Amber Donner
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Amber Donner received her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from the University of Miami in 1983 and her law degree from the University of Miami School of Law, cum laude, in 1986. At the University of Miami School of Law, Ms. Donner was on the University of Miami Law Review and served as Associate Editor and Associate Research Editor in 1984 and 1985, respectively.

From 1993 to 2000, Ms. Donner served as attorney-advisor to the United States Trustee and was responsible for monitoring bankruptcy cases filed in the Southern District of Florida. During her tenure, Ms. Donner was additionally responsible for the referral of criminal matters to the United States Attorney and for coordination and implementation of an internship offered through the University of Miami School of Law.

From 2000 to 2009, Ms. Donner performed contract and of counsel work for various boutique, national and international firms specializing in insolvency and insolvency related matters. From 2009 to the present, Ms. Donner partnered with Ronald Gainor, a former Assistant State Attorney for Miami-Dade County,  Florida, practicing primarily white collar criminal defense.

Practice Focus:
Ms. Donner’s criminal practice focuses on a wide variety of complex fraud cases, including securities fraud/insider trading, bank fraud, wire fraud, bankruptcy-related fraud, mortgage fraud and health care fraud. Ms. Donner’s criminal practice focuses on motion and pre-trial practice.

Ms. Donner’s bankruptcy practice focuses primarily on resolving complex insolvency related matters. She has represented creditors, chapter 7 and chapter 11 trustees, creditor’s committees and debtors. Ms. Donner has extensive motion and adversary proceeding practice.

Bar Admissions:
State of Florida
United States District Court Southern District of Florida
United States District Court District of Colorado

Education:
University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 1986, J.D. Honors; Cum Laude; University of Miami Law Review, 1984 - 1986
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1983, B.A. Honors; Cum Laude; Major: Economics

Published Works:
Other Crimes Evidence to Prove the Corpus Delecti, U. Miami L. Rev., 1984
"Fogg" Lingers Over the Florida Supreme Court, U. Miami L. Rev., 1984

Unpublished Work:
Releases In Favor Of Non-Debtors, co-authored and presented to the American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Spring Meeting, 2003    

Professional Associations and Memberships:
University of Miami Law Review, 1984, Associate Editor
University of Miami Law Review, 1985, Associate Research Editor

Past Employment Positions:
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Associate, Miami, Florida 1986 - 1989
Adorno & Zeder, Associate, Miami, Florida 1989 - 1993
Office of the United States Trustee, Senior Attorney Advisor, Miami, Florida 1993 - 2000
Berger Singerman, Senior Associate, Miami, Florida 2000
Tabas Freedman Soloff & Miller, Senior Associate and Contract Attorney, Miami, Florida 2000-2008
Greenberg Traurig, Of Counsel, Denver, Colorado and Miami, Florida 2008
Markowitz Davis Ringel and Trustee, Contract Attorney, Miami, Florida 2008-2009
Gainor & Donner, Partner, Miami, Florida 2009 - Present