Distinguished Bankruptcy Law and Business Students

The College Education Committee recommended that the College establish a program to identify law and business students of demonstrated talent and interest in bankruptcy law to attend the College’s Induction Ceremony at the U.S. Supreme Court and other events held every spring.

The College Regents and their Circuit Councils are asked to contact and work with the law and business schools within their respective circuits to select the students. They will also be asked to provide mentors for the students who are chosen. The mentors will be responsible to assure that the students are fully involved in the Annual Meeting activities and meet other Fellows.

2024 Distinguished Bankruptcy Students

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3rd Circuit: Jing Lu, Delaware Law School, Widener University
2nd Circuit: Katherine Waldock, Columbia Law School
4th Circuit: Olivia Maier, Washington & Lee University
11th Circuit: Molly Newcomb, Emory University School of Law
6th Circuit: Abby Swartz, University of Dayton School of Law
10th Circuit: Dillon Sullivan, University of Oklahoma College of Law
1st Circuit: Kyra Luck, Boston University School of Law
7th Circuit: Stone Hart, University of Chicago Law School
9th Circuit: Suzie Jaderholm, University of Idaho College of Law
5th Circuit: Adam Schmidt, University of Texas School of Law
8th Circuit: Johanne Brown, Creighton University School of Law

2023 Distinguished Bankruptcy Students

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Salina Salim, UVA (Business Student)
11th Circuit: Amanda Graham, University of GA Law School
1st Circuit: Shannah Colbert, Suffolk University Law School
3rd Circuit: Jasnoor Hundal, Temple University
4th Circuit: Lauren Heide, GW University
9th Circuit: Caven Hamilton, USC Gould Law School

2022 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

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2nd Circuit: Benjamin Weissler, Columbia Law School, New York, NY
7th Circuit: Kelby Roth, Chicago-Kent Law School, Chicago, IL
8th Circuit: Renhua "Alex" Xuan, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, MO
6th Circuit: Khalil A. Bryant, Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, TN
8th Circuit: Jonathan Francisco Garcia, Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark School of Law, Salt Lake City, UT
5th Circuit: Abigail Emery, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX

2021 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

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1st Circuit: Alexis Soares, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA
3rd Circuit: Jamie A. Baum: University of Pennylvania, Philadelphia, PA
4th Circuit: Savannah Lavender, Campbell University School of Law, Buies Creek, NC
9th Circuit: Hannah Kaye Fleming, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
11th Circuit: Kennedy Rhea Bodnarek, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, VA

2021 Distinguished Business Students

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Richard Nicholas Jové, Boston College’s Carroll School of Management Honors Program, Boston, MA
William Lenhart, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

2020 Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Students

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2nd Circuit: Brittani Bushman, Albany Law School, Albany, NY
5th Circuit: Taylor Calvert, Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, TX
8th Circuit: Taylor Dawn Ellis, University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, AR
10th Circuit: Kathleen Guilfoyle, University of Colorado Law School, Denver, CO
6th Circuit: Marina Danielle Kirtland, University of Kentucky School of Law, Lexington, KY
7th Circuit: Nathan Yeary, University of Illinios College of Law, Chicago, IL