Jerry M. Markowitz
Jerry Markowitz is a founding shareholder of Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog, P.A. He concentrates his practice in the areas of creditors’ and debtors’ rights, including workouts, bankruptcy, asset recovery, insolvency, receiverships, reorganization, restructuring and mediation.
Representative Matters
- Counsel to liquidating trustee in a confirmed chapter 11 case where creditors have been paid in full and equity will receive more than $25 million.
- Counsel to chapter 11 debtors consisting of real estate holding company, skilled nursing facility, and a hospital where all of the assets were sold, which will result in plans providing payment in full to creditors and significant amounts payable to equity.
- Co-counsel to a creditor in a large Ponzi-scheme bankruptcy case and recovered over $20 million for the creditor.
- Counsel to large real estate developer and successfully resolved $110 million in debt.
- Mediated sale of all assets of a large regional law firm in a chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
Reported Decisions
- In re Saleh v. Triton Container Intern., Ltd., 175 B.R. 422 (Bankr.S.D.Fla. 1994)
- In re Cascade Intern., Inc., 147 B.R. 1003 (S.D.Fla. 1992)
- In re Jet Florida System, Inc., 841 F.2d 1082 (11th Cir. 1988)
- In re Airlift Intern., Inc., 92 B.R. 550 (Bankr.S.D.Fla. 1988)
- In re Century Mach. Tools, Inc., 37 B.R. 811 (Bankr.S.D.Fla. 1984)
- In re Davidson Lumber Co., 19 B.R. 871, (Bankr.S.D.Fla. 1982)
- In re Belize Airways Ltd., 7 B.R. 601, (Bankr.S.D.Fla. 1980)
Awards and Recognitions
- Chambers USA, Bankruptcy and Restructuring, 2018
- Band 2
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2019
- AV Preeminent® Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- Recipient, 2018 Mark G. Stingley Leadership Award, American Bankruptcy Institute
- Florida Super Lawyers, 2018
- Top 100 Lawyers in Florida, 2015 – 2017
- Top 100 Lawyers in Miami, 2015 – 2018
- South Florida Legal Guide, Top Lawyer, 2019
- South Florida Business Journal, Best of the Bar, 2016
- Florida Trend Legal Elite, 2018
- Hall of Fame, 2016-2018
- Lifestyle Media Group’s Leaders in Law 2015 Award, Winner
Publications
- Co-Author, Bankruptcy Mediation, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2016
- Co-Author, “ADR and Bankruptcy,” ADR Deskbook for the Business Lawyer, Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, 2016
- Author, “Contracting to Avoid Assumption: A Review of the Availability of Certain Contractual Provisions That May Be Employed to Assist Landlords in Asserting and Enforcing Bargained-for Rights”, Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, January/February 2002
Speaking Engagements
- Faculty, American Bankruptcy Institute/St. John’s University School of Law’s Mediation Training Program, 2013-2017
- University of Miami Bankruptcy Skills Workshop
- Faculty
- Co-Chair Business Bankruptcy Committee and Continuing Education Committee
- Panelist, Executory Contracts, American Bankruptcy Institute, Twentieth Annual Spring Meeting
Professional and Community Activities
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
- Board of Directors, 2015 – Present
- Co-Chair, Mediation Committee & Regional Chair of the ABI Endowment
- American Bankruptcy Institute Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop and Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, Past Advisory Board Member
- American Bankruptcy Institute/St. John’s University School of Law’s Mediation Training Program, Graduate
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Member
- Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida, Member and Past President
- Certified Mediator in Florida
- Commercial Bar Association, Honorary Member
- Commercial Law League of America, Member
- Florida Academy of Professional Mediators, Member
- Florida Bar Mentor Pilot Program
- Florida Fiduciary Forum, Founding Member
- John W. Kozyak University of Miami Law School Mentoring Program, Mentor
- National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Member
- St. Thomas University, Pro Bono Clinic, Mentor
- University of Miami School of Law, Pro Bono Clinic, Mentor
- University of Miami School of Law Alumni Association, Past President
- University of Miami, Library Visiting Committee
- Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee, 11th Judicial Circuit, Member