Michele L. Stocker

Michele L. Stocker: Attorney with Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Attorney Awards
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer AV Preeminent Rating
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Biography

Michele L. Stocker is a commercial litigator with a broad range of experience representing clients in the financial services industry including regional and national banks, loan servicers, consumer finance companies, mortgage bankers, credit card issuers, debt buyers and third-party debt collectors.

Concentrations

•Telephone Consumer Protection Act
•Contested mortgage foreclosures
•Fair Credit Reporting Act
•Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
•Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z
•Mortgage loan origination and loan servicing issues
•Unfair and deceptive trade practices
•Consumer fraud
•Identity theft
•Predatory lending
•Force-placed insurance
•Class action defense

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, Chambers USA Guide, Litigation: General Commercial, 2022-2025
•Selected, Fort Lauderdale Illustrated, 'Top Lawyers,' 2023
•Recipient, ONYX Magazine, Women on the Move Award, 2021
•Recipient, South Florida Business & Wealth, Prestigious Women Award, 2021
•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2013-2026
•Commercial Litigation, 2013-2026
•Litigation - Banking and Finance, 2023-2026
•'Lawyer of the Year,' Fort Lauderdale, 2026
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Florida Super Lawyers, 2015-2025
•Listed, Florida Trend, Legal Elite - Notable Women Leaders in Law, 2023
•Listed, South Florida Legal Guide, 'Top Lawyer,' 2014-2016, 2021
•Team Member, U.S. News - Best Lawyers, Best Law Firms Edition, 'Law Firm of the Year,' Banking & Finance - Litigation, 2017
•Listed, South Florida Business Journal, 'Influential Business Women of 2016
•Listed, Legacy magazine, 'South Florida's Most Prominent and Influential Women in Business and Industry,' 2015
•Recipient, 'Most Powerful & Influential Woman Award,' National Diversity Council, 2015
•Honoree, '100 Outstanding Women of Broward County,' Boys and Girls Clubs of Broward County, 2014
•Recipient, '2013 Top Hat Salute to Women of Achievement Award'' Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Zeta Rho Omega Chapter, Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 9, 2013
•Featured, The Diversity Journal's '11th Annual Women Worth Watching Issue, 2013,' September/October 2012
•Listed, Florida Trend magazine, 'Legal Elite,' Commercial Litigation, 2012
•Recipient, '2012 Glass Ceiling Award,' The Florida Women's Conference - National Diversity Council, March 2012
•Recipient, 'Love For Literacy Gala Honoree,' Love for Literacy Gala, Crockett Foundation Inc., March 2012
•Listed, Business Leader magazine 'South Florida's Women Extraordinaire,' 2011
•Listed, 'South Florida's 100 Most Accomplished Black's in Law,' ICABA, 2009
•Profiled, Who's Who in Black South Florida, 'South Florida's Most Influential,' 2007
•Rated, AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0

Fort Lauderdale - Nova SouthEastern University

•Member, American Bar Association

•Member, Business Law Section, Consumer Financial Services Committee

•Member, National Bar Association

•Board Member, Intercoastal Division, Children's Home Society of Florida

•Board Member, Crockett Foundation

•Circuit Civil Mediator, Florida Supreme Court

•State of Florida Compliance Chair, American Collectors International, 2005-2010

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Areas of Practice (1)

  • Retail

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Princeton University, B.A., cum laude, 1987
Law School Attended:
Columbia Law School, J.D., 1990 Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Year of First Admission:
1991
Admission:
1991, New York; 1995, Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Memberships:

Professional & Community Involvement

•Chair, Pine Crest School - Fort Lauderdale, Board of Trustees
•fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
•Member, American Bar Association
•Member, Business Law Section, Consumer Financial Services Committee
•Board Member, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale - Nova SouthEastern University, Board of Governors, 2013-2022
•Board Member, Children's Home Society of Florida, Intercoastal Division, 2007-2016
•Member, Orange Bowl Committee
•Member, Nominating Committee, 2024-2025
•Transportation Chair, 2024-2025
•Football Host Committee - Team B, 2024-2025
•Community Family Events Vice Chair - Broward, Sales Strategy Committee, 2024-2025
•Board Member, Crockett Foundation
•Circuit Civil Mediator, Florida Supreme Court
•Compliance Chair, American Collectors International, State of Florida, 2005-2010

Languages:
Spanish
Birth Information:
Mandeville, Jamaica, December 4, 1965
ISLN:
901720571

Peer Reviews

5.0/5.0
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