Profile

Bernice Lee focuses her practice on complex bankruptcy and insolvency-related matters, fiduciary representation, and commercial litigation. She has extensive experience helping clients navigate complicated issues in reorganizations, liquidations, receiverships, appeals, and fraudulent and preference transfer claims. She regularly represents creditors, investors, corporate debtors, receivers and trustees, and has guided numerous companies through successful chapter 11 bankruptcies. She is ranked in Chambers USA (2022) as Up and Coming in the categories of Bankruptcy Litigation and Bankruptcy / Restructuring. Bernice is a top-rated bankruptcy lawyer recognized by Super Lawyers in 2019-2022, and Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2015-2018. She is a member of the Federal Court Practice Committee, which serves as the Florida Bar’s liaison to the federal courts, and is co-chair of its Judicial Roundtable Subcommittee. In 2022, Bernice was selected as an honoree for the Women’s History Month Luncheon hosted by the Bankruptcy Bar Association and other voluntary bar associations in South Florida. She is a fellow of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s 2019 Leadership Advancement Program, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges’ 2016 NextGen Class, and the Florida Bar Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Leadership Academy, Class IV. Bernice is a director of the Kozyak Minority Mentoring Foundation, and director and past president of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of South Florida. She also served as a director of the South Palm Beach County Florida Association of Women Lawyers, and board member of the City of Fort Lauderdale’s Economic Development Advisory Board. Bernice received her Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, and B.A. from California State University Fullerton. During law school, she was a judicial intern for U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young for the District of Massachusetts. In 2008 to 2009, Bernice served as a law clerk for U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Paul G. Hyman for the Southern District of Florida. Prior to joining Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, Bernice was a partner at a Boca Raton law firm.

For more than thirty-five years, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton has focused on two areas: high stakes complex litigation and business bankruptcies. The firm and its attorneys consistently rank among the most highly regarded in these practice areas, and their dedication has earned national recognition — from clients, judges, and opponents — for effectiveness in and out of the courtroom. Every case receives individual attention, with a focus on one thing: advancing client interests.