Donald John Rafferty

Donald J. Rafferty is a member of Cohen, Todd, Kite & Stanford, LLC in Cincinnati and combines his experience in the areas of bankruptcy, commercial finance, corporate law and litigation to provide legal and strategic advice to the firm's business clients on a wide range of issues. He frequently counsels cli- ents who either are experiencing financial stress or are dealing with distressed companies. Mr. Rafferty has advised on sales, acquisitions and restructurings for numerous middle-market companies. He has significant experience in transactions, dispute resolution and restructuring matters involving troubled real estate developments, shopping centers, commercial office projects, apartment and condominium developments, operating businesses and manufacturing concerns. Mr. Rafferty has represented all con- stituencies — debtors, lenders, creditors, creditors' committees and others — in chapter 11 cases, out-of- court restructurings, UCC Article 9 sales and other similar mechanisms. He has also acted as lead trial counsel in a broad spectrum of business disputes in federal and state trial and appellate courts. His liti- gation experience includes the prosecution and defense of numerous fraud or fraudulent transfer cases, bankruptcy preference actions, complex contract cases, class actions, complex commercial foreclosures including disputes involving special servicers and nonrecourse CMBS loans, and intellectual property matters, including prosecution of patent and copyright infringement lawsuits. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Ohio Super Lawyers since 2006. Mr. Rafferty received his B.A. in 1984 from Kalamazoo College and his J.D. in 1989 from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he was a student articles editor for the University of Cincinnati Law Review.