Mr. Frank P. Terzo

Frank P. Terzo is is a partner in the Bankruptcy and Creditors? Rights and Health Law Practice of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where his practice is devoted to a wide range of insolvency matters, including the representation of corporate and consumer clients in complex workouts, bankruptcies, assignments for the benefit of creditors and receiverships. He also has also represented creditors? committees and chapter 11 and 7 trustees, and his practice encompasses both the prosecution and defense of all forms of complex bankruptcy litigation, including preferences, fraudulent transfers and complex contested matters. Over the last several years, Mr. Terzo has represented a significant bank syndication that had a secured claim against one of the largest Florida-based HMOs. The parent company operated Medicare Advantage HMOs and PFFSs in Florida, Texas and Nevada and generated over $1 billion in revenue. His representation of the bank group produced a significant recovery, and funds are still being recovered through various sources, including state receivers and a liquidating trustee in bankruptcy court. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Terzo spent 18 years in the health care industry, successfully starting up, managing and operating various public companies. His experience in health care businesses has provided numerous opportunities to represent trustees and committees in hospital, nursing home, diagnostic center and HMO cases, as well as appointments as a patient care ombudsman throughout Florida. Because of his past experience in managing public companies and raising both debt and capital offerings, he has devoted much of his attention in the last several years to representation of both lending institutions and creditors? committees in all aspects of insolvency and workout matters, most recently in the health care and time-share/condominium fields. Mr. Terzo is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, named as a ?Super Lawyer? by Florida Super Lawyers magazine, described as a ?Top Attorney? in the South Florida Legal Guide, and listed in the 2009-2023 editions of The Best Lawyers in America and the 2012-2022 editions of Chambers & Partners USA. He currently serves on the Bankruptcy Faculty Advisory Board of St. John?s University School of Law in New York and on the advisory boards of ABI?s Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, Alexander L. Paskay Bankruptcy Seminar and Health Care Program. Mr. Terzo is a former adjunct professor of bankruptcy law at Nova Southeastern University School of Law. He received his B.S. from the University of Cincinnati and his J.D. with honors from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.