Donald J. Cohn

Background

Cohn, Donald J. was born in 1929 in New York, New York, United States.

Education

Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1950). Yale Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1955).

Career

Admitted to the bar, 1956, New New York Phi Delta Phi. Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1954-1955. Administrative Assistant, United States.

Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1961-1964.

Member, Mayor John V. Lindsay"s Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee. Vice Chairman, Manhattan Criminal Court Manpower Project.

Member, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, First Judicial Department, New York Supreme Court, 1992-1997. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committees on Bill of Rights, 1958-1961, Federal Legislation, 1961-1964, 1970-1973, International Law, 1964-1966 and Special Committee on the Proposed New Federal Criminal Code, 1971—.

Chairman: Committee on Dues and Fees, 1963.

Joint Committee on Fee Disputes and Conciliation, 1988-1990). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.

Achievements

• Donald J. Cohn has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Mayor John V. Lindsay"s Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee. Vice Chairman, Manhattan Criminal Court Manpower Project. Member, Departmental Disciplinary Committee, First Judicial Department, New York Supreme Court, 1992-1997.

Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committees on Bill of Rights, 1958-1961, Federal Legislation, 1961-1964, 1970-1973, International Law, 1964-1966 and Special Committee on the Proposed New Federal Criminal Code, 1971—.

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.