ABI and St. John's Are Leaders in Bankruptcy Educational and ADR Programs

Bankruptcy Attorney Jerry M. Markowitz, co-founder and managing shareholder of the law firm of Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog, participated as a faculty member for the fourth consecutive year in the ABI/St. John’s Bankruptcy Mediation Training on December 11-15, 2016 in New York City, a collaboration among three leaders in the field of bankruptcy education and mediation training: American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), St. John’s Center for Bankruptcy Studies and St. John's Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution.

Markowitz is one of South Florida’s leading business and bankruptcy reorganization law practitioners; and business and bankruptcy mediators. He is ranked in Chambers USA, a 2017 Best Lawyer in America and named to the 2016 Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers list and to the Top 100 Miami Super Lawyers by Super Lawyers Magazine. He is also a 2017 Top Lawyer in South Florida in the South Florida Legal Guide and was named to the 2016 Florida Trend Magazine Legal Elite Hall of Fame.

In 2016, Markowitz co-authored Bankruptcy Mediation, a new book from the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) and co-authored a chapter on ADR and Bankruptcy in the ADR Deskbook for the Business Lawyer from the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. Active in the community, Markowitz is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), regional co-chair of the ABI Endowment Fund and co-chair of the ABI Mediation Committee. He is a former president of the University of Miami Law Alumni Association, a founding member of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida and a former co-chair of the ABI Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop. He received the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce Rising Star award in the Executive Star category in 2016 and Lifestyle Media Group’s Leaders in Law Award in the Bankruptcy Law category in 2015. Further, he received the Thomas Davison, III Memorial Service Award from the University of Miami Law Alumni Association, for outstanding service to the law school in 2013.

ABI is the nation’s leading provider of quality bankruptcy educational programs. St. John’s Center for Bankruptcy Studies offers the nation’s premier bankruptcy program featuring the only LL.M. in Bankruptcy. Together, ABI and St. John’s publish the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, with a circulation of approximately 11,000. The Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution, a leader in the field of dispute resolution, is an important part of this successful collaboration to develop this bankruptcy mediation training program. The Carey Center offers a wide range of dispute-resolution programs, training both students and practitioners in the values and skills of dispute resolution. For more information, visit http://www.abi.org/events/annual-forty-hour-bankruptcy-mediation-training.

Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog concentrates on the representation of businesses, institutions, fiduciaries, and individuals across several practice groups, which include Restructuring and Insolvency; Litigation and Dispute Resolution; Real Estate and Business; Probate and Guardianship; and Trusts and Estates. Dedication to clients and service to the community are the principles upon which Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog was founded more than 35 years ago, and upon which it still operates today. For more information, please visit www.mrthlaw.com.