Ian Richard Leavengood
Managing Shareholder

Practice Areas

• Bankruptcy
• Business Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation
• Creditor Harassment

Background

Ian is a native Floridian, born and raised in St. Petersburg. After receiving his Bachelor of Science and Masters 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

Court Admissions

• Florida Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• 11th Circuit Court of Appeals

Community Involvement

• 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 to present
• 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

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