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Berger Singerman Names Douglas A. Bates Partner
TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Florida business law firm Berger Singerman is pleased to announce that it has named Douglas A. Bates partner.
Bates, who practices out of the firm’s Tallahassee office, has experience representing chapter 11 debtors in the airline, marina, manufacturing and homebuilder industries. In addition, Bates has experience representing creditors’ committees, trustees, purchasers of assets in § 363 sales, real estate owners and developers in out of court workouts, and secured creditors in all aspects of chapter 11 and chapter 7 bankruptcy cases.
He is Chair of the Bankruptcy/UCC Committee of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar and a member of the Pro-Bono Committee of both the Business Law Section and the Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida. Bates received his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Birmingham Southern College and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.
“Doug is a talented attorney that has brought a different dimension to the firm,” said Paul Steven Singerman, co-CEO of the firm. “We are proud to call him a colleague, and now partner, at Berger Singerman.”
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Berger Singerman is a Florida business law firm with more than 65 attorneys working out of offices in Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Tallahassee. Members of the firm have expertise in all areas of commercial law, including banking, creditors’ rights, business reorganization, bankruptcy, corporate & securities, dispute resolution and litigation, white collar crime, real estate, environmental and land use, health care, tax, estate planning, and probate.
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