Joseph D. Cohen
Principal

  • (212) 682-3025 x. 110

Joseph D. Cohen represents plaintiffs in complex litigation in federal and state courts throughout the country.  Mr. Cohen currently serves as Chair of the firm’s Constitutional Law Litigation Practice Group and has successfully prosecuted a myriad of securities fraud, consumer fraud and constitutional law cases.  Among the cases in which Mr. Cohen has taken a lead role for the firm are: Jordan v. California Department of Motor Vehicles (Sacramento Cal.) (complex action in which the California Court of Appeal held that California’s Non-Resident Vehicle $300 Smog Impact Fee violated the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, paving the way for the creation of a $665 million fund and full refunds, with interest, to 1.7 million motorists); In re Geodyne Resources, Inc. Sec. Litig. (Harris Cty. Tex.) (settlement of securities fraud class action, including related litigation, totaling over $200 million); In re Community Psychiatric Centers Sec. Litig. (C.D. Cal.) (settlement of $55.5 million was obtained from the company and its auditors, Ernst & Young, LLP); In re McLeodUSA Inc., Sec. Litig. (N.D. Iowa) ($30 million settlement); In re Arakis Energy Corp. Sec. Litig. (E.D.N.Y.) ($24 million settlement); In re Metris Companies, Inc., Sec. Litig. (D. Minn.) ($7.5 million settlement); and In re Landry’s Seafood Restaurants, Inc. Sec. Litig. (S.D. Tex.) ($6 million settlement). 

  • Education

  • LL.M., Corporate Law, New York University School of Law, 1990
  • J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1989
  • B.S., University of Rhode Island, 1986

  • Admissions

  • California
  • Rhode Island
  • District of Columbia
  • Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

  • Publications

  • Cohen, Joseph D. and Dunn, John K., “Mitsubishi and Shearson: A Misplaced Trust in Arbitration,” New England Business Law Journal, May 1990.
  • Cohen, Joseph D. and Dunn, John K., “The Effects of Tax Reform on Golden Parachutes,” North Atlantic Regional Business Law Review, August 1988.
  • Cohen, Joseph D. and Dunn, John K., “Dual Class Common Stock and Its Effect on Shareholders and Legislators,” American Business Law Association National Proceedings (Refereed Proceedings), August 1988.