Background
Cohan, William A. was born on March 16, 1947 in Palo Alto, California, United States.
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William A. Cohan
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Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). University of Washington (Juris Doctor, 1976). Spoken languages: German.
French.
Career
Worked at William A. Cohan, Professional Corporation (Louisiana Jolla, California) specializing in Complex Civil and Criminal Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Colorado. 1977, United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
1979, United States.
Supreme Court and United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. 1980, United States. Tax Court and United States.
Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1983, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1987, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and United States.
Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. 1988, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1989, California.
Member: State Bar of California. Foreign the past sixteen years the majority of Bill Cohan"s practice has been devoted to defending federal criminal tax cases, conspiracies to defraud the United States, money laundering and related criminal charges, including searches and seizures, forfeitures, grand jury proceedings and summons enforcement litigation. Thus far in his career he has achieved dismissals or acquittals of all or substantially all charges in 37 of 67 cases.
He has obtained reversals on appeal in 7 criminal cases and 7 civil actions.
He has also persuaded the government not to file criminal charges against at least 12 clients. In addition to these accomplishments, he has had more than 50 reported decisions.
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Member: State Bar of California.
