First Admitted: 2014, Florida

Bar / Professional Activity:

Florida Bar Business Law Section, Vice Chair of Marketing, Promotions, and Sponsorship Committee
American Bankruptcy Institute, Eleventh Circuit Editor - ABI Volo Project
Hillsborough County Bar Association
Federal Bar Association, Eleventh Circuit Writer for the Circuit Writer's Project
American Bar Association
Turnaround Management Association, TMA Florida Board Member, Tampa Bay Regional Co-Director
Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association
Tampa Connection, 2017

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results):

Represented official committee of unsecured creditors in chapter 11 proceeding of a merchant cash advance lender with assets and liabilities in excess of $100,000,000. A consensual liquidating plan was confirmed., 2019
Confirmed liquidating plan in chapter 11 bankruptcy case of highly leveraged dental practice, resulting in sale of assets to regional dental practice operator, 2017
Confirmed liquidating plan in chapter 11 bankruptcy case for Continuing Care Retirement Community in Tampa, Florida, following multi-day trial on confirmation, 2018
Confirmed liquidating plan in chapter 11 bankruptcy case for the largest beef processing facility in Florida, resulting in sale of assets to separate operator, 2017
Representing a receiver over entities formerly used in a Ponzi scheme, obtained summary judgment against debtor, which resulted in imposition of equitable lien and constructive trust over debtor's homestead property, 2017
Represented out-of-state bank as secured creditor in chapter 11 bankruptcy case with multi-million dollar claim, obtaining dismissal of bankruptcy case which allowed bank to proceed against its collateral located in three different states, 2016

Transactions:

Honors:

Listed as “Up & Comer” in the “Florida Legal Elite” edition of Florida Trend Magazine, 2018
Order of the Coif
Listed as “Rising Star” in the area of Bankruptcy: Business in “Florida Super Lawyers”, 2018

Educational Background:

Scholarly Lectures / Writings:

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off: Structure Dismissals in Chapter 11 Cases, Russel M. Blain, Daniel R. Fogarty, & Matthew B. Hale, sbli-inc.org/archive/2016/documents/Lets_Call_the_Whole_Thing_Off.pdf, Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, 2016
Involuntary Bankruptcy: A Powerful Weapon, But Use Extreme Caution, Co-author with Susan Sharp, The Federal Lawyer Magazine September 2018, 2018

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Karen S. Jennemann, Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Florida, 2013

Matthew B. Hale