Harley E. Riedel, II
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Harley
E. Riedel was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. Riedel was
admitted to the bar in Florida in 1974. He is a graduate
of Baylor University, B.A. 1971, and the University of
Florida, JD with high honors 1974 (Order of the Coif),
where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the University of
Florida Law Review. He received book awards for the highest
academic score in seven law school courses. All three
of his student works (case comment, commentary, and note)
were selected for publication, and each received an award
(the Gertrude Brick award, the George W. Milam award,
and the Alumni Association award, respectively) as the
outstanding student work for that quarter. He was a founder
and has served as a director, President and Chairman of
the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association. He has also
served as an officer and director of the Tampa Bay Federal
Bar Association, as chairman of the Hillsborough County
Law Library, and on The Florida Bar Grievances Committee
for the 13th Judicial Circuit. He served as a member of
the Committee on Local Bankruptcy Rules for the Middle
District of Florida from 1985 to 1998. He has been listed
in the 1989-90 and all subsequent editions of the "Best
Lawyers in America," in all editions of "America's
Leading Lawyers for Business," in all editions of Florida Trend's
Florida Legal Elite, and in all editions of "Florida Super Lawyers." He is listed in Who's Who Legal U.S.A. and is listed as one of the Law Dragon's top lawyers. He has spoken and written on bankruptcy-related
topics for the American Bar Association, The American
Bankruptcy Institute, The Florida Bar, and numerous other
legal and business groups. He is the principal author
of the section on Chapter 11 Practice in the West Publishing
Company publication, "Norton Handbook for Bankruptcy
Trustees, Debtors-in-Possession, and Committees."
He has headed up the firm's representation of the Creditors' Committee of Anchor Glass, LincNet,
Inc., JumboSports Inc., Lykes Bros. Steamship, Bicoastal
Corporation, Koger Properties, The Koger Partnership,
American Ship Building Company, West Charlotte Utilities,
Barret Home, Provincetown-Boston Airlines, Basset Enterprises,
Zephyr Rock, Family Group, Affiliated of Florida, Retail
Networks, Automotive Service Centers, and numerous other
cases. He has served as a mediator in successfully aiding
parties in the resolution of a number of complicated bankruptcy
and commercial disputes. He was appointed in 2003 by the
United States District Court to be a Special Master in
connection with litigation involving extensive agricultural
operations in Florida. He is a Fellow of the American
College of Bankruptcy. His memberships also include the
Hillsborough County Bar Association, Federal and American
Bar Associations, The Florida Bar, and the American Bankruptcy
Institute.
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Partner |
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1974,
Florida |
| LAW
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University
of Florida, J.D., with high honors, 1974 |
| COLLEGE: |
Baylor
University, B.A., 1971 |
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