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Attorney Profile
Lenard A. Cohen
Lenard Cohen
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania (PA)
Practice Areas:
Workers' Compensation (50%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (50%)
Workers' Compensation
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
Law School:
Widener University School of Law
Profile
Lenard A. Cohen handles a wide variety of civil litigation cases, but is best known for his practice in the field of Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation. He has been a sole practitioner for 27 years. He is past co‑chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section. He was the 2004 recipient of the prestigious Martha J. Hampton Memorial Award, in recognition of his strong advocacy and commitment to injured workers and honoring his years of dedication, leadership, and service to the Section and the Bar Association. He is the past Vice President of the Homeless Advocacy Project, a non‑profit organization dedicated to providing free legal services to the homeless. He is actively involved in civic and community activities. He was recently appointed to The Judge Alexander F. Barbieri Workers' Compensation American Inn of Court. He is a graduate of Delaware Law School. Selected to the Top 100 List in Pennsylvania in 2009 and the Top 100 List in Philadelphia in 2009 & 2010 by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine,
Selected To
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2011
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2010
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2009
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2008
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2007
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2006
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2005
No Rising Stars publication in 2009
Top Lists
Top 100 Philadelphia Super Lawyers 2010
Top 100 Philadelphia Area Super Lawyers 2009
Top 100 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2009
About Lenard Cohen
Admitted: 1985, Pennsylvania
Blog: www.workerscomp-pa.com
Professional Webpage: www.lenardcohen.com/attorney-profile.php
Honors and Awards:
- Selected to the Top 100 List in Pennsylvania in 2009 and the Top 100 List in Philadelphia in 2009 & 2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine; 2004 Recipient of the Philadelphia Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section Martha J. Hampton Award.
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Apponted member of The Judge Alexander F. Barbieri Workers' Compensation American Inn of Court.
- BAR ADMISSIONS: Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the Federal Courts of both jurisdictions. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND APPOINTMENTS: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations -- Philadelphia Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section, served as Section Co-Chair, 1996 and Representative to the Board of Governors, 1998-1999 & 2004-2005; Philadelphia Bar Association Nominating Committee 2003-2004; Pennsylvania Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section Council, 1999-2001. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Trial Lawyers' Associations -- Philadelphia Trial Lawyers' Board of Governors, 1996-2002., 1996
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Member of the Homeless Advocacy Project Board, 1999 - 2008; Vice President, 2004 -2008.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS: Served as lecturer for programs sponsored by the Philadelphia Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Education Center, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers' Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Sample speaking engagements include: Philadelphia Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section - 1997, "Workers Compensation Subrogation from Third Party Recovering Involving Work-related Motor Vehicle Accidents" Philadelphia Bar Education Center Seminar - 1997, Case Law Update Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers' Association Seminar - 1997, Case Law Update Pennsylvania Bar Institute - 1999, 2001, 2002, Co-Leader of Claimants' Roundtable Discussion. PUBLICATIONS: Editor of the Verdict, a Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association publication, 2001-2002; Former co-author of a biweekly newspaper article on workers' compensation reviews appearing in The Legal Intelligencer; Author of American Lawyer Media's website of workers' compensation law.
Educational Background:
- J.D. 1984, Delaware Law School of Widener University; B.A. (Political Science), 1979, Temple University.
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