I was hired by US Attorney’s office in Brooklyn, where I worked for seven years, and got extraordinary experience investigating and trying cases on the prosecution side. But, after three years there, I felt ready to move beyond my current skill base, and thought that Government would allow me to do that.
Being a white collar boutique, I saw a wide range of work, and significant complexity. So I then went to Morvillo Abramowitz, where I was the thirteenth lawyer to join their ranks. I spent about a year there, and while I was getting great experience, I quickly found that I wanted more. I worked on several white collar defense matters with them, which I was very interested in. When I came out of law school, I had decided that I wanted to go to a smaller firm, so I joined Schulte Roth, which, at the time, had about 20 litigators and 150 lawyers. Parnell: Can you give me a brief view of your entrance into law?Ĭohen: I spent one summer at Simpson Thacher, and spent the following summer at the US Attorney’s office in Manhattan.
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Prior to settling in with Gibson, Dunn in 2009, Cohen spent time with the likes of Greenberg Traurig, Clifford Chance, and the venerable white collar boutique, Morvillo Abramowitz, all helping him earn outstanding as accolades, such as being named a leading white collar criminal defense attorney by The Best Lawyers in America, a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation, a “Super Lawyer” in Criminal Litigation, and notation in The Legal 500 in the areas of white collar criminal defense and securities litigation, and Chambers and Partners in the white collar area.įour months after the movie’s release, and knee deep in trial work, Cohen is a very busy man, but afforded me a bit of his time. Cohen, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner, former Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, and the man that sent Belfort to prison. A name that is perhaps a bit less familiar to you is Joel M. A former stockbroker and founder of the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont, Inc., he defrauded victims to the tune of $110.4M. If you’ve seen The Wolf of Wall Street, no doubt the name “ Jordan Belfort” rings a bell. The following post originally appeared on Forbes | May 6, 2014