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Steven A. Jacobson has been working in the bankruptcy field for 37 years. He concentrates in the area of commercial litigation and limits his practice to representing creditors.

Steven represents a wide range of creditors in consumer and complex Chapter 11 bankruptcies. He advises his clients on bankruptcy strategy and handles a wide range of adversary litigation in the bankruptcy courts, including defending against fraudulent conveyances. He has represented banks and finance companies with secured creditor claims and represented sureties in disputes over contract funds, among numerous other matters. Steven also has prior experience litigating a variety of civil cases in Louisiana’s federal courts, including insurance coverage disputes, bad faith claims, construction disputes and Title VII employment matters.

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Education

  • J.D., Tulane Law School, 1978
  • B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1971

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Louisiana State Bar Association

Publications

  • Co-author and editor, Louisiana Civil Practice Forms, Second Edition
  • Creditors Rights and Protection of Security Interest in Bankruptcy in Louisiana, September 2002
  • Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law and Procedure in Louisiana, National Business Institute, 2000
  • Financial Guarantee Bonds: “When Your Client is Sued by an Unhappy Investor,” The Brief, No. 2, American Bar Association, Winter 1992
  • Co-author, Article 9 of the U.C.C. in Louisiana, Professional Education Systems, Inc., 1989
  • Co-author, Basic Bankruptcy in Louisiana, National Business Institute, 1988
  • Co-author – Forming the Louisiana Corporation, Professional Education Systems, Inc., 1987
  • Editor, Louisiana Business and Corporation Law Newsletter

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