First Admitted: 1997, Florida

Professional Webpage: http://srbp.com/srbp/attorney/details/3/17--17-elena-paras-k...

Bar / Professional Activity:

Member, Business Law Section of the Florida Bar and has served on its Executive Council., 2023
Guest Lecturer, Advanced Bankruptcy Course, University of Florida College of Law, 2018
Speaker, New Orleans Bar Association Program in New Orleans, Louisiana (July 2018) – “Strategies and Best Practices for §363 Sale: Everything You Need to Know About APA and Bidding Procedures”., 2018
Contributor in assisting with drafting of PowerPoint presentation to be given at Insolvency 2020 Virtual Summit presented by American Bankruptcy Institute. , 2020
Contributor of "Relevant Bankruptcy Sections from Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021" for Business Bankruptcy Legal Update and Unmasking Some Great Consumer Cases from 2020 and 2021, presentations at 45th Annual Alexander L. Paskay Bankruptcy Seminar., 2021
Panelist, American Bankruptcy Institute's Alexander L. Paskay Memorial Bankruptcy Seminar, Nuts & Bolts program, 2023
Member, Leadership Tampa, Class of 2019, 2019
Member, Hillsborough County Bar Association; Co-Chair of the Community Service Committee (2005-2006)., 2023
Member, Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association; member of Special Committee on Bylaws Review and Amendments (2018); Chair (2011-2012); President (2010-2011); Vice-President (2009-2010); Treasurer (2008-2009); Chair of Credit Abuse Resistance Education program (2007-2010); Membership Chair (2006-2007), 2023
Member, International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (2010 - date), 2023
Member, Local Rules Lawyers' Advisory Committee (2020 - 2023), 2023
Chair of the District-Wide Steering Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida (2012-2016), 2016

Pro bono / Community Service:

Board of Directors, Tampa Museum of Art (2019- March 2023), 2023
President, Daughters of Penelope, Alcmaeon Chapter 167 Tampa (2022 - 2024), 2023
President and Member, Sister City Affiliate Group of Heraklion, Crete (Greece), 2023

Honors:

This award is presented annually by the Hillsborough County Bar Association to the individual(s) who contributed the most to the HCBA during the year. , James M. "Red" McEwen Memorial Award, Hillsborough County Bar Association, 2006
Listed for Insolvency, Restructuring & Commercial Litigation, Ranked in 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023
Recognized for work in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, The Best Lawyers in America, 2023
Ranked since 2012, Ranked Band 2 - Bankruptcy/Restructuring - Florida: North & Central, Chambers & Partners, 2023
AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell, 2023

Educational Background:

Graduate of University of Florida, College of Law, with honors; while in law school, recipient of book award in Comparative Tort Litigation and Rules of Procedure., 1997
Graduate of Agnes Scott College, B.A., with high honors, 1994

Scholarly Lectures / Writings:

Article regarding valuation of secured creditor's collateral with regard to a sale process. , Co-Author, The Value of a Secured Creditor's Collateral is Established by Third-Party Winning Bid, Not Credit Bid, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, Vol. XL, No. 3, March 2021, Bankruptcy, 2021

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Member, Phi Beta Kappa.

Elena Paras Ketchum