Frederick Cohen

Frederick Cohen

Frederick Cohen is a trial lawyer with more than 35 years' experience in construction matters. His experience includes resolving issues involving delays, defective performance and structural failures. He also has resolved many cases through alternative dispute resolution procedures.

Mr. Cohen's practice focuses upon the representation of owner-developers, nonprofit institutions, contractors and sureties in both the private and public sectors. In addition to his litigation practice, he has negotiated and prepared complex construction contracts for hospitals, university residence halls, office buildings and high-rise residential buildings.

Mr. Cohen has also been recognized as one of the leading construction attorneys in New York in the 2008 and 2009 Chambers USA Guide to America 's Leading Business Lawyers.

A member of the American and New York State bar associations and of the American Arbitration Association, Mr. Cohen is a 1968 graduate of Brooklyn Law School and a graduate of Alfred University.

Areas of Practice

· Alternative Dispute Resolution

· Construction Litigation

Professional Activities

· American Bar Association
- Forum on the Construction Industry

· American Arbitration Association
- Construction Industry Panel of Arbitrators

· UJA-Federation of New York's Real Estate Committee

· New York State Bar Association
- Executive Committee for Construction and Surety

· The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Construction Law Committee
-- Chairman

Honors and Awards

· Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2008 and 2009 editions

· Listed as a New York Super Lawyer in Construction Litigation by Law & Politics, 2009

· Listed in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition, May 2009