CHICAGO, April 20, 2026 - Brian Shaw, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Practice, has been named chair of The American College of Bankruptcy (ACB) Board of Regents. He will begin serving a two-year term, effective immediately.
The ACB Board of Regents is responsible for the nomination and selection of qualified candidates to fellowship in the college, who are recognized as distinguished professionals in the bankruptcy and insolvency fields.
Shaw, a longtime ACB fellow and member of its Board of Regents, is resident in Cozen O’Connor’s Chicago office. He focuses his practice on financial restructuring, bankruptcy, and other in-and-out of court distressed solutions, along with attendant litigation, representing debtors, creditors, and other parties-in-interests in proceedings throughout the country.
For more than 30 years, he has guided Chapter 11 debtors, Chapter 7 and 11 trustees, creditors’ and noteholders’ committees, assignees, landlords, liquidating trustees, labor organizations, preference and fraudulent conveyance defendants, receivers, and secured and unsecured creditors through all aspects of bankruptcy, insolvency, and restructuring.
In addition to his roles at the ACB, Shaw has served as president of the American Bankruptcy Institute and chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Bankruptcy and Reorganization Section.
He has earned numerous accolades from Chambers and Partners USA, Super Lawyers, Lawdragon, and Best Lawyers in America. Shaw is also a regular contributor to Law360 on bankruptcy issues.
Shaw received his law degree, magna cum laude, from The University of Illinois College of Law and his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Tufts University.
About The American College of Bankruptcy
The American College of Bankruptcy is an honorary association of insolvency professionals dedicated to the enhancement of professionalism, scholarship, and service in bankruptcy and insolvency law and practice. Fellows are elected on highly selective criteria including experience, professionalism, scholarship and service.
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