Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

John H. Genovese is head of the firm's reorganization and insolvency practice. His areas of proficiency and practice include troubled loan workouts, bankruptcy, insurance insolvencies, with an emphasis on complex litigation in Bankruptcy and U.S. District Courts, and other complex commercial litigation. He has acted as co-counsel for the class action shareholders/noteholders in Enron Chapter 11 proceeding and related matters, which have resulted in settlements, to date, in excess of $7.2 billion, the largest class action recovery ever.

Mr. Genovese is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, has been listed in each edition of Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America, since 1989, and has been named to the Legal Media Group's guide to the World's Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers, one of sixteen Florida attorneys named. He has also been named as one of Florida's top lawyers by Florida Trend Magazine's Legal Elite, South Florida Legal Guide, Florida Super Lawyers, Who's Who Legal: Florida 2008, which refers to Mr. Genovese as a formidably skilled individual and a band 1 Florida Bankruptcy attorney in Chambers & Partners USA. Chambers & Partners USA describes Mr. Genovese as a tenacious fighter and tough as nails when fighting to get a solution. Mr. Genovese was formerly co-chair of New York's Kelley Drye & Warren's national bankruptcy practice.

A frequent lecturer on bankruptcy and creditors' rights issues, Mr. Genovese is also active in the Bankruptcy/UCC Committee of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar and has served as co-chairman of the South Florida Court and U.S. Trustee Liaison Committee. Additionally, he has been appointed to the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission by Florida U.S. Senators Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez and elected to the Board of Directors for the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida. Mr. Genovese was a founding director of the Florida Receivers' Forum and co-authored Rash Ruling Should Not Affect Chapter 11 Valuations and Breakout the D&O Policy, in the National Law Journal.

He served as Law Clerk to former Chief Judge Norman C. Roettger, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, from 1979-81. Mr. Genovese is a member of the Florida Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In 1979, he earned his Juris Doctor, with distinction, from Ohio Northern University, where he was Vice President of the Student Bar Association, Best Oral Advocate and a member of the National Moot Court Team and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business, magna cum laude, from Siena College, in 1976. He also served in the United States Army from 1968-1971.

Areas of Practice

• Troubled Loan Workouts
• Bankruptcy
• Insurance Insolvencies
• Complex Litigation in Bankruptcy and U.S. District Courts
• Other Complex Commercial Litigation

West Practice Categories

Loan Workouts, Bankruptcy Law, Business & Commercial Law, Insurance Law, Litigation & Appeals, Complex Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Florida
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Florida Bar, Business Law Section (Bankruptcy/UCC Committee)
• South Florida Court and U.S. Trustee Liaison Committee (Co-Chairman)
• Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida (Board of Directors)
• Florida Receivers' Forum (Founding Director)

Honors and Awards

• "AV" Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
• Listed in each Edition of Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America, 1989 - Present
• "Top Lawyer", South Florida Legal Guide
• "Legal Elite", Floriida Trend Magazine
• "Super Lawyer", Florida Super Lawyers Magazine
• First Tier Florida Bankruptcy Attorney in Chambers & Partners USA

Classes and Seminars

• Frequent Lecturer, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Issues

Past Employment Positions

• New York's Kelley Drye & Warren's National Bankruptcy Practice, Co-Chair
• Former Chief Judge Norman C. Roettger, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Law Clerk, 1979 - 1981
• United States Army, 1968 - 1971

Education

• Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, Ada, Ohio, 1979
  J.D.
  Honors: Vice President, Student Bar Association
  Honors: Member, National Moot Court Team, Member
  Honors: Best Oral Advocate
• Siena College, 1976
  B.S.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Major: Business

Published Works

• "'Rash' Ruling Should Not Affect Chapter 11 Valuations", National Law Journal

Address

Bank of America Tower, International Place
100 Southeast Second Street
44th Floor
Suite 4400
Miami, FL 33131

Phones

305-349-2300
888-768-2499 (Toll Free)

Faxes

305-349-2310

Emails

jgenovese@gjb-law.com

Websites

http://www.gjb-law.com