Russell M. Blain

Russell M. Blain is a shareholder with Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Postler P.A. in Tampa, Fla., where he focuses on restructuring and on representing chapter 11 debtors, creditors, trustees, buyers and committees. He is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and a recipient of the Douglas P.McClurg Award for professionalism. Mr. Blain is Education Director of ABI’s Mediation Commit-tee and co-chairs the Membership Committee of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the American Bar Association. He is a past chair of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar and past president of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association. Mr. Blain is named as one of the Top 100 lawyers in all practice areas in Florida and is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA 2020 and Legal Elite. He received his B.A. magna cum laude in 1974 from VanderbiltUniversity and his J.D. from the University of Florida in 1977, where he served as senior executive editor of the University of Florida Law Review, and his law review note was selected for publication and received the Gertrude Brick Law Apprentice Award. He is a member of Phi Delta Phi andOmicron Delta Kappa.