Mr. Steven M. Berman

Bio

Steven M. Berman is a partner in the Tampa, Fla., office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, specializing in the firm’s bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice group. He has more than 30 years of bankruptcy experience and focuses his practice on business bankruptcy litigation, representing creditors, investors, distressed-debt lenders, trustees, committees and business entities litigating disputes in bankruptcy court. Mr. Berman is Board Certified by the American Board of Certification in both Creditors’ Rights Law and Business Bankruptcy Law, and he is a member of the Florida, California, District of Columbia, New York, Puerto Rico (Federal) and Texas bars. He is also admitted to practice before the Second and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Berman serves on the boards of directors for ABI and serves on its Endowment Committee and its Task Force on Veterans and Servicemembers Affairs. He routinely volunteers and speaks at its seminars and other programs. On a local level, Mr. Berman is a member of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association, the Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida, the Southwest Florida Bankruptcy Professionals Association and the San Diego Bankruptcy Forum. In addition, he guest lectures at the University of Florida College of Law and Stetson University College of Law in their advanced bankruptcy courses. Mr. Berman provides pro bono bankruptcy and insolvency services and training for U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General officers and staff, and represents servicemembers and their families in need. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and was listed in Florida Super Lawyers from 2013-22. Mr. Berman received his B.S. in multinational business operations in 1987 from Florida State University and his J.D. in 1990 from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.