Amrit focuses his practice on insolvency with an emphasis on bankruptcy and commercial litigation. He regularly represents trustees, fiduciaries, creditors and debtors, and brings to the firm a diverse background consisting of both litigation and transactional experience. On the litigation front, Amrit has substantial commercial litigation experience having represented banks, equipment lessors, and finance companies in breach of contract disputes, guarantor litigation, and replevin matters. This litigation experience includes several years at a global law firm representing a multinational banking institution in financial services-related litigation involving alleged violations of various federal and state banking laws. Amrit has prepared and successfully argued numerous dispositive motions, engaged in discovery practice, and utilized alternative resolution tools to efficiently and cost-effectively resolve disputes on behalf of his clients. Specific to corporate bankruptcy, Amrit represents trustees, debtors, secured lenders, and other parties in restructurings, out of court workouts, and bankruptcy-related litigation. His most recent experience includes representing a chapter 7 trustee in a complex avoidance action litigation portfolio consisting of over 100 cases.
Prior to joining Dunn Law, Amrit was a partner at a Chicago-based corporate restructuring and litigation boutique. He also previously served as a litigation attorney at Mayer Brown LLP. In law school, Amrit was a judicial intern for the Honorable Judge A. Jay Cristol, former Chief Judge Emeritus, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida and Judge Kathy Surratt-States in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Amrit is admitted to the Florida Bar (2021) and the Illinois Bar (2011). He is eligible to practice before the U.S. District Courts in the Northern District of Illinois, Central District of Illinois, Southern District of Florida, and Southern District of Texas, as well as the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in these districts.
In his free time, Amrit serves on the board of the South Florida chapter of the American Heart Association and as an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community.
Practice Areas
- Creditors’ Rights
- Bankruptcy
- Commercial Litigation
- Bankruptcy Litigation
Education
- Washington University – St. Louis School of Law
- Juris Doctor
- Cum Laude (Associate Editor, Washington University Global Studies Law Review)
- Emory University
- Bachelor of Arts
Past Positions
- Goldstein & McClintock LLLP
- Mayer Brown LLP
- Hon. A. Jay Cristol, Chief Bankruptcy Judge (ret.) for the Southern District of Florida, Judicial Intern
- Hon. Kathy Surratt-States, Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, Judicial Intern
Representative Matters
- Represented chapter 7 trustee in heavy avoidance action litigation portfolio consisting of claims for preferential transfers, fraudulent transfers, professional malpractice, and breach of fiduciary duty.
- Represented multi-location pain management clinic in its chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding.
- Represented high-end restaurant group with multiple locations around the country in their chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
- Represented prominent downtown Chicago hotel in its chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding.
- Represented a distressed hotel located in Central Illinois in its chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding.
- Represented a conglomerate of eighteen businesses, focused on direct mailing/secured card printing and at the time the third largest minority-owned business in the nation, in their chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
- Defended a global banking institution against dozens of claims alleging violations of federal and state banking laws.
- Represented numerous secured lenders in corporate restructuring matters by pursuing relief from the automatic stay, seeking adequate protection payments, and negotiating 363 asset sales.
- Prepared a victorious appellate brief in the Illinois Second District Appellate Court involving breach of guaranty claims on behalf of an equipment lessor.
Honors and Awards
- Visibility Award, Human Rights Campaign
- Visibility Award, Family Equality
- Emory University, 40 Under Forty
Community Involvement
- American Heart Association, South Florida Region, Board Member
- Family Equality, Volunteer