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Grisel Alonso, Esq.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Grisel Alonso and Associates, LLC– 2020 –Present
Founder

Ms. Alonso is the founder of Grisel Alonso and Associates, LLC, a boutique firm providing specialized and cost-effective fiduciary services. She is an experienced fiduciary and attorney who acts as a court-appointed receiver and fiduciary in both Federal and State courts. She also serves as court-appointed Federal Equity Receiver. Ms. Alonso has also managed several commercial real estate properties and holds a Florida Real Estate Sales Associate license.  Ms. Alonso has vast experience in complex financial litigation, specializing in cases involving fraudulent transfers, Ponzi schemes, insolvency, liquidation, and related litigation.    

Michael Moecker & Associates, Inc. – 2014 –2020
Director of Receivership & Fiduciary Services

Ms. Alonso served as a fiduciary in both federal and state courts.  She served as a court-appointed receiver and as an Assignee in Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors in state courts. Additionally, Ms. Alonso provided general legal advice on a variety of issues arising in fiduciary matters on an ongoing basis. She selected and supervised counsel retained by the firm’s fiduciaries, reviewed and approved budgets, legal invoices, legal pleadings and discovery responses.   

United States Department of Justice
Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida – 1987 –2013
Assistant United States Attorney

Ms. Alonso served for more than twenty-six years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division, where she played a leading role in some of the most notable bankruptcy cases in South Florida. She is best known for her key role in recovering funds stolen by a convicted former U.S. Trustee panelist and for representing the Government’s interests in a myriad of federal civil litigation and bankruptcy proceedings against a convicted Ft. Lauderdale attorney’s defunct law firm.  She represented a variety of federal agencies (CFTC, FTC, SEC, IRS, SBA) seeking enforcement of civil judgments, orders of restitution and forfeiture, criminal fines and penalties. Ms. Alonso practiced extensively in federal district court, bankruptcy court, state and probate courts.

REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGEMENTS

  • Served as Trustee and Personal Representative in trust and probate matters
  • Securities and Exchange Commission v. Frederic Elm (S.D. Fla.)– Receiver
  • Leal v. Bimini Development of Village West Corporation et al. (S.D. Fla.) – Receiver 
  • WWideMediaCo, LLC, Miami-Dade Circuit Court – Assignee
  • Mia TV, LLC, Miami-Dade Circuit Court – Coordinated business operations and marketing strategy resulting in successful sale of local television station on behalf of Assignee
  • Hurst Awning Company, Inc. Miami-Dade Circuit Court – Assignee
  • Agrizzi Enterprises Corporation, Miami-Dade Circuit Court – Consulted with Assignee on various matters and courses of action in case, including the filing of multiple supplemental proceedings to avoid and recover fraudulent transfers

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

  • Received numerous awards and commendations from the U.S. Department of Justice, the Attorney General and federal agencies for her outstanding and superior performance as an Assistant United States Attorney
  • Recognized as a Top Government Attorney in The South Florida Legal Guide

EDUCATION

  • University of Miami School of Law, Juris Doctor degree
  • University of Miami, Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, with honors

BAR MEMBERSHIPS & JURISDICTIONS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

Ms. Alonso is admitted to practice in all Florida courts, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & ACTIVITIES

  • Appointed by the Florida Bar to serve as a member, Vice-Chair and Chair of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee “M” for a three-year term, to determine whether an attorney’s action or inaction violates the rules of professional conduct and, if so, whether disciplinary action is warranted
  • Federal Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Southern District of Florida Bankruptcy Bar Association
  • International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
  • Dade County Bar Association
  • Cuban American Bar Association
  • Coral Gables Bar Association

OTHER LANGUAGES

  • Spanish