Jacob D. Flentke

Jacob D. Flentke has extensive experience in Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights, Commercial Litigation, and Business Law. He has represented clients in both federal and state courts on a variety of issues. His litigation experience includes

• representing parties in bankruptcy appeals, including successfully arguing to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals

• representing debtors in Chapter 11 Subchapter V cases

• representing debtors in adversary proceedings

• bankruptcy trustees in Chapter 7 cases with more than $20 million in claims

• prosecuting and defending fraudulent transfer claims in excess of $1 million

• representing Fortune 500 companies on anti-trust claims in the context of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case

• litigating numerous bankruptcy preferential transfer claims

• representing creditors in lien priority disputes and replevin actions

• representing landlords in commercial and residential eviction matters

• representing various interests in mortgage foreclosure litigation

• litigating insurance coverage disputes

Jacob graduated cum laude from The Florida State University College of Law in 2006 after receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature and a Bachelor of Music in Performance from Northwestern University. During law school, he was Article and Notes Editor for the Journal of Transnational Law and Policy, and he was a recipient of Book Awards for Statutory Interpretation and Conflict of Laws.

After law school, Jacob served as a judicial law clerk to two federal judges. After his federal clerkships, Jacob worked for a large, state-wide firm, practicing bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, and for a boutique firm practicing construction litigation, real estate litigation, and general state-court practice.