Salazar Jackson Founding Partners Luis Salazar and Linda Worton Jackson named to 2014 Florida Super Lawyers List

June 10, 2014 Posted in Firm News

Luis Salazar and Linda Worton Jackson, founding partners of the Miami-based law firm Salazar Jackson, have been selected to the 2014 Florida Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are chosen by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.

Salazar has two decades of experience battling for individuals and companies facing crisis. He has tried more than 100 discrete matters in federal and state courts throughout the country, on behalf of plaintiffs, defendants, debtors, and creditors in a variety of actions. He is admitted to practice in Florida, New Jersey and New York. An AV-Preeminent rated lawyer, Salazar was recently named in Chambers USA 2014 among the top Bankruptcy/Restructuring lawyers in Florida. He has also been recognized in Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite as well as in Best Lawyers in America. Since 2008 PLC Cross-Border Handbook has recognized him as a "Leading Restructuring and Insolvency Lawyer.” Additionally, Salazar was listed in the Legal 500 US (2009 edition) and in the South Florida Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” for 2003.

For more than 25 years, Jackson has represented lenders, debtors, committees, creditors and purchasers all over the United States. She has tackled all phases of bankruptcy litigation and Chapter 11 and 7 bankruptcy proceedings in cases all over the country. She is widely known as a local and national expert in defending investors in Ponzi schemes, and has appeared as an expert on CNBC’s American Greed. She was named a "Top Lawyer" by both the South Florida Legal Guide and the Legal Network, and received the Key Partners Award from the South Florida Business Journal.  She has consistently ranked as an AV-Preeminent lawyer with 5.0 out of 5 from Martindale Hubbell. She is licensed to practice law in Florida, Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida.