Nicole M. Noel
Kass Shuler Law Firm
Nicole Mariani Noel is a Shareholder at Kass Shuler, PA., practicing in the fields of Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights and Insolvency, Real Estate, Consumer and Business Litigation since 2009. Nicole heads the Bankruptcy practice group for the firm and handles cases throughout Florida, including the Northern, Middle, and Southern districts, as well as District of Colorado, Eastern and Southern District of Texas, all three Districts in Tennessee, and Northern and Southern District of Illinois. Nicole is the President for the Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association (TBBBA) for the 2024-2025 Bar year. Nicole formerly chaired the Bankruptcy Practice Group for the American Legal and Financial Network (ALFN) and the Case Law Update Subcommittee for the Real Property Finance and Lending Committee of the Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar. Nicole’s published work includes Was Brown a Rash Decision? (The Cramdown, Summer 2014); Incompatible Personalities: Investigating the Mutually Exclusive Nature of § 1322(b)(2), (5) (ABI Journal, November 2012) and Stripping Down Your Spouse: Tenancy by the Entirety Property Ownership under § 506 (ABI YLC Newsletter, September 2012). She recently authored a chapter on Bankruptcy in Florida Foreclosure Law published by Fastcase.
Nicole is active in the community and is an adjunct professor at Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg College and Hillsborough Community College teaching Bankruptcy, Real Property Finance, Business Law and Civil Litigation. Nicole participated in the 2016 NextGeneration program held by the Bankruptcy Judges during the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (NCBJ). She was honored to become a Fellow for the Florida Bar Leadership Academy. She has also been named one of ALFN’s Junior Professionals and Executives Group (JPEG)’s stand-out young professional to watch in 2016 and most recently received the 2023 Industry Achievement Award for the ALFN. This award is given to professionals whose overall achievements and work within the financial services industry has helped provide opportunities in advancing the legal and financial services industries, through education, training, leadership, mentoring or acting as a role model. Award recipients will have displayed the highest level of professionalism and leadership, and who have been a continued advocate for the industry and ALFN for an extended period of time.
Nicole received her undergraduate degree from The Florida State University and her Juris Doctor and Masters of Business Administration degrees from Stetson University College of Law and Stetson University School of Business Administration. Nicole was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida and is enjoying embarking on her greatest adventure, being the mother of two daughters, along with her husband.