - Northern

Greg Geronemus

Kevin Gunter, Alterna Capital Solutions

Reiley Higgins, PNC Business Credit

California - Southern

William H. Baribault, Oakwood Enterprises

Anthony Facciano, Bankruptcy Management Solutions Inc....

Alabama

Nicholas C. Glenos, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Arizona

Matthew H. Sloan

Atlanta

Laura DiBiase, Miller & Martin PLLC

Llewellyn R. Hall, FTI Consulting

Ernesto Moran, UPS Capital Corporation

Brian Stewart, Bibby Financial Services Inc.

Carolinas

Tim Jordan, Valtegra Group

Chesapeake

Kristine Clark

Chicago/Midwest

Kevin Breckenfelder, FocalPoint Partners LLC

Matthew A. Clemente, Sidley Austin LLP

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Chiron Financial LLC has opened a new European headquarters in Paris to be led by Alban Meteyer, a vice president with the middle market investment banking firm. The new office serves businesses in western continental Europe, including France, the U.K., the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Belgium, in industry sectors that include green energy, oil & gas, shipping, agriculture, consumer products, and manufacturing.

Fox Rothschild LLP has merged with Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin LLC, a 23-attorney Chicago law...