Mark Bossi Inducted as Fellow of American College of Bankruptcy

Thompson Coburn Attorney Becomes College Fellow

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ST. LOUIS, MO—(March 19, 2008) The American College of Bankruptcy has announced that Mark V. Bossi, a partner in the Bankruptcy group of Thompson Coburn, LLP, was inducted as a Fellow of the College on March 15, 2008 in Washington, D.C.

The ceremony took place at the historic National Building Museum, built in 1887, and was presided over by David G. Heiman, President of the College. The keynote speaker was the Honorable Thomas L. Ambro, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Wilmington, Delaware.

Mr. Bossi is one of 29 nominees from the United States and abroad who were inducted in the Nineteenth Class (2008) of College Fellows. All were honored and recognized for their professional excellence and exceptional contributions to the fields of bankruptcy and insolvency law.

The American College of Bankruptcy is an honorary professional and educational association of bankruptcy and insolvency professionals. The College plays an important role in sustaining professional excellence in this rapidly expanding field of expertise. College Fellows include commercial and consumer bankruptcy attorneys, insolvency accountants, turnaround and workout specialists, law professors, judges, government officials and others involved in the bankruptcy and insolvency community.

Nominees for Fellows are extended an invitation to join based on a record of achievement reflecting the highest standards of professionalism. The College now has 685 Fellows, each selected by a Board of Regents from among recommendations of the Circuit Admissions Council in each federal judicial circuit and specially appointed Committees for Judicial and International Fellows.

Criteria for selection include: the highest standard of professionalism, ethics, character, integrity, professional expertise and leadership contributing to the enhancement of bankruptcy and insolvency law and practice; 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.

For more information about the American College of Bankruptcy, or about the 2008 Induction Ceremony, contact Suzanne A. Bingham, Executive Director at 703-934-6154 or fax at 703-802-0207 and email at college@amercol.org

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