Jeffrey A. Hokanson

Jeffrey A. Hokanson is a commercial lawyer with Frost Brown Todd LLC in Cincinnati and has broad experience in matters involving all manner of contract formation and disputes. In this regard, he advises clients on a wide spectrum of issues related to their contractual relationships with suppliers, vendors and customers, including in particular secured transactions and other issues addressed by the Uniform Commercial Code. Mr. Hokanson's practice includes guiding and representing secured and unsecured lenders in the creation and enforcement of their loan documents and security instruments, and he has litigated commercial disputes in state and federal courts within Indiana. He is also experienced with disputes involving real estate, including enforcement of purchase agreements, easements and commer- cial landlord/tenant disputes. Mr. Hokanson has represented corporate debtors, creditor committees and         trustees, landlords and tenants, and supplier-creditors in many of the major bankruptcy cases filed in Indiana, and in out-of-court workouts. He also has extensive experience representing individuals with significant direct-liability or guarantee obligations arising from corporate insolvency proceedings, and his work has included numerous asset-purchase and sale transactions involving insolvent sellers, as well as representing the interests of parties to the transaction or parties affected by those transactions. Mr. Hokanson is a volunteer attorney on the pro bono panel established by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana. He also recently completed the educational requirements to join the registry of civil mediators in Indiana and looks forward to helping commercial litigants explore their options for efficient and cost-effective resolution of their disputes. Mr. Hokanson graduated from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and the Indiana University McKinney School of Law, and is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts in Indiana.