Tiffany Payne Geyer

Hon. Tiffany Payne Geyer is a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Florida in Orlando, appointed by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on March 25, 2022. Previously, she was a partner with BakerHostetler in Orlando and practiced primarily in the areas of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. Judge Geyer represented both corporate and individual debtors in chapter 11 cases and individuals in chapter 7 cases, and her clients included health care businesses and medical professionals, investment bankers and financial advisors. She also represented clients in the hospitality sectors, assisted in representing debtors in the energy sectors, and negotiated multiple settlements of guarantor liability and assignments for the benefit of creditors. In addition, she represented secured creditors, unsecured creditors, landlords and panel trustees. Judge Geyer has been listed in Chambers USA for Bankruptcy/Restructuring in Florida and in The Best Lawyers in America in 2020 for Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law. She began her legal career in Orlando clerking for Bankruptcy Judge Karen S. Jennemann, whose vacancy she filled upon her retirement, and she volunteered at a Florida nonprofit organization devoted to housing and educating young adults struggling with homelessness. Judge Geyer received her B.A. with honors in political science and public administration in 1998 from the University of Central Florida, and her J.D. in 2000 from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where she received the Book Award for Legal Drafting and was a member of a trial competition team.