Carlton Fields’ Donald R. Kirk Appointed Chair of ABA Business Law Section Publications Committee
Carlton Fields Shareholder Donald R. Kirk, who chairs the firm’s National Trial and Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights practice groups, was appointed as Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Business Law Section’s Publications Committee. His three-year term ends in 2022. Kirk previously served as Vice Chair of the committee, which oversees the section’s publication of high-quality books in both hard-copy and electronic form on a wide range of business law topics.
Kirk represents clients in high-value bankruptcy matters, financial restructurings, and commercial litigation. He is board-certified by the American Board of Certification in Business Bankruptcy Law. Kirk also is the former president of the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association. As co-chair of The Florida Bar Proceeding Supplementary Task Force, his team revised and updated Florida’s law on judgment execution law. He also chaired the ABA's Business Bankruptcy Task Force to draft the Model Asset Purchase Agreement for bankruptcy sales.