The American Bankruptcy Institute announced the honorees of its 2023 “40 Under 40” award program, which identifies 40 top industry professionals under age 40. The honorees will be recognized at a special ceremony during the ABI’s 2023 Winter Leadership Conference.
The ABI’s 2023 “40 Under 40” honorees are:
- Candace Arthur of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Jessica Bagdanov of BG Law LLP
- James Block of Krautkramer & Block LLC
- Brian Bolin of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Rachel Chesley of FTI Consulting, Inc.
- Megan Clontz of Spencer Fane LLP
- Daniel Desatnik of Proskauer Rose LLP
- Kathleen DiSanto of Bush Ross, P.A.
- Elizabeth Downing of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
- Michael Dunn of Dunn Law PA
- Joseph Esmont of BakerHostetler
- Matthew Fagen of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Michael Fishel of King & Spalding
- David Gaffey of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP
- Amir Gamliel of Perkins Coie LLP
- Heather Giannino of Heavner, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC
- Charvi Gupta of Getzler Henrich & Associates
- Hayley Harrison of Bast Amron
- Patrick Hoban of AlixPartners, LLP
- Katherine Hopkins of Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP
- Ryan Kelley of Pierce Atwood LLP
- Samuel Kidder of KTBS Law LLP
- Kathryn Lattner of Stout Risius Ross, LLC
- Tyler Layne of Holland & Knight
- Joshua Macey of the University of Chicago
- Sonette Magnus of Thompson Coburn LLP
- Brittany Michael of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones
- Adine Momoh of the U.S. Attorney’s Office
- Arsalan Muhammad of Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Ari Newman of Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Dai Trang Liz Nguyen of the Law Office of Mark J. Giunta
- Rachel Nicholson of Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP
- Gabriel Olivera of O’Melveny & Myers LLP
- Adam Prescott of Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson, PA
- Ciara Rogers of Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey, PLLC
- Amalia Sax-Bolder of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP
- David Schiff of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Amanda Steele of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
- Meredith Theisen of Rubin & Levin, P.C.
- Iana Vladimirova of Stafford Rosenbaum LLP
“The members of the 2023 class are an inspiration for the commitment, creativity and ingenuity that they demonstrate in both their careers and communities,” Amy Quackenboss, executive director of the ABI, said. “This diverse collection of honorees is comprised of future leaders that will drive ABI and the insolvency community forward.”
Nominations were submitted earlier this year by the candidates themselves or by colleagues via the award program’s website. More than 200 candidates, each with outstanding records of professional achievement and community leadership, were evaluated by members of a 20-person steering committee. Most of the applicants were partners, directors or managing directors at their firms.