Fernando J. Menendez, Jr.
Shareholder
Education
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New York University School of Law, J.D. (2002)
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University of Florida, B.A. (1998)
Admissions
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Florida
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New York
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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
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U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Associations & Memberships
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The Florida Bar, Business Law Section
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The Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida
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The American Bankruptcy Institute
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Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellow 2017
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Former FIU College of Law Bankruptcy Clinical Program, Adjunct Professor
Languages
English
Spanish
Location
Miami
Favorite Quote:
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
Fernando J. Menendez, Jr., a Shareholder at Sequor Law, focuses his practice on bankruptcy, insolvency litigation, international asset recovery, and commercial litigation matters.
Prior to joining Sequor Law, Fernando was a shareholder at an Am Law 200 firm and began his career at White & Case, LLP. His case experience includes representation of creditors in complex business bankruptcy and related litigation proceedings; representation of judgment creditors in the enforcement of judgments, including against foreign sovereigns; and representation of creditors in litigation related to the tracing and recovery of misappropriated assets, including assets transferred to various jurisdictions in the United States and across the globe, including Canada, the Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, England, Spain, and Switzerland, among others.
Fernando’s professional associations and memberships include The Florida Bar Business Law Section; the Bankruptcy Bar Association, Southern District of Florida; and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He was a 2017 fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, and an adjunct professor in the Bankruptcy Clinical Program at Florida International University’s College of Law.
Fernando earned his Juris Doctorate from New York University School of Law and has been recognized by Chambers USA, Bankruptcy/Restructuring; Legal 500, United States Elite; South Florida Legal Guide; Florida Trend, Legal Elite, and has received other honors of note. He has participated in and/or moderated panels on various topics relating to fraud, asset recovery, and related litigation.
Fernando is admitted in the states of Florida and New York, and in the United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits.
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