Jesse Cook-Dubin
Associate
cookdubin@cohenkinne.com
Phone: 413.553.0327
Fax: 413.442.9399
Jesse is a native of the Berkshires who returned after practicing in a large law firm in Columbus, Ohio. He helps clients establish and achieve their goals by putting service first and by rigorously questioning, listening and analyzing. He has appeared in a number of state and federal trial courts around the country. Clients praise Jesse’s efficiency, practicality, and steady hand in crises.
Jesse is particularly well versed in debtor/creditor law, including bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, loan restructuring, secured transactions and compliance with state and federal regulations related to finance. He served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert D. Martin, Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin. He has represented secured creditors, unsecured and trade creditors, creditors’ committees, taxpayers, trustees and receivers in chapter 11, chapter 7, chapter 13, foreclosure, debt collection and receivership proceedings. He has had significant experience in chapter 11 cases, especially in the retail and manufacturing industries, having represented multiple clients in cases such as In re General Growth Properties, Inc. and In re Lyondell Chemical Company, both in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Jesse also devotes significant time to commercial litigation, including contract, UCC, bankruptcy and receivership-related proceedings like the defense and prosecution of preferential transfer, fraudulent transfer, defective mortgage and nondischargeability actions.
Education
- Dartmouth College, A.B.
- Boston College Law School, J.D., cum laude
Areas of Practice
- Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights
- Commercial Litigation
- Banking & Finance
- Business Disputes
- Consumer Protection
Clerkship
- Hon. Robert D. Martin, Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin
Bar Admissions
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts
- U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio
- State of Ohio
Memberships
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- International Council of Shopping Centers
Publications
- Contributing Editor, Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice (3d ed.)
- “New York Bankruptcy Court Topples Contractual Barriers to Filing Chapter 11: Part II,” American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, December 2009/January 2010
- “New York Bankruptcy Court Topples Contractual Barriers to Filing Chapter 11: Part I,”
American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, November 2009 - “Where wife has title, can bankrupt husband who resides in home and shares expenses make a homestead claim?” American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Report, June
17, 2009