Denise D. Dell-Powell

Denise D. Dell-Powell is the chair of Dean Mead’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group inOrlando, Fla., and has more than 25 years of experience in bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, as well asdistressed property, including CMBS foreclosures, workouts and bankruptcy matters. She has represent-ed secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, chapter 11 trustees, chapter 7 trustees and unsecured credi-tors’ committees. In addition to a focus on banking and financial institutions, her career also includesrepresentation in the hospitality, restaurant, health care and agricultural industries. In Ms. Dell-Powell’sbusiness litigation practice, she has represented parties in federal and state court and has experiencetrying both jury and nonjury trials. Her litigation practice involves representing clients in a broad rangeof matters, including those involving real estate, mortgage foreclosure, receiverships, lender liability,commercial evictions, partnership disputes and other real estate-based litigation. Ms. Dell-Powell is aFellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a frequent lecturer, presenter and author on bankruptcy, restructuring and related issues. She has presented at conferences and seminars sponsored by theAmerican Bar Association, ABI, Trigild, The Florida Bar, The Bankruptcy/UCC Section of The FloridaBar, the Florida Bankers Association, the Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar Association, the Central FloridaBankruptcy Law Association and Lorman Education Series. Ms. Dell-Powell received her B.S. fromFlorida State University and her J.D. from Mercer University School of Law.