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Overview

Joshua "Josh" Cohen, a bankruptcy and restructuring attorney with a national practice, represents secured and unsecured creditors, creditors' committees, buyers and sellers of assets, trustees and receivers in bankruptcy cases, receivership cases and out-of-court workouts and restructurings. He has extensive experience handling complex Chapter 11 cases. Josh also handles creditors' rights and real estate litigation matters. Clients rely on Josh as trusted advisor for business issues, such as:

  • Bankruptcy
  • Receiverships
  • Workouts
  • Distressed business and asset transactions
  • Creditors' rights litigation
  • Real estate litigation
  • Lender liability litigation
  • Commercial contract disputes
  • Fraud litigation

Josh serves as chair of the firm's Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice group.

Experience

Counsel to title insurance company in connection with multijurisdictional lien priority and title insurance coverage issues in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its related companies

Counsel to loan seller in claw back and indemnity litigation arising out of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its related companies

Counsel to secured lender in complex lien-priority litigation in commercial real estate bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York

Counsel to state agency as secured lender in complex real estate bankruptcy pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware

Counsel to creditors and other claimants in Lehman Brothers SIPC and bankruptcy proceedings

Counsel to largest unsecured creditor (and member of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors) in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Coudert Brothers LLP

Counsel to estate-retained professionals in the bankruptcy cases of Refco, New York Racing Association, Feders, Boston Generating Company and Global Geophysical Services, Inc.

Counsel to receiver of complex intellectual property company appointed by Delaware Chancery Court to implement merger and acquisition strategies and financial stabilization

Represents receiver in business failure of large retail oil company

Represents Foreign Bankruptcy Trustee in ancillary bankruptcy proceeding, worldwide asset investigations and fraud litigation

Counsel to various creditors in commercial airline reorganizations/liquidations, including Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines and ATA

Represents agencies of the State of Connecticut as secured lender and issuer of bonds in workouts and receiverships of nursing home networks, hospitals and educational facilities

Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of Spring Air Partners North America, Inc., in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York

Co-counsel to ad hoc committee and Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of failed hedge fund in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut

Significant experience representing both buyers and sellers of distressed assets in context of business bankruptcy proceedings and receiverships

Education and Credentials

Education

  • Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1994, Moot Court Honor Society, 1992-1994 (editor, 1993-1994)
  • University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1990

Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
  • State of New York
  • State of Connecticut

Affiliations

  • Connecticut Bar Association, Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section
  • American Bar Association
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Turnaround Management Association, Connecticut Chapter, Board of Directors, Member; President Elect

Recognition and Community

No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the highest court of any state. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. See Awards Methodology.

Recognitions

Selected as Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law Lawyer of the Year for the New Haven Metro Area by The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, Inc.), 2025

Chosen for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, Inc.) for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2023-2025

Selected to the list of Connecticut Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), Bankruptcy, 2007, 2009-2010, 2013-2024

Community Involvement

New Haven Road Race, Board of Directors

Joshua W. Cohen Latest News and Insights

April 2, 2020
FERC/Bankruptcy Court Concurrent Jurisdiction

Day Pitney Alert

July 16, 2018
Josh Cohen Recognized at CTTMA & IFA Northeast Meeting

Day Pitney Press Release

January 16, 2017
Buyer Beware: The Bits And Bytes Could Get You

Joshua Cohen and Clifford Nichols authored an article, titled, "Buyer Beware: The Bits and Bytes Could Get You," for the ABI Bankruptcy Litigation Committee Newsletter.

November 10, 2016
87 Day Pitney Lawyers Named to 2016 Super Lawyers List

Day Pitney Press Release

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