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About
Provided by Bernice Lee
Practice Areas
Bankruptcy, Restructuring, Receiverships, Creditors' Rights and Insolvency Litigation
Career
Bernice Lee is a Partner at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, and focuses her practice on bankruptcy, receiverships, and complex commercial litigation. She has extensive experience in all aspects of reorganizations, liquidations, receiverships, and insolvency related litigation. She regularly represents creditors, business debtors, investors, receivers, and trustees. Recently, Bernice has represented stakeholders in cases involving real estate, manufacturing, hospitality, retail, aviation, Ponzi schemes and other fraud, and mass tort claims. Bernice also serves as a court-appointed receiver in federal equity receiverships, including MJ Capital Funding, LLC and three related companies that were used to operate a $200 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors, and Location Ventures, LLC, Urbin, LLC and 20 related companies that the SEC alleges that Rishi Kapoor used to raise over $90 million for investment in real estate projects through a series of material misrepresentations and omissions in violation of securities laws.
Professional Memberships
Federal Court Practice Committee of the Florida Bar (Vice Chair); Bankruptcy and Restructuring Committee of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (Co-Chair), Asian Pacific American Bar Association of South Florida (Past President); National Asian Pacific American Bar Association 2019 Leadership Advancement Program (Fellow); National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges 2016 NextGen Program (Fellow).
Chambers Review
USA
Bernice Lee has notable experience acting in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 cases on behalf of debtors, creditors and trustees. She also frequently handles fraudulent transfer actions and bankruptcy-related transactions.
Bernice Lee has notable experience acting in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 cases on behalf of debtors, creditors and trustees. She also frequently handles fraudulent transfer actions and bankruptcy-related transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is an excellent lawyer who keeps us apprised of all important developments in complex bankruptcy matters."
"She is very detail-oriented and organized."
"He is an excellent lawyer who keeps us apprised of all important developments in complex bankruptcy matters."
"She is very detail-oriented and organized."
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