Background
He was born on December 20, 1885, and married Dora Marcus (1892–1967) in 1924 when he was the First Assistant District Attorney for Bronx County.
He was born on December 20, 1885, and married Dora Marcus (1892–1967) in 1924 when he was the First Assistant District Attorney for Bronx County.
C.C.N.Y., Bachelor of Arts, 1904. New York Law School, 1908.
He was influential in Democratic Party politics. He fathered Roy Cohn in 1927. Cohn was inducted as a justice of the New York Supreme Court into Participant III of Bronx Supreme Court in April 1929.
A 1931 decision by Cohn stripped control of amateur boxing in New York from the Amateur Athletic Union (Amateur Athletic Union) and placed it under control of the New York State Athletic Commission.
In April 1937, Governor Herbert H. Lehman promoted Cohn to a five-year term on the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division. He spearheaded a program to get his alma mater, New York Law School, accreditation by the American Bar Association starting in 1947, and the institution was accredited in 1954.
He died on January 8, 1959 in New York City.
Member: Bnai Brith. Clubs: National. Democrat, Oak Ridge Golf.
Spouse Dora G. Marcus, January 8, 1924, N.