Joel Cohen

December 07, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Every criminal defense lawyer who has ever lived has been met with this: "How can you represent such a person?" And, "Is there someone you wouldn't represent?" In his Ethics and Criminal Practice column, Joel Cohen tackles the issue of terminating representation once the representation is underway, using Steve Bannon and his attorney, William Burck, as an example.

By Joel Cohen

8 minute read

November 30, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Everyone has deserved to know the precise truth of what has really happened to the President's array of legal arguments.

By Joel Cohen

5 minute read

November 09, 2020 | New York Law Journal

What should/must Biden commit to? Otherwise put, what would help return American to a normalcy that has been missing?

By Joel Cohen

10 minute read

November 03, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In his Ethics and Criminal Practice column, Joel Cohen takes a look at the real ethical question of a chief prosecutor having private communications with a defendant's supporters while a case is ongoing.

By Joel Cohen

9 minute read

October 09, 2020 | New York Law Journal

At least one federal district court located in the state of Washington has created a 10-minute video that is played at every juror orientation session for every criminal or civil trial in that district, writes Joel Cohen and Gerald B. Lefcourt.

By Joel Cohen and Gerald B. Lefcourt 

7 minute read

August 27, 2020 | New York Law Journal

If you're looking for a book that discloses dirty little secrets, this isn't it. I doubt, by the way, that such a book without the baggage of a Trump hater or lover will come along anyway.

By Joel Cohen and Dale J. Degenshein

6 minute read

August 20, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Joel Cohen, in his Ethics and Criminal Practice column, explores the requirement that lawyers use today's technology effectively, and to their clients' advantage, at every opportunity.

By Joel Cohen

9 minute read

August 10, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In his column on Ethics and Criminal Practice, Joel Cohen considers asking high-profile experts what they would do or have done if they weren't sitting in the ivory tower or some other such venue isolated from the fray.

By Joel Cohen

8 minute read

July 07, 2020 | New York Law Journal

No one has asked this question: while the remaining three officers seemingly did nothing to stop Officer Chauvin, why did no civilian standing there take the bull by the horns and physically intercede?

By Joel Cohen

7 minute read

June 19, 2020 | New York Law Journal

When someone is rounding third base, maybe heading for home in his career—Bob Katzberg likes to use sports metaphors—he's likely to look back on that career in different ways. It may depend on who he is as a person, and what his career may have been. Maybe he sees afterthoughts, revisions, trends.

By Joel Cohen

8 minute read