Jeffrey Michael Cohen

Experience

• Insurance related matters, including insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, and the defense of insureds at the request of their carriers.
• Represented financial institutions in asset recovery, loan workouts, and the defense of lender liability claims.
• Real property disputes, including easements, title issues, foreclosures, and specific performance.
• Professional liability and medical-related matters.
• Litigated disputes related to probate, trust, guardianship, and fiduciaries.
• Business torts and commercial disputes.

Recognition

• Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by The Florida Bar
• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Top Lawyers, South Florida Legal Guide
• Who's Who in American Law
• Florida Monthly – Florida's Best Lawyers
• The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law (2005–2024)
• Florida Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers Magazine (2017–2018)

Professional & Community Involvement

• American Bar Association
  • Past Chair, Bad Faith Subcommittee of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, Section of Litigation
• The Florida Bar
  • Board of Legal Specialization and Education
  • Past Chair, Board of Legal Specialization and Education (two terms)
  • Past Chair, Civil Trial Law Certification Committee (three terms)
  • Past Chair and Member, Grievance Committees (two terms)
  • Faculty Member, Trial Lawyers Section Advanced Trial Advocacy Program (2005–present)
• Dade County Bar Association
  • Past Director
  • Chair, Professional Arbitration Committee
  • Chair, Judicial Poll Committee
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy
  • Faculty Member, teaches national courses for lawyers in Deposition Skills and Trial Advocacy (1995–present)
• Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, teaches courses in Intensive Trial Advocacy and Advanced Intensive Trial Advocacy
• University of Miami School of Law
  • Adjunct Professor of Trial Skills, teaches courses in Pre-Trial Civil Litigation, Pre-Trial Criminal Litigation, and Trial Advocacy (1988–present)
• Appointed by the governor of Florida to serve as special assistant state attorney to the Leon County grand jury in Tallahassee, Florida
• Appointed to serve as special assistant state attorney in Dade County for public corruption cases
• Appointed to the Dade County Alliance for Ethical Government

Speaking Engagements

• "Spring Break Trial Clinic," University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, FL (March 2017)
• "The Bad Faith Trial From Complaint to Verdict," ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ (March 4, 2017)
• “Making It All Go Away – How to Settle the Contested Coverage Case,” ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ (March 3, 2016 )
• “The Right and Duty to Settle: Bad Faith and Negligence Exposure Associated With Third-Party Claim Handling,” ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ (March 5, 2015 )
• "Success in Insurance Coverage Mediation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ (March 7, 2014)
• "Expert Witnesses – Can't Live With 'Em, Can't Live Without 'Em," ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ (March 1, 2013)
• “The Perfect 10 – Invaluable Tips for Litigating Your Insurance Coverage Case,” ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ (March 1–3, 2012)
• “Building Trial Skills: Florida,” Faculty Member for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy yearly seminar, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• “Institutional Bad Faith – Putting the Insurer’s Practices and Procedures on Trial,” ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Conference (2011)
• "The Bad Faith Set-Up: Doin’ It and Dodgin’ It,” ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Conference (2009)
• “Oops! Loss of Coverage for Failure of Policy Conditions,” ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Conference (2008)
• “Cross Examination and Impeachment,” Advanced Evidence CLE Seminar of The Florida Bar (2007)
• "Advanced Trial Advocacy," Trial Lawyers Section of The Florida Bar and the University of Florida Levin College of Law (2006–present)
• “Honesty Is the Best Policy [If There’s Money in It] – Fraud, Misrepresentation and Collusion in the Insurance Context,” ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Conference (2007)
• “Recovery of Extra-Contractual (consequential) Damages in First-Party Bad Faith Cases,"ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Conference (2006)
• “Anatomy of the Board of Legal Specialization and Education,” concerning the history and future of certification of legal experts, ABA National Roundtable on Legal Specialization (2005)
• “Declaratory Relief – The Antidote for Bad Faith,” ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Annual Conference (2005)
• “Relationship Between Fidelity Bonds, Directors and Officers Policies, and Errors and Omissions Policies,” Fidelity Law Association Annual Meeting (2003)
• “Practicing With Professionalism,” The Florida Bar (on numerous occasions)

Credentials

Background

• Division Chief, Dade County Public Defender's Office
• Major Crimes Prosecutor, Dade County State Attorney's Office

Areas of Focus