Professional Biography

Bradley A. Cosman Partner

Firmwide Chair, Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice

  • Phoenix

    D +1.602.351.8205

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    Phoenix

    2525 E. Camelback Road, Suite 500

    Phoenix, AZ 85016-4227

    +1.602.351.8205

    BCosman@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

With a background in finance, Bradley offers pragmatic counsel during out-of-court workouts as well as formal insolvency proceedings.

As firmwide chair of the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice, Bradley Cosman counsels stakeholders in all aspects of restructuring, bankruptcy, and insolvency. Bradley draws on his years as a financial turnaround consultant with FTI Consulting to implement results-oriented legal strategies in the context of financial distress.

Bradley is a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA) and represents the full spectrum of stakeholders, with extensive experience representing privately held companies, private equity sponsors, liquidating trustees, and committees of unsecured creditors. Bradley’s practice also includes advising clients on nondistressed transactional matters and strategic business planning.

Bradley previously served as chair of the Bankruptcy Section of the State Bar of Arizona, as well as a Ninth Circuit Lawyer Representative for the District of Arizona.

Professional Recognition

  • Listed in Best Lawyers in America: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2020-2024
  • Recognized as a "40 Under 40" Honoree by the American Bankruptcy Institute, 2019
  • Listed as a "Southwest Super Lawyer" by Super Lawyers, 2021-2024
  • Listed as a "Southwest Rising Star" by Super Lawyers, 2014-2019
  • Recognized by The M&A Advisor for work on the "Restructuring Deal of the Year" in the $100M - $250MM category. The firm's representation of Easterday Ranches, Inc. and Easterday Farms in their sale to Farmland Reserve, Inc. earned the recognition.

Professional Leadership

  • Bankruptcy Section of the Arizona State Bar, Executive Council Member and Chair, 2015-2016
  • Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2019-2022
  • Certified Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor (CIRA)
  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Business Reorganization Committee
  • Valley Leadership, Alumni
  • Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, Member 

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Education

  • Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2008, Senior Articles Editor, Arizona State Law Journal
  • Arizona State University, B.S., Finance, summa cum laude, 2001
  • Arizona State University, B.S., Marketing, summa cum laude, 2001