PRACTICE AREAS

Appellate Practice

Business Litigation

Ben Cohen has 16 years’ experience: 12 years in practice and four years as an appellate judicial clerk. He is Of Counsel in the firm’s litigation group, where he focuses primarily on appellate practice and complex civil litigation.

Mr. Cohen draws on his appellate court clerkships and experience to assist the firm's many top-notch trial lawyers in all phases of litigation.

Clients that benefit from Mr. Cohen's expertise include commercial clients involved in litigation, including complex litigation and appeals.

COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT

Denver Bar Association

Colorado Bar Association

NOTABLE EXPERIENCE

Ben Cohen's reported cases include:

Bainbridge v. Travelers, 159 P.3d 748 (Colo. App. 2006); established that insurer breached its duty to defend homebuilder on negligent construction claims.

Tuscany v. Western States, 128 P.3d 274 (Colo. App. 2005); obtained reversal of a spurious lien judgment against contractor over disputed mechanics liens.

Edmonds v. Western Surety, 962 P.2d 323 (Colo. App. 1998); obtained reversal of treble damage award against Surety.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Winter 1993

Revisiting Plessy at the Virgina Military Institute: Reconciling Single-Sex Education with Equal Protection

54 University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 637

EDUCATION

J.D., magna cum laude, University of Pittsburgh, 1993, Order of the Coif; Executive Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review.

B.A., Mathematics, minor in Computer Science and in Philosophy, Oberlin College, 1986

BAR ADMISSIONS

Colorado, 1996

Pennsylvania, 1993