By: Judge Laurel Isicoff and Tara Trevorrow, Law Clerk Meet the newest joint initiative of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida (BBA) and the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar (BLS): Senior$mart$. Built on a platform originally created by the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ), the Senior$mart$ program hopes...Read More

I am a Senior Partner in the Tampa Office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP., and have served as co-chair of the Corporate Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. My principal areas of practice are securities, governance, M&A and general corporate and business law. I am past Chair of the ABA...Read More

By Ali S.Iftikhar, Barakat + Bossa, PLLC In December 2024, the Florida Supreme Court adopted Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.202 (“Rule 1.202”), which requires parties to confer in good faith before filing non-dispositive motions.[1] The rule’s stated purpose is to improve case management, promote judicial efficiency, reduce unnecessary litigation costs, and ease the burden...Read More

Applications Now Open! Ready to take the next step in your business law career? The Business Law Section Fellowship Program (2026–2028) is now accepting applications! This two-year fellowship offers a unique opportunity for young business law attorneys to develop leadership skills, build statewide relationships, and play an active role in the Section’s work.  Application Deadline: April 3, 2026...Read More

 Applications Now Open! Ready to take the next step in your business law career? The Business Law Section Fellowship Program (2026–2028) is now accepting applications! This two-year fellowship offers a unique opportunity for young business law attorneys to develop leadership skills, build statewide relationships, and play an active role in the Section’s work.  Application Deadline: April 3, 2026...Read More

Bankruptcy Judge Mindy A. Mora Judge Mora is a bankruptcy judge who was appointed in 2018 to serve in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division.  Prior to being appointed to the bench, Judge Mora practiced law for over 36 years focusing on cases involving complex business bankruptcy,...Read More

By William Slicker In 1995, Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat began archiving web pages and named their site the Internet Archive. In 2001, they rebranded as the Wayback Machine. The name Wayback Machine is a take off from the Wayback Machine used by Mister Peabody and Sherman to travel back in time in The Adventures...Read More

Judges fill an integral role on our Executive Council. Meet one of them, Judge Delano. In 2008, after I had practiced bankruptcy and commercial law for 28 years, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals appointed me as a bankruptcy judge in the Middle District of Florida. I was appointed to a second 14-year term in...Read More

Leyza Florin is a Shareholder at Sequor Law, where she focuses her practice on asset recovery, financial fraud, and cross-border insolvency representing foreign and domestic bankruptcy trustees, and creditors in high-stakes, international and business litigation. Ranked Band 1 by Chambers USA for Bankruptcy Litigation and a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, Leyza is...Read More

Dear BLS Members, Thank you to those of you who joined us in Tampa and Miami for the 41st Annual Judge Michael G. Williamson View from the Florida Bankruptcy Bench seminars in Tampa and Miami last week. I am pleased to report we sold out in both locations. Click here to see photos from this event. Looking towards our...Read More