Mitchell D. Cohen

Shareholder

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New York

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Co-chair, Creditors' Rights and Collections Group

Mitchell D. Cohen is a Shareholder in the New York office and a member of the Litigation and Bankruptcy practices. Mr. Cohen’s clients include equipment finance and leasing companies, financial institutions and lenders involved in a wide range of leasing, corporate finance and related structured transactions. He also represents other secured and unsecured corporate creditors in litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings throughout the United States.

Mr. Cohen also has extensive experience in all areas of litigation before US federal and state courts from preliminary injunctions to trials to appeals. He handles complex disputes in a wide variety of fields.

A graduate of the State University of New York at Albany (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995) and Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1998), he is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the National Equipment Finance Association. He is also a member of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) and a member of its Credit and Collections Committee.

Mr. Cohen is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey and has represented clients before numerous US state and federal jurisdictions.

Mr. Cohen is an active volunteer for the American Cancer Society. He is also an avid scuba diver, alpine skier and hockey player.

• Vedder Price Bankruptcy Group Ranked 6th in the United States

• Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
• Commercial Litigation
• Global Transportation Finance

• J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1998
• B.A., magna cum laude, State University of New York at Albany, 1995

• New York
• New Jersey
• US District Court, District of New Jersey, 1999

• Member, The New York State Bar Association
• Member, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• Member, The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) and a member of its Credit and Collections Committee

Recent Presentations

• Presenter, 50th Annual ELFA Convention, "Dispute Resolution: Effective Use of Mediation in Equipment Finance Industry Bottlebrush," October 24, 2011
• Presenter, The ELFA 2011 Credit & Collections Management Conference, "Forbearance Agreements—A Litigation Alternative for a Financially Troubled Company," June 6, 2011
• Presenter, The ELFA 2011 Credit & Collections Management Conference, "The Impact of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) in Legal and Compliance Management," June 6, 2011
• Presenter, The ELFA 2011 Credit & Collections Management Conference, "Legal Update: Learn How the Latest Legal Developments Could Impact the Results of Your Decision!," June 5, 2011