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Bernstein Liebhard LLP
Brian S. Cohen
Brian S. Cohen received his Bachelor of Accountancy in 1994 from George Washington University, and received his Juris Doctor 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 Bernstein Liebhard LLP, 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 and consumers, including In re BankAmerica Corp., Inc. Securities Litigation (E.D. Mo.) ($490 million recovery), In re MicroStrategy, Inc. Securities Litigation (E.D. Va.) ($192.5 million recovery), In re Cigna Corporation Securities Litigation (E.D. Pa.) ($93 million recovery), In re Sepracor Corp. Securities Litigation (D. Mass.) ($52.5 million recovery), In re Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. Securities Litigation (E.D.N.Y.) ($13.65 million recovery), In re Willbros Group, Inc. Securities Litigation (S.D. Tex.) ($10.5 million recovery), and In re Synavant, Inc. ( Del. Ch.) (increased hostile bidder’s acquisition price by 40%). In addition, Mr. Cohen has worked on In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, one of the largest securities class actions in history. Mr. Cohen also has appellate experience and has briefed several appeals during his tenure at the firm.
Mr. Cohen is currently working on several securities fraud class actions against numerous issuers of securities for allegedly misleading investors, including In re Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.). Mr. Cohen also works on antitrust and consumer class actions.
Mr. Cohen is admitted to the Bars of the States of New York and Connecticut. He also is admitted to practice before the Bars of the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, and the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of Connecticut.
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| Email: | cohen@bernlieb.com |
