Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, FL – August 21, 2025 – Seven attorneys with the law firm of Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers® in America. The lawyers include bankruptcy attorney and managing shareholder Jerry M. Markowitz; real estate attorney and founding shareholder Thomas Ringel; bankruptcy attorney and shareholder Ross R. Hartog; bankruptcy attorney and partner Adrian Delancy; bankruptcy attorney and partner Alan R. Rosenberg; and elder care attorney Candis Trusty. Estate planning, probate, trust, and guardianship law attorney and partner Lian de la Riva was recognized in the Ones to Watch® category.
Recognized for the past 27 years by Best Lawyers® in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law plus Litigation – Bankruptcy, managing shareholder Jerry M. Markowitz is one of South Florida’s leading business and bankruptcy reorganization law practitioners, and business and bankruptcy mediators. He is ranked in the 2025 Chambers USA in the Senior Statespeople category, a 2025 Top 100 Miami Super Lawyers by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine, a 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading U.S. Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyer and named in the 2023 Florida Trend Magazine Legal Elite Hall of Fame.
Recognized for the past 14 years by Best Lawyers® in Commercial Litigation and Real Estate Law, founding shareholder Thomas Ringel is one of Miami’s foremost real estate attorneys, having performed countless residential and commercial real estate closings in South Florida. He is a 2025 Florida Super Lawyer and has been a Florida Trend Magazine Legal Elite.
Recognized for the past 19 years by Best Lawyers® in Elder Law, shareholder Candis Trusty focuses her practice on elder care, guardianship, and complex commercial litigation. Trusty is a 2025 Florida Super Lawyer and has been a Florida Trend Magazine Legal Elite.
Recognized for the past 17 years by Best Lawyers® in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, shareholder Ross R. Hartog concentrates on the representation of trustees, creditors, creditors’ committees, and debtors in cases proceeding under Chapters 7, 11, and 13 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code as well as receivers and assignees for the benefit of creditors. He is a Chapter 7 and 11 Bankruptcy Trustee in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. Hartog is ranked in 2025 Chambers USA, a 2025 Florida Super Lawyer and has been a Florida Trend Magazine Legal Elite.
Recognized by Best Lawyers® in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Bankruptcy, partner Adrian C. Delancy focuses his practice on bankruptcy litigation, business liquidations and reorganizations. He is the former President of the Miami Bridge Youth & Family Services, Inc., a temporary shelter that provides protection and specialized care to youth in crisis. Delancy is a 2025 Florida Super Lawyer and a 2019 DiversityMBA Top 100 Executive Leader under age 50. In 2014, he was named one of ‘50 Most Powerful Black Professionals in Business and Industry’ by Legacy Miami Magazine.
Recognized by Best Lawyers® in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Bankruptcy, partner Alan R. Rosenberg focuses on representing chapter 7 and chapter 11 bankruptcy trustees, as well as creditors, debtors, and other parties in all aspects of insolvency proceedings and bankruptcy-related litigation. He is a nationally recognized expert in the intersection of cryptocurrency and bankruptcy and ensuing complex litigation and is a Cryptocurrency Tracing Certified Examiner through CipherTrace. Rosenberg is the 2025/26 president of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida, an elected member of the Board of Directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), a member of the ABI’s Education Committee, and Co-chair of the ABI’s Caribbean Insolvency Symposium. He is also a member of the Chapman Partnership Board of Trustees, Executive Committee, and serves as Chair of the Development Committee. Further, Rosenberg is a 2025 Florida Super Lawyer, 2022 Florida Trend Magazine Legal Elite Up & Comer, recipient of the 2022 Daily Business Review Florida Legal Award in the ‘On the Rise’ category, and was named a 2020 American Bankruptcy Institute 40 under 40 Insolvency Professional.
Recognized by Best Lawyers® Ones to Watch® in Trust & Estates, partner Lian de la Riva is a member of the firm’s Probate & Guardianship group and concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, probate, trust, and guardianship law. She was a 2024 Super Lawyer Florida Rising Star and a 2022 Top Lawyer under 40 Award recipient by the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA). De La Riva is currently the 2024 Vice President of Divisions, Sections and Committees of the HNBA. She is committed to providing legal services to underserved communities, serves on the Board of Directors of The Guatemalan Maya Center in Palm Beach County and is currently volunteering with The Jane Network.
The Florida law firm of Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog represents businesses, institutions, fiduciaries, and individuals across several practice groups, which include Restructuring and Insolvency; Litigation and Dispute Resolution; Real Estate and Business; Probate and Guardianship; and Trusts and Estates. Dedication to clients and service to the community are the principles upon which Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog was founded more than 40 years ago, and upon which it still operates today. For more information, please visit www.mrthlaw.com.