About Lawrence R.
Lawrence R. Cohan began his path to the law at Boston University, where he completed his undergraduate studies. He went on to earn his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1979. Those years shaped a practice that would span both sides of the Delaware River.
After law school, Cohan entered practice in the Mid-Atlantic region and became licensed to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He has worked in courtroom settings and behind the scenes on cases that required both negotiation and trial preparation. Over decades, he has navigated state and federal dockets in those jurisdictions and built a professional life centered on litigation.
Cohan’s professional affiliations track a lawyer engaged in the trial bar. He holds memberships in the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association and the New Jersey Bar Association. He is also a member of the American Bar Association. His involvement extends to the trial lawyer organizations for both states and the national association; he is a member of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, the New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association and the American Trial Lawyers Association. Since 2014 he has served on the Executive Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, a role that has kept him connected to policy discussions and the local litigation community.
His courtroom work includes appearances in civil matters across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Colleagues describe him as methodical at trial and persistent in pretrial advocacy. He has handled cases that demanded extensive factual development and client coordination. Those assignments often involved complex preparation and sustained litigation strategies.
Clients and peers see Cohan as a lawyer who values preparation and clarity. He tends to approach cases by breaking them into discrete tasks: fact gathering, witness preparation, motion practice and trial presentation. That approach has guided his work whether he was arguing a motion in court or settling a matter at the negotiating table.
Today Lawrence R. Cohan maintains an active practice serving clients in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He continues to litigate in state and federal courts and remains active in local and national bar groups. His current practice focuses on litigation in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey courts.
