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Looking good, Kacy and Chris!Firm partners, Kacy O'Brien Donlon and Chris DeCort, at the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar Executive Council Retreat in Edinburgh, Scotland at the Signet Library (law library of Edinburgh). ... See MoreSee Less

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Congratulations, Doug!We are proud to announce that 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗔. 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, shareholder at Clark Partington, was recently inducted as a Fellow in the 35th Class of the American College of Bankruptcy (the “College”). The induction ceremony took place at the College’s Annual Meeting, held at the renowned Smithsonian Institute National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

Douglas is only the second attorney in the Northern District of Florida to receive this honor, joining the distinguished company of Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Florida, Karen K. Specie.

The American College of Bankruptcy is an honorary public service association of bankruptcy and insolvency professionals and plays an important role in sustaining professional excellence in the industry. Nominees are invited to join based on a proven record of achievement reflecting the highest standards of professionalism, ethics, character, integrity, professional expertise and leadership.

𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘈. 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘝 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘮’𝘴 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴’ 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴.

📸: Douglas A. Bates, Clark Partington Attorney and Patricia Ann Redmond, President of the American College of Bankruptcy
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