Biografía

Joaquin "JJ" Alemany is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Miami and Fort Lauderdale offices. Mr. Alemany practices in the firm's Litigation, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights sections. He is an experienced commercial litigator with significant background in handling complex federal and state cases. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with experience in the U.S. and Latin American markets with internal investigations, and establishing compliance programs relating to financial fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), anti-corruption and anti-money laundering. Mr. Alemany is fluent in Spanish.

Mr. Alemany's practice is focused primarily in South Florida, but he has appeared as lead counsel for clients in cases filed throughout the United States, including in Puerto Rico, New York, Delaware, California, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Texas, Virginia and Missouri.

Mr. Alemany represents clients in all aspects of bankruptcy, contract and business disputes, lender liability claims, commercial, real estate and equipment finance litigation, mortgage foreclosures/workouts, Ponzi scheme litigation, title insurance issues, assignments for the benefit of creditors, receiverships, Chapter 15, asset recovery, internal investigations, corporate compliance, breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting fraud claims, legal malpractice, landlord-tenant disputes and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) litigation.

While at the University of Miami School of Law, Mr. Alemany was the managing editor of the Inter-American Law Review, received honors in both the Litigation Skills and Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs, and was awarded membership to the Order of the Coif.

Credenciales

Educación
  • University of Miami, Facultad de Derecho, J.D., magna cum laude
  • Florida International University, M.S., Taxation
  • Florida International University, B.A., Accounting, cum laude
Admisiones
  • Florida
Admisiones Judiciales
  • Tribunal de Distrito de Estados Unidos para el Distrito Sur de Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Membresías
  • Hispanic National Bar Association
  • Cuban American Bar Association
  • American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, Advisory Board Member since 2012
  • Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida
  • Cuban-American Certified Public Accountant Association
  • The Florida Bar
  • American Bar Association
Honores y Reconocimientos
  • The Best Lawyers in America guide, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy, 2018-2024
  • Holland & Knight Pro Bono All-Star, 2021
  • Florida Legal Elite, Florida Trend magazine, 2015, 2016 
  • Order of the Coif
  • University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, Managing Editor
  • 1L Moot Court Competition Semifinalist and received Honors in both the Litigation Skills and Alternative Dispute Resolution Programs
  • Book Award, Contracts
  • Book Award, Federal Income Tax
  • Book Award, Corporate Tax
  • Thomas E. and Dorothy Bartshe McDougall Merit Based Scholarship, University of Miami School of Law
Idiomas
  • Inglés
  • Español