American Board of Certification

About This Association

Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Peele, the ABI leadership worked for over a year to design an objective certification program for business and consumer bankruptcy lawyers. Known initially as the “American Board of Bankruptcy Certification,” the ABI sponsored the ABC in 1992 as a non-profit organization “dedicated to improving the quality of the bankruptcy bar.” ABI Annual Report, 1991-1992, p. 14. “The rigorous ABBC certification standards are designed to encourage bankruptcy practitioners to strive toward excellence and to recognize those attorneys who are especially knowledgeable in the bankruptcy field.” Id. They were developed after months of in-depth review of ethical regulations, applicable judicial and administrative decisions, and an exhaustive review of existing and proposed state bar endorsed certification programs. Id.

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Conventions

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Specialties:

1. Legal

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