KAREN K. SPECIE
Over thirty years' experience representing creditor clients in bankruptcy cases and commercial litigation throughout North Central Florida
Karen K. Specie specializes in creditors' rights and commercial litigation, with a special emphasis on representing creditors in bankruptcy. Ms. Specie received her law degree from the Florida State University College of Law where she also served on Law Review. After recieving her AA degree from the University of Florida, she received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of South Florida. Ms. Specie has litigated cases involving myriad secured transactions issues in her private practice and in her role as Chapter 7 Trustee. She has also tried complex bankruptcy and creditors' rights issues, including discharge and Dischargeability litigation, preference and fraudulent transfer litigation, contested confirmation in Chapter 11, 12 and 13 bankruptcy cases, mortgage foreclosures and replevin actions; and has managed complex problem loan workouts.
Ms. Specie is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, teaching Secured Transactions and Creditors Remedies & Bankruptcy.
Among Ms. Specie's distinctions, awards, memberships and affiliations are:
AV Rating - Martindale Hubbell
Florida Super Lawyers 2007-2009
Admitted to practice in Florida and New York
United States District Courts, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida;
United States Courts of Appeal, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits
Director and Past President, Northern District Bankruptcy Bar Association, Inc.
Bankruptcy/UCC Committee, Business Law Section, The Florida Bar
Judicial Liason Committee, Northern District of Florida
Trial Lawyers Executive Council, The Florida Bar - past member
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Panel Trustee, Northern District of Florida, 1997-2002
Email - karen@specielaw.com
