Brief info

Jacqueline Calderín is a founding member and current managing partner of the Firm. She represents debtors, committees, secured creditors, and purchasers of assets in the areas of bankruptcy, insolvency, and restructuring in both in-court and out of court proceedings. In addition to her law practice, Jacqui serves as a court-appointed fiduciary. In 2011, she was appointed by the Department of Justice’s United States Trustee Program as a panel trustee to supervise and administer bankruptcy cases in the Southern District of Florida.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Representation of BioNitrogen Holdings Corp. in a chapter 11 protection matter
• Counsel to Debtor in Possession for largest paper recycling company in South Florida in chapter 11 Reorganization
• Counsel to Debtor in Possession for community hospital in a successful chapter 11 Reorganization
• Counsel to Debtor in Possession to a medical imaging company in a chapter 11 Liquidation
• Counsel to Debtors in Possession in several healthcare-related in chapter 11 cases
• Counsel to numerous high-net worth individuals, including attorneys, builders, and physicians in their own successful chapter 11 reorganizations
• Counsel to several private school Debtors in Possession in their respective chapter 11 reorganizations
• Counsel to Creditors’ Committee for a large telecommunications company in a successful chapter 11 reorganization
• Appointed Trustee in numerous business cases, including an operating blood processing laboratory, national cabinet manufacturer, real estate brokerage house, plumbing and engineering company, and others
• Counsel to Deposit Holder committee in a chapter 11 for national residential developer
• Counsel to ad hoc committee of lienholders of a chapter 11 for a Las Vegas gaming-related development
• Counsel to Debtor in Possession for the nation’s largest importer of marble and stone

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

• Philanthropy Miami, Donor Next Door Award Recipient – New World School of the Arts, 2024
• Best Lawyers in America ® – Recognized in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency/ Reorganization Law – (2023-2024)
• Best Lawyer in America © – Listed in Bankruptcy and Credit Debtor Rights/Insolvency 2023
• Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite Hall of Fame, 2021
• Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite, 2021
• Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite, 2019
• Chambers & Partners USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, 2013-2019
• Florida’s Super Lawyers – Bankruptcy: Business, Creditor Debtor Rights: Business, 2009 – 2011, 2013 – 2019
• “Abogado Destacado del Sur de la Florida” by Revista Abogados, 2013
• South Florida Legal Guide, recognized as Top Lawyer, 2013
• Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite, 2013
• Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite, 2012
• “Put Something Back” Pro Bono Award, a joint project of the 11th Circuit and the Dade County Bar Association, 2005
• Named “Best of the Bar” by South Florida Business Journal, 2000

PUBLICATIONS

• Featured in “South Florida Law Firm Accepting Cryptocurrency in ‘Leap of Faith’ Sparked by Client Desire,” Daily Business Review, July 12, 2022

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Speaker, Insolvency and Cyber-related Claims Panel Discussion. AIRA’s 34^th Annual Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference, June 14, 2018
• Speaker, “Lunch and Learn: Tax Issues in Receivership and Insolvency Matters” IWIRC Florida, May 31, 2018
• Speaker, “Tax Issues in Bankruptcy and Receivership” workshop, IWIRC, September 12, 2017
• Speaker, Chapter 11 issues, National Conference of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors; Denver, CO, June 2014
• Speaker, The Florida Bar’s Program on Professional Fiduciary Basics, Miami, FL, May 2014
• Presenter, Receivership 101 Course for the State Court Judiciary, Miami, FL, March 2014
• Speaker, The Florida Bar’s Business Law Section’s Professional Fiduciary and Receivership Seminar, Miami, FL, May 2014
• Speaker, The Florida Bar’s Business Law Section Bankruptcy/UCC Committee Winter Meeting on Tools for Receivers, Orlando, FL, January 2014
• Speaker, “Valuation Considerations in Insolvency and Bankruptcy,” The International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation Florida Division Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, October 2012
• Speaker, The Dade County Bar Association and Dade Legal Aid Society’s Bankruptcy View from the Bench, Miami, FL, September 2012
• Presenter, “13-week Financial Management Issues,” Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors National Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 2012
• Panelist, The Dade County Bar’s Put Something Back and Bankruptcy Bar’s joint presentation on Bankruptcy Basics in Miami, FL April 2012
• Speaker, “Process of Proof and Payment of Claims in Bankruptcy Proceedings”, The National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, New Orleans, LA, October 2012
• Panelist, “Post Confirmation Issues, “ The National Conference of Association of Insolvency and Restructuring, Las Vegas, NV, June 2008
• Speaker, “Bankruptcy in Florida: Executory Contracts, Unexpired Leases, and § 363 Sales” Lorman Education Services Seminar on topics including, Miami, FL, 2006
• Speaker, “Understanding The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005: Foreign and Ancillary Proceedings,” Lorman Education Services Seminar, West Palm Beach, FL, 2005

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Chair, New World School of the Arts Foundation Board, 2021
• Chair Elect, Florida Bar Business Law Section’s Marketing, Promotions and Sponsorship Committee
• Panel Trustee, Department of Justice Office of the United States Trustee
• Member, Thomas Armour Youth Ballet (Board of Directors)
• President and CEO of the Board of Directors of the Cycling Friends of Patches
• South Florida Network Co-Chair, the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation
• Director at Large, the Bankruptcy Bar Association, Southern District of Florida
• Active Member, the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar
• Active Member, the Cuban American Bar Association
• Active Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
• Active Member, Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors
• Active Member, Hispanic National Bar Association
• Active Member, Florida Association for Women Lawyers

EDUCATION

• J.D., University of Miami School of Law
• B.A., magna cum laude, Florida International University

ADMITTED TO

• Florida Bar
• Tennessee Bar – application pending
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

PRIOR AFFILIATIONS

• Partner, Ehrenstein Charbonneau Calderin
• Partner, Kluger Peretz Kaplan & Berlin