Attorney Profile

Ian Richard Leavengood

	Ian R. Leavengood 2009 Florida Super Lawyer Rising Star 2011 Florida Super Lawyer Read more...

Attorney Leavengood has received the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale Hubbell. He is the managing shareholder at Leavengood & Nash and is dedicated to serving clients throughout the State of Florida.

Background

Ian is a native Floridian, born and raised in St. Petersburg. After receiving his Bachelor of Science and Master's degrees in Accounting from the University of Florida, Ian worked as an internal business consultant for The Procter & Gamble Distributing Company. Ian returned to the University of Florida, entering the Levin College of Law in the fall of 1997. During his second stint at UF, Ian served as a Judicial Extern for the Honorable Justice Ben F. Overton of the Supreme Court of the State of Florida. After receiving his Juris Doctor in the spring of 2000, Ian went to Manhattan where he joined Deloitte's Special Acquisition Services, a team that exclusively serviced all merger and acquisition activity for the leveraged buyout firm Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts. Ian returned to St. Petersburg in the summer of 2003 to join and help expand the firm you see today.

Education

• University of Florida, B.S. (Accounting, 1995)
• University of Florida, Masters (Accounting, 1995)
  • University of Florida Hall of Fame
  • Florida Blue Key
  • Director, Preview Orientation Program
  • Executive Vice-President. Florida Cicerones
  • Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
• University of Florida, J.D. (Law, 2000)
  • Judicial Extern to the Honorable Justice Ben F. Overton, Supreme Court of the State of Florida

Professional

• Florida Board of Accountancy, Certified Public Accountant, 1996
• Florida Bar, Attorney, 2005
• St. Petersburg Bar Association
• Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
• National Association of Consumer Advocates

Court Admissions

• Florida Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Community Involvement

• University of Florida Levin College of Law, Law Alumni Council
  • President, 2012 - 2013
• University of Florida Levin College of Law, Book Award Sponsor
  • Bankruptcy & Creditors' Remedies, 2007 - present
• Live Arts Peninsula Foundation, Board of Directors, 2003 to 2005
• Gotham Gators, University of Florida New York City Alumni Association
  • President, 2001 - 2003
  • Most Outstanding Member, 2003
• Battle Foundation for Youth Development, Board of Directors, 2006
• Leadership St. Petersburg
  • Class of 2007 Graduate
  • Planning Committee 2008 to present
• American Stage Theatre Company, Board of Trustees, 2008
• St. Peter’s Episcopal Cathedral, Stewardship Committee
• St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, Member

Awards & Honors

• AV^® Rated, Preeminent™, Martindale-Hubbell
• Florida Legal Elite
• Florida Super Lawyers, 2011
• Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2009

Speaking Engagements

• The Florida Bar, FDCPA and Collecting the Judgment, October 2012
• National Business Institute
  • Bankruptcy Implications on Collections, November 2012
  • Ethics, November 2012
• Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association, Unlawful Debt Collection
• Tampa Bay Paralegal Association, Unlawful Debt Collection

Cases & Opinions

• Kelliher v. Target National Bank, 826 F. Supp. 2d 1324 (M.D. Fla. 2011) >>
• Schmidt v. Regions Bank, N.A. >>
• Bruce v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147897
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• Campanale v. Capital One >>

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