KELLEY KAPLAN & ELLER - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner
- of Counsel
- of Counsel / Education
Mr. Eller represents institutional and individual clients in business-related matters including contact disputes, landlord and tenant, loan workouts, corporate reorganization, and creditors rights. His practice also extends to a myriad of bankruptcy matters including fraudulent and preferential transfer litigation, claims objections, valuation of collateral, and discharge matters.
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner
- Adjunct Professor of Law at Palm Beach State College
Craig I. Kelley is the Managing Partner of Kelley Kaplan & Eller.
Mr. Kelley founded the firm in 2001. His vision when he founded the firm was to find creative solutions to difficult problems, as presented by his various clients. To this day, this philosophy remains as the foundation of the services provided by Kelley Kaplan & Eller.
Mr. Kelley has extensive experience handling a wide variety of complex matters, from restructuring and insolvency proceedings to complex state court litigation. His motto is that every problem has a solution.
Specifically, Mr. Kelley focuses his practice in the representation of creditors and other parties in Chapter 7, 11 and 13 Bankruptcy cases, including adversary, contested and complex proceedings before all the Bankruptcy Courts throughout the State of Florida. Mr. Kelley's practice also focuses on representation of creditors in foreclosure proceedings, including deeds in lieu, forbearance agreements, evictions and collections matters. In addition, Mr. Kelley represents clients in general business law matters, including corporate, commercial litigation, real estate closings and associated litigation, foreclosures, collections, and business sales transactions.
Mr. Kelley is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Palm Beach State College, where he has taught classes on business law and bankruptcy law for almost two decades. Additionally, he lectures nationwide on the topics of Bankruptcy and Foreclosure law.
Mr. Kelley graduated from the University of Florida College of Business Administration with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and graduated from the University of Miami School of Law with a Juris Doctor degree.
Mr. Kelley is admitted to practice in all Florida State Courts, the U.S. District Courts and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida, as well as the United States Supreme Court.
He is a member of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida, American Bankruptcy Institute and the Palm Beach County Bar Association. He is AV Rated through Martindale Hubbell and a member of the Better Business Bureau. Mr. Kelley is also selected on an annual basis to participate on the Lawyers.com List of Super Lawyers.
Education
University of Miami, J.D., 1988
University of Florida, B.S., 1985
When you need a business or bankruptcy attorney, West Palm Beach lawyers Craig Kelley, Dana Kaplan, and Craig Eller are here to serve your needs. Consider the team that has the experience to protect your assets and the empathy to understand your needs and worries.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Member of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida
Ms. Kaplan is a member of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida.
Dana Kaplan is a partner with Kelley Kaplan & Eller.
Ms. Kaplan focuses her practice in the representation of debtors, creditors and interested parties in Chapter 7, 11 and 13 bankruptcy proceedings, including contested and complex proceedings as well as adversary proceedings. Ms. Kaplan has extensive experience handling a wide variety of complex bankruptcy matters and strives to obtain the best result even in the most complicated matters.
As the managing attorney of the litigation and creditors' rights practice group in a previous law firm, Ms. Delaney advised clients on business litigation and foreclosure-related matters. Her clients included national financial institutions, asset managers, portfolio managers, and private investors.
Ms. Delaney has 20 years' experience in business and real estate litigation, mortgage foreclosures, bankruptcy, lender representation, evictions, REO, employment litigation, and contractual disputes.
Ms. Delaney has represented institutional and non-institutional lenders in connection with the resolution of diverse residential and commercial portfolios. She routinely works to guide lenders toward efficient and cost-effective resolutions for troubled loans and complex workouts, including loan modifications, forbearance agreements, short-sales, cash for keys agreements, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure agreements, and other workout options.
Education
Hamline University School of Law, J.D., 2003
Florida Southern College, B.A., 2000