Experience and background: Mr. Reich is a Shareholder in the firm's Ft. Lauderdale office. He concentrates his practice in the area of Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganizations, with a strong emphasis and background in Commercial Litigation. Mr. Reich's commercial litigation background includes not only bankruptcy issues, but areas of the law including banking, lender liability, commercial landlord-tenant, securities, intellectual property, anti-trust, real estate, asset protection, post and prejudgment remedies and collections, foreclosures, and both state and federal appeals. Mr. Reich is a former recording secretary of the Commercial Law League of America, the nation's oldest and largest creditors' rights organization. He is also a member of the League's Board of Governors and has served as chair of the League's bankruptcy and young members sections, and southern region. Reich also chairs the League's National Meetings Committee, and serves on the League's National Affairs and Legislative Committees, as well as the coordinating committee with the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and the joint planning committee of the League and the NCBJ. Recently, Mr. Reich served as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Femwell Group Health, Inc. (Miami), American Financial Group of Aventura (Miami), Shores of Panama, Inc. (Panama City), Berwick Black Cattle Company (Peoria, Illinois), Tutor Time Learning Systems, Inc. (Ft. Lauderdale), and Conseco Finance Corp. (Chicago), which was part of the then third largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. Mr. Reich has also recently represented the successful buyers in bankruptcy of the assets of publicly traded perfume manufacturer, Tristar Corporation (San Antonio), the national restaurant chain Le Petit Bistro (Atlanta), and the Florida assets of the national residential developer, Tousa (Fort Lauderdale). He has worked as a staff member on the United States Senate Governmental Affairs Committee for former Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., and on Vice President Gore's senatorial and 1988 presidential campaigns. Mr. Reich has been an adjunct professor at Nova Southern University's Sheppard Broad Law Center where he taught bankruptcy law, and at Broward Community College where he taught business law. A prolific speaker, Mr. Reich has spoken several times at the Commercial Law League of America's annual conventions, including 1998, Chicago Conference on "Chasing the Wind: The Search for the Ever Elusive Assets of the Sophisticated Debtor;" 2000, New York Conference on "The Triadic System: Back to the Basics;" 2001, Los Angeles Conference on "State Exemption Law;" its 2001 Annual Convention on "Fraudulent Conveyances;" 2003, New York Conference on "Creditors Committees;" and its 2004 Chicago Conference on "Revised Article 9 of the UCC." In 2007, Mr. Reich spoke in Chicago at the DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal Symposium on Fiduciary Duties and the Slide Towards Insolvency, and published a paper for the Journal on "Deepening Insolvency: A Viable Cause of Action, A Rehash of Other Causes of Action or a Theory Of Damages." He has also spoken at the Vendor Compliance Federation (Ft. Lauderdale, 2002) conference on charge backs, and has spoken several times before the National Business Institute on various bankruptcy and creditors rights issues. In 2003, he authored the chapter on bankruptcy in an Austrian publication geared toward German speakers doing business in the United States. Additionally, Mr. Reich is an active member of the community. In 1998, he was recognized for his outstanding contributions to the community and the Chamber of Commerce by the Miramar/Pembroke Chamber of Commerce when he received both their annual Pinnacle and Chairperson's Awards, and was awarded the Southwest Broward Regional Chamber of Commerce's Chairperson's Award again in both 2000 and 2001. In both 2000 and 2001, Mr. Reich was honored by the South Florida Business Journal as one of four finalists for its "Up and Comer" attorney of the year. Mr. Reich attended Vanderbilt University and graduated cum laude in 1985 with a B.A. He continued on at Vanderbilt University and received his J.D., with honors, in 1988. Reich continues to serve his alma mater as an alumni interviewer for Broward County for both his college and law school. Professional: · The Florida Bar
- Florida Bar Journal, Editorial Board
- Business Litigation Committee, Member
- Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2013
- Judicial Administration and Evaluation Committee, Vice-Chair; Chair · Dade County Bar · Broward County Bar · American Bar Association · American Bankruptcy Institute · Commercial Law League of America
- Attorney Board Member, 2010-2011
- Southern Region Chair
- Board of Governors
-- Bankruptcy Section, Chair-Elect
-- Young Members Section, Immediate Past Chair · Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Chair, Commercial Litigation Section; Board of Directors · Florida Super Lawyers, 2008-2011 · Florida Trend "Legal Elite," 2010 · Adjunct Professor of Bankruptcy Law at Nova Southeastern University Law School · Adjunct Professor of Business Law at Broward Community College Civic: · Miramar Pembroke Pines Regional Chamber of Commerce, Immediate Past Chair, Chair, Chair-Elect, Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Chairman of the Government Affairs, Trustees and Bylaws Committees, Legal Counsel · Town of Davie Police Pension Board, Member · Town of Davie's Water Advisory Board, Member · Broward Alliance's Board of Directors · Broward County Democratic Executive Committee · Toast Masters International · Jewish Federation of Broward, Chair of Annual Campaign Dinner · B'nai Brith Youth Organization, Chair of Adult Advisory Board and Leadership Action Network · Kensington at Chapel Trail Homeowners Association, Vice President · Estates of Stirling Lakes Homeowners Association, Board · David Posnack Hebrew Day School, Board of Directors, Legal Counsel and Chair of Security Committee · City of Pembroke Pines Economic Development Board · National Conference of Community and Justice · Leadership Broward, Graduate · Miramar/Pembroke Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Program, Graduate · Miramar/Pembroke Chamber of Commerce's Political Training Institute, Graduate Published opinions: · Prezioso v. Cameron, 559 So.2d 423 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990) · Tufo v. Oxford Resources Corp., 603 So.2d 112 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992) · Bentor Industries Corp. v. Crown USA, Inc., 616 So.2d 589 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1993) · In re Doctors' Hosp. of Tampa, Ltd., 183 B.R. 312 (Bankr.M.D.Fla. 1995) · Gimelstob Realty, Inc. v. Sechrest Co., Inc., 676 So.2d 83 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996) · McDonald's Corp. v. Bukele, 960 F.Supp. 1311 (N.D.Ill. 1997) · Puzzitiello v. Concord Asset Group, Inc., 694 So.2d 157 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997) · PPI, Inc. v. Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 698 So.2d 306 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1997) · Tsiperfal v. Ohio Sav. Securities, Inc., 756 So.2d 1087 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000) · Callaway Land & Cattle Co., Inc. v. Banyon Lakes C. Corp., 831 So.2d 204 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002) · Moran v. Schurger, 849 So.2d 1184 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2003) · In re Ramon, 2004 WL 2713052 (Bankr.S.D.Fla. 2004) · In re Balboa Street Beach Club, Inc., 319 B.R. 736 (Bankr.S.D.Fla. 2005) · In re Steffens, 342 B.R. 851 (Bankr.M.D.Fla. 2005) · In re Jensen, 333 B.R. 906 (Bankr.M.D.Fla. 2005) · Guerra v. Ramon, 2005 WL 2465606 (S.D.Fla. 2005) · In re Steve A. Clapper & Associates of Fla., 339 B.R. 789 (M.D.Fla 2006) · In re Chira, 343 B.R. 361 (Bankr.S.D.Fla. 2006) · In re Ramon, 2006 WL 1975999 (11th Cir. Fla. 2006) · In re Ameri P.O.S. Inc., 355 B.R. 876 (Bkrtcy.S.D.Fla. 2006) · In re Chira, 367 B.R. 888 (S.D.Fla. 2007) · In re Enron Corp., 379 B.R. 425 (S.D.N.Y. 2007) · In re Hawkins, 377 B.R. 761 (Bkrtcy.S.D.Fla.,2007) · In re Chira, 378 B.R. 698 (S.D.Fla. 2007) · In re Berwick Black Cattle Co., 394 B.R. 448 (Bkrtcy.C.D.Ill. 2008) · United Enterprise Fund, LP v. Modern Business Associates, Inc. Not Reported in F.Supp.2d, 2008 WL 4790537 (M.D.Fla. 2008) · In re Chira, 567 F.3d 1307 (C.A.11 (Fla.) 2009) · Koslow v. Sanders, 4 So.3d 37 (Fla.App. 2 Dist. 2009) Publications and presentations: · 79th Annual Chicago/Spring Meeting and 115th National Convention of the Commercial Law League of America; Panel Speaker, "Creditors' Committees: Opportunities & Pitfalls," Chicago, Illinois, Friday April 17, 2009. |