Mr. Edward J. Peterson

Edward J. Peterson, III is a partner on the Business Reorganization Team of Berger Singerman LLP in Tampa, Fla. He focuses his practice on representing debtors and creditors in out-of-court workouts and bankruptcy cases throughout the Southeast, including Subchapter V cases. Mr. Peterson also has significant experience representing creditor committees, as well as assignors and assignees in assignments for the benefit of creditors. In addition to his bankruptcy and restructuring work, he handles commercial litigation in state and federal courts, including cases involving directors and officers and disputes related to loans secured by real estate. Mr. Peterson is a past president of the Turnaround Management Association of Florida and the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association, and he is a frequent speaker and author on insolvency matters in Florida and Alabama. He received his B.A. in economics in 1995 from Kenyon College and his J.D. magna cum laude in 1999 from the University of Alabama, where he was admitted to the Order of the Coif.