Biography

Jesse focuses his practice on complex bankruptcy cases and high-stakes commercial disputes.

He represents secured and unsecured creditors, trustees, debtors and creditors’ committees. Businesses also rely on Jesse to mitigate and resolve a broad range of complex commercial disputes, with an emphasis on claims related to director and officer liability, particularly in the bankruptcy context.

Jesse focuses his practice on complex bankruptcy cases and high-stakes commercial disputes.

He represents secured and unsecured creditors, trustees, debtors and creditors’ committees. Businesses also rely on Jesse to mitigate and resolve a broad range of complex commercial disputes, with an emphasis on claims related to director and officer liability, particularly in the bankruptcy context.

Before Fox Rothschild

During law school, Jesse was an executive editor of the Rutgers University Law Review and finalist in the Hunter Moot Court Competition. Jesse also worked as a judicial intern to the Honorable Theodore A. McKee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Honorable Magdeline D. Coleman of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Upon graduation, Jesse received the prestigious American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence, which is awarded to the highest performing bankruptcy student in the graduating class.

Recognized for his legal writing and research skills, Jesse served as a legal writing teaching assistant for first-year law students at Rutgers Law School, as well as a research assistant for the Distinguished Professor of Law, Robert F. Williams. Jesse started at Fox Rothschild as a summer associate.

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey

Education

  • Rutgers Law School (J.D., magna cum laude)
    • Executive Editor, Rutgers University Law Review
  • Rutgers University (B.A.)

Honors & Awards

  • Selected to the "Super Lawyers - Rising Stars" list for Bankruptcy: Business in Pennsylvania (2022-2025)
    This award is conferred by Thomson Reuters. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
  • National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges' 2024 NextGen program
  • Recipient of the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence
  • Dean’s Academic Excellence Scholar Award
  • Recipient of the merit-based Morrissey Scholarship
  • Recipient of the merit-based Charles J. Stamler Scholarship