Mark D. Bloom, co-chair of the global restructuring and bankruptcy practice at Greenberg Traurig, has been elected to serve a two-year term as president of the American College of Bankruptcy.

The ACB is an honorary public service association of bankruptcy and insolvency professionals who are invited to join as fellows based on a record of professionalism and service to the profession and their communities. Together with its affiliated foundation, the ACB is the largest financial supporter of bankruptcy and insolvency-related pro bono legal service programs in the United States.

Bloom, who was inducted into the college in 1998, served for four years as chair of the American College of Bankruptcy Foundation, the charitable arm of the ACB. The foundation provides financial grants of up to $10,000 to community-based legal service organizations. During Bloom's tenure as chair, the foundation awarded more than $1.5 million in grants to legal aid agencies in 38 states and the District of Columbia, including a record $468,000 in 2017.

Bloom has been an active member of the International Insolvency Institute International for 15 years and is a former president of the Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida.

At Greenberg Traurig, he is a Miami shareholder who focuses his practice on financial restructuring, reorganization and bankruptcy. He has lectured on five continents in a 37-year legal career.