Scott M. Grossman

Bio

Hon. Scott M. Grossman is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Florida in Fort Lauderdale, sworn in on Oct. 2, 2019. He previously was a shareholder with Greenberg Traurig in its global restructuring and bankruptcy practice, where he represented distressed companies, debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, official committees, trustees, landlords and purchasers of distressed assets, and worked on bankruptcy cases across various industries, including real estate, hospitality, health care, entertainment, banking, technology, energy and financial fraud. While primarily involved in chapter 11 reorganizations, Judge Grossman also represented clients in out-of-court workouts and restructurings, chapter 7 liquidations, receiverships, assignments for the benefit of creditors and insolvency-related litigation. He was active in local bar activities, including having served as president of the Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida. When in private practice, Judge Grossman was listed in Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers, and was a member of the winning teams for the Global M&A Network’s Turnaround Atlas Awards for both “Cross Border Special Situation M&A Deal (Small-Mid Markets)” in 2019, and “Turnaround of the Year — Small Markets” in 2015. He began his legal career in the Attorney General’s Honors Program at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was a trial attorney in the Tax Division, Civil Trial Southern Section, from 1999-2004. Judge Grossman received his B.S. in 1996 from the University of Florida and his J.D. in 1999 from George Washington University Law School.