Meet the Officers and Board Members
Angela N. Grewal, Chairwoman
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William B. McDaniel, President
William McDaniel is a partner with Lansing Roy, P.A. and represents both debtors and creditors in bankruptcy, foreclosure, and other collection proceedings, as well as individuals and estates in the areas of probate, estate planning, and asset protection/planning. Mr. McDaniel’s primary practice focus is in representing clients in Chapter 11 reorganization cases, and he has personally represented both individuals and businesses in successful reorganizations for hotels, restaurants, retail stores, developers, trucking companies, service providers, manufacturers, churches, real estate holding companies, and numerous other small businesses of all types. William is proficient and experienced in all areas of reorganization law and enjoys assisting clients in turning around their profitability.
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Carli Frederick, Vice President
Carli Frederick is an associate attorney at Smith Hulsey & Busey, where she is a member of the firm's Bankruptcy and Commercial Litigation Practice Groups, focusing her practice on bankruptcy proceedings, business reorganizations and related commercial disputes. She advises debtors, creditors and trustees in Chapter 11 cases and other bankruptcy-related litigation, and also handles contract disputes and other complex commercial matters. Prior to joining Smith Hulsey & Busey, Carli served as a term law clerk for U.S. District Judge Jacob A. Brown of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Middle District of Florida. She is admitted to practice before all Florida Courts, the U.S. District and the Bankruptcy Courts for the Middle Districts of Florida.
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Katheryn E. Hancock, Secretary
Katheryn E. Hancock joined Thames | Markey as an associate in 2022 and focuses her practice on commercial and consumer bankruptcy and commercial litigation. Ms. Hancock is admitted to practice before all Florida and Tennessee Courts, the United States District Court for the Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Ms. Hancock serves on the boards of the Jacksonville Beaches Bar Association (President, 2023-2024) and the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). Ms. Hancock is also a board member of the St. Augustine Music Festival, Past President of Beaches Residents Actively Supporting the Symphony, and a past board member of the Jacksonville Symphony. She received her law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law, where she was an editor of the Law and Psychology Review and a member of the Moot Court Board and the Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society.
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Samantha Kelley, Treasurer
Samantha Kelley is a partner at Bruner Wright, P.A practicing primarily in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation.
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Samantha graduated from Florida Coastal School of Law in 2014. After graduating, Samantha worked as an associate for the Law Offices of Jason A. Burgess in Atlantic Beach, Florida, where she focused her practice on bankruptcy issues in Chapters 7, 11, and 13.
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Prior to joining Bruner Wright, P.A. in January of 2023, Samantha served for over six years as the Career Law Clerk for Bankruptcy Judge Karen K Specie of the Northern District of Florida. In her time with the court, Samantha assisted Judge Specie not only with formulating and drafting opinions on major issues, but also with implementing new forms and procedures that remain in place in the Northern District of Florida.
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Eugene J. Johnson, Jr., Board Member
Eugene Johnson received his law degree from the University of Dayton School of Law (UDSL) in 2004. During his final year of law school, he was an extern law clerk for the Honorable William A. Clark, United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio, at Dayton and the UDSL student nominee for the Distinguished Law Student Program of the American College of Bankruptcy. After working for various law firms in Ohio, Mr. Johnson moved to Jacksonville in 2008 and founded the Johnson Law Firm, P.A. Since then, he has filed over 3,000 consumer bankruptcy cases and now his practice focuses on the representation of creditors and Chapter 7 Panel Trustee’s in contested matters dealing with exemptions, turnover, avoidance, and dischargeabilty issues.
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Jerrett McConnell, Board Member
An experienced attorney in the areas of bankruptcy, business restructuring and turnarounds, and mediation, Jerrett McConnell has been in practice since 2000. He has a broad background in consumer and corporate bankruptcy, representing both debtors and creditors in all Chapters. Mr. McConnell also has vast experience serving as attorney for the Chapter 7 Trustees and is currently a Subchapter V Trustee for Jacksonville and Orlando. This combined experience has provided him the opportunity to represent businesses in financial peril, but intervene prior to needing to file bankruptcy and accomplish successful turnarounds. Mr. McConnell is also a Certified Circuit and Family Mediator and has been appointed as Mediator in numerous Mortgage Modification Mediations.
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Douglas W. Neway, Board Member
Douglas Neway is the Chapter 13 Standing Trustee for the Jacksonville Division. He has served as Chairman of the Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar Association, Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association, Orange County Bankruptcy Bar Association, Orlando Division’s Bankruptcy Judicial Liaison Committee and the Florida State Chairman of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. He is currently a member of the Florida Bar’s Bankruptcy/UCC Committee and Statewide Bankruptcy Judicial Liaison Committee. Mr. Neway was an Adjunct Professor of Advanced Bankruptcy at FAMU Law School and is a frequent lecturer on consumer bankruptcy topics at seminars, colleges and law schools.
Mary C. Offutt, Board Member
Mary Offutt is the Term Law Clerk for the Honorable Chief Judge Jacob A. Brown, United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida. Ms. Offutt received her undergraduate degree from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science, and her J.D. from Antonin Scalia Law School in Arlington, Virginia. During law school, Ms. Offutt served as the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy. Ms. Offutt is admitted to practice in Washington D.C. and plans to sit for the Florida bar this year.
Angela M. Scott, Board Member
Angela Scott is a staff attorney representing Douglas W. Neway, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee for the Jacksonville Division. Prior to serving as the Chapter 13 Trustee’s attorney, Ms. Scott was an associate attorney at The Law Offices of Jason A. Burgess, LLC, where she practiced bankruptcy, including matters involving business restructuring, complex bankruptcy litigation, and consumer bankruptcy. She is admitted to practice before all Florida Courts, the U.S. District and the Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Florida, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Central Florida, her law degree from Florida Coastal School of Law, and her L.LM in Business Law from Florida State University College of Law. She is also Board Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy.
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Ellsworth Summers, Board Memeber
Ellsworth Summers is a partner in the firm's Jacksonville office where he practices in the firm's Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy Practice Group. His practice focuses on assisting various stakeholders in commercial loan litigation in bankruptcy, federal and state courts. Ellsworth has extensive experience with workouts, business reorganizations and liquidations, distressed asset acquisitions, special counsel assignments and adversary proceedings. Mr. Summers has significant trial experience in federal and state court as a commercial litigator and has appeared before state and federal courts in 16 states, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of Virginia. Prior to private practice, Ellsworth clerked for the Honorable Stephen C. St. John, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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Allan Wulbern, Board Member
Allan is a trial attorney whose practice is focused on commercial litigation and insolvency matters. Allan’s insolvency practice includes representation of debtors, creditors, Chapter 7 trustees, and state court receivers. Allan has trial experience in the state, federal, and bankruptcy courts. Allan also counsels owners of closely held corporations in legal and business matters. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Allan spent nine years in the Jacksonville banking industry, with a focus on real estate lending. Allan is the past president of the Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar Association and currently serves as chairman of the board of directors, and he serves on the board of trustees at St. Johns Country Day School. He’s also an active member of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd and volunteers on committees within the Episcopal Diocese of Florida. Allan was born and raised in Jacksonville and enjoys fishing in his free time.
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For information about joining or upcoming events for
The Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar Association
please contact Allison Abbott