Meaghan Murphy. Partner.

Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Commercial Litigation, Creditors’ Rights, Receivership and Assignments

. Overview. About Meaghan Murphy Meaghan Murphy, a partner with Meland Budwick, P.A, focuses her practice on bankruptcy and complex commercial litigation. In her bankruptcy practice, Meaghan represents business debtors, trustees, creditors, and creditors committees in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 proceedings, with an emphasis on commercial landlord and tenant representation. Meaghan’s strong understanding of commercial leasing and its intersection with bankruptcy law has led to significant results, including guiding multiple retail debtor-tenants through Chapter 11 proceedings and securing millions in relief. Meaghan regularly pursues and defends adversary proceedings, including fraudulent transfers and preference matters, as well as state court insolvency and receivership proceedings, including assignees and creditors in assignments for the benefit of creditors and receivers in receiverships. Meaghan also handles a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters, including commercial foreclosure matters, contract disputes, and business tort claims. Meaghan frequently handles post-judgment asset recovery in matters involving high net worth judgment debtors and financial fraud, and has successfully obtained receivers in post-judgment proceedings, including over the assets of individual judgment debtors. In addition, Meaghan assists in due diligence review for investor clients purchasing distressed loans and assets and provides necessary litigation representation following purchase. Meaghan is committed to giving back to the community. She is an active member of the Junior League of Miami and has provided pro bono legal assistance to Chapter 7 debtors, individuals facing residential foreclosure proceedings, and individuals with major health concerns such as HIV and AIDS with immigration, social security, and public benefits matters. . Education University of Miami School of Law, J.D. magna cum laude, 2012 Dean’s List Order of the Coif Psychology, Public Policy & Law Journal, Managing Editor (2011-2012) University of Idaho, B.S., 2008   Memberships Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida Second Vice President, 2024-present Secretary, 2023-2024 Treasurer, 2022-2023 Member, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation Member, American Bankruptcy Institute 2024 Class of 40 Under 40 Member, Federal Court Practice Committee of The Florida Bar Board of Directors, Junior League of Miami   Awards & Rankings American Bankruptcy Institute, Class of 40 Under 40, 2024 Florida Legal Awards “Dealmaker of the Year,” finalist, 2024  Miami-Dade Bar Young Lawyers Section 40 Under 40 Award recipient, 2024 The Best Lawyers in America, 2024-2025   Publications & Panels Moderator, “Evidentiary Issues in Bankruptcy,” 35th Annual Bankruptcy Skills Workshop, May 2025 Panelist, “Personal Injury Claims in Bankruptcy,” Florida Law Con 2025 Panelist, Bankruptcy Ethics Brown Bag Panel Discussion, Bankruptcy Bar Association and the University of Miami Center for Ethics and Public Service, May 2024 Panelist, “An Overview of Bankruptcy Appeals,” Florida Bar Appellate Practice Section, March 2021 Co-Author, “An Unlimited Reach-Back Period When IRS Is Triggering Creditor?” American Bankruptcy Institute, January 2017 Co-Author, “Rejection of Songwriter Publishing Agreements in Bankruptcy,” American Bankruptcy Institute, January 2019   Bar Admissions Florida United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Southern District of Florida Florida Southern District Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Florida Florida Middle District Bankruptcy Court . Office Number. 305.358.6363, 305.722.7566 . Fax number. 305.358.1221 . Email. mmurphy@melandbudwick.com Representative Matters. Bankruptcy. Served as bankruptcy counsel for the Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Eiger Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company that filed Chapter 11 in Dallas, Texas with assets and liabilities in the tens of millions and resulted in a 100% distribution, plus interest, to unsecured creditors following successful sales of the Debtors’ assets.. Bankruptcy. Served as bankruptcy counsel for 55+ tort claimants, the largest single tort constituency, in the Chapter 11 cases filed by electric scooter company Bird Global, which involved assets totaling less than $100 million and liabilities exceeding $500 million.. Bankruptcy. Served as bankruptcy counsel for the Trustee of the Piper Aircraft Corporation Irrevocable Trust Agreement, the trust created by confirmation of Piper Aircraft Corporation’s chapter 11 plan in 1995 to address successor liability and future claims.. Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation. Served as counsel for senior secured lender in Chapter 11 cases filed by individuals and companies involved in extensive fraud scheme and liabilities exceeding $50 million. Representation includes prosecution and defense of multiple adversary proceedings concerning title to valuable real property.. Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation. Served as Debtor’s counsel for Orion Technologies, LLC, a technology company that specializes in single board computers used in a variety of military applications. Representation resulted in a successful sale process resulting in more than one million dollars more than expected, recharacterization of Orion’s major debts as unsecured, and confirmation of Orion’s Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.. Bankruptcy. Served as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Retailing Enterprises, LLC., which is the exclusive reseller of Invicta watches with approximately 20 retail locations nationwide. Debts are in excess of $58 million and assets are less than $18 million.. Commercial Litigation. Served as post-judgment counsel for nearly $10 million judgment creditor seeking asset recovery against high net worth celebrity judgment debtor actively avoiding payment.. Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation. Served as Chapter 11 counsel to A&E Adventures, LLC d/b/a GameTime, a family entertainment and dining venue with locations throughout Florida. Following creditor negotiations and litigation, including a successful, precedent setting appeal, GameTime successfully confirmed a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization which kept all locations open and paid all creditors in full.. Commercial Litigation. Served as post-judgment counsel for judgment creditor seeking asset recovery against judgment debtor with wide web of intertwined business and family dealings that have previously appeared to render the debtor judgment proof. . Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation. 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.. Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation. Represented of defendants in fraudulent transfer adversary proceedings involving unresolved issues of law concerning use of the Internal Revenue Service as the triggering creditor. Representation led to a favorable global settlement of multiple pending adversary proceedings.. Commercial Litigation. Represented lender in high value personal property foreclosure proceedings against a commercial entity. Judgment was obtained and the client was able to obtain possession and title to the valuable personal property at issue.. Commercial Litigation. Represented note purchaser in commercial foreclosure proceedings. Judgment was obtained and the commercial property was successfully sold at auction.. Commercial Litigation. Represented defendant against a judgment creditor seeking to collect on a judgment in excess of $20 million. The matter involved highly disputed and unresolved issues concerning the applicable statute of limitations. Representation led to a very favorable settlement for the defendant.. Commercial Litigation. Represented developer in breach of contract action against an investor and obtained judgment in favor of developer.. Real Estate. Assisted multiple investors in conducting due diligence review in relation to purchase of distressed loans secured by commercial properties.. News. Eric Ostroff and Meaghan Murphy Shared Insights at 35th Annual Bankruptcy Skills Workshop. May 19, 2025. Meaghan Murphy Selected for the American Bankruptcy Institute’s 2024 Class of 40 Under 40. October 17, 2024. 13 Meland Budwick Attorneys Listed in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. August 15, 2024. Recently Created Bankruptcy Option for Small Businesses Gets Restricted After Sunset Period Ends. June 24, 2024. Utibe I. Ikpe and Meaghan Murphy Named Among the Daily Business Review’s 2024 Florida Legal Awards Honorees. February 6, 2024. Meaghan Murphy Receives 2024 Miami-Dade Bar Young Lawyers Section 40 Under 40 Award. January 25, 2024. 12 Meland Budwick Attorneys Listed in the 2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. August 17, 2023. Meland Budwick's Meaghan Murphy Elected Treasurer of Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida. May 31, 2022. Arcade company exits Chapter 11 bankruptcy. March 10, 2022. GameTime Amusement Centers Files Chapter 11. October 8, 2021. IT’SUGAR to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. June 15, 2021. Foreclosure lawsuit targets buildings in Miami's Wynwood. October 28, 2020. Downtown Fort Lauderdale office building near Broward Boulevard faces foreclosure. October 23, 2020. Bankruptcy judge approves Madison Realty’s purchase of Costa Hollywood Beach condos. August 31, 2020. Lender Acquires Bankrupt Fla. Beach Resort For $43M. August 28, 2020. Rejection of Songwriter Publishing Agreements in Bankruptcy. January 8, 2019. An Unlimited Reach-Back Period When IRS Is Triggering Creditor?. January 1, 2017. Glenn Beck Media Outlet Says Texas Suit Trumps Del. Filing. September 13, 2016. Glenn Beck’s News Outlet Says Ex-CEO Can’t Get Indemnity. August 24, 2016. MRB. Contact us, Our attorneys, careers. About. Firm overview, Our Values, Community involvement, Representative matters. Pracrtice. Real Estate, Commercial Litigation, Receiverships and Assignments, Bankruptcy and Restructuring. In the News, Announcements, Film Videos. 2018 Meland, Russin, Budwick. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.