Leyza F. Blanco
Shareholder
Leyza F. Blanco, a shareholder at Sequor Law, focuses her practice on a wide range of litigation and insolvency matters, including debt restructuring and representation of creditors, with special emphasis on complex business bankruptcy and commercial litigation matters.
Prior to joining Sequor Law, Leyza was a shareholder at an Am Law 200 firm. Additionally, she was appointed receiver, custodian, trustee and special master in cases in both federal and state courts throughout the state of Florida and has served as a neutral arbiter in an arbitration proceeding. Leyza is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Mediator.
Her case experience includes acting as lead U.S. counsel to various court-appointed fiduciaries named in multiple jurisdictions throughout the Caribbean for British American Insurance Co., Ltd., in Chapter 15 proceedings, district court proceedings, and pending state court proceedings throughout the state of Florida.
Leyza currently serves as the Secretary of The Florida Bar’s Business Law Section, and as the Finance Director of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation. She is past chair of the Bankruptcy/UCC and Diversity Committees of The Florida Bar’s Business Law Section, and a past president of the Bankruptcy Bar of the Southern District of Florida. Leyza launched a bankruptcy clinical program at Florida International University College of Law, where she served as lead adjunct professor. She is a published author and sought-after leader who is regularly invited to present on topics related to her practice.
Leyza has been recognized by Florida Super Lawyers (2010-2018); Florida Trend, Legal Elite (2008-2016, 2018); South Florida Legal Guide, Top Lawyer (2009-2018), and has received multiple other recognitions of note.
Leyza is admitted to all Florida state courts, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida.
Favorite quote:
“Do or Do Not, There is No Try.” – Yoda
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Leyza F. Blanco
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Education
University of Miami School of Law, J.D.(Magna cum laude, 1996)
- Inter-American Law Review, Articles and Comments Editor
- Order of the Coif
University of Miami College of Arts & Sciences, B.A.(1992)
Admissions
- Florida, 1997
- S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 1999
- S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, 1997
- S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1997
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1997
Leyza F. Blanco
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Honors / Achievements
Leyza has received myriad recognitions throughout her career, including:
- International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Board of Directors, Executive Board, Secretary, 2018
- AV Preeminent™ rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Chambers USA, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, 2011-2018
- Florida Super Lawyers, 2010-2018
- Top 50 Women Florida, 2013-2016, 2018
- Top 100 Miami, Florida, 2013-2016
- Rising Star, 2009
- Florida Trend, Legal Elite, 2008-2016
- Up and Comer, 2007
- The Florida Bar Business Law Section, Outstanding Member of the Year, 2014
- Business Leader magazine, 2011 Women Extraordinaire Award
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Outstanding Lawyers of Miami-Dade County, “40 Under 40,” 2010
- South Florida Legal Guide
- Top Lawyer, 2009-2018
- Up and Comer, 2004-2008
- South Florida Business Journal, Key Partner Award, 2012
- Cuban American Bar Association, Member of the Year, 2013
Leyza F. Blanco
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News and Notes
- “Gibraltarian payday loans business files Chapter 15 in Miami,” Global Restructuring Review, August 15, 2018
- “Miami’s Sequor Law Raids GrayRobinson for Two Insolvency/Litigation Partners” Daily Business Review, June 4, 2018
- Co-author, “Liquidating Liquor Licenses in Bankruptcy,” Asset Sales Committee Newsletter, November 2017
- “The Power of Women Working Together,” The Woman Advocate, American Bar Association, June 12, 2015
- “Challenging Aspects and Issues of Cross Border Chapter 15 Filings,”Chapter 15 Bankruptcy Strategies, Thomson Reuters/Aspatore, 2012
- “Women Take the Lead and Lean In,” guest commentary, Daily Business Review, August 21, 2013
Leyza F. Blanco
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Felony Miami explores the disparities in the criminal justice system and the intersection of those disparities and the arts.
In this exploration, Felony Miami seeks to educate, entertain, enlighten and contribute towards the improvement and fairness of the system. Felony Miami intends to do this by bringing together thought leaders, decision makers, the accused, the guilty, the not guilty and other participants in the system and in the arts to examine the current state of being, ways in which the system can be improved and ways in which the arts can contribute to this exploration and improvement.
Sequor Law’s Leyza Blanco spoke with Felony Miami as part of their Bankruptcy Episode. Click below to listen.
