American College of Bankruptcy to Induct Three
Greenberg Traurig Shareholders
November 04, 2011 08:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
NEW YORK--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Greenberg Traurig shareholders Michael H. Goldstein,
Clifton R. Jessup, Jr., and Nancy A. Peterman have been invited to become Fellows of the American College of
Bankruptcy, one of the premier legal associations in America. They will be part of the 23rd class, which will be
inducted in a ceremony at the United States Supreme Court in March 2012.
The American College of Bankruptcy is an honorary professional and educational association of bankruptcy and
insolvency professionals. Fellows are selected on an invitation only basis based on the following criteria: the highest
standard of professionalism, ethics, character, integrity, professional expertise and leadership in contributing to the
enhancement of bankruptcy and insolvency processes; sustained evidence of scholarship, teaching, lecturing or
writing on bankruptcy or insolvency; and commitment to elevate knowledge and understanding of the profession and
public respect for the practice. Nominees are extended an invitation to join based on a proven record of the highest
standards of professionalism and service to the profession.
“Michael, Cliff and Nancy are three of our finest insolvency lawyers, and we are delighted by this milestone event in
their careers,” said Mark D. Bloom, co-chair of the firm’s Global Business Reorganization & Financial Restructuring
Practice and a Vice President of the American College of Bankruptcy. “We know that they will contribute
meaningfully to the activities and enrichment of the College, as they have to the growth and development of our firm’s
bankruptcy practice.”
Goldstein is a shareholder in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He has represented debtors, sponsors, bondholders,
creditors, committees and purchasers of distressed assets for more than 27 years. His representations have spanned
a variety of industries, including chemicals, finance, furniture, health care, hospitality, high-tech printing, municipal
debt, real estate, restaurant, retail and technology. He is an editor of Collier on Bankruptcy, Chapter 9.
Jessup is a shareholder in the firm’s Dallas office. He has represented secured and unsecured creditors, committees,
equity holders and debtors, and has served as liquidating trustee in federal bankruptcy cases for over 32 years in
over 37 states. He has represented lenders, lessors and lessees with interests in many types of properties and has
been retained to represent parties in many cases where bankruptcy risk is present. He also frequently represents
purchasers of distressed assets.
Peterman is a shareholder in the firm’s Chicago office. With 20 years of experience, she concentrates on corporate
restructurings, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights law, and has a wide range of experience representing debtors,
purchasers of assets, committees and secured creditors. She assisted in drafting the health care bankruptcy
provisions of the 2005 amendments to the Bankruptcy Code. Peterman is a member of the executive committee and
board of directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute.
Goldstein, Jessup and Peterman join Greenberg Traurig shareholders Mark D. Bloom, Keith J. Shapiro, Robert A.
Soriano and G. Ray Warner in the College.
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with approximately 1800 attorneys serving clients
from more than 30 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia. In the U.S., the firm has more
offices than any other among the Top 10 on The National Law Journal’s 2011 NLJ 250. In Mexico, the firm
operates as Greenberg Traurig, S.C., and in the U.K., as Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP. Greenberg Traurig has a
strategic alliance with the independent law firm, Studio Santa Maria with offices in Milan and Rome. The firm was
Chambers and Partners’ USA Law Firm of the Year in 2007 and among the Top 3 in the International Law Firm of
the Year at the 2009 The Lawyer Awards. For additional information, please visit www.gtlaw.com.
Contacts
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Beth McCarron, 312-476-5012
mccarrone@gtlaw.com
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