Scott M. Grossman

Scott M. Grossman

Scott M. Grossman, a shareholder in the firm's Miami office, focuses his practice on bankruptcy litigation. Scott has significant experience representing trustees in large, complex bankruptcy cases, as well as secured and unsecured creditors, and purchasers of assets from bankruptcy estates. Scott also has substantial experience in bankruptcy tax matters and in litigation related to Florida's constitutional homestead exemption. Scott began his legal career as a Trial Attorney in the Attorney General's Honors Program with the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, where he litigated federal tax controversies in Bankruptcy Courts and Federal District Courts.

Areas of Concentration

· Bankruptcy, reorganization and restructuring

· Bankruptcy litigation

· Bankruptcy tax matters

· Creditors' and debtors' rights

· Commercial litigation

Significant Representations

· Representation of the Chapter 7 Trustee for the estate of Abraham D. Gosman in the liquidation of this former healthcare magnate's multi-million dollar estate, which included a 6 ?-acre oceanfront mansion, millions of dollars of artwork, and controlling interests in several hundred corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and other entities, resulting in a significant return to unsecured creditors.

· Representation of entertainment news website TMZ.com in the Lorraine Brooke Associates, Inc. bankruptcy case (the O.J. Simpson "If I Did It" book case).

· Representation of the Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 Trustee for Southeast Banking Corporation, returning over 100 cents on the dollar to unsecured creditors to date.

· Representation of the liquidating trust for the estate of Reed E. Slatkin, perpetrator of a $240 million Ponzi scheme.

· Representation of the purchaser of a boutique South Beach hotel from a bankruptcy estate.

· U.S. counsel to the international liquidators of Imperium Bank Limited and Imperial Consolidated Limited, a massive worldwide Ponzi scheme.

· Representation of a billion-dollar international specialty retailer of jewelry and accessories in a multi-million dollar fraudulent transfer and preference action.

· Representation of the liquidating trust in the Chapter 11 reorganization of a $500 million trucking company.

· Representation of a Fortune 500 insurance company in litigation challenging a former high-ranking executive's state law homestead exemption claims.

· Representation of creditors in adversary proceedings to avoid and recover preferences and/or fraudulent transfers under bankruptcy and state law.

· Representation of creditors in bankruptcy adversary proceedings and contested matters challenging debtors' exemption claims and objecting to discharge of their debts.

· Significant experience in litigation with respect to Florida's constitutional homestead exemption.

· Significant experience representing the United States of America in bankruptcy tax matters.

Professional & Community Involvement

· Member, Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida

· Member, Local Rules Advisory Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida

· Member, American Bankruptcy Institute

· Member, Turnaround Management Association

· Member, American Bar Association

Awards & Recognition

· United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, Special Commendation Award, 2003

Previous Employment

· Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, Civil Trial Section, Southern Region, 1999-2004 (Attorney General's Honors Program)

Articles, Publications, & Lectures

Articles

· Speaker, Evidence and Expert Testimony in Federal Court, National Business Institute, Miami, October 29, 2008

· "Will Changes to Homestead Exemptions Really Thwart Abuse?" 44 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (LRP) 23 at A1 (July 19, 2005).

· "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005: Changes to State Law Homestead Exemptions and General Overview of Changes to Individual Chapter 11 Cases," Bankruptcy Reform 2005: Expert Analyses Examining and Predicting the Impact on the Commercial Practitioner, at 53 (Kate Colangelo and F. Joseph Fraracci, LLB, eds.) (LRP Publications 2005).