(11/30/2022, Manchester, NH) – Sheehan Phinney is pleased to announce that shareholder Christopher M. Candon will be inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy in recognition of his professional excellence and exceptional contributions to the bankruptcy and insolvency practice. He will be formally inducted as a Fellow in the 34th Class of the College at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in March.
Mr. Candon is a member of the firm’s Management Committee and serves as the Chair of its Corporate Department. He focuses his practice on the problems of financially distressed companies, assisting clients with transactional and litigation matters involving commercial law and insolvency issues, and he has consistently been recognized as a leading restructuring attorney by Chambers USA and Best Lawyers. He received the Denis Maguire Pro Bono Award from the Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) of the Boston Bar Association and is regularly listed on the “Honor Roll” of pro bono volunteers by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts.
The American College of Bankruptcy is an honorary public service association of United States and international insolvency professionals who are invited to join as Fellows based on a proven record of the highest standards of expertise, leadership, integrity, professionalism, scholarship, and service to the bankruptcy and insolvency practice and to their communities.
College Fellows include business and consumer bankruptcy attorneys, judges and other government officials, corporate turnaround specialists, accountants, financial advisors, academics and other professionals who are experts in the field of bankruptcy and insolvency. Criteria for selection as a Fellow of the College include: the highest standards of professionalism, ethics, character, integrity, professional expertise and leadership contributing to the enhancement of bankruptcy and insolvency law and practice; sustained evidence of scholarship, teaching, lecturing or writing on bankruptcy or insolvency; community service; and commitment to elevating knowledge and understanding of the profession and public respect for the practice.
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Sheehan Phinney is a full-service business law firm representing local, national and international clients with innovative approaches and practical solutions. Founded in 1937, Sheehan Phinney has grown to nearly 70 attorneys with five offices throughout New Hampshire and Massachusetts and is known for professional excellence, practical counsel and commitment to both its clients and the communities it serves. Sheehan Phinney is the exclusive member in New Hampshire of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of premier independent law firms.