David R. Cohen
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993 Lenox Drive
Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648
David Cohen, Shareholder in the Personal Injury Group, concentrates his practice in nursing home negligence and abuse claims, elder abuse and assisted living facility litigation.
Mr. Cohen is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney. Mr. Cohen is the Chair Elect for the American Association for Justice’s Nursing home Litigation Group, and is a former member of the Minority Concerns Committee of Mercer County Vicinage.
Mr. Cohen has served as faculty for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) on Nursing Home Malpractice in New Jersey in 2002 and 2004. He also lectured on this topic at the College of New Jersey for the National Business Institute (NBI). Mr. Cohen has also lectured extensively on attorney review of medical records for NBI, American Association for Justice, American Trial Lawyers Association – New Jersey and ICLE. He has guest lectured at Rutgers University and served as advisor for the Hunter Advanced Moot Court Team.
Mr. Cohen has authored numerous faculty papers for national and local seminars, and was a co-host and moderator of the weekly radio/television show In the Public Interest for thirteen years. Community involvement includes past service as a leader in the Explorer's Post of the George Washington Council, Boy Scouts of America.
In 2007, 2008, and 2009 Mr. Cohen was named as a New Jersey Super Lawyer by New Jersey Monthly Magazine.
In 2007, Mr. Cohen started the Nursing Home Law Blog, providing readers with information on nursing home and assisted living care. You can read Mr.Cohen's most recent blog post here.
Education
J.D., Rutgers University School of Law - Camden, 1989
B.A., Economics and Philosophy; George Washington University, 1986
Bar Admissions
New JerseyUnited States District Court, District of New Jersey
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Professional Organizations
New Jersey State Bar Association
Mercer County Bar Association
Public Education Committee, past chair; Municipal Court Committee, past member
American Association for Justice
Chair Elect, Nursing Home Litigation Group
Association of Trial Lawyers of America - New Jersey
Co-chair, Annual Nursing Home Litigation Conference
AAJ Nursing Home Litigation Group
New Jersey Supreme Court Board Certified Trial Attorney
Educational Experience
- Faculty member of Professional Education Systems Institute, LLC for New York and New Jerseyseminar series: Nursing Home Negligence - Asserting Claims & Defending Nursing Home
- Frequent faculty member of New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education for Nursing Home Litigation seminars
- Contributing author of educational materials for attorneys concerning Nursing Home Litigation
- Frequent lecturer on Nursing Home Litigation for National Business Institute
- Guest lecturer of the College of New Jersey on the Issue of Victim's Rights and Injuries Suffered by the Elderly.
- Former Public Education Chairperson of the Mercer County Bar Association
- Former host and current contributor to the television/radio program, In The Public Interest