About LGP

We leverage diversity of expertise and depth of experience to relentlessly advocate on behalf of our clients’ business, transactional and litigation needs. Client Partnerships Defined by Access, Communication, and Trust We at Liebler, more...

Real Estate & Real Estate Finance

Liebler, Gonzalez & Portuondo’s Real Estate practice group provides a broad spectrum of legal services across virtually all real estate sectors and serves its investor and institutional clients in the core real estate more...

Premises Liability

From Fortune 500 companies to municipal institutions, Liebler, Gonzalez & Portuondo represents clients in premises liability actions arising out of business operations. The successful defense of these claims often turns on early identification more...

Corporate & Business Litigation

Our corporate and business practice provides a broad range of legal services for every legal need that arises during the life cycle of a business. From selecting the appropriate type of entity to more...

Dora F. Kaufman

Dora F. Kaufman is an AV-rated Shareholder in the law firm of Liebler, Gonzalez & Portuondo, where she practices primarily in the areas of complex commercial litigation, banking law, creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, and debtor and creditor workouts. Ms. Kaufman is admitted to practice before the Florida Bar (1988), the District of Columbia Bar, the United States District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh and Federal Circuits. She received her B.A. degree, Summa Cum Laude, and her J.D. degree from Georgetown University.

Practice Areas:
Banking & Municipal Finance, Bankruptcy and Financial Services Litigation, Commercial Litigation
Education:
Georgetown University, Summa Cum Laude, 1985; Juris Doctor, 1988
Bar and Court Admissions:
Florida Bar, 1988
District of Columbia Bar, 1991
Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida (District and Bankruptcy Courts)
Courts of Appeals (11th and Federal Circuits)
Distinctions/Honors/Recognition:
-Appointed to and continued present (and longstanding) service on Board of Directors of Federal Bar Association (Broward County Chapter), and recent appointment to The Florida Bar’s Statewide Committee on Professionalism

-Prior appointments and service: Vice-Chair of Federal Court Practice committee of The Florida Bar (6 year committee service) & Chair/Vice Chair of multiple Federal Judicial Roundtables presented at The Florida Bar annual conventions; and prior appointed/active member of Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee, the Civil Procedure Rules Committee, and the Judicial Administration & Evaluation Committee of the Florida Bar;

-Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Program interviewer;

-Service as faculty (instructor) at numerous Florida Bar-approved CLER seminars on Florida commercial foreclosures and litigation, and related issues for National Business Institute and otherwise, and publication of pertinent materials