Jake C. Blanchard

Jake C. Blanchard is the managing attorney at Blanchard Law, P.C. in Largo, Fla., and focuses on bankruptcy law. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, where he served as a welder and firefighter. He was honorably discharged in March 2001. After completing his military service, Mr. Blanchard worked in collateral recovery to repossess collateral for a variety of lenders. As the owner of a wellregarded collateral-recovery firm in the Tampa Bay area for 10 years, he learned firsthand about the difficulties that often lead people to personal bankruptcy and business reorganization. When he decided to change his focus to the law, he knew that his knowledge in debt-collection procedures and property repossession would give him a firm foundation to assist his clients in reclaiming their financial lives. During law school, Mr. Blanchard was a judicial intern at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Tampa, Fla., and upon graduation became a partner at Reissman and Blanchard in Tampa, where he often assisted debtors in chapter 7, 13 and 11 bankruptcies, collection proceedings and foreclosures. He is licensed to practice in all Florida courts and in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Mr. Blanchard is the president of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association and BNI Success Masters, and is a former member of the Rotary Club of St. Petersburg West. he received his B.S. summa cum laude in management information services from the University of South Florida and his J.D. magna cum laude from Stetson University College of Law, where he served as an articles and symposia editor for the Stetson Law Review.