Helping businesses and individuals maintain assets and business structure while reducing debt.Helping businesses and individuals maintain assets and business structure while reducing debt.Helping individuals and business looking for a fresh start.Helping businesses and individuals maintain assets and business structure while reducing debt.
Aaron Wernick is a leading Florida bankruptcy practitioner who specializes primarily in Chapter 11 debtor representation. He has successfully confirmed over 95% of his Chapter 11 reorganizations, greatly exceeding the national average of 14%[1].
Mr. Wernick is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law and Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification, where he also serves on its board of directors. He is licensed to practice in all Federal courts in Florida, as well as the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition, Mr. Wernick is licensed to practice law in California and Wisconsin and is admitted to the Federal courts in California.
Mr. Wernick has profound experience and success in complex restructuring, insolvency, and bankruptcy cases. Aaron has been extensively quoted in the Wall Street Journal as well as in local news sources on bankruptcy matters. He has also served on various moderating panels, with the most recent at the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees on the subject of secured transactions and the UCC. Aaron is rated as a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters and has a 10/10 rating on Avvo.
Mr. Wernick attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1994, magna cum laude. After graduation, he was on the faculty at Fudan University in Shanghai, China for a year, having previously studied Mandarin for four years. Subsequently, he attended the University of Wisconsin Law School, graduating with a J.D. in 1999. In law school, he acted as a teaching assistant, conducting classes for law students visiting from various Asian countries. Mr. Wernick then worked for a private equity group, specializing in the acquisition of distressed assets, where he discovered his passion for the bankruptcy world. After acting as a plaintiff’s lawyer in a FINRA arbitration, where the brokerage firm filed Chapter 11, Aaron was hooked on the Chapter 11 process. From there on, he specialized in Chapter 11 practice, representing companies as well as individuals with assets to protect and debts to restructure.
Languages spoken
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Wernick Law, PLLC
2255 Glades Rd
Ste 324A
Boca Raton, FL, 33431
780 Fifth Avenue South
Ste 200
Naples, FL, 34102
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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CA | Active | 2009 | 02/07/2022 |
FL | Member in Good Standing | 2005 | 03/28/2022 |
WI | Good Standing | 2000 | 02/22/2022 |
Legal answers | 0 |
Legal guides | 0 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Owner | Wernick Law, PLLC | 2020 - Present |
Partner | Furr & Cohen, P.A. | 2012 - 2020 |
Attorney | Shapiro, Blasi, Wasserman & Gora | 2010 - 2012 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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American Board of Certification | Board Member | 2018 - Present |
South Palm Beach County Bar Association, Bankruptcy Committee | Co-chair | 2014 - Present |
Palm Beach County Bar Association | Member | 2012 - Present |
Judicial Liaison Committee of the Business Law Section of the FL Bar | Member | 2011 - Present |
Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida | Member | 2011 - Present |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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University of Wisconsin Law School | JD - Juris Doctor | 1999 |
University of Pennsylvania | BA - Bachelor of Arts | 1994 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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NABT Spring Meeting | UCC Article 9 - Secured Transactions in Bankruptcy | 2018 |
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Joel Rothman, Chapter 11 bankruptcy Attorney on Feb 17, 2016
Relationship: Worked together on matter
Aaron is without question the best Chapter 11 Bankruptcy attorney I have ever worked with. He is an exceptional lawyer and human being. If you are reading this, you should hire him.
Jeffrey Schatzman, Bankruptcy and debt Attorney on Feb 18, 2016
Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter
I endorse this lawyer. I have worked with and against Mr. Wernick on various commercial and bankruptcy matters and find him to be knowledgeable, ethical, professional and very easy to work with. I look forward to working with him again in the future.
Edward Kind, Bankruptcy and debt Attorney on Feb 18, 2016
Relationship: Worked together on matter
Aaron is a highly skilled attorney. He is both methodical and pragmatic in his approach to legal problems. His counsel is trustworthy. He is a lawyers lawyer.
Jeffrey Schatzman, Bankruptcy and debt Attorney on Feb 18, 2016
Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter
I endorse this lawyer. I have worked with and against Mr. Wernick on various commercial and bankruptcy matters and find him to be knowledgeable, ethical, professional and very easy to work with. I look forward to working with him again in the future.
Andrew Blasi, Bankruptcy and debt Attorney on Feb 17, 2016
Relationship: Supervised lawyer
I endorse this lawyer. He is thoroughly competent and capable of dissecting complicated legal and factual situations in a manner in which his clients can take comfort and be well advised.
Marc Barmat, Chapter 11 bankruptcy Attorney on Feb 17, 2016
Relationship: Co-worker
Aaron is a great lawyer and a great person.
Joel Rothman, Chapter 11 bankruptcy Attorney on Feb 17, 2016
Relationship: Worked together on matter
Aaron is without question the best Chapter 11 Bankruptcy attorney I have ever worked with. He is an exceptional lawyer and human being. If you are reading this, you should hire him.
Seth Marmor, Chapter 7 bankruptcy Attorney on Jun 14, 2013
Relationship: Worked together on matter
I endorse this lawyer.
Anthony Lowenstein, Criminal defense Attorney on Mar 8, 2010
Relationship: Supervised lawyer
I endorse this lawyer and his work. Aaron is an intelligent, dilligent lawyer, who is a pleasure to work with and does ensures a terrific level of work and service for his clients.