Jeffrey W. Warren

Jeff Warren has a nationally-recognized legal practice in Chapter 11 reorganization cases, both as a courtroom counsel and as an out-of-court negotiator and problem solver. Mr. Warren was lead bankruptcy counsel to the debtor, Celotex Corporation, in one of the largest Chapter 11 cases ever filed. He successfully argued Celotex v. Edwards before the United States Supreme Court, establishing national precedent regarding the jurisdiction of bankruptcy judges. Mr. Warren’s experience in and out of court has equipped him to render advice to business clients seeking solutions for complex commercial problems. Mr. Warren is a certified Circuit Mediator by the Florida Supreme Court.

Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy

Past Director, President and Chair of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association.

American Bankruptcy Institute

Past Chairman of the Consumer Protection Committee of The Florida Bar.

Trustee Emeritus for the University of Florida Law Center Association, Inc.

The Florida Bar

Mr. Warren has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy in honor and recognition of his professional excellence and exceptional contributions to the fields of bankruptcy and insolvency.  As a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, Mr. Warren served as a Contributing Editor for the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal from 1992 to 2011. He is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification, accredited by The Florida Bar. He served as Chairman of the Consumer Protection Committee of The Florida Bar. Additionally, he has served as a member of the Board of Directors, then President and Chair of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association. Mr. Warren served as a Trustee for the University of Florida Law Center Association, Inc. from 1993 through 1998 and he has served as a Trustee Emeritus since 1999. Mr. Warren is the author of several chapters for publication of The Florida Bar and numerous articles regarding creditors’ rights issues. In 2008, the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy  Bar Association presented Mr. Warren with the Douglas P. McClurg Professionalism Award. Mr. Warren has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America® since 1995 in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Bankrupcty and Mediation. He was also named the Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year" in Tampa for Bankruptcy Litigation in 2013, and 2019 and for Bankruptcy Creditor Debtor Rights in 2011 and 2018. In 2013 he was inducted into Florida's "Legal Elite Hall of Fame" by Florida Trend magazine. Mr. Warren has also been recognized by Florida Super Lawyers magazine each year since 2006, and was named among the top ten Florida "Super Lawyers" in 2008, 2009, and 2013-2015, and among the top one hundred in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Mr. Warren has been awarded an AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating, by Martindale-Hubbell®.  Warren has also been recognized by Florida Super Lawyers magazine each year since 2006, and was named among the top ten Florida "Super Lawyers" in 2008, 2009, and 2013-2015, and among the top fifty each year since 2017.

Mr. Warren was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and raised in Starke, Florida.

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