Edward Cohen  35 East 7th Street Suite 710 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Originally from Hamilton, Ohio, Edward Cohen received a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Cincinnati in 1976 as that college's first-ever graduate in the area of Linguistics. Mr. Cohen pursued further graduate studies at Indiana University where he obtained a Masters Degree in Speech and Language Pathology and again at The University of Cincinnati, where he was an Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow in 1978-79. He received a scholarship to The University of Cincinnati College of Law, from where he graduated in 1982. As a law student, Mr. Cohen was Director of the Moot Court Board and was winner of the Giles Sutherland Rich Patent Law Competition, representing the University in Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Following graduation, Mr. Cohen was a Visiting Instructor in Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1982, as well as to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He also previously worked as an attorney with the Cincinnati law firms of Goodman & Goodman Co., L.P.A. and Kondritzer, Gold & Frank Co., L.P.A.

Mr. Cohen was chairman of the Workers' Compensation Committee of the Cincinnati Bar Association in 1992-93 and is also a member of the Social Security Committee and the Joint Committee with the Academy of Medicine of the CBA. His practice concentrates in the areas of workers' compensation law, personal injury law, medical and legal malpractice, social security disability and civil appeals. He is rated "A.V." by the Martindale Hubbell Directory of Lawyers. Some significant cases which Mr. Cohen  has handled include Mahin, Administrator v. State Farm Insurance Company (establishing claimant's rights to uninsured/underinsured motorists benefits in Ohio), Flora v. Cincinnati Milacron (affirming a claimant's right to appeal certain denials of benefits by the Industrial Commission), Estate of Rickey Steely, dec'd v. Boweil (supporting the rights of survivors to death benefits in a workers' compensation claim) and many others challenging the Industrial Commission's denials of permanent total disability benefits.

Mr. Cohen lives in Hyde Park with His wife, Dee Ann Bryll, and his children, Dan and Briana and has been active for the past 20 years in the Greater Cincinnati area as an actor and director in live theatre.

Current Employment Position(s):

Partner, since 1988

Areas of Practice:

Workers' Compensation Law

Personal Injury Law

Medical and Legal Malpractice

Social Security Disability

Civil Appeals

Litigation Percentage:

60% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Ohio, 1982

U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1982

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1982

U.S. Federal Courts, 1982

Education:

University of Cincinnati College of Law, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1982
J.D.
Honors: With Distinction
Honors: Giles Sutherland Rich Patent Law Competition Winner
Honors: Director of the Moot Court Board

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1982
M.A.
Honors: Indiana University Research & Teaching Fellowship
Major:  Speech and Language Pathology

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1976
B.A.
Major:  Linguistics

Representative Cases:

Lemming v. University of Cincinnati, 534 N.E.2d 1226 (Ohio App. 1 Dist. 1987)

Mahin, Administrator v. State Farm Insurance Company, 718 N.E.2d 999

Flora v. Cincinnati Milacron, 623 N.E.2d 1279

Estate of Rickey Steely, dec'd v. Bowell

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Visiting Instructor, Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy, University of Cincinnati College of Law

Honors and Awards:

Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow, University of Cincinnati, 1978 - 1979

Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Cincinnati Bar Association, 1982 - Present

Member

Ohio Bar Association, 1982 - Present

Member

American Bar Association, 1982 - Present

Member

University of Cincinnati Law School, 1982 - 1983

Law Instructor

Cincinnati Bar Association, 1992 - 1993

Chairman, Workers' Compensation Committee

Academy of Medicine of the CBA

Member, Social Security and the Joint Committee

Past Employment Positions:

Goodman & Goodman Co., L.P.A., Attorney

Kondritzer, Gold & Frank Co., L.P.A., Attorney

Fraternities/Sororities:

Delta Tau Kappa