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Attorney
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Attorney
Career Profiles of the Profession
Who?
Name:
Ronald Jay Cohen
rjcohen@cohenkennedylaw.com
What?
Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields:
Complex civil litigation
When?
Years in Practice Area:
Since 1972
Years in the Legal Profession:
Since 1972
Where?
Employer:
Cohen Kennedy Dowd & Quigley
http://www.lawyers.com/cohenkennedylaw
Size/Sector:
Medium, Private
City/State:
Phoenix, AZ
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Law School:
University of Minnesota
Undergraduate School/Degree:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Why?
Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area:
Complex legal issues involving highly sophisticated people and issues.
Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area:
Intimacy with the rules of civil procedure and evidence, high comfort level with discovery and use of expert witnesses.
Advice to Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Your Practice Area:
Learn to write before you learn to talk.
How?
Career Path to Current Position:
Learn from one's mistakes and try not to make them a second time.
Influences and Mentors:
Wonderful teachers at Streich Lang Weeks & Cardon, including Dan Durrant and Bob Allen. Perhaps learned most from my adversaries.
Suggested Reading About Your Practice Area:
Anything that Professor Thomas Mauet has ever written.
Job Search Techniques Used in Finding Your Position(s):
Be relentless in your pursuit of the right firm and carry credentials that reflect your tenacity and scholarship.
Bar Affiliations and Activities:
Maricopa County Bar Association, State Bar of Arizona, American Bar Association.
Recent Professional Publications:
American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Litigation Journal, Opening Statements:
For the Love of Lawyering: The Pursuit of Justice, Powerful Witness Preparation, Looking Forward to the Past, Conducting a Winning Deposition.
The Sedona Conference Journal, Ethics and the Contingent Fee: Today's Settlement Environment.
Recent Professional Presentations: Travel around the country presenting Powerful Witness Preparation and Conducting a Winning Deposition.
Memorable Career Moment:
Receiving the gavel from Tommy Wells to become Chair of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association.
Intriguing Interests:
I love sports as a reflection of my love of competition as an advocate.
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