Jacob S.
Frumkin

Jacob Frumkin is a member in the firm’s Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring Department.

Experience

Jacob represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, commercial landlords, estate fiduciaries, parties in adversary proceedings, and other parties-in-interest in various aspects of bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court restructurings.

Representative Matters

Jacob’s recent representations include:

• Oil and gas companies in chapter 11 proceedings and out-of-court workouts
• Co-counsel to the debtors in the chapter 11 cases of Del Monte Foods, David’s Bridal, Thrasio, and Whittaker, Clark & Daniels
• Special litigation counsel to the chapter 7 trustee in the bankruptcy case of a sports card manufacturer in prosecuting claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Copyright Act
• Counsel to various customers in the FTX bankruptcy cases
• One of America’s most highly regarded retailers of home kitchenware products in its chapter 11 cases, and following confirmation, the trustee of the liquidation trust
• Numerous lenders in connection with the single asset real estate bankruptcy cases of borrowers and related litigation involving the enforcement of guarantees
• Thirty-three debtors that owned and managed primary-care-based physician practices throughout the southeast United States in their chapter 11 cases (recognized as a “Successful Restructuring” by Turnarounds & Workouts magazine)
• Several biotechnology companies in their chapter 11 cases
• The trustee in the chapter 7 cases of an importer and distributor of granite and marble
• The foreign representative in the chapter 15 case of one of the world’s largest shipping companies
• The official committee of unsecured creditors and plan administrator in the chapter 11 cases of a provider of medical laundry and linen management services
• The examiner in the chapter 11 case of a mortgage foreclosure law firm

Networks & Affiliations

Jacob is an active member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, where he currently serves as Co-Chair of the Emerging Industries and Technologies Committee and previously served as Co-Chair of the Business Reorganization Committee. Prior to joining Cole Schotz, he was a restructuring and finance associate at a large international law firm and a Special Assistant District Attorney at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, New York.

Honors & Awards

He is ranked in Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, in the area of Bankruptcy/Restructuring law, where it is noted that he “is technically very good and has outstanding presentation skills.” Jacob has been included on the Best Lawyers in America list in the area of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law since 2021 and listed in IFLR1000 Restructuring and Insolvency since 2024.

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