Mark G. Stingley, a partner in Bryan Cave’s Kansas City office, was chosen to be inducted as a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy on March 14, 2014 in Washington, D.C. The college honors exceptional bankruptcy professionals for their work, their contributions to the administration of justice, their public service and their integrity.

Stingley recently was appointed the new global leader of Bryan Cave’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights Client Service Group. He has practiced in the bankruptcy and restructuring law sector for 36 years. He represents lending institutions in litigation and insolvency matters as well as debtors in workout and bankruptcy-related matters. In addition, he has represented a number of commercial and lending clients in real estate and commercial litigation cases in both state and federal courts in several jurisdictions. Stingley has served as lead counsel in numerous matters representing clients in Chapter 11 cases and represented the receiver in the sale of the Legends in Kansas City, KS.

Earlier this year, Stingley was appointed to the national Board of Directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute. He was included in The Best Lawyers in America, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights law category, and was named Kansas City’s “Lawyer of the Year in Bankruptcy Litigation.” Stingley is consistently named by peers as one of the Kansas City Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” and also has been recognized by Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers in business litigation (Top 100, Top 50) for seven years in a row. Stingley serves as annual co-moderator of the ABI/UMKC Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute.

The American College of Bankruptcy is an honorary professional and educational association of bankruptcy and insolvency professionals. Fellows of the college include commercial and consumer bankruptcy attorneys, insolvency accountants, turnaround specialist, law professors, judges and government officials.