| Mr. Cohen has an extensive background in complex
litigation and class actions. Over the past fifteen
years he has tried over a dozen cases to verdict
in state and federal courts. As an associate
with the Pittsburgh office of Jones Day (1995-1999),
Mr. Cohen was a member of the firm’s general
litigation section and was involved in commercial
litigation, product liability and employment
related litigation. He also represented Fortune
500 companies such as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
and The Sherwin Williams Company in class action
litigation.
Since joining the Cullen Law Firm in 2000,
Mr. Cohen has represented the Owner-Operator
Independent Drivers Association, Inc., and
individual truck owner-operators, in several
class action lawsuits. Mr. Cohen has been
named class counsel in the following cases:
Owner-Operator Indep. Drivers Assoc. v. Gilbert
Express, Inc., U.S. Dist. Ct., D. N.J., 00-5163;
Owner-Operator Indep. Drivers Assoc. v. Heartland
Express of Iowa, Inc., U.S. Dist. Ct., S.D.
Iowa, 01-80179; and Owner-Operator Indep.
Drivers Assoc.v. Ledar Transport, Inc., W.D.
Mo., 00-0258.
Mr. Cohen recently tried to verdict the
OOIDA v. Ledar Transport case in federal
court in Kansas City. This trial was the
first time the rights of owner-operators
under the federal Truth-in-Leasing regulations
were tried to verdict in a class action.
The court found in favor of OOIDA on all
counts.
Mr. Cohen also has experience in issues
relating to unconstitutional “takings” under
the Fifth Amendment involving railroad rights-of-way.
He has represented landowners in claims against
the United States arising from the conversion
of abandoned railroad corridors to recreational
trails under what is commonly called the “Rails-to-Trails
Act.” He has been named class counsel
in several cases where landowners have sued
the federal government seeking compensation
for property rights taken from them as a
result of the imposition of a recreational
trail.
Admissions
- Pennsylvania,
1988
- New
Jersey, 1990
- District
of Columbia,
1993
- U.S.
District
Court for
the Eastern
District
of Pennsylvania,
1988
- U.S.
District
Court for
the District
of New Jersey,
1990
- U.S.
District
Court for
the Western
District
of Pennsylvania,
2000
- United
States Court
of Federal
Claims, 2000
- United
States Court
of Appeals
for the Eighth
Circuit,
2004
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