Mark J. Wolfson, Esq.

Mark J. Wolfson, a partner and litigation lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, has been involved in a wide variety of complex commercial litigation cases, including commercial foreclosure and lender liability suits; business tort actions; and breach of contract, UCC litigation, and commercial landlord-tenant cases. He is a member of the firm's Litigation Department and its Bankruptcy & Business Reorganizations Practice (the senior lawyer in the Florida group). He is the former chair of the Litigation Department in Tampa. Mr. Wolfson has been practicing commercial litigation and bankruptcy for more than 30 years.

Mr. Wolfson has been appointed by the Circuit Court of Hillsborough County, Florida, as a special master, a role in which he effectively acts as a "magistrate judge" to hear evidence, make evidentiary and procedural rulings, and render findings of fact and conclusions of law for review by a trial judge.

Mr. Wolfson has extensive experience in out-of-court loan workout and restructuring matters as well as broad experience in all types of insolvency and bankruptcy cases, representing secured creditors, creditors’ committees, buyers of assets in chapter 11, equity holders, bondholders, and parties to contracts such as landlords and franchisors. He has experience in state, federal district and bankruptcy courts litigating fraudulent transfer and preference actions and has been involved in state assignment for the benefit of creditor proceedings.

Mr. Wolfson has been the lead attorney on workout and restructuring engagements involving more than a billion dollars in complex real estate and corporate loans. He also has experience in health care, hotel, golf course, manufacturing, telecommunication, technology, automotive, and agriculture insolvency cases.