Mr. Edward J. Peterson

Edward J. Peterson, III is a partner with Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppell & Burns, LLP in Tampa, Fla., where he specializes in the representation of debtors and creditors in out-of-court workouts and bankruptcy cases and proceedings throughout the Southeast. He also has experience representing creditor committees and specializes in commercial litigation in all courts, including litigation involving directors and officers. Mr. Peterson is actively engaged in various representations in Alabama and Florida. In addition, he has represented both assignors and assignees in assignments for the benefit of creditors. Mr. Peterson appears regularly in state courts in connection with civil litigation arising out of loans secured by real estate in the Florida panhandle and elsewhere. He was president of the Turnaround Management Association of Florida and a past president of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association, has published articles on bankruptcy issues, and has spoken on multiple occasions on insolvency issues in Florida and Alabama. Over the past three years, Mr. Peterson has filed numerous subchapter V cases. 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.