Jim Cole
Areas Of Practice:
- Commercial Litigation
- Bankruptcy
- Debtors’ and Creditors’ Rights
Bar Admissions:
- 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
- 2000, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeal, Seventh and Eighth Circuits and U.S. District Court, Northern District Of Texas
- 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
- 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar
- 1996, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
- 1995, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
- 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
- 1979, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
Education:
- Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1978)
- St. Louis University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975)
- Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Sigma Nu
Publications:
- Comment, “The Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1976,” 14 Harvard J. Legis., 358-94 (1977)
- “Non-Indexed Judgment Liens on Real Estate in Missouri,” 37 J. Mo. Bar 320 (1981)
- “Employment Taxes on Wage Claims,” 9 NABTALK No. 2 (Summer 1993)
- “The ‘Carve Out’ from Liens and Priorities to Guarantee Payment of Professional Fees in Chapter 11,” 1993 Det.Col.L.Rev. 1499 (1993)
- “Protecting Judgment Liens in Bankruptcy,” 2 Mo.Bus.L.Q. No. 4 (1996)
- “Reaffirmation Proposals of the National Bankruptcy Review Commission,” 2 NLA Review No. 2 (1998)
- “Reaffirmations: Procedures and Problems,” 54 J. Mo. Bar 237 (1998)
- “Preclusion of Debtors` Causes of Action by Confirmation in Bankruptcy,” St. Louis Bar Journal (2002)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- The Missouri Bar
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- National Lawyers Association (Advisory Council)
Past Employment Positions:
- Assistant U.S. Trustee, Bankruptcy Court, 1988-1993
- Law Clerk to Hon. Albert L. Rendlen, Missouri Supreme Court, 1978-1979