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JAIME LEGGETT

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JAIME LEGGETT

Associate

Jaime Leggett

Jaime Leggett practices in the areas of bankruptcy and complex commercial litigation.  His experience includes investigating and prosecuting director and officer liability claims; representing trustees, creditors, equity holders, and debtors in bankruptcy proceedings; federal and state court commercial litigation; and trials in federal, bankruptcy, and state courts nationwide.

Prior to joining the firm, Jaime worked for a firm in New York City handling complex commercial and bankruptcy litigation.  Previously to that firm, Jaime served as a law clerk to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Arthur Weissbrodt of the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California.


Representative Experience
  • Representing movie theater chain in its successful Chapter 11 reorganization.
  • Representing owners of manufacturing company in connection with company’s Section 363 sale and Chapter 11 reorganization.
  • Representing medical technology company in its SBRA reorganization.
  • Representing liquidating trustee in negotiation and sale of $14+ million insurance portfolio.
  • Representing Chapter 7 trustee in investigation and prosecution of claims related to $50+ million real estate development fraud, resulting in multi-million dollar recoveries to date.
  • Representing Chapter 7 trustee in challenge to claimed homestead exemption, obtaining decision on appeal affirming court’s ruling in trustee’s favor.
  • Representing Unsecured Creditors’ Committee in airline case, including investigating potential causes of action.
  • Representing assignee of travel agency business in investigation of potential causes of action against third parties.
  • Representing a hedge fund against assertions by another fund for a multi-million dollar carried interest claim, obtained monetary judgment in client’s favor after trial, and protected client’s rights against fund in later bankruptcy proceeding.
  • Representing a landlord in a bankruptcy case and obtained settlement payout.
  • Representing a food trademark licensor in contract action against defaulting licensee and obtained decision after trial awarding monetary damages against licensee and denying licensee’s multi-million dollar counterclaims.
  • Representing a Chapter 7 trustee in pursuing claims against Debtor’s former professionals and obtained substantial settlement.
  • Established damages in contract action upon default of counterparty by way of evidentiary hearing and obtained judgment in vendor client’s favor.
  • Representing indigent rent-controlled tenant with AIDS in eviction proceeding and obtained settlement.

Awards and Recognitions
  • Best Lawyers In America Ones to Watch- Litigation – Bankruptcy, 2022
  • Super Lawyers, Florida Rising Stars 2020-2021
  • Super Lawyers, New York Metro Rising Stars 2016-2019

Publications

Speaking Engagements

Professional & Community Activities
  • Chair of the Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida Liaison Committee With Other Bar Associations
  • Co-Chair of the Florida Bar Business Law Section UCC Article 12 Secured Digital Assets Task Force
  • Member of the BBA Social Committee
  • Founder, Cardozo Florida Alumni Regional Group
  • Member, Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida
  • Pro Bono Volunteer, Dade Legal Aid, Put Something Back
  • Member, SAVE Endorsement Panel

In The News
  • BAST AMRON ATTORNEY JAIME LEGGETT, APPOINTED AS CHAIR OF BBA LIAISON COMMITTEE WITH OTHER BAR ASSOCIATIONS
  • BAST AMRON ATTORNEY JAIME LEGGETT, APPOINTED AS CO-CHAIR OF FLORIDA BAR BUSINESS LAW SECTION UCC ARTICLE 12 SECURED DIGITAL ASSETS TASK FORCE
  • BAST AMRON ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED IN 2022 EDITION OF FLORIDA SUPER LAWYERS
  • JEFFREY BAST AND JAMIE LEGGETT CO-AUTHOR PRACTICE NOTE FOR PRACTICAL LAW BANKRUPTCY & RESTRUCTURING
  • BAST AMRON ATTORNEYS PRESENT ON CHAPTER 11 STANDARDS FOR APPROVING NON-ORDINARY TRANSACTIONS
  • BRETT AMRON AND JAIME LEGGETT CO-AUTHOR PRACTICE NOTE FOR RECEIVERSHIPS
  • 8 BAST AMRON ATTORNEYS INCLUDED IN 2022 BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA® INCLUDING ONES TO WATCH
  • BAST AMRON ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED IN 2021 EDITION OF FLORIDA SUPER LAWYERS
  • JAIME LEGGETT FEATURED IN CARDOZO’S ALUMNI IN BRIEF NEWSLETTER
  • About That Impending Subchapter V Bankruptcy Eligibility Deadline

Contact Information
Email

jleggett@bastamron.com


Address

One Southeast Third Avenue
Suite 2410
Miami, FL 33131
T:305.379.7904
F:305.379.7905


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Education

LL.M. in Bankruptcy, St. John’s University School of Law
J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
B.S., University of Pennsylvania


Business Background

Associate, Storch Amini PC
Law Clerk to the Honorable Allan L. Gropper
Law Clerk to the Honorable Arthur S. Weissbrodt


Admitted To

Florida Bar
New York Bar
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Areas of Practice

Director & Officer (D&O) Liability
Reorganization
Insolvency Litigation

BAST AMRON is a boutique law firm focused on business insolvency and litigation. Our insolvency practice emphasizes workouts, restructurings, liquidations, bankruptcy, and bankruptcy avoidance. We represent debtors, creditors, committees, trustees, and other fiduciaries in bankruptcies, receiverships, and assignments for the benefit of creditors. Our litigation practice is primarily plaintiff oriented. We know how to investigate, formulate and prosecute claims arising from business disputes. By combining our business insolvency knowledge with our extensive courtroom experience, we successfully guide our clients through all aspects and types of commercial litigation in state and federal courts across the country. Whether the issue is litigation or insolvency or both, we view our clients’ needs through a holistic lens to formulate and implement dynamic solutions to their most important challenges.

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