REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Representation of BioNitrogen Holdings Corp. in a Chapter 11 protection matter
• Representation of an ad hoc committee of construction lien claimants in the Fontainebleau Las Vegas bankruptcy case. Successfully argued for priming liens in excess of $300 million over the priority of nearly $1 billion in existing bank debt before the Nevada Supreme Court and the two federal courts in Florida
• Representation of the creditors committee in Hear USA, a publicly traded hearing aid manufacturer and retailer
• Served as counsel to the statutory committee of Deposit Holders in the Levitt Homes bankruptcy case
• Lead Debtor’s counsel in the Pan American Hospital case, then the largest independent not for profit hospital in South Florida
• Lead Committee Counsel in both the Suncruz Casinos and ITG Vegas cases involving fleets of gambling vessels
• On-going representations across the country of a hedge fund in the enforcement of their debt instruments in various Chapter 11 proceedings

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

• Recognized in the 24th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for his work in: Litigation-Bankruptcy
• Best Lawyers In America© – Listed in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency (2016)
• Chambers & Partners USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2005-Present)
• Florida’s Super Lawyers – Bankruptcy: Business, Creditor Debtor Rights
• Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite
• South Florida Legal Guide, recognized as Top Lawyer

PUBLICATIONS

• The Case For Committee Surcharge Actions, 32-JUN American Bankruptcy Institute Journal 28 June, 2013

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Panelist, American Bankruptcy Institute 38th Annual Alexander Paskay Memorial Bankruptcy Seminar, 2014
• Panelist, Miami-Dade County Bench & Bar Conference, 2014
• Panelist, Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors conference, 2009

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Chair, Legislative Committee, Commercial Law League of America (CCLA), 2022
• Chair, Florida Bar Business Law Section’s Bankruptcy & UCC Committee, 2013
• President, Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida, 2004-2005
• Chair, Broward County Bar Association, Commercial Law Section
• Co-chair Florida Bar Business Law Section’s Bankruptcy Judicial Liaison Committee
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
• Member, Commercial Law League of America
• Member, Dade County Bar Association
• Member, Cuban American Bar Association

EDUCATION

• J.D., Boston College Law School
• B.A., University of Florida

REPORTED DECISIONS & NOTABLE CASES

• In re Kapila, WL 8137152 (11^th Cir. 2019)
• Strahlberg v. Covino, 283 So.3d 376 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019)
• In re PCH Communications, LLC, WL 3638196 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2017)
• In re Willis, 424 Fed. Appx. 880 (11th Cir. 2011)
• In re First Foliage, L.C., WL 2616618, (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2014)
• In re Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings, 289 P.3d 1199 (Nev. 2012)
• In re W.B. Care Center, LLC, 497 B.R. 604 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2013)
• In re Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings, 267 P.3d 786 (Nev. 2011)
• In re Willis, 424 F. App’x 880 (11th Cir. 2011)
• In re Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings, LLC, 434 B.R. 716 (S.D. Fla. 2010)
• In re Brandon Overseas, Inc., Adv. 09-01971-RBR, 2010 WL 2812944, (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2010)
• In re W.B. Care Center, LLC, 419 B.R. 62 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2009)
• In re Levitt & Sons, LLC, 384 B.R. 630 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2008)
• In re Pan Am. Hosp. Corp., 364 B.R. 839 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2007)
• In re Pan Am. Hosp. Corp., 364 B.R. 832 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2007)
• In re Pan Am. Hosp. Corp., 373 B.R. 773 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2007)
• In re Pan Am. Hosp. Corp., No. 04-11820-BKC-AJC, 2005 WL 2445907, (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2005)
• In re Pan Am. Hosp. Corp., 312 B.R. 706 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2004)
• In re Saunders, WL 23239155, (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2003)
• In re Intelligent Medical Imaging, Inc., 262 B.R. 142 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2001)
• Henry Lee Co. v. Tolz, 157 F.3d 1290 (11^th Cir. 1998)
• In re Johnston Irrigation, Inc., 195 B.R. 508 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1996)
• In re Shore, 193 B.R. 598 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1996)
• In re Dale, 199 B.R. 1014 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1995)

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
• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of the United States of America

PRIOR AFFILIATIONS

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