Experienced banking and litigation attorney from Roetzel & Andress joins growing Boca Raton firm

Shapiro, Blasi, Wasserman & Hermann announced that Lori L. Heyer-Bednar has joined the firm as a shareholder.   Heyer-Bednar comes to the firm following eight years at Roetzel & Andress where she served as national chair over the firm’s litigation practice group and the partner in charge of the Fort Lauderdale office.

“We are delighted to have Lori join the team, and we know that her skills, enthusiasm and passion for the law will be a great benefit to our clients and the firm,” said Andrew Blasi, a founding partner of the firm.  “She is another example of the tremendous talent we have been fortunate to attract in the recent past.”

In 2015, Shapiro Blasi merged with attorneys from Sedgwick, making it one of the largest independent law firms in Boca Raton.  

Heyer-Bednar focuses her practice on banking, commercial lending, real estate finance, commercial litigation, creditors’ rights, business litigation and bankruptcy, with an emphasis on lender liability and asset-based lending matters. Her practice also involves loan workouts and loan restructuring, loan financing and title services. She represents numerous banks and corporate clients in both state and federal courts at the trial and appellate court level.

Among her industry awards and recognition, Heyer-Bednar has recently been selected to the Advisory Board for Florida Atlantic University’s College of Arts and Letters and she has recently been named a Top Lawyer in the 2017 edition of the South Florida Legal Guide.

Heyer-Bednar earned her juris doctor cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law and is admitted to practice law in Florida as well as the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.

About Shapiro, Blasi, Wasserman & Hermann

Shapiro, Blasi, Wasserman & Hermann, P.A. is a full-service litigation and transactional law firm and one of the largest independent law firms in Boca Raton, Florida . By focusing on several areas of expertise, the firm utilizes a wealth of knowledge to provide its nationwide client base with high-quality results. The firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers in America, and in the South Florida Legal Guide, Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite and Thompson Reuter’s Florida Super Lawyers magazine. For more information, please visit www.sbwlawfirm.com.