Brian S. Cohen

Brian S. Cohen received his Bachelor of Accountancy in 1994 from George Washington University, and received his J.D. in 1997 from St. John’s University School of Law, where he was a member of the St. John’s Law Review.  Mr. Cohen is the author of "Corporate Governance for the Entrepreneur," published in the Winter 1997 Volume of the St. John’s Law Review.  71 St. John’s L. Rev. 125 (1997).  Prior to graduation, Mr. Cohen served as an intern to the Honorable Arthur D. Spatt of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

After graduation, and prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Cohen was associated with a prominent Manhattan law firm where he focused his practice on corporate and securities class action litigation and complex commercial litigation.  During that time, he successfully briefed and argued numerous dispositive and discovery-related motions and was a key member of a trial team that obtained a multi-million dollar jury verdict, including punitive damages.

During his career, Mr. Cohen has been involved in the successful prosecution of numerous class actions on behalf of aggrieved investors including:  In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, No. 21 MC 92 (S.D.N.Y.) ($586 million recovery); In re BankAmerica Corp. Securities Litigation, No. 99-md-1264 (E.D. Mo.) ($490 million recovery); In re Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 04-CV-8144 (CM) (S.D.N.Y.) ($400 million recovery); In re MicroStrategy, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 00-473-A (E.D. Va.) ($192.5 million recovery); In re Cigna Corp. Securities Litigation, No. 02CV8088 (E.D. Pa.) ($93 million recovery); In re Sepracor Corp. Securities Litigation, No. 02-CV-12338 (D. Mass.) ($52.5 million recovery); In re Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 03-CV-1270 (E.D.N.Y.) ($13.65 million recovery); In re Willbros Group, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 06-CV-1778 (S.D. Tex.) ($10.5 million recovery); and In re Synavant, Inc., No. 02070-VCP (Del. Ch.) (increased hostile bidder’s acquisition price by 40%).  In addition, Mr. Cohen has appellate experience and has briefed several appeals during his tenure at the Firm.

Mr. Cohen is currently working on a number of antitrust and consumer fraud actions.

Mr. Cohen is the author of The Life O’Reilly, a novel, which was published in October 2009 and made its debut as part of Barnes and Noble’s "Rising Star" program, featuring up-and-coming, new authors to watch.

Mr. Cohen is admitted to the Bars of the States of New York and Connecticut.  He also is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of Connecticut..