Jess Bressi

Jess Bressi is partner and senior counsel at Dentons, managing the operations of the office and spearheads plans for the office's strategic growth. His practice involves business and lending litigation; secured transactions involving real property; loan sales; financial remedies; workouts and loan restructuring; and bankruptcy.

Mr. Bressi graduated from California State University at Northridge with a BS in Business Administration and Finance. He earned his J.D. from Southwestern University, where he was part of the Moot Court Honor program. Throughout his career, Mr. Bressi has represented and led many cases that have garnered huge recoveries for his clients. To name a few, he was lead counsel for mezzanine lender in US$450 million CMBS loan modification resulting in payment in full of the most junior lender in underwater project; represented the National Hotel Company’s Timeshare Division in successfully resolving through reformation over 2,000 defective grant deeds improperly recorded in favor of purchasers of timeshare interests in very high end project; and was lead lawyer for receiver in successful sale by receiver of hotel, conference center, and related improvements.

Mr. Bressi was awarded the 2012 Peter M. Elliott Award by the Orange County Bankruptcy Forum for his substantial knowledge of bankruptcy law, highest level of honesty, integrity, and ethics, serving to enhance and improve access to justice, and serving as a mentor and educator to others. He has a Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent Rating and has been named a Super Lawyer. Mr. Bressi has been a speaker and moderator at multiple bar associate events as well as many other organizations. He has also authored and co-authored multiple chapters in continuing legal educations books, including for CEB.