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BIOGRAPHIES
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Practice Areas
Bankruptcy and Reorganization
Distressed Property, Litigation
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| Jules S. Cohen is Chair of Akerman's Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights practice group.
Awards & Recognition | Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law, The American Board of Bankruptcy Certification |
| Chambers USA, Ranked in for Florida for Bankruptcy |
| Best Lawyers in America 1983-2010, Listed in Florida for Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law |
| Orlando Magazine 2010, Named in "Best Lawyers" list |
| Super Lawyers 2006-2009, Listed in Florida for Bankruptcy |
| Florida Trend 2004-2009, Listed in the "Legal Elite" |
| Orlando Magazine 2003-2009, Listed in "Best Lawyers in Orlando" |
| Super Lawyers 2006, Listed in "Top 100 Super Lawyers in Florida" |
| Orlando Business Journal 2005, Selected "Best of the Bar" for Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights |
| Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association Professionalism Award, 2003 |
| Orlando Business Journal 2002, Selected "Best Bankruptcy Attorney in Orlando" |
| American College of Bankruptcy, Fellow |
| Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute, Board Member Emeritus |
| The Florida Bar Foundation, Fellow |
| Corporate Counsel, Recognized as "Top Lawyer" for Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law |
| Best Lawyers, Honoree, "Preeminent Lawyers Throughout the United States" |
| Orange County Bar Association, Professionalism Award, 1995 |
Notable Client Work | "Experience, reputation and the ability of the attorney are excellent." Bankruptcy Judge George L. Procter, 82 B.R. 152,154. |
| Braniff Airlines, Inc. - Representation of an aircraft lessor, an aircraft manufacturer, Sony Corporation and other parties in the Chapter 11 case of Braniff Airlines. The total debt in the case was $1 billion. |
| Gencor Industries, Inc. - Representation as co-counsel in representing a lender group which had a secured claim of $114 million against an affiliated group of manufacturing companies in their Chapter 11 case. $79 million has been collected on the claim in the Chapter 11 case. The balance of the claim has been collected. |
| Terion, Inc. - Representation of a $20 million shareholder creditor in the successful Chapter 11 reorganization of this high tech company. |
| Golden Gem Growers, Inc. - Representation of SunTrust Bank concerning a $35 million dollar loan on inventory and receivables of a citrus processing company which filed Chapter 11. We were successful in protecting the collateral and making collections during Chapter 11 and assisting in a sale of our loan for cash at a discount acceptable to the client. |
| AirNet, Inc. - Representation of a multi-million dollar shareholder creditor in a successful Chapter 11 reorganization. |
| Dupont Center - Representation of the Texas Teachers Retirement System as a holder of a $55 million mortgage on one of the most valuable high-rise office buildings in downtown Orlando. Cohen was brought into the case upon default in the mortgage because it appeared that the owner might file Chapter 11. He negotiated a settlement under which the mortgage holder received a deed in lieu of foreclosure and avoided the expense and delay of a contested foreclosure and a Chapter 11 filing by the owner. |
| Sheraton Twin Towers - Representation in which appointed by the Bankruptcy Judge in the Chapter 11 case of the Sheraton Twin Towers Hotel, an 850 room hotel in the tourist area of Orlando, as examiner with expanded powers and successfully formulated a Chapter 11 Plan which paid about $1 million in priority claims and about 30 cents on the dollar to general unsecured creditors in a case which began as a no asset case. His work involved litigation and negotiation with the mortgage holder on the hotel and two separate opposing shareholder groups. |
| Joseph M. Caruso Sr. and Jr. - Representation of SunTrust Bank, Central Florida, N.A., as an $8 million creditor in Chapter 7 bankruptcies of a father and son. Cohen was instrumental in investigation and litigation that led to discovery of numerous transfers and concealments of assets which resulted in the Bankruptcy Trustees recovering more than $2 million for the benefit of the bank. |
| Ocala Ford, Inc. - Representation of Ford Motor Credit Company as the main creditor, holding a claim of $8 million secured by a lien on new and used car inventories, parts, accounts receivable, and other assets. Our services resulted in Ford Motor Credit Company being paid in full during the Chapter 11 case of the dealer. |
| Princeton Hospital - Representation of Health Care Financial Partners, one of the major secured creditors in the Chapter 11 case of Princeton Hospital, one of the major hospitals in the Orlando area. Our attorneys successfully obtained protection of our client's lien in the accounts receivable which exceed $12 million and were instrumental in promoting a sale of the hospital in the Chapter 11 case. |
Published Work and Lectures | Orlando Chamber of Commerce's First Monday, Speaker, "Bankruptcy Filing in Central Florida Increase," January 2002 |
| The Florida Bar Journal, Author, "The Use of The Florida Homestead To Defraud Creditors," December, 1998 |
| Vault & Gavel, Florida Bankers Association, Author, "Bankruptcy-What Lenders Need to Know," Spring 1997 |
| Orlando Business Journal, Author, Accounts Still Collectible Even with Bankruptcy," February 28, 1997 |
| American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Speaker, "Lenders Leases & Mortgages In Real Estate Bankruptcies," 1996 |
| Real Estate Review Course, Florida Bar Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, 1993-1995 |
| Orlando Business Journal and Legal Bulletin of Florida Bankers Association, Author, "Collecting Money From People Who File Bankruptcy" |
| Orlando Business Journal, Author, "What Happens When the Business You Have a Contract with Files Bankruptcy" |
| 52 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 259, Author, "Shareholders Advances: Capital or Loans?" |
| Lecturer, "Bankruptcy," The Florida Bar, Attorney's Title Insurance Fund, National Business Institute, and other organizations |
| The Fund Concept 23, Lawyer Title Guaranty Fund, Author, "The New Bankruptcy Code," May 1979 |
| Basic Practice Under the New Florida Corporation Law, The Florida Bar, Author, "Insolvency and Termination of Corporate Existence," 1976
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| 49 Florida Bar Journal 36, Author, "The Proposed Bankruptcy Administration," 1975
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Bar Admissions
Florida
Court Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Professional Memberships and Activities | American Bar Association, Business Bankruptcy Committee, Member
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| The Florida Bar, Member |
| Orange County Bar Association, Member
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| Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association, Member
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| The Florida Bar, Business Law Section and Bankruptcy Committee, Former Chair |
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Education
1962: J.D., Harvard Law School
1959: B.A., University of Florida, Major(s): Political Science, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
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