ABC Kicks It Up a Notch with Events in New Orleans

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Jul/Aug 2004

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The American Board of Certification (ABC) Board of Directors met May 1, 2004, in New Orleans. The meeting
was held at the offices of McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, with ABC President Rudy J. Cerone presiding. The ABC
Standards and Marketing Committees also met in New Orleans, hosted at the offices of Adams and Reese.
Twenty-two Board members were in attendance. McGlinchey Stafford PLLC and Adams and Reese also hosted a
cocktail reception and an ABC dinner at Emeril's restaurant. Following the meetings, ABC Board Members
enjoyed the Jazz Fest.

At the May 1 meeting, ABC also elected new directors. The organization is proud to have a highly regarded law
professor and three prominent certified attorneys join the ABC Board. The following are the new additions to the
Board of Directors. Prof. Margit Livingston teaches consumer law, copyrights and trademarks, remedies, and secured transactions at
DePaul University College of Law in Chicago. She co-authored a book on tidal and coastal law and published
numerous articles and book chapters on a variety of legal topics, including ethical implications of attorney/client
sexual relations, creation of security interests, and criminal and civil contempt. Her articles have appeared in the
primary law reviews of such well-respected law schools as North Carolina, Iowa, Washington, Fordham, William
and Mary, and Nebraska. She has won both the College of Law and University Teaching Awards. She received her
B.A. from Augsburg College, her M.A. in theatre arts from the University of Minnesota, her J.D. from the
University of Minnesota and her LL.M. from the University of Illinois.

Mac D. Finlayson practices at the firm of Morrel West Saffa Craige & Hicks Inc. in Tulsa, Okla. He is
ABC-certified in consumer and business bankruptcy law and creditors' rights law—one of only three attorneys to
hold all three ABC certifications. He received his B.A. cum laude from Drury College and his J.D. from the
University of Tulsa. He is a member of the Tulsa County Bankruptcy and Reorganization Section, the Oklahoma
Bankruptcy and Reorganization Section, the American Bar Association Business Section, ABI and the Commercial
Law League of America. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Craig Geno is a member of the Jackson, Miss., law firm of Harris & Geno PLLC. He received his liberal arts and
law degrees from the University of Mississippi, serving on its Moot Court Board while in law school. He is
ABC-certified in business bankruptcy law. Mr. Geno is a member of the American Bar Association, Mississippi
State Bar Association (president of its Law Office Economics Section, 1993-94), Federal Bar Association
(Southern District vice president, 1989-90, Mississippi Chapter) and the Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference
(president, 1999-2000). He is also a member of ABI, the Business Bankruptcy Subcommittee of the Section of
Business Law of the American Bar Association, and the Turnaround Management Association. His bankruptcy
practice consists of representing secured and unsecured creditors, unsecured creditors' committees, chapter 11
debtors-in-possession and bankruptcy trustees in chapter 7 and 11 cases. Additionally, he has served as a trustee in
chapter 11 cases. He is a frequent writer and lecturer on various bankruptcy topics.

Dion Hayes is a partner in McGuire Woods's Financial Services Department in Richmond, Va., and is
ABC-certified in business bankruptcy law. He focuses his practice on insolvency and debtor-creditor issues,
including bankruptcy, out-of-court workouts, distress acquisitions, enforcement of liens and judgments, creditors'
rights litigation and commercial litigation. He has represented various parties-in-interest in chapter 11 cases,
including debtors, committees, secured and unsecured creditors, indenture trustees, lessors and asset-purchasers.
Among the clients he has advised in chapter 11 cases are AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc., Best Products,
Heilig-Meyers Co. and the unsecured creditors' committees in the Schwinn Bicycle Co. and Fasmart Convenience
Stores bankruptcies. He also advised Motient Corp. in connection with successful disclosure statement and
reorganization plan litigation. He has lectured on bankruptcy at the University of Richmond Law School and to
various bar and business groups, and is past president of the Virginia Business Finance and Turnaround
Association.

<h4>Ohio Supreme Court Accredits American Board of Certification's Creditors' Rights Program</h4>

On April 23, 2004, the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Certification of Attorneys as Specialists granted
accreditation of ABC's creditors' rights program. The ABC business bankruptcy and consumer bankruptcy
programs were accredited in January 2003. The accreditation of the programs means that Ohio attorneys certified by
ABC may cite their ABC certification in advertisements and other communications under Rule DR 2-105 of the
Ohio Rules of Court—Code of Professional Responsibility. In order to be accredited by the Supreme Court of
Ohio, certifying organizations must demonstrate, among other things, that their lawyers can attain extraordinary
competence and efficiency in the delivery of legal services in the practice area through intensive training, education
and work concentration.

<h4>Six Attorneys Achieve Board Certification</h4>

Business Bankruptcy 
William P. Janvier 
Everett, Gaskins, Hancock & Stevens 
Raleigh, N.C.

Jeanette McPherson 
Schwartzer & McPherson Law Firm

Las Vegas

Consumer Bankruptcy 
John C. Lange 
Gold, Lange and Marjoros P.C. 
Southfield, Mich.

G. Donald Golden 
Attorney at Law 
Brandon, Fla.

Alan C. Lee 
Alan C. Lee, Attorney

Morristown, Tenn.

John Patrick Neblett 
Attorney at Law 
Harrisburg, Pa.

Robert B. Vandiver 
Law Office of Verner Smith 
Jackson, Tenn.

<h4>Exam Dates</h4> 
July 28, 2004 
Lake Oconee, GA

September 9, 2004