Background
Jay Cohen, Ronald was born on March 2, 1948 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States.
Jay Cohen, Ronald was born on March 2, 1948 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States.
University of Wisconsin (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1970). University of Minnesota (Juris Doctor, 1972).
Worked at Cohen and Cotton, Professional Corporation A Professional Corporation (Phoenix, Arizona) specializing in Commercial Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Arizona. Recipient, Maricopa County Bar Association, Robert R. Mills Member of the Year Award, 1986.
Member, University of Minnesota Law Review, 1970-1972.
Author: "Expert Witness Opinion Testimony Under the New Arizona Rules of Evidence," Arizona Bar Journal, July 1977. Company-Author: "The New Practice in Cross-Examination of a Character Witness Under Arizona Rules of Evidence, 405(a)," 1978 Arizona State Law Review 31.
Author: "Recent Developments in Evidence, 1980-1981," Arizona Bar Journal, December 1982. Company-Author: "Arizona Legal Forms, Debtor-Creditor, Civil Procedure, Domestic Relations, Commercial Transactions, Criminal Procedure and Business Organizations" (West, 1988-1997): Company-Author: "Arizona Rule of Evidence 704: Combating Ultimate Issue Evidence," Arizona Attorney, 1991.
Visiting Professor, Evidence and Trial Techniques, Indiana University College of Law, Bloomington, Fall, 1976.
Appointed Adjunct Professor of Law, Evidence, Arizona State University School of Law, 1980. Appointed Arizona Judge Pro Tempore, Maricopa County Superior Court, 1983-1991. Instructor, Faculty Member, Lecturer, Demonstrator and National Team Leader, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1985.
Team Leader, National Institute for Trial Advocacy National Program, Boulder, Colorado, 1990, 1996.
Team Leader, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, First Annual Bankruptcy Litigation Skills Program, 1991. Faculty Member and Demonstrator: Emory University Trial Techniques Program, 1987-1990.
Faculty Member, Widener University School of Law Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, 1990. Faculty Member and Demonstrator, Harvard Trial Advocacy Workshop, Harvard Law School, 1990.
1992; 1997. Team Leader and Appointed Senior Instructor, Louisiana State University School of Law, Trial Advocacy Program, 1992.
Faculty Member and Demonstrator, Benjamin North. Cardoza School of Law Trial Advocacy Program, 1993-1995. Lecturer, American Language Institute -American Bar Association Civil Practice and Effective Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts, 1986. Founding Master, Sandra Day O"Connor Inn of Court, 1988-1995, LVIII.
Member, Executive Committee, 1990-1994.
Lecturer and Demonstrator, American Bar Association Section of Litigation, National Institute on How to Win a Business Jury Trial, December, 1991. Program Chair, American Bar Association Section of Litigation, National Institute on How to Persuade a Jury, Las Vegas, Nevada and Washington, District of Columbia, 1992, and Orlando, Florida and San Diego, California, 1993.
Faculty Member, How Expert Trial Lawyers Litigate Cases, Oregon State Bar Association, 1995. Chair, Seventeenth Annual Fall Meeting of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Fall, 1992.
Lecturer and Company-Author: "Powerful Witness Preparation," National Program, The Professional Education Group, Incorporated., 1995.
Lecturer and Company-Author: "Preparing Foreign and Conducting A Winning Deposition," National Program, the Professional Education Group, Incorporated., 1995. Selected as a member of the counsel of the Fund for Justice and Education, American Bar Association, 1996. Member: Maricopa County and American (Member: Section of Litigation Strategic Planning Committee, 1993-1994.
Section of Litigation Special Committee on Certification and Continuing legal education, 1993-1995.
Selected Company-Director, Division III, Programs, Section of Litigation, 1993-1994. Member, Section of Litigation National Institute Task Force, 1993-1994.
Selected Director of Divisions, Section of Litigation, 1994-1995. Elected Revenue Officer, Section of Litigation, 1996.
Member, Litigation Section, Executive Committee and Governing Council, 1996) Bar Associations.
Author: "Expert Witness Opinion Testimony Under the New Arizona Rules of Evidence," Arizona Bar Journal, July 1977. Co-Author: "The New Practice in Cross-Examination of a Character Witness Under Arizona Rules of Evidence, 405(a)," 1978 Arizona State Law Review 31. Co-Author: "The New Practice in Cross-Examination of a Character Witness Under Arizona Rules of Evidence, 405(a)," 1978 Arizona State Law Review 31.
Member, University of Minnesota Law Review, 1970-1972.