Mr. Richard M. Dauval
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Richard M. Dauval</strong> is a shareholder with Leavengood, Dauval, Boyle, Vasti & Sullivan, P.A. in St. Petersburg, Fla., and a chapter 7 bankruptcy panel trustee in the Middle District of Florida, where he served for almost 15 years in the Tampa Division and very recently was transferred to the Ft. Myers Division. He is Board Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification and a licensed title agent for Old Republic National Title Insurance Company and the Florida Attorneys’ Title Fund. Prior to joining the panel of trustees, Mr. Dauval represented debtors in chapter 7 and chapter 13 cases for about 10 years. His experience in consumer bankruptcies and chapter 7 trustee short sales has positioned himself to be hired as counsel to other chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees, helping them to facilitate and successfully negotiate these 11 U.S.C. § 363 bankruptcy short sales. Mr. Dauval received his undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, his J.D. from the New England School of Law in Boston, and his LL.M in taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.</p>