Below
is a list attorneys who practice bankruptcy law in the State of Florida.
Their education, location of there practice and phone numbers are
included.
| Adam
Alpert* | Tampa,
FL |
| Michael
Ferguson | Pensacola,
FL. |
|
Robert
Geller*
| Tampa,
FL |
| John
Genovese | Miami,
FL |
| Paul
Orshan | Coral
Gables, FL |
|
Patrick
S. Scott*
| Ft.
Lauderdale, FL | |
Frank
Wolff*
| Orlando,
FL |
|
Types
of Bankruptcy (Business, Consumer and Municipal)
|
- Chapter 7 - Can be filed by individuals, partnerships and corporations. The most common type of bankruptcy filing
- Chapter
9 - Adjustment of debts of a municipality
- Chapter 11 - Filed by large and small businesses. Individuals filing Chapter 11, are involved in business in some capacity, either as sole proprietors, or as principals of a corporation or partnership
- Chapter
12 - Adjustment of debts of a family farmer or fisherman
- Chapter
13 - Available for individuals only, no corporations
or partnerships may file
- Chapter
15 - Bankruptcy, reorganization and insolvency
cases that have assets, debtors, creditors, and other
interested parties in multiple countries
|
Attorney
Name - Education, Address and Practice
|
| Name:
| Adam
Alpert* | Education: | Undergraduate
School: University of Florida - Gainesville, Florida Law School: Fredric
G. Levin College of Law / University of Florida - Gainesville, Florida | Address: | Adam
Lawton Alpert Attorney at Law Bush Ross, P.A. 1801 N. Highland Avenue Tampa,
FL 33602 Telephone: (813) 224-9255 Fax: (813) 223-9620 | Practice: |
Hillsborough County. Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Business
Bankruptcy Florida State Bar - Admitted 2001
|
| Name:
| Michael
Ferguson | Education: | Undergraduate
School: United States Military Academy - West Point, New York Graduate
Degrees: American University - Washington, DC Naval War College - Newport,
Rhode Island. Central Michigan - Mount Pleasant, Michigan National War
College / National Defense University - Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC Law
School: Fredric G. Levin College of Law / University of Florida - Gainesville,
Florida | Address: |
Law
firm of McDonald, Fleming, Moorhead,
Ferguson, Green, Smith, Blankenship, Heath and de Kozan 25
West Government Street Pensacola, FL. 32502 Telephone: (850) 477-0660 Fax:
(850) 477-4510 | Practice: |
Escambia County Florida State Bar - Admitted 1989 District of Columbia State
Bar - Admitted 1990
|
| Name:
|
Robert
Geller*
| Education: | Undergraduate
School: University of Florida - Gainesville, Florida Law School: Fredric
G. Levin College of Law / University of Florida - Gainesville, Florida | Address: | Robert
M. Geller, Attorney at Law 807 W. Azeele Street Tampa, FL 33606 Phone:
(813) 254-5696 Fax: (813) 253-3405 | Practice: |
Hillsborough County Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Florida
State Bar - Admitted 1986
|
| Name:
| John
Genovese | Education: | Undergraduate
School: Siena College - Colonie, New York Law School: Claude W.
Pettit College of Law / Ohio Northern University - Ada, Ohio, | Address: | Genovese
Joblove & Battista Law Firm Bank of America Tower International Place,
100 SE 2nd Street, 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 Telephone: (305) 349-2300 Fax:
(305) 349-2310 | Practice: |
Miami-Dade County Florida State Bar - Admitted 1979
|
| Name:
| Paul
Orshan | Education: | Undergraduate
School: Tulane University - New Orleans, Louisiana Law School: University
of Miami School of Law - Coral Gables, Florida | Address: | Law
Office of Paul L. Orshan 2506 Ponce de Leon Boulevard Coral Gables, FL 33134 Phone:
305-529-9380 Fax: 305-402-0777 | Practice: |
Miami-Dade County Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Business Bankruptcy Florida
State Bar - Admitted 1988
|
| Name:
| Patrick
Scott* | Education: | Undergraduate
School: University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame, Indiana Law School: Notre
Dame Law School - Notre Dame, Indiana | Address: | Gray
Robinson Law Firm Patrick S. Scott - Attorney at Law
401 East Las Olas Blvd.
Suite
1850 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 Telephone: (954) 761-7476 Fax: (954) 761-8112 | Practice: |
Broward County Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Business and Consumer
Bankruptcy Florida State Bar - Admitted 1979
|
| Name:
|
Frank
Wolff*
| Education: | Undergraduate
School: Unknown Law School: Fredric G. Levin College of Law / University
of Florida - Gainesville, Florida | Address: | Wolff,
Hill, McFarlin and Herron 1851 West Colonial Drive Orlando, FL 32804 Telephone:
(407) 648-0058 Fax: (407) 648-0681 | Practice: |
Orange County Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Business Bankruptcy Florida
State Bar - Admitted 1981
|
|
Bankruptcy
Specialist*
Attorneys
listed with an asterisk* (Adam Alpert, Robert Geller,
Robert Geller and Patrick Scott)are specialists in certain
areas of bankruptcy law and are certified by the American Board of
Certification (ABC), located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and sponsored by
the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Commercial Law League of
America. The three areas of certification include the following; Creditors'
Rights, Business Bankruptcy and Consumer Bankruptcy. For
more information on this subject, please visit the Bankruptcy
Specialist section on the web site.

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