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

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

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

Judges fill an integral role on our Executive Council. Meet one of them, Judge Farfante. Darren Farfante is a Circuit Judge in Hillsborough County (13th Judicial Circuit) and currently presides over the Business Court f/k/a Complex Business Litigation Division and Asbestos Division. Judge Farfante is currently the Administrative Judge for the Circuit Civil Division. Judge...Read More

What is something that will surprise our members to learn about you? I am going to date myself based on the technology, but as a young lawyer at Steel Hector & Davis, I worked with a client in Sao Paolo, Brazil to help structure liens and collection rights for the financing of those black cable...Read More

Happy Halloween BLS! Thanks to all of you who supported and celebrated pro bono last week. This week’s focus is on continuing education, where our offering range from unmasking the mysteries of cybersecurity compliance to bankruptcy (where debtors occasionally rise from the dead), and all things business law in between. Please sign up. Our Legislation Committee Chair...Read More

Judges fill an integral role on our Executive Council. Meet one of them, Judge Robson. Grace Robson is a United States Bankruptcy Judge and sits in the Orlando Division of the Middle District of Florida. Prior to taking the bench, she practiced for over 25 years in the area of corporate reorganization and bankruptcy. Judge...Read More

Melanie E. Damian is a business and securities litigator with extensive experience serving as a court-appointed Receiver, Monitor, and Distribution Agent in federal and state matters. She also advises companies on governance issues and represents corporate officers and directors in litigation and investigations. In addition to her legal work, she is a dedicated advocate for...Read More