Through litigation, Andrew Brumby counsels businesses on ways to repair financial relationships with companies in distress, including recovering debt or restructuring deals to protect his clients' interests and maintain profitability. A partner in the Orlando office, Mr. Brumby uses more than 20 years of experience to lead the firm's Creditors' Rights Practice Group.
Experience
While practicing commercial finance, bankruptcy, insolvency and creditors' rights litigation, Mr. Brumby has handled a wide range of cases in different industries. He often counsels secured and unsecured creditors, creditors committees, receivers and trustees in state and federal insolvency proceedings. He has served as a court appointed examiner in Chapter 11 cases.
Mr. Brumby represents companies throughout Florida's large real estate market as well. He has represented commercial lenders, for example, in workouts and restructuring transactions, including commercial foreclosure issues and related limited liability suits.
In past years, Mr. Brumby has also handled large First Amendment cases for local governments trying to regulate adult entertainment establishments.
Professional Activities
The first president of the Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association, Mr. Brumby served on its Board of Directors from its inception through 1996. He is also a former Chairman of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee of The Florida Bar. Current memberships include The Florida Bar's Bankruptcy/UCC Committee and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He is a frequent speaker on creditors' rights and insolvency issues.
Background
A native of Atlanta, Mr. Brumby received his J.D. and B.A. from the University of Virginia. He has been recognized for his legal skills with an "AV" rating in the Martindale-Hubell legal directory and has been included in the Best Lawyers in America, Florida Super Lawyers, and Florida Trend Magazine's Legal Elite for bankruptcy and debtor-creditor law, and Who's Who in America.
Representative Cases
Mr. Brumby represented a borrower in the bankruptcy case of a financial services company, following a multi-million dollar cessation of construction funding, in mid-project.
He has worked with several commercial mortgage-backed securities lenders (CMBS) and servicers in troubled loan workouts, including bankruptcy.
Mr. Brumby represented the purchaser of equipment that was specially designed, but defectively manufactured, by enjoining the draw on an international stand-by letter of credit, set up by a now bankrupt Italian company.
Education
- University of Virginia, J.D., 1979
- University of Virginia, B.A., with high distinction, Economics, 1976
Bar Admissions
- The Florida Bar
- Georgia Bar
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida
- All State Courts of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- All State Courts of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Affiliations
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association, former President
- The Florida Bar, Bankruptcy/UCC Committee of the Business Law Section
- The Florida Bar, Ninth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, former Chairman
