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 a Member 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.
Credentials
Education
- Stetson University, J.D., 2009
- Moot Court Board Member
- Northern Kentucky University, B.A., 2005
Bar Admissions
- Florida
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Professional and Civic
- 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
- J. Clifford Cheatwood American Inn of Court
- Barrister
- Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association
- Member, Board of Directors
- Vice President (2024 - present)
- Secretary (2023 - 2024)
- Treasurer (2022 - 2023)
- Tampa Connection
- Class of 2015
News & Insights
Presentations
- Lecturer, Stetson University College of Law, Bankruptcy Seminar Course, Chapter 11 Dismissals and Conversions
- 39th Annual Alexander L. Paskay Memorial Bankruptcy Seminar, Expert Testimony and Daubert, co-author with Andrew M. Brumby, Esq.
In the News
- “Avalanche or Revival – What’s ahead for retail real estate in 2021,” Tampa Bay Business & Wealth Magazine (December 2020)
- “Reckoning day: Lawyers ready for tidal wave of bankrupt businesses,” Business Observer (September 10, 2020)
- “Tampa Bay area attorneys warn that landlords could begin evictions in the coming weeks," Tampa Bay Business Journal (August 31, 2020)
- "Hot bankruptcy practices cool as filings drop," Tampa Bay Business Journal (July 13, 2012)
Publications
- "A Creditor’s Path to Obtaining Control and Keeping Track of an Individual Chapter 11 Debtor," American Bankruptcy Institute Journal (October 1, 2022)
News & Speaking Engagements
Practice Areas
Industry Focus
Accolades
- Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law, American Board of Certification
- Chambers and Partners
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Litigation - Bankruptcy, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Commercial Litigation, 2025
- Florida Super Lawyers, Bankruptcy: Business
- Super Lawyer, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Rising Star, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Recognized for exceptional pro bono service by The Supreme Court of Florida, Young Lawyers Division of the Florida Bar, and the Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association, 2016
- 2012 Pro Bono Award, 13th Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee
