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Jeffrey Craig Toole
About Jeffrey
Practice Areas
3
Practice Areas
Business
40%
41 years
Litigation
35%
41 years | 200 cases
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
25%
41 years | 300 cases
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Licensed in Ohio for 30 years
State: Ohio
Acquired: 1995
No misconduct found
Licensed in Indiana for 40 years
State: Indiana
Acquired: 1985
No misconduct found
Location
Bernstein-Burkley, P.C.
Fifth Third Center, Suite 1300, 600 SUPERIOR AVENUE E., CLEVELAND, OH, 441142652
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Experience
Honors
2026
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2025
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2024
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2023
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2022
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2021
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2018
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2017
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2016
Banking and Finance Law, Best Lawyers in America
2016
Bankruptcy + Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorg. Law, Best Lawyers in America
2016
Litigation - Bankruptcy, Best Lawyers in America
2016
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2015
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorg. Law, Best Lawyers in America
2015
Litigation - Bankruptcy, Best Lawyers in America
2015
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2014
Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights, Ohio Super Lawyers
2014
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2014
Litigation - Bankruptcy, Best Lawyers in America
2014
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorg. Law, Best Lawyers in America
2013
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2012
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2011
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2010
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2008
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2007
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2006
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
N/A
AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Work Experience
2019 - Present
Partner, Bernstein-Burkley, P.C.
1994 - 2019
Shareholder, Buckley King LPA
1985 - 1994
Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg
Associations
2006 - Present
American Bankruptcy Institute
1995 - Present
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
American Bar Association - Business Law Section; Business Bankruptcy Committee
Sample of Legal Cases
Business Reorganization in Chapter 11
Preservation of company's business as a going concern and confirmation of Chapter 11 plan
Receivership
Maximized client lender's recovery from assets of a continuing care retirement community via a state court receiver sale "free and clear of liens."
Lender Liability Defense
Obtained judgment vindicating regional bank and its affiliate against a borrower's $4.5 million "lender liability" claims, and then successfully defended that judgment on appeal.
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Convinced bankruptcy court to dismiss two affiliated real estate debtors' cases for a lack of reasonable probability of reorganizing successfully and other failings.
Education
N/A
Cornell Law School
JD - Juris Doctor
N/A
Kenyon College
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2016
Commercial Law League of America National Convention
Righting the Sinking Ship -- Working Out Problem Loans and Troubled Clients Before it is Too Late
2015
William J. O'Neill Great Lakes Regional Bankruptcy Institute
Everything You Need to Know About Ohio's New Receivership Law
2015
Webinar, Ohio State Bar Association
Advising the Company's Board of Directors: Fiduciary Duties in Good Times and Bad
2014
Webinar, Ohio State Bar Association
Working With Financially Troubled Companies
2014
Commercial Law League of America National Convention
When Receiverships and Bankruptcy Collide: How Can You Use the Pre-Petition Appointment of a Receiver to Your Advantage?
2013
Webinar, Ohio State Bar Association
What Happens in a Workout? - Forbearance, Restructuring and Other Alternatives to Work Out Defaulted Commercial Loans
2011
Ohio CPA Not-for-Profit Leadership Symposium
Financial Stress and Distress - What Are Your Options?
Publications
2017
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal
Clarifying Officers' Fiduciary Duties and Mitigating LLC Members' Liability Risks -- Senate Bill No. 181 Fills Some Gaps and Patches Some Holes
2014
Properties Magazine
Expanding Role of State Court Receivers in Rebirth of Distressed Commercial Properties
2014
ABF Journal
Credit Bidding at Bankruptcy Sales: A Powerful Tool, But Not Absolute
2014
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal
Law Firm Dissolutions: Is the "Unfinished Business Doctrine" Finished?
2012
Commercial Law World
This Land Isn't Your Land
2012
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Journal
UCC Article 9: More Than Ten Years Later Traps for the Unwary Still Linger
2011
Lease Enforcement Attorney Network
What Do You Mean the Lessee Sold My Equipment? It's Mine!
Languages
English