Partner
jwc@angelolaw.com
 

Practice Areas:
Commercial Litigation
Creditors' Rights/Bankruptcy
Foreclosure Law

Mr. Carpenter is a partner in the firm’s litigation practice group. He has represented clients including Regions Bank, Eastman Kodak Company, Wachovia Bank, Builder Financial Corporation, National City Bank and other banking and asset management companies in collection and recovery of their loan portfolios in the South Florida area.

He has also represented a national title insurance company and their insureds on numerous cases throughout Florida on a wide variety of issues.

He has many years of creditor-oriented, business workout, asset recovery and commercial collection practice experience, gained from representing both larger and smaller commercial banks and a diverse group of creditors.

Notable Client Work

• Successfully defended against a million dollar foreclosure brought by a lender against a title insurer’s client over a loan estoppel payment dispute and in various other title claims, obtaining relief against third parties.
• Represented clients including Eastman Kodak Company, Wachovia Bank, Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust Company, Regions Bank and Bank of America and other banking and asset management companies in collection and recovery of their loan portfolios in the South Florida area.
• Key member of litigation team that recovered over $13M and structured workouts from wrongdoers in bank fraud case related to luxury condominium project in Miami Beach.
• Represented institutional mezzanine lender in numerous real estate secured loans and related multi-million dollar suits in counties throughout Florida.
• Represented various national financial institutions in a wide variety of real estate secured loans including a $30 million senior loan before and after the developer filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Education

• 1986: J.D., University of Florida College of Law
• 1983: B.S., B.A., University of Florida

Bar Affiliations

• 1991: United States District Court, Middle District
• 1987: Florida Bar
• 1987: United States District Court, Southern District

Activities

• Presented numerous Creditor-Oriented seminars through Florida Bar approved programs.
• Standing member of the Florida Bar Small Claims Rules Committee.
• Founding member of the Florida Bar Creditors Bar Association.
• Board of Directors, Florida Singing Sons Boychoir

Published Opinions

• Technical Aid Corporation v. Tomaso, 814 So. 2d 1259 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002) Successful appeal of trial court order requiring arbitration of non-compete clause with related company.
• SEDS, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co., 724 So. 2d 1258 (Fla., 4th DCA 2000) Favorable trial court judgment of multimillion dollar claim upheld, worked on trial and appeal.