As a founding partner of Cohan Plaut LLP, Attorney Cohan’s practice focuses on complex business disputes, on a contingent fee basis. He has been selected as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer each year since 2011. He is a former Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General, a past lecturer for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education’s Business Litigation Conference, and the author of significant articles on the subject of business litigation. He has taught and lectured in the areas of business and consumer law. He is also a past member of the Executive Board of the Boston Inn of Court. He is past co-chair of Jewish National Fund’s Lawyers for Israel and currently serves as their national co-chair of the Spectacular Sunday telethon. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association.
Practice Areas
Business Litigation, Professional Liability, Personal Injury.
Law School
The George Washington University Law School.
Languages Spoken
English, French.
Admitted
1974, Massachusetts.
Selected To
Massachusetts Super Lawyers, each year since 2011.
National Trial Lawyers Top 100.
Special Licenses/Certifications
• Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the First Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings
Lectures
Lecturer, Mass. Bar Association, Roundtable Presentation, “Key Issues Involved With Employee-Shareholders in the Closely Held Corporation”, May 18, 2006;
Lecturer, Mass Continuing Legal Education, Business Litigation Conference, 2003, “Enforcing Oral Agreements”; “The American Legal System-An Overview”, presentation at the annual international conference of GALEXY, an affiliation of international law firms, July, 2003;
Business Litigation Conference 2003, Instructor Mass. Continuing Legal Education;
“The Government Lawyer” New England School of Law, Fall 1979 – Fall 1980;
“First Year Writing Program” Boston University School of Law, Fall 1978 – Spring 1979; “Client Advocacy in Consumer Protection” Jointly sponsored by the University of Massachusetts and Action for Boston Community Development, Spring 1978;
“Consumer Education” for high school teachers, sponsored by the Massachusetts Consumers’ Counsel, Fall 1976; “General Law for Laymen”, Division of Continuing Education, Southeastern Massachusetts University, Spring 1976.
Writings
“Enforcing Oral Agreements”, MCLE Business Litigation Conference 2003, Chapter 8; See Lawyers Regularly, Boston Business Journal Vol. 21, No. 2 (February 16-22 2001);
Rights and Duties of Retail Merchants Under State Consumer Protection Laws: Emergent Doctrines and Strategies of the Defense, 18 N.E. LAW REV. part 2 (Fall, 1982);
Defective Motor Vehicles: Warranty Rights and Practical Remedies for Consumer Purchasers, 65 MASS. L. REV. (No. 1) 33 (Jan. – Feb. 1980);
Contempt Proceedings: Another Dimension to Consumer Protection, 14 SUFFOLK L. REV. 1 (Winter 1980);
Massachusetts Mobile Home Park Law Guide, published by the Department of the Attorney General, 1978;
State Protection of the Consumer: Integration of Civil and Criminal Remedies, 12 N.E. LAW. REV. 933 (Spring 1977) co-author with Paula Gold, Chief, Attorney General’s Public Protection Bureau; Tenant Rights, self-help booklet, published by Onboard Legal Services, Inc., 1976.
Notable Verdicts and Settlements:
• Co-Owners collect for damage caused by town, reported in the Boston Globe (October 7, 2002) … click for page 2 of article
• Man Gets ‘Lost Profits’ For Business that Never Existed $500,000 – reported in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (April 17, 1995) … click for page 2 of article
Educational Background:
• Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, B.S. in Economics, 1971; Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1963-1967