Andrea Hartley is the co-chair of Akerman’s Bankruptcy and Reorganization Practice Group, a nationally recognized team serving as bankruptcy counsel or receivers in many of the largest bankruptcy filings in the United States.
Andrea has extensive experience in cross-border insolvencies, including Chapter 15 cases, and counsels clients on business reorganizations and liquidations, workouts, debt restructurings, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and creditors' rights. She also litigates fraudulent conveyance and preferential transfer matters. She represents a variety of industry sectors, including healthcare, retail, and real estate, acting on behalf of corporate debtors, receivers and foreign representatives, secured and unsecured creditors, and purchasers of troubled companies and their assets, both in and out of bankruptcy court.
Respected as a leader in bankruptcy law, Andrea served as National Chair of the 17,000-member Law Practice Division of the American Bar Association (ABA). She is also a past Chair of the ABA Women Rainmakers and a Fellow of the ABA. Andrea also served as only the third female president of the Miami-Dade Bar in its then 95-year history.