Paul Steven Singerman Listed in Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
Paul Steven Singerman, Co-CEO of the Florida business law firm Berger Singerman, has been named among the nation’s leading 500 attorneys by Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. He is the only attorney in the state of Florida listed in bankruptcy.
Lawdragon, one of the fastest growing legal rating systems in the world, selects the top 500 attorneys in the United States through a unique combination of online balloting and independent research. Reporters and editors interview thousands of lawyers to get their input on the top attorneys in any region or practice field as well as collect votes through an online ballot. Based on this research, as well as selection of recent cases and activity, Lawdragon assembles a guide that reflects geographic and practice diversity.
Singerman is active throughout the United States in large and complex restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy cases. He has served as debtor’s counsel in Aloha Airlines, Adva-Lite, Puig Development; Levitt and Sons and TOUSA; and as special counsel in the liquidation of Havens Steel; and special litigation counsel to the debtors and then trustee in the American Tissue cases. His work in these cases has garnered the widespread respect of his peers. Additionally, he represented a large Asian investment fund in the Mutual Benefits case and is currently representing the bankruptcy trustee in the Rothstein case.
He has consistently been recognized by his peers for his excellence in restructuring and bankruptcy matters as evidenced by his receiving the highest rating in Chambers USA, having been honored for being selected for Best Lawyers in America for 14 consecutive years and having been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Singerman is past chair of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar, and now serves on the Executive Council of this organization. In addition, he is on the Executive Board of Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach.
He is President of the Southern District of Florida Bankruptcy Bar Association Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to Pro Bono endeavors. He is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, American College of Bankruptcy, Florida Association of Managing Partners, Commercial Law League of America and the Spellman-Hoeveler American Inn of Court.
Singerman received both his BS in Classical Studies, summa cum laude, and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Florida.
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Berger Singerman is a Florida business law firm with more than 60 attorneys working out of offices in Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Tallahassee. Members of the firm have expertise in all areas of commercial law, including banking, creditors' rights, business reorganization, bankruptcy, corporate & securities, dispute resolution and litigation, white collar crime, real estate, environmental and land use, health care, tax, estate planning, and probate.
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