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Paul A. Giordano

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Fort Myers
2320 First Street
Suite 1000
Fort Myers, FL 33901
P: 239.338.4267 239.338.4267
F: 239.337.0970
E: [email protected] | vCard

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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