Practice Focus:

Institutional Plaintiffs' Litigation

Government Enforcement Defense

Internal Investigations & Monitorships

Class & Derivative Action Defense

Education:

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D.

Journal of Labor and Employment Law (Editor)

Penn National Trial Team

University of Wisconsin, B.A.

Admissions:

New York

U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

JONATHAN D. COGAN
jonathan.cogan@kobrekim.com

New York:
800 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022
Tel. 212.488.1231
Fax. 212.488.1220

Jonathan D. Cogan practices in the area of white-collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation relating to creditors' rights and securities disputes.

Recent Engagements:

• Representation of the Chief Financial Officer of a financial institution in connection with a federal, criminal tax shelter investigation
• Representation of a securities professional accused in a highly-publicized criminal case, as well as in parallel proceedings before the Securities & Exchange Commission, involving alleged violation of the federal insider trading laws
• Representation of an individual criminally accused of participating in a $100 million conspiracy to defraud in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• Representation of a private client in connection with a criminal investigation stemming from the prosecution and conviction of a former Congressman for bribery
• Representation of a former executive of a large, publicly-traded specialty chemicals company in connection with investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and European Commission of alleged price-fixing in violation of American and European antitrust laws
• Representation of multiple insurance and reinsurance industry executives in connection with investigations conducted by the New York State Attorney General's Office, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Securities & Exchange Commission into alleged accounting fraud and bid-rigging
• Representation of an investment banking group in connection with a dispute between two international financial institutions involving their respective Collateralized Debt Obligations ("CDO") businesses
• Representation of a Wall Street securities broker-dealer in a multi-million dollar NASD arbitration involving various securities-related civil claims
• Representation of large European investment bank in a creditors' dispute with co-creditor relating to the bankruptcy of Genuity, Inc., a Verizon affiliate
• Representation of a principal in a venture capital firm in connection with parallel domestic and international civil litigations stemming from real estate investment and development dispute
• Representation of the former Senior Vice Chairman of a major insurance company in connection with various derivative and class actions in Delaware and New York

Prior To Kobre & Kim LLP:

Prior to joining Kobre & Kim LLP, Mr. Cogan practiced at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he focused on financial services litigation in the insurance and securities industries.

Professional & Community Involvement:

• American Bar Association, Member
• Federal Bar Council, Member