Ms. Patricia A. Redmond

Patricia A. Redmond is a Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights shareholder with Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. in Miami and has over four decades of experience representing debtors, U.S. and foreign fiduciaries, secured and unsecured creditors, and official committees and purchasers of troubled companies and their assets in insolvency matters. Her practice focuses on significant Florida chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court restructuring, and bankruptcy litigation and related appeals. Ms. Redmond has represented significant players in most of the large restructuring cases in Florida, yet she has also devoted countless hours to providing pro bono legal services to thousands of underprivileged and low-income individuals, children and families. She is an adjunct professor of law and a frequent presenter, both locally and nationally, on topics related to bankruptcy law. In recognition of her significant contributions to the community and the legal profession, she has received several prestigious accolades, including the ABA Business Law Section’s Jean Allard Glass Cutter Award and The Florida Bar’s Tobias Simon Pro Bono Service Award. For decades, Ms. Redmond has held various leadership roles in the insolvency space including president of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida (BBASDFL). She also served as chair of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the American Bar Association. Ms. Redmond is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, for which she is serving as its president, having formerly served as the chair of its Board of Regents. She also founded the Bankruptcy Assistance Clinic at St. Thomas University School of Law and the University of Miami. Ms. Redmond presently serves on the Uniform Law Commission’s Drafting Committee on Assignment for Benefit of Creditors and frequently presents on this topic. She has authored various articles on ethics, individual chapter 11 and equitable subordination. She also has recently written on the treatment of nonvoting classes in chapter 11 cases, the modernization of local rules requiring “wet ink” signatures, and the impact of COVID-related decisions on the Chevron deference. Ms. Redmond served as ABI’s president from 2013-14 and chaired the selection committee of ABI’s inaugural “40 Under 40” program. She received her B.A. in 1975 from the University of Miami and her J.D. in 1979 from the University of Miami School of Law.