Laurel M. Isicoff first female judge appointed to Southern Florida bankruptcy court

By Caroline Salls

Pittsburgh, Feb. 14 - The United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has appointed Laurel M. Isicoff as bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of Florida, the first woman to be named to the post, according to a Tuesday news release.

Isicoff's term will be 14 years.

She joins the court following more than two decades as a bankruptcy law practitioner, 14 years of which have been with Miami law firm Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton.

Isicoff, a native of New York, earned her law degree from the University of Miami School of Law, where she graduated with honors in 1982. She was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1982 and has practiced bankruptcy law in Florida since 1984.

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