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John H. Genovese

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 1989.
100 Southeast Second Street, 44th Floor Miami, Florida 33131
(305) 349-2300
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Firm: Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A.
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Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A.


Years In Practice


Phone Number (305) 349-2300

John H. Genovese is co-chair of the firm's reorganization and insolvency practice. His areas of practice include troubled loan workouts, bankruptcy litigation in Bankruptcy and U.S. District Courts, insurance insolvencies, and other complex commercial litigation. He acted as co-counsel for the class action shareholders/noteholders in the Enron Chapter 11 proceeding and related matters, which resulted in settlements, in excess of $7.2 billion, the nation's largest securities class action recovery. He recently acted as special litigation counsel to the Chapter 11 Trustee of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, P.A, reported to be the fourth largest Ponzi scheme ever in bankruptcy, settling litigation matters for in excess of $100 million.

Genovese is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, has been listed in each edition of Woodward/White's "The Best Lawyers in America" since 1989, and has been named to the Legal Media Group’s guide to the "World’s Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers."   He has also been recognized as one of Florida's top lawyers by Florida Trend, South Florida Legal Guide, and Florida Super Lawyers and was selected as Top Attorney of the Year for 2018 by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP). Genovese has been ranked as a “band 1” Florida bankruptcy attorney in Chambers & Partners USA, who has described him as a “formidably skilled individual,” and “tough as nails when fighting to get a solution.”

A frequent lecturer on bankruptcy and creditors' rights issues, Genovese was co-chairman of the South Florida Court and U.S. Trustee Liaison Committee. He also served on the Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission from 2009-2013. He was elected to the Board of Directors for the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida.

Genovese was a founding director and serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida Fiduciary Forum. He has been named as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. He co-authored “Rash Ruling Should Not Affect Chapter 11 Valuations” and “Breakout the D&O Policy,” in the National Law Journal. He is also active with the University of Miami School of Law, Florida International University College of Law, Ohio Northern University, and Siena College in supporting military veterans.

Genovese served as law clerk to former Chief Judge Norman C. Roettger, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, from 1979-81.  He is a member of The Florida Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, United States Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.  In 1979, Genovese earned his juris doctor, with distinction, from Ohio Northern University, where he was vice president of the Student Bar Association, Best Oral Advocate and a member of the National Moot Court Team. He earned his bachelor of science in business, magna cum laude, from Siena College, in 1976.  In 2011, he received the Professor Joseph A. Buff Award for Career Achievement from Siena College. In 2014, he received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Ohio Northern University for professional achievement and support of veterans. Genovese also served in the U.S. Army.

What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Awards
  • "AV" rated Martindale-Hubbell

     

  • Woodward/White's "The Best Lawyers in America" since 1989
  • Legal Media Group’s guide to the "World’s Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers
  • "Top Lawyers" Florida Trend
  • "Top Lawyer" South Florida Legal Guide
  • "Super Lawyers" Florida Super Lawyer Publication
  • "Top Attorney of the Year for 2018" International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP)
  • Chambers & Partners USA “Band 1” Florida Bankruptcy Attorney
Education
Ohio Northern University, Juris Doctor
Graduated 1979
Ohio Northern University, Honorary Doctor of Law
Graduated 2014
Siena Heights University, Bachelor of Science
Graduated 1976
Contact Details and Office Locations
Other: (305) 349-2300
100 Southeast Second Street, 44th Floor
Miami, Florida 33131
Miami, Florida 33131
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