Paul Steven Singerman

Professional & Community Involvement
•fellow, The American College of Bankruptcy
•fellow, American Bar Foundation
•Member, The American Law Institute
•Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
•Member, Commercial Law League of America
•Member, Florida Association of Managing Partners
•Member, The Spellman-Hoeveler American Inn of Court
•Member, Dade County and American Bar Associations
•Member, Dade Legal Aid Pro Bono Committee
Chair, Fund Raising Subcommittee 2012.
•The Florida Bar (Business Law Section: Chair, 1995-1996
Chair Elect, 1994-1995
Secretary/Treasurer, 1993-1994
Chairman, Legislation Committee, 1992-1993
Chairman, Bankruptcy/UCC Committee, 1990-1991
Continuing Legal Education, Special Programs and Meetings Committee, 1987-1990
Member, Executive Council of the Business Law Section, 1986-Present
Special Committee on Opinion Standards (The Special Committee authored the Report on Standards for Opinions of counsel in Business Transactions
Member, Pro Bono Committee, Present)
•Southern District of Florida Bankruptcy Bar Association (Director, 1997-2000
Chairman of Pro Bono Committee, 1999-2000) Fellow: of the American College of Bankruptcy in November 2002, and was inducted into the College on March 29, 2003.

•Chambers & Partners Global, The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, Global Bankruptcy (2013)

•Chambers & Partners USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers, Bankruptcy/Restructuring (2003-2014)

•Recognized as a Star Individual in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2009-2014). Paul is the only bankruptcy lawyer in the state of Florida in six consecutive years to receive Chambers' highest ranking.

•Ranked nationwide for Bankruptcy/Restructuring and is one of two lawyers in the state of Florida to be included in the nationwide rankings.

Presentations

•Interview, CNBC's American Greed on Mortgage Fraud and Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (July 2012)

•Speaker, The Road Back: Navigating Companies In Challenging Times, 2012 Distressed Investing Summit & 6th Annual Turnaround Awards, Palm Beach, FL (January 2012)

•Speaker, Communicating with Clients and the Role of Clients in Litigation, Daily Business Review - View from the Bench: Litigation Best Practices, Miami, FL (June 2011)

•Speaker, Cutting-Edge Litigation Issues: Ponzi Schemes, the Return of the Leveraged Buyouts, Valuation Disputes and More, American Bankruptcy Institute - 29th Annual Spring Meeting (April 2011)

•Speaker, The Current State of Bankruptcy & Foreclosure: A View from the Bench, Bar, Realtors & Bankers, Bankruptcy & Foreclosure: View from the Bench, Miami, FL (February 2011)

•Speaker, The Re-Emergence of Lender Liability (TOUSA/YELLOWSTONE AND OTHERS), 84th Annual National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, New Orleans, LA (October 2010)

•Speaker, The Northern District of Florida Bankruptcy Bar Association (NDFLBBA) Annual Seminar, Tallahassee, FL (September 2010)

•Speaker and Panelist, Opportunistic Corporate Acquisitions, The Florida Bar, Business Law Section Retreat, Naples, FL, (September 2010)

•Speaker, Alabama Bankruptcy Bar Association Conference, San Destin, FL (May 2010)

•Speaker, American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) 28th Annual Spring Meeting, Maryland (April 2010)

•Speaker, CLE International - Real Estate Restructuring - Loan Defaults, Workouts, Bankruptcy and Distressed Property Acquisitions, Miami, Florida, Introduction to Bankruptcy: Who Can and Cannot be a Debtor
Forum Shopping
Chapters 7 and 11
Voluntary/Involuntary Cases
Single Asset Cases (December 2009)

•Speaker, Winter Leadership Conference, American Bankruptcy Institute, La Quinta, CA, The Future of Alternative Dispute Resolution: How ADR Can Expedite Efficiency for the Courts and Attorneys (December 2009)

•Speaker, South Florida Chapter - The Strategic Forum at Nova Southeastern University (September 2009)

•Panelist, Primer Encuentro InterAmericano Sobre Derecho Concursal, Buenos Aires, Argentina on the subject of Cross-Border Insolvencies - Developments in Cooperation and Coordination (September 2009)

•Moderator, American Bankruptcy Institute's 20th Annual Winter Leadership Conference, Tucson, Arizona, Real Estate Bankruptcies: What's Happening Now, and What's Next? (December 2008)

•Moderator, The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee and the Business Law Section, Miami and Tampa, FL, Bankruptcy Law & Practice: View from the Bench (November 2008)

•Speaker, The Bar Association of San Francisco's Conference, San Francisco, CA, Dream Maker's Nightmare: Issues in Homebuilder Bankruptcies (June 2008)

•Speaker, Thomson West's Southeastern Private Equity Summit 2008, Atlanta, GA, New Strategies for Today's Market (June, 2008)

•Speaker, Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute's 34th Annual Seminar, Atlanta, GA, Collection of Attorneys' Fees by Creditors - Effect of Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (2007), and Recent Developments in Chapter 11 cases (April 2008)

•Speaker, Turnaround Management Association's Spring Conference, Orlando, FL, Grab Your Surfboard - The Big Wave of Restructuring (March 2008)

•Speaker, American Bankruptcy Institute's Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, Miami, FL, The Dangerous Intersection of Bankruptcy and Offshore Asset Protection: A Study of In re Lawrence (January 2008)

•Speaker, The Florida Bar & The Florida Institute of CPA's joint meeting, Miami, FL, Commercial Insolvency Law Following the 2005 Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code (January, 2008)

•Panelist, American Bar Association's Tax Section's annual meeting, Hollywood, FL, Are There Geographical Limitations To Bankruptcy and Federal Tax Practice? (February 2007)

•Speaker, Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute's 32nd annual seminar, Atlanta, GA, Non-Consensual Third Party Plan Releases After Metromedia Fiber Network and Continuing Viability of and Limits on Key Employee Retention Programs Under BAPCPA (April 2006)

•Speaker, Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute's 31st annual seminar, Atlanta, GA, Duties of Directors of Failing Companies and Substantive Consolidation in Bankruptcy (April, 2005)

•Speaker, Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, San Francisco, CA, Can an Asset Protection Plan Survive in Bankruptcy? (August 2003)

•Featured Speaker, The Florida Bar's Tax Section Annual Wealth Protection Conference, Can Asset Protection Planning Survive in Bankruptcy Proceedings? (May 2003)

•Speaker, Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, Los Angeles, CA, Ethical Issues for Counsel to Creditors' Committees (April, 2003)

•Speaker and Panelist, 29th Annual Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute Seminar in Atlanta, GA, Representation of Creditors' Committees and Debtor-in-Possession Financing (March, 2003)

•Speaker and Panelist, American Bankruptcy Institute Southeastern Workshop, Alternative Dispute Resolution in Consumer and Commercial Bankruptcy Cases (August 2002)

•Speaker, Professor David G. Epstein's Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Class, Future claims and the treatment of future claims in the bankruptcy case of Piper Aircraft Corporation. (Spring 2002)

•Featured Speaker, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, San Francisco, CA, So You Think You Have A Claim Against the Estate? (October 1999)

•Author and Lecturer, Nationally televised seminar Bankruptcy First-Day Orders: The Beginning or the End of the Case?, The American Bar Association National Satellite Seminar (April 1999)

•Speaker and Panelist, American Bankruptcy Institute's Southeastern Workshop in Amelia Island, FL, Trial Techniques. (August 1997)

•Featured Speaker, National Business Institute's Seminar, Commercial Lending in Florida (October, 1996)

•Guest lecturer at the University of Florida College of Law on numerous occasions, including in connection with seminars/courses taught by Professor Jeffrey Davis. The lectures included presentations entitled (i) Assignment of Leases of Non-Residential Real Property: Restrictions on Assignment and Adequate Assurance of Future Performance
(ii) Cash Collateral and Section 363
(iii) Section 510(b) and (c) of the Bankruptcy and Section 726 dealing with the Subordination of Tax Claims.

•Lecturer at numerous continuing legal education programs for The Florida Bar on the subjects of advanced commercial loan documentation, creditors' rights matters and bankruptcy. These include: Selected Procedural and Jurisdictional Issues, January 6, 1994.
Voluntary Surrender of Collateral - An Alternative to Bankruptcy, May 24- June 21, 1990.

•Paul and the Business Reorganization Team at Berger Singerman regularly prepare the Eleventh Circuit Law Case Summaries for E-mail publication and distribution by the American Bankruptcy Institute for cases decided by the Eleventh Circuit involving cases coming out of Bankruptcy and District courts in Florida.

Prior Affiliations

•Stroock & Stroock & Lavan - September 1983 - April 1997 (Associate: 1983-1991, Partner: 1992-1997) Member:

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