Charles W. Throckmorton

Charles W. Throckmorton

Biography

Chuck Throckmorton is a founding member of Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton and a senior shareholder in the firm’s bankruptcy department. Chuck’s practice focuses on bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and complex commercial litigation matters. He has successfully represented numerous companies in Chapter 11 reorganizations and also regularly represents lenders, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors’ committees, and trustees in bankruptcy matters.

Chuck has a special expertise in counseling and representing high net-worth individuals in connection with financial restructuring issues. He has extensive experience in debt restructurings and workouts, bankruptcy sales, pre-bankruptcy planning, fraudulent conveyance and preferential transfer litigation, and all forms of commercial disputes that arise from secured transactions, lending agreements, and business contracts. Chuck is also a skilled trial attorney who has litigated many jury and non-jury matters in federal and state trial and appellate courts in Florida and various other states. He handles many of the firm’s appellate cases for both bankruptcy and litigation matters. In addition, as a result of his skills in both litigating and negotiating business disputes, Chuck is frequently hired by other law firms to serve as a mediator in their cases. Chuck also frequently lectures and writes on bankruptcy issues and commercial law.

Chuck is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.  Chambers USA’s Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has designated Chuck in the top tier of Florida bankruptcy practitioners and he is consistently named by Best Lawyers in America and Florida Trend, among other publications, as a preeminent business litigator and bankruptcy practitioner. He has enjoyed Martindale Hubbell’s “AV” rating since 1985.

Key Practice Areas

Memberships

• Florida Bar, 1979
• United States Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
• United States District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida
• United States Bankruptcy Courts
• Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
• Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy Bar Association, Southern District of Florida
• American Bankruptcy Institute

Education

• J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
• B.A., magna cum laude, Duke University
• Editorial Board, Virginia Journal of International Law
• Board of Directors, Virginia Legal Research Group