Fort Myers Attorney Luis Rivera Elected Stockholder at Southwest Florida Law Firm

Fort Myers, FL, December 18, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The law firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to announce that Attorney Luis E. Rivera II has become a stockholder. He joined Henderson Franklin in May 2005 and is an attorney in firm’s Commercial Litigation division.

Rivera focuses his practice in creditors' rights and insolvency counseling in bankruptcy, including representation of secured creditors in both consumer and reorganization cases. He also handles other creditors' rights cases; real property litigation, including mortgage foreclosure, landlord/tenant disputes, and title insurance litigation. Rivera was recently appointed by the United States Trustee to the panel of trustees in bankruptcy for the Middle District of Florida (Fort Myers Division). He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by Florida Super Lawyers® magazine as a "Rising Star" in the field of business litigation. Rivera also frequently speaks to business and professional groups on bankruptcy and related business litigation matters.

Rivera received his undergraduate degree from Loyola University in New Orleans (magna cum laude) and his law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law.

Henderson Franklin is one of the largest law firms between Tampa and Miami with 55 attorneys practicing in the areas of business and tax planning, estate planning and administration, family law, land use and environmental law, commercial and civil litigation, eminent domain, workers' compensation, employment law and real estate. One of the state's oldest firms, Henderson Franklin was founded in Fort Myers in 1924 and operates offices in Fort Myers, Bonita Springs and Sanibel Island. For more information on Rivera or Henderson Franklin, please visit www.henlaw.com.

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