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

Happy Autumn Business Law Section, As the days grow shorter and the air (hopefully) turns a little crisp, I want to take a moment to thank all of you who have worked to make the first quarter of our bar year a success. Your steady efforts keep our Section thriving and help us prepare for the...Read More

Specializing in securities arbitration, commercial litigation, and receivership work, I have been practicing law in Tampa for 30 years. During that time, I am proud to have led the Florida Bar Business Law Section, the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and the Florida Securities Dealers & Advisors association. As a partner at...Read More

Judges fill an integral role on our Executive Council. Meet one of them, Judge Specie. I became licensed to practice in Florida in 1978 and New York in 1979; I attended my first BLS meeting in Orlando in 1980. While in private practice I represented all types of parties in commercial litigation and a wide...Read More