POLICE OFFICERS RIGHT TO SUE - Key Persons

Neil L. Cohen has represented thousands of police officers in nearly a quarter century of practice. Mr. Cohen has tried approximately five hundred trials in both the criminal and administrative forums. Mr. Cohen is knowledgeable in most aspects of police work and is intent in getting the "message out" regarding police officer's rights in line-of-duty injury settings. He has authored each of the Police Officer Rights to Sue newsletters and has personally distributed them in each station house of the New York City Police Department. is an experienced trial attorney who has worked on, prepared, and tried virtually every type of criminal matter. Particularly, Mr. Cohen has represented New York City Police Officers for the New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association in disciplinary, criminal actions and personal injury matters. Mr. Cohen received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Queens College in 1980, and in 1984 he earned his Juris Doctor degree from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. While at law school, Mr. Cohen was a senior editor of the Law Review and ranked in the top ten (10%) percent of his class. He is admitted to practice before the courts of the State of New York, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and Eastern District of New York. Mr. Cohen is also admitted to practice before the courts of the State of New Jersey. He is a member of the New York State Trial Lawyer's Association.