Joel Cohen

August 26, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The guilty plea of Alan Weisselberg, former CFO of The Trump Organization, raises all kinds of questions.

By Joel Cohen

8 minute read

August 16, 2022 | New York Law Journal

To use lay terminology, does he or she know what they're talking about? Or may a lawyer simply make a bold declaration about facts without knowing whether they are true?

By Joel Cohen and Bennett L. Gershman

7 minute read

August 08, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Every criminal lawyer has been confronted with a client, even a victorious one, who simply wants to leave his difficult past and the lawyer whose mere presence unhappily reminds him of it behind. Many, but not all, lawyers completely understand the phenomenon. But it can't ever warrant the lawyer telling stories that simply should not be told.

By Joel Cohen

7 minute read

July 15, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Even with powerful evidence of guilt, prosecutors will face daunting challenges to persuade a jury of Trump's guilt, and then defend that conviction in appellate courtrooms.

By Bennett L. Gershman and Joel Cohen

7 minute read

June 13, 2022 | New York Law Journal

It's sometimes true that ethics rules may defy common sense. Meaning, here, there may be adverse consequences to an attorney who receives a document not intended for him through absolutely no fault of his.

By Joel Cohen and James Bernard

8 minute read

May 31, 2022 | New York Law Journal

"Any encroachment on the right to protest threatens us all, especially in divisive times such as these."

By Joel Cohen and Gerald B. Lefcourt

8 minute read

April 28, 2022 | New York Law Journal

'Scoundrel' is a story about the power of belief and what happens when it's given over to the wrong person.

By Joel Cohen

9 minute read

April 11, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Speech should not cross the line. But where is that line?

By Joel Cohen

7 minute read

April 01, 2022 | National Law Journal

Hints by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and predictions of additional scrutiny and required disclosure are coming to fruition with the new rules outlined by SEC Chair Gary Gensler.

By Joel Cohen

5 minute read

March 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Senator Graham knew exactly what he was trying to imply about Judge Jackson despite what he surely knows or should know, even without being a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to be a lawyer's zealous advocacy obligations.

By Joel Cohen

6 minute read