Edmund S. Whitson, III, Esq.

Edmund S. Whitson III is a partner with Adams & Reese LLP in Tampa, Fla., and has advised clients throughout the U.S. on complex litigation matters in state, district and bankruptcy courts.He is familiar with the needs of financial institutions with regard to loan document enforcement and restructuring and bankruptcy, and he has experience representing banks, receivers and financial institutions in matters involving asset recovery, asset sales and fraudulent-transfer litigation. Mr.Whitson has also worked extensively with insurance company and private-equity group clients in this area. He represents companies in sophisticated collection/garnishment and judgment-recovery litigation and is experienced in creditors’ rights, landlord-tenant, commercial lending, and real estate lending and development issues. His experience includes counseling clients in contract negotiation and preparing legal opinions in connection with non consolidation and other credit transactions and Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act financings. In addition, Mr. Whitson has represented a variety of clients, including large hospitals, physician groups and other healthcare providers in mergers, acquisitions and affiliation transactions. He received his B.S. from theUniversity of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce and his J.D. with honors from the University of Florida Frederic G. Levin College of Law.