Jeffrey A. Cooper specializes in bankruptcy matters involving corporate insolvency and creditors' rights litigation. He received his B.A. degree in History from Yale University in 1977 and his J.D. degree from Cornell University, 1980, where he was a Member Phi Alpha Phi. Jeffrey was an Assistant Prosecutor, Essex County, New Jersey from 1981 - 1983, a Member of the Fee Arbitration Committee District VC, Essex County, 1991 - 1995 and a Master, Bankruptcy Inn of Court, 1993 - 1994. He is admitted to the Bars of the State of New Jersey; the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey; the State of New York, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Second and Third Circuits. He is a Member, New Jersey State Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute. Jeffrey has been a Member of the Merit Selection Panel (which recommends bankruptcy judge appointments to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals) in 1998, 2000 and 2001. He also has been selected as a Super Lawyer’ in 2005 and 2006. Jeffrey is a Member of the Board of Directors and also the Chair of the Bankruptcy Section of the State Capital Global Law Firm Group, an association of law firms around the world. |