Bast Amron

Miami Business and Bankruptcy Litigation Law Firm

Bankruptcy Litigation

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Bast Amron’s bankruptcy litigation practice concentrates on litigation related to bankruptcy and insolvency cases. Members of this practice group have represented clients in bankruptcy adversary proceedings, contested matters, plan disputes, and all types of insolvency-related litigation. Our attorneys have both prosecuted and defended fraudulent transfers, preferential transfers, dischargeability, and successor liability actions and have conducted many trials and evidentiary hearings as well as fraud investigations in connection with bankruptcy cases. Members of the firm also have briefed and argued appeals from bankruptcy decisions in appellate courts. Bast Amron’s boutique practice in debtor-creditor matters allows us to employ insight gained from the representation of creditors, debtors, and trustees in a wide variety of legal proceedings both inside and outside of bankruptcy.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
  • Staymobile Venture, LLC, et al. (Jointly administered Chapter 7, Eastern District of Michigan); Counsel to largest unsecured creditor
  • Cinemex USA Real Estate Holdings, Inc., Cinemex Holdings USA, Inc., and CB Theater Experience, LLC (Jointly administered Chapter 11, Southern District of Florida); Co-counsel to Debtors, with successful confirmation of contested plan of reorganization
  • ImmunSYS, Inc. (Chapter 11 Case filed under Subchapter V); Counsel to Debtor, with successful confirmation of plan of reorganization despite litigation claims
  • First Foliage, L.C. (Chapter 11, Southern District of Florida); Counsel to numerous preference defendants, successfully defended litigation claims
  • Liberty International Holdings, Inc. et al (Chapter 7, Southern District of Florida); counsel to Trustee, investigated and prosecuted dozens of fraudulent and preferential transfer adversary proceedings
  • GMB Lighting and Trading, LLC (Chapter 7, Southern District of Florida), counsel to Trustee, investigated and settled several claims against insider and third parties
  • Mosaic Management Group, Inc. (Chapter 11, Southern District of Florida); Counsel to Investor Creditors’ Committee and then Trustee of the Mosaic Investment Trust, negotiated consensual plan of reorganization and prosecuted adversary proceedings
  • Prosecuted and defended hundreds of avoidance actions, including preferential and fraudulent transfers, as Counsel to various Chapter 7 Trustees
  • Recovery of more than $100,000 in undisclosed bank accounts for Chapter 7 trustee after evidentiary hearing regarding ownership of funds
  • Lofts on the Park, Inc. (Chapter 11, Southern District of Florida); Counsel to Debtor-in-possession, successfully confirmed of contested plan of reorganization
  • Various Chapter 11 cases; Counsel to Debtors, involving contested confirmation and litigation claims
  • Refco Inc. (Chapter 11, Southern District of New York); Counsel to several Latin American financial institutions
  • Counsel to pre-petition and post-petition lender in Chapter 11 of international injection molding manufacturer with seven facilities in four countries
  • Counsel to Receiver in FTC receiverships involving consumer credit companies
  • Represented a global technology company in a post-M&A dispute involving the divestiture of a business unit and the buyer’s subsequent refusal to make an earnout payment, and successfully prosecuted client’s breach of contract claims through two jury trials, obtaining a judgment for millions in damages and attorneys’ fees, while avoiding liability on counterclaims ranging from breach of contract to fraud
  • FedNat Holding Company, et al (Chapter 11, Southern District of Florida); Co-Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
  • Solar Cosmetic Labs, Inc. (Chapter 11, Southern District of Florida); Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and Liquidating Trustee, included prosecution of adversary proceedings
  • Miami Air International, Inc. (Chapter 11, Southern District of Florida); Counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
  • Ecological Paper Recycling, Inc. (Chapter 11, Southern District of Florida); Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
  • Pharma Science Nutrients, Inc. (Chapter 11, Southern District of Florida); Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
  • Britt Metal Processing, Inc. (Chapter 11, Southern District of Florida); Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
  • Gemini Air Cargo (Chapter 11, Southern District of Florida); Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
  • Hospital Staffing Services, Inc. (Chapter 11, Southern District of Florida); Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
  • Recovery of more than $100,000 in undisclosed bank accounts for Chapter 7 trustee after evidentiary hearing regarding ownership of funds
  • Prosecuted and defended hundreds of avoidance actions, including preferential and fraudulent transfers as Counsel to various Chapter 7 Trustees,
  • Counsel to various Chapter 11 Debtors, involving contested confirmation and litigation claims
  • Counsel to pre-petition and post-petition lender in Chapter 11 of international injection molding manufacturer with seven facilities in four countries
  • Counsel to Receiver in FTC receiverships involving consumer credit companies
  • Represented a global technology company in a post-M&A dispute involving the divestiture of a business unit and the buyer’s subsequent refusal to make an earnout payment, and successfully prosecuted client’s breach of contract claims through two jury trials, obtaining a judgment for millions in damages and attorneys’ fees, while avoiding liability on counterclaims ranging from breach of contract to fraud