User:Nysfbla/Steven M. Cohen (Attorney)

Steven M. Cohen is a trial attorney with a national trial practice, admitted in the States of New York and Pennsylvania. He has handled high profile Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal and complex Civil litigation cases. Cohen’s cases have been featured in local, national, and international news sources including CNN News,  Good Morning America, 48 Hours (TV series), Geraldo Rivera, CBS News, Dateline NBC, The New York Times,  New York Post, and The Wall Street Journal. Early in his career, he was a partner at Lorenzo & Cohen in Buffalo, New York, and has been Litigation Chairman at the Amherst, New York based Hogan Willig law firm since 2009.

Lorenzo & Cohen
Prior to merging with the Hogan Willig law firm, Cohen was the principal at a Buffalo, NY based firm, Lorenzo & Cohen.

Education
Cohen graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook with a B.A. in 1984 and continued on to the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School graduating in 1987.

Notable Cases

 * In the Matter of Amanda Wienckowski
 * Jason Kirchner v. Niagara County/Erie County/Niagara County District Attorneys office/Claudette Caldwell/Erie County Medical Examiners Office/ Dr. James Woytash/University of Buffalo
 * USA v. Robert Rhodes
 * Mark Zito v. Niagara Power Coalition
 * Lynn DeJac v. State of New York
 * City of Buffalo Police Dept. v. Detective Dennis Delano
 * Ann Marie Reeb v. Starpoint Central School District
 * Brought on as an on air legal expert to discuss the legal ramifications of the Long Island Serial Killer
 * People v. Francis Harrington
 * Rust v. Turgeon; Dissolution of Roycroft
 * USA v. Tyo
 * Erie County/Aurora Highway Dept. Scandal
 * Jackson/Lewandowski v. Dr. Ivan D'Souza