Sean Cork

Sean Cork

Senior Counsel

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Sean Cork is an attorney in Varner & Brandt’s Business Litigation and Labor & Employment Tems in Riverside. He is well known for handling complex legal issues with a practical, results-oriented approach. With more than twenty years of experience, Sean represents business clients in high-stakes litigation and complex business matters, including litigation in both state and federal courts, as well as advising clients on strategic business transactions. He takes a thoughtful and strategic approach focused on achieving efficient and effective outcomes for his clients.

Sean has represented a diverse range of clients, from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, across numerous industries, including retail, construction, manufacturing, homebuilding, commercial real estate, energy, airlines, health care, sports, and nonprofit organizations.

Sean’s experience includes:

Business & Civil Litigation: Extensive experience handling complex and high-profile matters involving wage and hour disputes, employment law claims, defamation, breach of contract actions, corporate governance disputes, and shareholder litigation.

Bankruptcy and Restructuring: Extensive experience in all aspects of chapter 11 corporate bankruptcy cases, including representation of debtors-in-possession, official committees of unsecured creditors, trustees, debtor-in-possession lenders, acquirers of assets, and creditors, as well as representation of parties in out-of-court debt restructurings.

Business/Corporate Governance: Extensive experience in business formation, corporate governance, strategic acquisitions, and asset sales.

Sean served as Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable William T. Bodoh, Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Ohio from 1999 to 2001.

Focus

  • Business & Civil Litigation
  • Labor and Employment
  • Trial Practice
  • Bankruptcy/Restructuring
  • Creditor’s Rights

Honors & Awards

  • Recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2013, 2014, and 2015.
  • Editor In Chief, Ohio Northern University Law Review, 1998 - 1999

Publications

  • Thomas J. Salerno, Sean T. Cork, Craig D. Hansen, Jordan A. Kroop, Stephen D. Lerner and G. Christopher Meyer, Pre-Bankruptcy Planning for the Commercial Reorganization, Second Edition. Published by the American Bankruptcy Institute, 2008.

Education

  • J.D. Ohio Northern University, College of Law (1999)
  • B.A. in Philosophy, Marlboro College (1995)

Admissions

  • State Bar of California
  • United States District Court (Central District of California)
  • Riverside County Bar Association
  • San Bernardino County Bar Association