Daniel A. Cohen
Partner

dcohen@kvwmail.com
(212) 418-8640

Areas of Practice
Dan's clients appreciate his ability to dig into complex facts and figures, particularly in document intensive commercial cases, to achieve superior results. Dan represents a diverse and international business clientele, including hospitals, manufacturers, financial institutions, real estate concerns, law firms, entrepreneurs and investors, in contract, employment, intellectual property, fraud and RICO actions. His extensive work on behalf of insurance companies includes rescission actions, coverage suits, fraud recovery, class action defense, and carrier-agent disputes.

 

Bar Admissions
New York
U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Legal Career
Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP (1997-present)
Litigation associate, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (1995-1997)
Law clerk for the Honorable J. Edward Lumbard of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1994-1995)

Author/Speaker
"Liberalizing Use of Interrogatories in New York Actions," New York Law Journal (November 1, 2007)

"Preparing for a Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition," New York Law Journal (July 5, 2007)

"Reviewing Documents for Privilege: A Practical Guide to the Process," 72 New York State Bar Ass'n Journal 43 (2000)

Co-author (with Kevin J. Fee) "Using the RICO Conspiracy Statute in Civil Cases: Recent Developments," 34 Rico Law Rep. 167 (2001)

CLE lecturer on conducting written discovery in the state and federal courts.

Professional Activities and Associations
Member, New York County Lawyers Association
Co-Chair, New York County Lawyers Association Insurance Law Committee, 2007-present

Education
J.D., magna cum laude, University of Michigan Law School (1994)

M.A., University of Michigan (1991)

B.Phil., with distinction, Oxford University (1989)

B.A., magna cum laude, Princeton University (1986)

 

 

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