Attorney Profile

Leslie A. Cohen

Leslie Cohen

Leslie Cohen Law PC
506 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 200
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Contact Contact Leslie A. Cohen
T: 310-394-5900
F: 310-394-9280

Visit: www.lesliecohenlaw.com
Practice areas: Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights (100%)
Law School: UCLA School of Law

Profile

Leslie A. Cohen is an attorney and owner of Leslie Cohen Law, PC.  Ms. Cohen has spent her entire career representing various businesses and individuals in bankruptcy and insolvency matters, financial disputes, structuring, restructuring, and reorganization.  Ms. Cohen has represented numerous asset purchasers and sellers in negotiating and litigating bankruptcy acquisitions and contract assumptions and rejections.  In addition to Ms. Cohen’s bankruptcy, state and federal court litigation expertise, she also advises companies on structuring and funding of special purpose entities, distress acquisitions, and related transactions involving several hundred million dollars.Practice AreasBankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, workouts

Selected to:

Southern California Super Lawyers 2009
Southern California Super Lawyers 2008
Southern California Super Lawyers 2007
Southern California Super Lawyers 2006
Southern California Super Lawyers 2005
Southern California Super Lawyers 2004

About Leslie Cohen

Admitted: 1980, California

Pro bono/Community Service: Charitable InvolvementMs. Cohen is on the Board of Directors of the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation and the UCLA School of Law Alumni Association.Professional ActivitiesAmong her many professional activities, Leslie is an Editor and Board Member of the California Bankruptcy Journal.  She is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association; Century City (Board of Governors, Chair of Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Section 1997 - 2007) and Beverly Hills Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum; Financial Lawyers Conference; and the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:  Publications/Speaking EngagementsIn addition to her legal practice, Ms. Cohen is an extremely active lecturer and author.  She regularly speaks at the University of California, Los Angeles, at both the undergraduate business law program and Anderson School of Business graduate program.  She has also spoken for the International Conference of Shopping Centers, the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the Financial Lawyers Conference, the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, and the Century City Bar Association.  Ms. Cohen has written articles including Debtor May Assign Executory Contracts or Unexpired Leases, Los Angeles Daily Journal, January 2, 2003; A Survey of Recent Bankruptcy Decisions Impacting Upon the Entertainment Industry, 1992 Entertainment Publishing and the Arts Handbook; and Shopping Center Leases In Bankruptcy And The Impact Of BAPCPA, California Bankruptcy Journal, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2009. 
Verdicts and Settlements: Published DecisionsMs. Cohen's published decisions include the following:In re Aslan, 65 B.R. 826 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1986)In re Barsky, 85 B.R. 550 (C.D. Cal. 1988)In re Golden Books, 269 B.R. 311 (D. Del. 2001)In re MCEG Prod., Inc., 133 B.R. 232 (Bankr. C.D. Cal 1991)In re Moss, 91 B.R. 563 (Bankr. C.D. Cal 1988)In re Oak Creek Energy Farms, Ltd., 99 B.R. 36 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 1989)In re Oak Creek Energy Farms, Ltd., 107 B.R. 266 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 1989)In re Oak Creek Energy Farms, Ltd., 119 B.R. 739 (E.D. Cal. 1990)In re Oak Creek Energy Farms, Ltd., 956 F.2d 1167 (9th Cir. 1992)In re Safren, 65 B.R. 566 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1986)In re Si Yeon Park, Ltd., 198 B.R. 956 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1996)In re Skyler Ridge, 80 B.R. 500 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. 1987)
Other Outstanding Achievements: AwardsMs. Cohen was named to the Super Lawyers list every year since 2004.  She was named one of the "Top 50 Women Attorneys" in Southern California by Super Lawyers every year since 2006.  And, she was recently named one of the “Top 100 Attorneys” in Southern California by Super Lawyers in 2009.
Educational Background: EducationMs. Cohen received her BA  from the University of California, San Diego and went on to obtain her JD from UCLA Law School, where she was an Associate Editor of the UCLA Law Review.
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