Meland Budwick, P.A. Honored as Litigation Department of the Year (Bankruptcy Category) at the 2025 Florida Legal Awards


Miami | April 11, 2025 – Meland Budwick, P.A. is proud to announce it has been honored as the Litigation Department of the Year (Bankruptcy Category) at the 2025 Florida Legal Awards, presented by the Daily Business Review.
The Daily Business Review’s Litigation Department of the Year award recognizes Florida law firms for outstanding performance in both general litigation and specialized practice areas, showcasing the state’s leading litigation teams.
Meland Budwick, P.A. attorneys handle all aspects of bankruptcy and business reorganization, including related litigation, drawing on their deep knowledge of commercial litigation, corporate law, real estate, and finance. The Firm is regularly retained as special litigation counsel by bankruptcy trustees and focuses on high-stakes litigation, especially in the insolvency and fraud contexts.
In the past year, the Firm’s bankruptcy team secured a 100% distribution plus interest for all unsecured creditors in the Eiger BioPharmaceuticals bankruptcy mega-case in the Northern District of Texas. The Firm also secured recoveries of $20 million from Nixon Peabody and $7.65 million from Alvarez & Marsal for their roles as outside professionals in a $950 million Ponzi scheme perpetrated in Northern California, bringing the Firm’s total litigation recoveries in the Nevada based bankruptcy case to $115 million with more actions pending.
About Meland Budwick
Meland Budwick, P.A. is a Miami-based law firm that provides services to a broad array of corporate, fiduciary, and individual clients. The Firm was co-founded in 1993 by entrepreneurial, business-minded attorneys with a vision to create a results-focused, diverse firm that provides high-quality legal counsel along with a personalized, client-centric approach. As part of the Firm’s culture of community service, Meland Budwick, P.A. attorneys are actively involved at high levels with the local bar associations and serve on the boards of numerous community organizations. The Firm’s deep bankruptcy department is ranked Band 1 in the category Florida Bankruptcy Litigation by Chambers and Partners. For more information, visit www.melandbudwick.com.