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Daniel J. Stermer, Principal |
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
LEWIS B. FREEMAN &
PARTNERS, INC.
2000-Present
Principal
Appointed by Federal and
State Courts as fiduciary to liquidate a variety of businesses and as
trustee. Assist
and manage Court-appointed fiduciary, including, but not limited to,
receivers and assignees for the benefit of creditors, in carrying out
all aspects of their duties and responsibilities. Areas of
responsibility include, but are not limited to: day to day operation of
receivership/trusteeship/assignment; coordinate and assist professionals of
receiver/trusteeship/assignee, including but not limited to legal counsel,
accountants, and other professionals; investigate and determine what
assets are estate property; recovery and disposition of assets of the
estate; and coordinate claims process, including but not limited to,
creation of process and analysis of claims. Consult and strategize with
clients with regard to potential/ongoing governmental
investigations/prosecutions.
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL
DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS
STATE OF FLORIDA
1996-2000
Assistant Attorney General
Economic Crimes
Litigation Unit
Commence and
participate in all facets of civil enforcement pre-complaint
investigations and litigation related to Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair
Trade Practices Act and Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations
Act, from inception of investigation through trial; coordinate and
participate, and work with federal/state/local enforcement actions and
prosecutions; commence and participate in litigation in the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.
OFFICE OF THE BRONX
COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
1988-1996
Special Assistant
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York - Organized Crime Unit
Cross-designated for a federal/state investigation/prosecution that has
resulted in thirteen pleas of guilty and two convictions after trial;
initiated original state prosecution.
Assistant District Attorney
Major Case Narcotics Investigation Unit / Housing Task Force/
Narcotics Bureau / Appeals Bureau
Selected to
serve in federally funded prosecuting high volume narcotics trafficking
and related violent crime, including homicide, occurring in public
housing projects; authorize and draft search warrants; debriefed
confidential informants; and investigated street gangs.
Participated in all facets of extensive litigation, from pretrial
motions and hearings to felony judge and jury trials; including sale of
narcotics to undercover police officers and possession of guns and
drugs; voir dire, witness examination, expert witness testimony, and
summations; presentation of cases to the Grand Jury; conducted extensive
plea bargaining with judges and attorneys; and handling of multiple
cases simultaneously in an effective, expeditious manner.
Researched, briefed and argued in excess of twenty-five cases
before Appellate Division, First Department; litigated federal habeas
corpus petitions in the Southern District of New York; litigated
post-judgment motions, extradition and rendition proceedings, Article 78
petitions and mental competency law, during which witnesses were often
presented.
EDUCATION
 | Juris Doctor 1988
Touro College,
Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center - Huntington, New York
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| Bachelor of Arts 1984
State University of New York at
Bighamton - Binghamton, New York |
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES
| Federal: Southern District of New
York 1989
Eastern
District of New York 1989
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| State: New York
1989
Florida
1995 |
ELECTED OFFICE
City of Weston
2002 - Present
Commissioner
| First Elected in 2002 Special
Election and Re-Elected in 2003 and 2006 (unopposed) |
| Elected Chair of Broward
Metropolitan Planning Organization - 2007/2008 |
| Elected Vice Chair of Metropolitan
Planning Organization – 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 |
| Designated to serve as Weston’s
representative to the Metropolitan Planning Organization |
| Appointed Chairperson of the
Broward League of Cities Transportation Committee 2007/2008 |
| Appointed Chairperson of the
Broward League of Cities Transportation Committee 2006/2007 |
| Designated to serve as Weston’s
representative on the Broward League of Cities Board of Directors |
| Appointed to serve on The
Oversight Committee for the Implementation of the Interlocal
Agreement for Public School Facility Planning, Broward County,
Florida |
| Member of Broward League of Cities
Growth Management Committee
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MEMBERSHIP AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
| Adjunct Professor – St. Thomas
University School of Law (Fall 2006 and Fall 2007)
Receivership Practice and the
Inter-Relationships Between the Legal, Accounting, and Business
Worlds |
| General Counsel – Weston
Business Chamber of Commerce/Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of
Commerce |
| President – Broward
Professional Alliance (2006/2007) |
| Personnel Vice President –
B'Nai Aviv (2002-2004) |
| Broward County Bar
Association |
| Bankruptcy Bar Association
of the Southern District of Florida |
| Program Chair - Florida Receivers Forum
(2006 to date)
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
| Broward League of Cities -
President's Award - 2006/2007 |
| B'Nai Aviv - President's Award -
2004 |
| Broward County Young Democrats -
Trailblazer of the Year Award - 2003 |
| United States Department of
Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration - Certificate of
Appreciation - 1995 |
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