LAW FIRM - Key Persons
Mr. Cox was admitted to practicing law in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania in 1993, Federal District Court of New Jersey (1993) and Federal District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1994). A graduate of Widener University School of Law, Mr. Cox's 19-year legal career has encompassed experience in Workers' Compensation, Criminal Defense, Zoning and Planning, Civil Litigation, Liquor Licensing, and Real Estate. He now primarily concentrates his practice on handling our Firm's individual Workers' Compensation cases and all of Cohen & Riechelson's client, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's, Workers' Compensation defense cases.
Job Titles:
- Teaching Assistant for Intro to Trial Advocacy
Job Titles:
- Workers Compensation Inns of Court, Member
Job Titles:
- of Counsel
- Partner
- Managing Partner of Our Pennsylvania
Kevin Riechelson is a Litigation Attorney and oversees the firm's Pennsylvania practice. Mr. Riechelson has a substantial history of doing work on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He has also litigated cases in Delaware, Florida and Illinois. Mr. Riechelson has been a presenter of continuing legal education seminars to attorneys in Pennsylvania and New Jersey on a variety of topics, and is also the Chairman of the Arbitration Committee in Mercer County, New Jersey.
Mr. Riechelson, now Managing Partner of our Pennsylvania practice, brings Cohen & Riechelson a wealth of Litigation and Trial experience. He has been involved in a variety of complex litigation including product liability, construction, toxic tort, mass tort, and multi-district litigation, fire damage, premises liability, private and commercial motor vehicle, assault and battery and other general litigation cases.
For the last 10 years, Kevin S. Riechelson has been rated AV Preeminent®, the highest peer rating standard from Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™, which is an achievement reserved for a select few attorneys recognized at the pinnacle of both legal and ethical standards. This designation is given to attorneys who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers.
At Cohen & Riechelson, our experienced, compassionate attorneys are fluent in the laws and regulations in New Jersey
Job Titles:
- Philadelphia, Associate
- Philadelphia, Partner
Mr. Smith has been practicing law for over 35 years, commencing his practice at the Mercer County Legal Aid Society in 1975 representing clients in court on landlord-tenant and consumer defense matters. From that position, he moved into private practice in partnership with Messieurs Tomar and Kamensky until the early 1980's when he started his own firm handling general legal matters with offices in Yardley, PA and Lambertville, NJ. During this time he formed and operated a Pennsylvania title company and handled the development and financing of a 288 unit townhome project.
In 1993 he left private practice to take the position of Vice President of Operations and Counsel at a small world-renown optics company which specialized in the development of high-end computerized microscope and surveillance equipment.
In 1996 he was invited join a small Princeton-based radio broadcasting company in Princeton, New Jersey as Corporate Counsel. During his 16 year tenure, the company grew in valuation from $20,000,000 to $400,000,000 acquiring over fifty radio stations and major commercial real estate properties. As head of the corporate legal department, he handled all legal matters for the company's stations in eight states and managed numerous outside financings.
Mr. Smith joined Cohen & Riechelson in 2013 specializing in business formation and operations, financing, sales & acquisitions and general business-related issues including business litigation and real estate matters.