Professional Bio:

Ms. Nicolette Vilmos is a Partner in the Orlando and Tampa offices of Berger Singerman. An experienced litigator, she is a member of the firm’s Dispute Resolution and Business Regulatory Teams concentrating her practice on business litigation, including intellectual property and appellate matters.

Ms. Vilmos focuses her practices in the areas of complex business litigation, including bankruptcy, intellectual property, banking law, foreclosures, lender liability, shareholder and business disputes, statutory shareholder-valuation matters, non-compete litigation and landlord/tenant matters across the state of Florida. Her appellate experience has been extensive in both state and federal courts.

Her bankruptcy and creditors' right practice includes representation of creditors, trustees, assignees, receivers and creditors' committees. She has been involved in complex business bankruptcy matters such as the prosecution/defense of fraudulent and preferential transfers, creditor committee representation, receiverships, cram down defense, valuations, involuntary bankruptcies and Assignment for Benefit of Creditors (ABC) litigation at the state, federal and appellate levels.

In the area of intellectual property, Ms. Vilmos has extensive litigation experience in state and federal courts and has represented clients in cases relating to patent, trademark and copyright infringement, unfair competition, trade secrets, internet law and related computer and technology litigation. She regularly counsels her clients on the enforcement and defense of their intellectual property rights, in state, federal and appellate levels. Ms. Vilmos is also able to counsel her lender and investor clients in the area of intellectual property by protecting, acquiring and selling these valuable assets during bankruptcy proceedings.

She also works with lenders, asset managers and servicing agents in enforcing loan documents, dealing with pooling and servicing agreements, and working out problem loans. An AV Preeminent®-rated Martindale-Hubbell attorney, she was recognized in "Chambers USA: A Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers" for her Bankruptcy practice in 2014.

In 2014, she was named as a "Florida Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine and received a "Women of Achievement Award" from the Women’s Executive Council of Orlando. She was named to the Orlando Business Journal's "Forty Under 40" list, honoring Central Florida's brightest young business people in 2009.

Ms. Vilmos serves on the Board of Directors for the Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association. She is an active member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation. She serves on The Florida Bar Business Law Section Bankruptcy/UCC and Bankruptcy Judicial Law Committees, and is a member of the AIPLA and the OCBA IP Committee. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for the March of Dimes Central Florida Chapter and a former Director of the Harbor House.