Cooper Levenson, P.A.

The Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring Practice Group at Cooper Levenson provides clients with practical and cost-effective solutions to issues related to distressed financial situations, bankruptcy, restructuring and insolvency. We work with clients to understand your specific situation and create a strategy to meet your goals, in an attempt to obtain the greatest monetary value for your situation.

Our attorneys get immediately involved in every aspect of the financial workout and/or bankruptcy process. Our representations have included the entire range of client interests including debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, creditors' committees, trustees, receivers, asset purchasers, claims traders, insurance companies, financial institutions, investment banks, pension funds, landlords, equipment lessors, and preference plaintiffs and defendants. We represent a wide range of clients, from publicly-traded corporations to privately held companies and individuals.

Our specific services include supporting clients in financial restructuring, bankruptcy transactions, acquisitions and litigation. For all of our clients, we focus on your objectives, working closely with management and in-house counsel to develop plans and processes to mitigate risks and help you move forward.

At Cooper Levenson, we believe our future rests in our collective ability to embrace change and leverage diversity through our leadership, employment, and continued community support. We believe that diversity is critical to our business strategy, our relationships with our clients and employees and will improve our competitiveness and prospects for long-term success.

The firm is a member of the New Jersey Law Firm Group, which is comprised of New Jersey Law firms, corporate legal departments, governmental agencies and public interest organizations that recognize the importance and advantages of diversity in not only serving the needs of clients but also in enhancing the legitimacy and public image of the legal profession. Each year, this organization provides a fellowship, a job fair, mentor programs and roundtable discussions at each of New Jersey's law schools to demystify the recruitment process and to encourage participation in the group's programs.

Cooper Levenson is also a member of the Minority Counsel Program of the American Bar Association, Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession. The mission of this organization is to promote diversity in the legal profession through education and by building relationships between corporations and lawyers who are racially and ethnically diverse.

Committed to diversity issues since its very inception, firm founder, James Cooper was a member of President Kennedy's Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, having litigated civil rights cases in Mississippi in 1966. One of our attorneys was the first woman president of the Atlantic County Bar Association. While in law school, another of our attorneys served as the National Executive Director of the National Black Law Students Association, which presided over all Black law student associations around the country.

Cooper Levenson is proud of this commitment to diversity among its clients, its employees and its community support.