Justin M. Luna
Bankruptcy Partner
Chairman, Bankruptcy Department
jluna@lathamluna.com (407) 481-5800BANKRUPTCY & CREDITORS’ RIGHTS PARTNER
Justin M. Luna is a board certified business bankruptcy partner in the firm’s bankruptcy and business reorganization department and advises clients in restructuring matters across Florida and the southeast. He regularly represents public and private companies, significant secured creditors, investors and asset-purchasers in troubled company financings and restructuring transactions, including out-of-court workouts and formal insolvency proceedings. Mr. Luna is also a Federal and Florida trial attorney who represents companies and individuals litigate fraudulent transfers, preferences, complex commercial and banking as well as financial technology matters.
Mr. Luna’s has advised participants in the financial restructuring of: Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Aeropostale, Inc., Furniture Country Gallery, The Vue at Lake Eola, Gooding’s Supermarkets as well as MGM Resorts, LLC and many others. Mr. Luna has extensive experience in representing clients in a wide range of industries which include: financial services, entertainment, hospitality, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, aviation, information technology, biomedical, real estate and logistics.
Mr. Luna has consistently been AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, chosen as a Next Generation Participant by the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and has been named as a finalist of the Top 40 Under 40 by the Orlando Business Journal. Mr. Luna is also a frequent speaker and author on a variety of topics across the bankruptcy and banking spectrum.
Mr. Luna is also a current board member for the Orlando City Foundation and the Middle District of Florida Bankruptcy Pro Se Clinic.
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPS, ACTIVITIES, AND/OR HONORS:
Orlando Business Journal, 40 Under 40 (2017)
American Bankruptcy Institute, 40 Under 40 (2017)
Board Certified Business Bankruptcy
AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
Rising Star, Super Lawyers (2013-2017)
Florida’s Legal Elite by Florida Trend Magazine (2017)
Past President, Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association
Chambers USA, Top “Up and Comer” in Bankruptcy and Restructuring (2017)
Small Business Bankruptcy Task Force, American Bankruptcy Institute
Business Reorganization Committee, American Bankruptcy Institute
Member, Southeast Bankruptcy Law Association
Business Law Committee, Orange County Bar Association
UCC/Bankruptcy Committee, Business Law Section of Florida Bar
Bankruptcy Judicial Liaison Committee, Business Law Section of Florida Bar
Leadership Orlando, Class 81
Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice’s Advisory Committee
Middle District Bankruptcy Court District-Wide Steering Committee
Law Advisory Board, University of Florida Levin College of Law
Orlando City Foundation, Board Member
REPORTED DECISIONS
In re Mona Lisa at Celebration, LLC (Bruno, et al. v. Mona Lisa at Celebration, LLC, et al)., 53 BCD 176 (Bankr.M.D.Fla. 2010).
In re Celebrity Resorts, 2010 WL 5392657, Bkrtcy.M.D.Fla (2010).