Attorney Profiles

Jeffrey L. Cohen 
Topsham, Maine
Partner
phone (207) 725-5581
fax (207) 725-1090
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JEFFREY L. COHEN , a native of New Jersey, graduated from Colby College. He received his law degree, cum laude , from New York Law School, where he served as Associate Editor of the New York Law School Law Review . He was appointed Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C.  Jeff is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Maine, as well as the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, and is a member of the Maine State Bar Association and the American Association for Justice. He concentrates his practice mainly in the areas of workers' compensation, personal injury, and appellate practice. Jeff has lectured to various professional groups on workers' compensation and occupational disease.  He lives in Brunswick.

Areas of Practice:
Workers' Compensation Law
Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
Bar Admissions:
Maine, 1984
New York, 1979
U.S. District Court District of Maine, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1984
Education:
New York Law School, New York, New York, 1979
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude


Colby College, Waterville, Maine, 1974
B.A.


Representative Cases:
Adams v. Mt. Blue Health Ctr., 1999 Me 105 (Me. SJC 1999)
Ladd v. Grinnell Corp., 728 A.2d 1275 (Me. SJC 1999)
Beaulieu v. Maine Medical Ctr., 675 A.2d 110 (Me SJC 1996)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Maine State Bar, 1984 - Present
Member


Maine Trial Lawyers Association, 1998 - Present
Member


American Association for Justice, 2003 - Present
Member


The law firm of McTeague, Higbee, Case, Cohen, Whitney & Toker accepts clients throughout the state of Maine including Portland, Topsham, Bangor, Waterville, Lewiston, Augusta, Bath, Brunswick, Auburn and Biddeford. We currently represent former IBM employees in an age discrimination claim in states throughout the U.S. including New York, California, Vermont, North Carolina, Texas, Arizona, Colorado and Oregon.