Paul A. Giordano

Paul handles a variety of business, commercial and banking litigation, with a special focus on bankruptcy & creditors' rights, troubled debt restructuring, workouts, and related litigation, partnership disputes, commercial foreclosures, contract and corporate disputes, construction liens, real estate dispute litigation, and general and professional liability lawsuits. He regularly assists national, regional and community banks in stabilizing distressed commercial and industrial properties, from negotiating pre-foreclosure agreements to advocating for the appointment of receivers and judicial sales. He also has experience in insurance coverage litigation, and jury and non-jury trial practice.

Experience

• Counsel to various financial institutions and banks on liquidation of collateral, court-appointed receiverships, prejudgment writs of replevin, as well as restructuring and workouts on large non-performing commercial loans
• Represented national lender in multi-million dollar Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; protected and enforced cash collateral rights of lender leading to a refinance of the debt and recovery post-confirmation of Plan of reorganization
• Represented lender in individual Chapter 7 Bankruptcy; successfully resolved dispute regarding priority of liens with competing secured creditor leading to full recovery for lender upon liquidation of debtor’s principal asset
• Dismissal of lender liability claims against large regional banking institution
• Successfully prosecuted multimillion dollar foreclosure and defended several lender liability counterclaims
• Successfully tried a quiet title action to verdict and defended easement counterclaims asserted for over 80 years by defendants

Services

• Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights
• Banking & Financial Services
• Complex Business & Commercial Litigation
• Qualified Opportunity Zones

Industries

• Financial Services

1. University of Florida, B.A.
2. University of Florida Levin College of Law, J.D.

Bar Admissions

1. Florida

Court Admissions

1. U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida
2. U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Florida
3. U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida
4. U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
5. U.S. Court of Federal Claims
6. U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
7. U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
8. U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

• AV^® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Rated AV^® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell – Judicial Edition, 2016-2018, 2021
• Named to The Best Lawyers in America® for Litigation - Bankruptcy (2018-2024); Litigation - Real Estate (2020-2024); Commercial Litigation (2023-2024); Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2023-2024); Construction Law (2024)
• Selected as a "Florida Super Lawyer" by Florida Super Lawyers magazine (2015-2023)
• Selected as a "Florida Super Lawyers - Rising Star" by Florida Super Lawyers magazine (2011-2013)
• Selected as Florida Trend's "Legal Elite" for Bankruptcy & Workout (2013 and 2016) and Commercial Litigation (2018-2019, 2021-2022)
• Selected as Naples Illustrated "Top Lawyer" - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2019, 2021-2022); Business Litigation (2022)

Professional Affiliations

• Twentieth Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (2023-2027)
• American Bar Association (2004-2013)
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Coastal Conservation Association of Florida
  • Chairman (2016); Vice-Chairman (2015)
  • President (2014)
  • Government Relations Committee (2008 - 2013); State Board Member (2008 - 2013)
• Federal Bar Association
• Florida Bar Association
• Lee County Bar Association
• Lee County Federal Bar Association
• Southwest Florida Bankruptcy Professional Association, President (2014); Vice President (2013); Secretary (2012)
• Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association
• The Bankruptcy Legal Education Series Foundation, Inc., Treasurer (2014-2015); President and Chairman of the Board (2013-2014)
• Mortgage Bankers Association of Southwest Florida