Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog, P.A. Named Top Law Firm in 2016 South Florida Legal Guide

MIAMI - Feb. 16, 2016 - PRLog -- The South Florida Legal Guide 2016, an annual publication listing the Top lawyers and Top Law firms in South Florida both in private and governmental practice, has named Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A. as a Top Law Firm, and six attorneys from the firm have been named Top Lawyers, including shareholders Jerry M. Markowitz, Thomas Ringel, Candis D. Trusty, Ross R. Hartog, partner Grace E. Robson and Rachel Lopate Rubio, Of Counsel.

Founding shareholder Jerry M. Markowitz is one of South Florida’s leading business and bankruptcy reorganization law practitioners and mediators.  He is ranked in Chambers USA, and was named to the Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers list and to the Top 100 Miami Super Lawyers by Super Lawyers Magazine. He is also a 2016 Best Lawyer and a 2015 Florida Trend Magazine Legal Elite. In May 2015, Markowitz received Lifestyle Media Group’s Leaders in Law Award in the Bankruptcy Law category. He was also appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute for a three-year term in April 2015.

Founding shareholder Thomas Ringel is one of Miami’s foremost real estate attorneys, having performed countless residential and commercial real estate closings in South Florida for more than 37 years. He is a 2016 Best Lawyer and was named a Florida Super Lawyer and Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite.

Shareholder Candis Trusty focuses her practice on elder care, guardianship and complex commercial litigation. Trusty is a 2016 Best Lawyer, a 2015 Florida Super Lawyer and has been named in Florida Trend Magazine’s Florida Legal Elite. In May 2012, she received the Pro Bono Volunteer Award from the South Miami Kendall Bar Association.

Shareholder Ross R. Hartog concentrates on the representation of trustees, creditors, and debtors in cases proceeding under chapters 7, 11, and 13 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, as well as receivers and assignees for the benefit of creditors. He is a Chapter 7 and 11 Bankruptcy Trustee in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. Hartog is a 2016 Best Lawyer, 2015 Florida Super Lawyer, a 2015 Florida Trend Magazine’s Florida Legal Elite and he was a finalist in Lifestyle Media Group’s Leaders in Law 2015 Award in the bankruptcy law category.

Partner Grace E. Robson, vice chair of the Pro Bono Services Subcommittee of the Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida, is a member of the firm’s bankruptcy practice and certified in business bankruptcy law by The American Board of Certification. She frequently serves as a mentor to students of the Bankruptcy Assistance Clinic and has conducted monthly pro se bankruptcy clinics in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Robson is a 2016 Best Lawyer, 2015 Florida Super Lawyer, 2015 Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite and was a 2014 Top 50 Women Florida Super Lawyer.

Attorney Rachel Lopate Rubio, Of Counsel, is a member of the firm's bankruptcy practice group. Rubio specializes in the representation of creditors, trustees, creditors committees and debtors in cases proceeding under chapters 7, 11, and 13 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Rubio also represents fiduciaries in state and federal court. She is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida and has been named a Florida Super Lawyer Rising Star.

Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A. concentrates on the representation of businesses, institutions, fiduciaries, and individuals across four practice groups, which include Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights; Complex Business Litigation and Dispute Resolution; Business and Real Estate Transactions; and Probate, Guardianship, Estate Planning, and Elder Law. Dedication to clients and service to the community are the principles upon which Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty + Hartog, P.A., was founded more than 30 years ago, and upon which it still operates today.