Roy Alan Alan Cohen

Background

Cohen, Roy Alan was born on August 15, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herbert and Sima (Picus) Cohen.

Education

Franklin & Marshall College (Bachelor of Arts, 1976). Delaware Law School of Widener University (Juris Doctor, 1979). Member, Moot Court Honor Society.

External Managing Editor, The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, 1978-1979.

Career

Worked at Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, A Professional Corporation. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Pennsylvania, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and United States.

Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. 1982, New Jersey and United States. District Court, District of New Jersey.

1986, New York and United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. 1987, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

1992, United States. Supreme Court. Member, Moot Court Honor Society. External Managing Editor, The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, 1978-1979.

Author: "Humanizing the Corporate Defendant at Trial-A Practical Psychological Approach to Jurors," American Bar Association National Institute Handbook on Warnings (September 1996). "Coordinating Litigation Coast to Coast," 139 N.J.L.J. 1212 (March 27, 1995). "The Challenge Posed by the United States.

Supreme Court Decision - Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals: A Commentary," 15 J. Prod. Tox. Liab. 279 (1993).

"Dawn of A New Day or the Brink of More Confusion - Will the Supreme Court Answer the Call to Establish Workable Standards for the Admissibility of Scientific Evidence?" 15 J. Prod. Tox. Tort Liab. 83 (1993). "The Defense Lawyer's Involvement-Can You Protect the Investigation Through Privilege or Work Product?" American Bar Association TIPS Transportation Megaconference Handbook (March 1993).

"Summary Judgment Under Rule 56 and Motion Practice," N.J. Federal Civil Practice Handbook (January 1992). "Corporate Caveat-Emptor-Now More Than Ever-A Guide to Successor Liability for Defective Products in a Changing World," 3 Products Liability Law Journal 1 (November 1991). "The Dangers of Playing Both Ends From the Middle: The Dilemma of Insurance Companies' Defense Counsel," 29 Federation of Insurance Counsel Quarterly 281, Spring, 1979.

Chief Judicial Clerk to the Honorable James C. Crumlish, President Judge, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, 1979-1981. Member: New Jersey State (Past Chair, Product Liability and Toxic Tort Section. Member, Civil Trial Bar.

Certified Trial Attorneys and Environmental Law Sections), New York State, Pennsylvania and American (Sections on Torts and Insurance Practice-Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Chair, 1996-1997, Chair-Elect, 1995-1996. Self-Insurers and Risk Managers and Corporate Counsel Committees. Litigation (Product Liability, Corporate Counsel and Toxic and Hazardous Substances Committees) Bar Associations.

Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. International Association of Defense Counsel. Defense Research Institute.

National Safety Council, Motor Transportation Section. Trucking Industry Defense Association. (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification).

Membership

President Countryside Homeowners Association, 1987-1989, 91-95, vice president, 1990-1991. Legal counsel, volunteer Morristown Volunteer Ambulance Squad. Member ATLA, American Bar Association (chair-elect Treasury Inflation Protected Securities product, general liability and consumerlaw committee), Federal Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association, Trial Attorneys New Jersey, Pennsylvania Bar assosiation, New York Bar Association, Morris County Bar Association, American Arbitration Association, Defense Research Institute Inc., National Safety Council, Commerce and Industry Association New Jersey, New Jersey Business and Industry, New Jersey State Chamber of C., Franklin and Marshall College Alumni Association, Delaware Law School Alumni Association, The Crestview Club, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Sigma Kappa.

Connections

Married Marie Joan Cohen, June 6, 1982. Children: Danielle Ilycia, Adrienne Nicole.

Father:

Herbert Cohen

Mother:

Sima (Picus) Cohen

Spouse:

Marie Joan Cohen

child:

Danielle Ilycia Cohen

child:

Adrienne Nicole Cohen