MIAMI, FL – April 17, 2019 – Shareholder Jerry Markowitz was an invited speaker at the 2019 Annual Spring Meeting of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) held April 11-14, 2019 in Washington, DC. Markowitz spoke on April 14, 2019 about Leading Issues in Ethics and Civility, in and out of the Courtroom.
Approximately 900 bankruptcy attorneys, CPAs, turnaround specialists, Judges and Trustees, lenders, appraisers and related professionals attend ABI’s Annual Spring Meeting. Activities include keynote sessions, networking events, and a variety of targeted educational sessions that offer fresh approaches, practical direction and tactical strategies.
Markowitz is one of South Florida’s leading business and bankruptcy reorganization law practitioners; and business and bankruptcy mediators. He is ranked in Chambers USA, a 2019 Best Lawyer in America, and is named to the 2018 Top 100 Miami Super Lawyers by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine.
In January of 2019, Markowitz received ABI’s 2018 Mark G. Stingley Leadership Award. The award recognizes a member who has demonstrated extraordinary support in the preceding year for the ABI Endowment Fund, which was created in 1989 to provide resources for research and education. In 2018, Markowitz was re-appointed to the Board of Directors of the ABI for a second three-year term.
For the sixth consecutive year, Markowitz participated as a faculty member in the ABI/St. John’s Bankruptcy Mediation Training on December 9-13, 2018, in New York City, a collaboration among two leaders in the field of bankruptcy education and mediation training: American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and St. John’s University Law School Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution.
Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog concentrates on the representation of businesses, institutions, fiduciaries, and individuals across several practice groups, which include Restructuring + Insolvency, Litigation + Dispute Resolution, Real Estate + Business, Probate + Guardianship, and Trusts + Estates. Dedication to clients and service to the community are the principles upon which Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog was founded in 1980, and upon which it still operates today. For more information, please visit www.mrthlaw.com.