Ms. Nicole Mariani Noel

Nicole Mariani Noel is a shareholder at Kass Shuler, P.A. in Tampa, Fla., where she has been practicing in the fields of bankruptcy, creditors? rights and insolvency, real estate, consumer and business litigation since 2009. She heads the Bankruptcy practice group for the firm and handles cases throughout the state of Florida in all districts, as well as District of Colorado, Eastern and Southern District of Texas, all three Districts in Tennessee, and the Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois. Ms. Noel is the president of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association (TBBBA) for the 2024-25 bar year. She formerly chaired the Bankruptcy Practice Group for the American Legal and Financial Network (ALFN) and the Case Law Update Subcommittee for the Real Property Finance and Lending Committee of the Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar. She also recently authored a chapter on bankruptcy in Florida Foreclosure Law, published by Fastcase. Ms. Noel is active in the community and is an adjunct professor at Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg College and Hillsborough Community College, teaching bankruptcy, real property finance, business law and civil litigation. She participated in the 2016 NextGeneration program, held during the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ), and she was honored to become a Fellow for the Florida Bar Leadership Academy. In addition, she has been named one of ALFN?s Junior Professionals and Executives Group (JPEG)?s standout young professionals to watch in 2016 and most recently received the 2023 Industry Achievement Award for the ALFN. Ms. Noel received her undergraduate degree from Florida State University and her M.B.A. and J.D. from Stetson University School of Business Administration and Stetson University College of Law, respectively.