Background
Cohn, Albert Linn was born on June 18, 1928 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of David and Rose (Yolken) Cohn.
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Albert Linn Cohn
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ALBERT COHN, American Lawyer, Partner of COHN AND LIFLAND, specializing in the field of Civil and Criminal Litigation, Trials and Appeals in State and Federal Courts. Negligence, Matrimonial, Corporate, Commercial, Real Estate, Business, Professional Negligence, Labor, Employee Retirement Income Security Act; Pension/Profit Sharing and F.E.L.A. Law. Class Actions, Securities, Franchise, Civil Tax Litigation, Federal and State Taxation, Estate and Income Tax Planning, Probate, Trust and Bankruptcy Law.
Education
Bachelor of Science cum laude, Georgetown University, 1948. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1951.
Career
Worked at Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf (Saddle Brook, New Jersey) specializing in Civil and Criminal Litigation, Trials and Appeals in State and Federal Courts. Negligence, Matrimonial/Custody, Chancery, Commercial and Corporate Litigation, Professional Negligence, Securities Law, Class Actions, F.E.L.A. Matters, Franchise Litigation, Tax Litigation, Environmental, Employment Law, Real Estate, Corporate and Commercial Transactions, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, Employment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1952, District of Columbia and United States.
District Court, District of Columbia.
1953, United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 1954, New Jersey and United States.
District Court, District of New Jersey. Recipient, Alfred C. Clapp Award, Outstanding Contribution to Legal Education, 1994.
Author: "Medical Malpractice Litigation: A Plague on Both Houses," 52 American Bar Journal, Number.
1, p. 32, January, 1966. "The Journal Profile: Justice Mountain of the New Jersey Supreme Court," Number. 56, p. 19, New Jersey State Bar Journal, August, 1971.
"Practice and Malpractice-The Other Side of the CoinAn Attorney"s Viewpoint," Medical Trial Technique Quarterly, Winter, 1974.
"Practice and Malpractice: Some Problems and Solutions," Number. 71, p. 12, New Jersey State Bar Journal, May, 1975.
"Digests of New Jersey Cases on Malpractice," Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1976. Company-Author with Barry A. Knopf.
"Professional NegligenceMalpractice Law in New Jersey," Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1981, 2nd Edition, 1985, 3rd Edition, 1990, 4th Edition, 1996.
Company-Author with Sheila Murphy, "Liability for Acts of Discharged Patients," 121 North.J.L.J. 774, (April 21, 1988). Company-adjutant Professor, Rutgers School of Law, 1980. Member, Permanent Faculty, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1980.
Visiting Instructor, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, National Institute of Trial Attorneys, Harvard Law School, 1981.
President, Temple Shomrei-Emunah, 1968-1970. Trustee, Legal Aid Society, 1970-1972.
Lecturer: New Jersey ICLE, 1970. American Language Institute -American Bar Association, 1984.
Master, Arthur T. Vanderbilt Inn of Court, 1988-1990.
Master, Morris Pashman Inn of Court, 1990. Member, Coordinating Committee, 1992. Trustee, I.C.L.E., 1991.
Chair, 1995.
Member: Bergen County, Passaic County, New Jersey State (Delegate to the General Council, 1974-1982. 1984-1986; Chairman, I.C.L.E. Curriculum Committee, 1984-1986) and American Bar Associations. Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Military: First lieutenant, United States.
Air Force, 1951-1953 (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification). Firm Award: Bergen County Pro Bono Firm of The Year, 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee emeritus New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, since 2006. President Temple Shomrei Emunah, 1968—1970. Overseer Jewish Theological Seminary, 1969—1979.
Trustee Bergen County Bar Foundation, since 2006. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Member: American Bar Association, Bergen County Bar Foundation, Harvard Law School Association New Jersey (president 1998), Saddle Brook Chamber of Commerce (past president, trustee), Million Dollar Advisers Forum, Trial Attorneys New Jersey, Society Medical Jurisprudence, New Jersey State Bar Association, Bergen County Bar Association (trustee since 2007, chair scholarship committee, Distinguished Service award, NJCLE 2007), Passaic County Bar Association (trustee 1978-1986), Hamilton Club (Paterson), Harvard Club (New York City).
Connections
Married Sylvia J. Jacoby, June 14, 1959. Children: Melissa Lynn, Joshua Peter, Priscilla Betsy, Liza-Faith Michaelis, Thaddeus Augustus David.
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