Uri Jurist

Jamila Jones

Jamila Jones was a member of the Hofstra Law Review and is a recipient of the Hofstra University Benjamin Weintraub and Alan N. Resnick Award in Bankruptcy Law and the Pro Bono Gold Level Award.

Jamila focuses her practice on the formation and administration of Delaware statutory trusts in connection with securitizations, debt restructurings, and multi-series mutual funds. She advises financial institutions and trust companies acting as indenture trustees, owner trustees, and in other representative capacities in complex financial transactions. Prior to joining the firm, Jamila worked at Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights group.

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Oluwatobi Adedokun

Tobi Adedokun is an attorney at Meyner and Landis, based in the Newark, New Jersey office. He is an Associate in the Banking and Litigation Practice Group specializing in commercial litigation involving creditors’ rights matters, including but not limited to foreclosures, workouts, and collections. This practice group represents large financial institutions, including national and state banking institutions, corporations, borrowers, landlords, insurance companies and other secured and unsecured creditors in a variety of matters including collection actions, replevin actions, mortgage foreclosures, indemnity actions, and workouts.

Prior to joining Meyner and Landis Mr. Adedokun gained legal experience working in several New York City law firms in various legal positions in a range of matters related to Residential Foreclosure Litigation, Asset Protection, Estate Administration, Legacy Planning, and other matters.

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Jheanelle Girvan

Jheanelle focuses her practice on representing companies and financial institutions in civil and criminal litigation and investigations.

Prior to attending law school, Jheanelle worked at the Georgia Innocence Project, where she worked with attorneys to help wrongfully convicted men and women in the state of Georgia.

During her time at Howard, Jheanelle served as a teaching assistant for Torts and as a student attorney in the Reentry and Trademark I clinics. In the Reentry Clinic, Jheanelle advocated for the funding of the Second Chance Act and assisted clinic clients in their pursuit of record sealing and expungement. In the Trademark I Clinic, Jheanelle assisted small business owners in filing trademark applications.

LaDyrian Cole

LaDyrian Cole provides valuable legal counsel to clients in the financial services industry. She is a problem solver who is willing and able to find creative solutions to clients’ issues. LaDyrian has handled a wide variety of diverse matters involving civil litigation in both state and federal courts. She works closely with experienced Polsinelli attorneys to assist businesses in structuring, documenting and negotiating financial transactions. Prior to joining the firm as an associate, LaDyrian was a summer associate at Polsinelli for two consecutive summers.

Before law school, LaDyrian gained invaluable experience and transferrable skills working as a multimedia journalist and investigative reporter in various Texas news markets.

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