Background
Cohen, Robert Stephan was born on January 14, 1939 in New York City. Son of Abraham and Florence Cohen.
Cohen, Robert Stephan was born on January 14, 1939 in New York City. Son of Abraham and Florence Cohen.
Bachelor, Alfred University, 1959. Bachelor of Laws, Fordham University, 1962.
Cohen received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Alfred University in 1959 when he was 20 years old and worked three jobs to put himself through Fordham University’s School of Law, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1962 and served as the Editor of the Law Review. Cohen is a nationally recognized divorce attorney, holding an adjunct professorship at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. In 2003, Cohen started Cohen Lans Limited Liability Partnership, which in 2011 merged with Clair, Greifer Limited Liability Partnership to form Cohen Clair Lans Greifer & Thorpe Limited Liability Partnership. Both predecessor firms had been named among Best Law Firms by United States. News & World Report in its 2010 inaugural edition, and Cohen Clair Lans Greifer & Thorpe has been named “Best” in each subsequent year.
He lectures throughout the United States and in Europe.
Cohen has been principal attorney in a number of high-profile, high-Netto-worth dissolutions, for clients in a variety of industries, including finance, entertainment, real estate and politics, in New York and other states across the country. These include Michael Bloomberg, Christie Brinkley, Swedish countess Marie Douglas-David, James Gandolfini, Henry Kravis, Dina Lohan, Marla Maples, Tommy Mottola, Chris Rock, Charlotte Sarkozy, Uma Thurman, and Ivana Trump.
Cohen’s book, Reconcilable Differences: Seven Essential Tips to Remaining Together from a Top Matrimonial Lawyer, was published in 2002.
He was the first member of his family to graduate from college. Following his graduation from Fordham School of Law, Cohen worked from 1963 to 1968 with Roy Cohn, an American lawyer who was a member of the United States. Department of Justice"s prosecution team at the espionage trial of Soviet spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, in commercial litigation and matrimonial law. Since 2003, Cohen has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law where he teaches a course entitled “Anatomy of a Divorce.” He is a member of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
He is a former Judge Advocate General officer and member of Judge Advocate General Corps, representing members of the military and their families.
Children: Christopher, Ian, Nicholas. Married Stephanie J. Stiefel, January 29, 1998.