James Moon

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Commercial Litigation, Creditors’ Rights, Receiverships and Assignments

Career

James “Jim” Moon is a Miami-based bankruptcy attorney who represents sophisticated national and international clients in complex civil and cross-border litigation and in Chapter 11 bankruptcy matters. He has handled all aspects of litigation from inception through trial and appeals, including before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. His litigation experience includes prosecuting and defending foreclosure actions, and pursuing contract and tort claims against large financial institutions and their professionals, and representing internationally known entertainers and recording artists such as Cardi B and Mary J Blige. Jim has successfully pursued and defended against all manner of fraudulent transfer and preference litigation in both state and federal courts.

In his bankruptcy practice, Jim represents debtors, trustees, official and ad hoc committees, and individual creditors in complex chapter 11 and chapter 7 cases.

Professional Memberships

Past Vice-Chair, A Wider Bridge

Past Chair, SAVE Foundation

Past Member, Diversity Equity And Inclusion Committee for the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida

Past Chair, Judicial Liaison Committee of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar

Past Chair, Pro Bono Committee of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar

Past Chair, Inclusion/ Mentoring/ Fellowship Committee of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar

Past Chair, Bankruptcy/UCC Committee of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar

Board Member, Kozyak Minority Mentoring Foundation

Member, American Bankruptcy Institute

Member, American Bar Association

Member and Past President, Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida

Member, Business Law Section of the Florida Bar

Publications

“Surrender, Reaffirmation and Right to Defend a Post-Discharge Foreclosure Action,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, December 2015.

“One Size Does Not Fit All: Information Sharing Requirements for Official Committees Pursuant to Section 1102(b)(3),” Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law, September 2007.

“When a creditor is not a creditor: Failure to file a proof of claim may jeopardize party in interest standing,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, December 2005.

“Fifth Amendment Apogee: How the Supreme Court’s Ruling in United States v. Balsys Checked American Ideas of Personal Liberty at Our Borders,” 32 Conn.L.Rev. 351 (1999).

Personal

Jim is a recognized leader and activist in the LGBTQ community. He is a past Vice-Chair and national board member of A Wider Bridge, a civil rights organization advocating for LGBTQ rights in Israel and fostering international support for Israel. He is also a past Chair of the SAVE Foundation and Board Member of SAVE, Inc., South Florida’s leading organizations dedicated to protecting people who are LGBTQ against discrimination, and has served on the board of the Outshine Film Festival.

In addition, Jim has been recognized as a leading progressive advocate for Israel, lecturing and writing about the progressive case for support for the State of Israel.

Prior to his legal career, Jim served for nearly a decade in the United States Navy aboard ballistic missile and fast-attack submarines as a communications and cryptographic specialist. He is also a Gulf War veteran.

Work Highlights

Represented Eduardo Albor, former CEO of the Dolphin Group, in jointly administered bankruptcy proceedings pending in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (In re: Leisure Investments Holdings, LLC, Case No. 25-10606). Under Mr. Albor's leadership, the Dolphin Group grew to encompass 30 parks and marine habitats across eight countries. The case centers on a contested corporate governance dispute implicating principles of international comity and the extraterritorial reach of the automatic stay.

Achieved a landmark result in the Subchapter V bankruptcy case of Latasha Transrina Kebe, who is liable for a nearly $4 million defamation judgment in favor of Cardi B. The firm successfully demanded, and obtained, one of the most creditor-favorable and debtor-restrictive Subchapter V reorganization plans to date, securing full acceptance of every term proposed by his client in a “consensual” plan.

Advises a group of 25 medical malpractice claimants in the jointly administered mega cases of In re Steward Healthcare System LLC. Specifically, the Firm negotiated on behalf of the medical malpractice claimants with respect to lifting the automatic stay to proceed with litigation against insurance companies and third parties.

Served as Chapter 11 counsel to IT’SUGAR LLC, a specialty candy retailer with approximately 100 stores and over 700 employees across 28 states. Through extensive negotiations with dozens of landlords, IT’SUGAR was able to obtain millions of dollars in pre and post-petition rent relief, restructure vendor debt, and successfully confirm a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.

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