Florida, Pompano Beach, Murena & Perez, Llc

Murena & Perez LLC is a boutique law firm practicing in the areas of business, fraud and real property litigation, trial and appellate advocacy, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, receivership, and real estate transactions. The firm, though small in size, was founded by lawyers with big-firm experience who pride themselves in providing high quality services that are customized to the needs of each client. We address each dispute or transaction with swiftness and efficiency, "think outside the box", and deliver effective, creative solutions that meet, and often exceed, our clients' expectations. Our lawyers are experienced at handling complex commercial, fraud and real property litigation in both state and federal court, at the trial and appellate levels. We are qualified to practice in all state and federal courts in the State of Florida and before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third and Eleventh Circuits. Our lawyers are also adept at representing clients' interests in the context of sophisticated real estate transactions. With this experience and skill set, we can better advise and advocate on behalf of our individual and corporate clients in all aspects of their disputes and transactions, whether business in nature, fraud-based, insolvency-related, or involving real estate. Litigation. Murena & Perez LLC concentrates its litigation practice on complex commercial and business disputes involving fraud, bankruptcy and receivership issues, and real estate. Our attorneys serve as both counselors and advocates for clients. We provide strategic advice and guidance to achieve favorable, cost-effective, pre-litigation resolutions of disputes. Should litigation be necessary, our highly skilled and experienced attorneys will provide effective courtroom and trial advocacy before judges and juries. Members of the firm have represented plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court in financial transactions and contract disputes, fraudulent transfer actions, bankruptcy-related claims including fraudulent transfer, preference and other avoidance claims, receivership-related actions including asset recovery and constructive trust claims, class actions, legal malpractice actions, and enforcement actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodities Futures Trade Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission. Among the high profile litigation matters that our Members have worked are the half billion dollar fraudulent transfer claim brought in bankruptcy court arising from the leveraged buyout of International Air Leases, Inc., the class action filed in the Mutual Benefits Corporation federal equity receivership that returned more than $85 million dollars – a 100% recovery – to all members of the class, and the half billion dollar legal malpractice action against one of South Florida's premier law firms that arose from the colapse of Southeast Bank. Appellate Advocacy. In addition to being seasoned litigators and trial lawyers, the attorneys at Murena & Perez LLC are skilled appellate advocates with significant experience representing their clients' interests on appeal. In the event a client faces an adverse ruling or judgment at the trial level, we will provide the appellate advocacy necessary to obtain reversal of that ruling or judgment on appeal. Conversely, should an opposing party appeal a ruling or judgment favorable to a client, we will vigorously defend our client's rights and interests on appeal. The Firm's lead appellate counsel has advocated on behalf of clients, as both appellants and appellees, in numerous appeals taken from state and federal trial courts. Appellate counsel has brought and defended appeals taken to United States Courts of Appeals for the Third and Eleventh Circuits and to the Florida District Courts of Appeal for the Third and Fourth Districts. Among the many clients for which appellate counsel has advocated on appeal are defendants in enforcement actions brought by the Commodities Futures Trade Commission and the Federal Trade Commission in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, a regional airline, and one of the largest insurance carriers in the world. In one appeal, the Firm's appellate counsel successfully defended Air Sunshine and AIG in a federal appeal that set new precedent in the Third Circuit with respect to the issue of multiple occurrences for purposes of insurance coverage in connection with an airplane crash: Flemming v. Air Sunshine, Inc., 311 F.3d 282 (3d Cir. 2002). Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights. Murena & Perez LLC represents corporate and individual debtors, debtors-in-possession and creditors in Chapter 11 reorganization cases and litigation matters arising out of or related to bankruptcy cases. The Firm also represents third parties with interests in bankruptcy proceedings or assets being administered therein, or involved in bankruptcy-related litigation or other matters. The Firm provides pre- and post-bankruptcy consulting services to corporations and individuals who are considering filing for bankruptcy, who are parties to bankruptcy proceedings, or who otherwise require bankruptcy advice and counseling. Members of the Firm have worked on a number of significant Chapter 11 reorganization and converted liquidation cases in a variety of capacities, representing the full spectrum of interests, including domestic, foreign and international corporations acting as debtors-in-possession (Beverage Canners International Corp. involving $63 million of debt; CHS Electronics, Inc., involving $725 million of debt; Mirant Corp., involving $10 billion in debt, the 10th largest bankruptcy in U.S. history; PhyAmerica Physician Group Inc.; Durango Paper Company, involving $1 billion in debt), real estate developers as debtors-in-possession (New Florida Properties Corp. reorganization involving $102 million of debt), official committees of unsecured creditors (Venturelink Inc.; IT Group, Inc. reorganization - liquidation, involving $12 billion in debt); corporate creditors (Unipro Foodservice, Inc. in the United Container, LLC reorganization: E.S. Bankest, LLC v. United Beverage Florida, LLC, 284 B.R. 162 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2002)), banks and other lending institutions (Wilmington Trust Company, as indenture trustee, in the Atlas Air, Inc. reorganization involving more than $1 billion in debt; 1st Source Bank in Amerijet International, Inc. reorganization involving $76 million in debt), private lenders (Carnival Cruise Lines, as post-petition secured lender under Revolving Credit Facility in the GoCruiseDirect.com reorganization), individual creditors (Estate of George Batchelor in the International Air Leases, Inc. reorganization), bankruptcy trustees (Aerofloral, Inc. reorganization - liquidation), liquidating trustees (United Petroleum - Farm Stores reorganization - liquidation; IT Group, Inc. reorganization - liquidation), federal and state equity receivers (represented Receiver of Pension Fund of America receivership in related Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings; represented the Florida Department of Financial Services as Receiver of Aries Insurance Company in the bankruptcy cases of its subsidiaries) and corporate landlords (The Walt Disney Company in the Estrellamundo of California, LLC reorganization - liquidation). Receivership. Murena & Perez LLC represents federal and state court-appointed equity receivers in a variety of fraud-based receivership proceedings. Currently, Members of the Firm work on the legal team that represents the Federal Court-appointed Equity Receiver of the Estate of Frederick J. Kunen in the action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission against the Estate of Mr. Kunen (www.optionstradingfraud.com), who lured primarily inexperienced investors into a risky index options trading scheme with baseless misrepresentations regarding previous and future returns, and either lost their funds trading or converted them for his own personal use. Members of the Firm have represented federal court-appointed equity receivers in major fraud cases brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Pension Fund of America, Inc. receivership (www.pfareceivership.com), involving a $130 million fraud and the Viatical Capital, Inc. receivership (www.lifereceivership.com), involving a $60 million fraud. Firm Members have also represented Receivers and Conservators appointed in fraud actions brought by Florida Department of Financial Services, including the Receiver of Aries Insurance Company in the bankruptcy cases of its principals, and the Conservator of Future First Financial Group, Inc., involving a $250 million fraud. One Member of the Firm has represented equity receivers appointed by the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in fraud-based receivership cases, including VIS Holdings Corp. d/b/a VIS Auto Finance receivership and the UGas receivership. Another Member has represented third parties with significant interests in federal receivership cases, including a class of investors who recovered more than $85 million - 100% recovery of the principal invested - in the Mutual Benefits Corp. federal receivership (www.mbcreceiver.com), involving a $1.5 billion fraud. Real Estate. Murena & Perez LLC provides advice and transactional services to individuals and companies purchasing or selling residential and commercial real property. Our lawyers assist clients participating in traditional property sales on the open market and non-traditional sales in bankruptcy, receivership and foreclosure proceedings. We represent clients in all aspects of their real estate transactions, including contract negotiations, court approval, public and private auctions, title insurance and sale closings. Murena & Perez LLC provides advice and advocacy to individuals and companies seeking to assert or preserve their rights in real property through litigation, including contract disputes and terminations, mortgage defense, refinancing services and foreclosure actions. If you entered into a pre-construction or pre-conversion contract for the purchase of real property, you may have the right to cancel that contract and have your full deposit returned to you. Murena & Perez will assist you in terminating your contract and obtaining a return of your deposit. Further, if you entered into a mortgage with a low teaser rate that has now become unaffordable, you may have claims against your lender and/or mortgage broker, which may entitle you to monetary damages and possibly the right to rescind, or unwind, a mortgage loan. Murena & Perez can assist you in pursuing predatory lending claims. If your current mortgage is unaffordable but there is equity in your home, refinancing, or simply extending the term of your mortgage loan may be a viable option to solve cash flow issues. Modification of your mortgage terms may also be an option, provided your lender is willing to agree to any necessary changes. Either refinancing or modifying your mortgage loan may reduce your monthly payments to a more affordable level. Murena & Perez will assist you in obtaining and closing on additional financing or negotiating a forbearance and modification agreement with your lender.

1000 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1020, Miami, FL 33131-3014

Fax: (305) 428-2552

Telephone: (305) 432-2100

Florida, Pompano Beach

Website: http://www.murenalaw.com

Business & Commercial Litigation20%, Fraud Litigation15%, Bankruptcy Litigation15%, Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights15%, Receivership15%, Real Estate Litigation10%, Real Estate Transactions5%, Appellate Advocacy5%