Mark J. Wolfson has been practicing commercial litigation and bankruptcy for over 40 years, advising and representing clients in a wide variety of complex business bankruptcy reorganization cases and commercial litigation actions. He has extensive experience in out-of-court loan workouts and UCC disputes and foreclosure matters. His broad experience insolvency and bankruptcy experience includes representing debtors, secured creditors, official creditors committees, buyers of assets, bondholders, landlords, and franchisors. Mark, a partner in Foley & Lardner’s Litigation Department and a member of its Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practice Group — the senior lawyer in the Florida group — also has experience in state, district, and bankruptcy courts litigating fraudulent transfer and preference actions and representing various stakeholders in state assignment for the benefit of creditor proceedings.
- What have you gained from your involvement with the Section?
- Chance to build professional relationships with other top business lawyers in my specific practice area (bankruptcy) throughout the State
- Opportunity to meet other business lawyers highly interested in improving commercial law environment in Florida
- Ability to work on drafting legal solutions to commercial law needs in Florida (e.g., UCC, judgment lien, ABC, assignment of rents) through the legislative process
- High quality CLE and other learning experiences through task forces and study groups
- Increased professionalism because of great examples set by predecessors and mentors.
- Opportunity to lead and stay involved if willing to continue to work
- Social relationships and friendships
- Which Committees/Task Forces have you serve on within the Section?
-Committees
- BK/UCC
- Financial Services (merged into Corps)
- Communications
- Bankruptcy Judicial Liaison
- Legislation
- Business Lit
-Task Forces
- Assignment of Rents
- Article 9
- ABC
- Judgment Lien-Original
- Judgment Lien 2023/24-Accounts
- What is your favorite memory from your term as Chair? Time as Judicial Chair?
The day I gaveled the first official meeting of the Section because I was so very grateful and humbled by the LRPC’s confidence a couple years earlier to recognize my hard and productive work on behalf of the Section, and that was now coming to fruition. (The specific thing I can remember was my Spring Retreat at beautiful Casa de Campo in the DR and the horseback ride I did with my two kids, although my hamstrings were sore for a week afterwards.)
- What is something that will surprise our members to learn about you?
I grew up on the same block in Tampa with Hall of Fame baseball player Wade Boggs and was his Tampa Bayshore Little League catcher. (I still have the 1968-69 team photo.)
