Shutts & Bowen LLP

Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy

Partner

Ryan C. Reinert is a partner in Shutts & Bowen’s Tampa office, where he is a member of the Creditors’ Rights/Bankruptcy Practice Group.

Ryan is a business bankruptcy practitioner board certified by the American Board of Certification, representing lenders, trustees and creditor committees in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. He has represented commercial and individual lenders in federal and state courts, including traditional, pooled, joint venture and CMBS loans. Ryan has also represented asset purchasers, landlords, trade creditors and contractors in business bankruptcy and liquidation cases. Ryan currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association, the non-profit organization that seeks to provide the information necessary for the practice of bankruptcy law in the Middle District of Florida through publications, legal education and other events, often with the participation of the local bankruptcy judges.

Ryan’s past experience includes representation of the largest secured creditor in many reorganization cases, landlords in mega retail bankruptcy cases negotiating the assumption, assignment and rejection of leases, and creditors in Ponzi scheme cases.

Steering Committee Member – 41st Annual Michael G. Williamson View from the Florida Bankruptcy Bench Programs Advisory Board for the Alexander L. Paskay Memorial Bankruptcy Seminar American Board of Certification (ABC) certified in Business Bankruptcy Law American Bankruptcy Institute Business Law Section of the Florida Bar Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association Member, Board of Directors President (2025 - Present) Vice President (2024 - 2025) Secretary (2023 - 2024) Treasurer (2022 - 2023) Tampa Connection Class of 2015

● Stetson University, J.D., 2009 ● Northern Kentucky University, B.A., 2005