Charles W. Cohen

• Litigation, including products liability and general commercial litigation with experience in state and federal courts, arbitrations and congressional and Department of Justice investigations
• Electronic discovery and information management in litigation and non-litigation settings

• Ranked by Chambers USA as one of the top product liability and mass torts lawyers in the United States
• Recognized by The Legal 500 United States as one of the top product liability, mass tort and class action defense lawyers (pharmaceuticals and medical devices)
• Ranked by Legal Media Group's Expert Guide as one of The World's Leading Product Liability Lawyers
• Recognized by Who's Who Legal In both its "Life Science - Product Liability" and "Product Liability Defence" categories
• Identified as a top-ranked lawyer in Super Lawyers magazine in the areas of class action and mass tort

• Co-author, “The New Constants – Death, Taxes and … Social Media?” Bloomberg BNA (April 2013)
• Co-author, “Winning Prescription Medicine Personal Injury Cases on Motion,” New Jersey Defense (Fall 2011)
• Co-author, “Zubulake Revisited: Six Years Later,” Law360 (Jan. 15, 2010) (http://securities.law360.com/articles/143679)
• Co-author, “Products Liability 2008: A Year in Review,” American Bar Association Section of Litigation web publication, http://www.abanet.org/litigation/committees/products/home.html
• Co-author and member of Editing Committee, “Intellectual Property Misuse: Licensing and Litigation,” American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law (2000)
• Co-author, “Antitrust and Misuse Law” in Intellectual Property Law Annual, New York Intellectual Property Law Association, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001

Litigation Strategy and Management

• "Vaccination - a Right to Choose, or a Social Obligation?", International Bar Association Annual Conference, Virtual Conference, November 5, 2020 
• "Crisis Management in the Age of 280 Characters," DRI Hot Topics in International Law, Paris, France, June 17, 2019
• "It's a Small World After All: Litigation, Regulatory and Privacy Issues across Jurisdictions," DRI Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, October 21, 2016
• “Collective Redress Across Borders – How Consumers Are Flexing Their Multijurisdictional Muscle,” International Bar Association Annual Conference, Tokyo, Oct. 20, 2014
• “A Focus on Class Actions and MDL: Coordination and Other Winning Strategies for Resolution in Multiple Jurisdictions,” American Conference Institute’s, Mass Tort Products Liability Claims Program, New York, Sept. 30, 2010
• “Management of Complex Litigation,” International Bar Association Conference, Washington, DC, April 15, 2010
• “Mass Torts: The Defense Perspective,” New York State Trial Lawyers Institute Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminar, How to Find, Understand, and Litigate Mass Torts, New York, May 7, 2009
• “Products Liability 2008: A Year In Review,” American Bar Association, Joint Meeting of the Products Liability, Mass Tort, and Environmental Law Committees, Vail, CO, January 2009
• “The Ups and Downs of Removal and Remand,” Mealey’s Litigation and Trial Strategies SuperConference, Miami, October 2008 ·     
• “Managing Multiple Litigations and Class Actions,” New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association/New Jersey Defense Association, Somerset, NJ, October 2007

Technology and Electronic Discovery

• "Emerging Ethical Issues in this Ever-Changing World," New Jersey Defense Association & Association of Corporate Counsel New Jersey 2019 Products Liability Seminar, Newark, NJ, February 1, 2019
• “Electronic Discovery,” New York County Lawyers’ Association seminar, Winning Cases in Federal Court, New York, July 19, 2018 (and previously presented on July 7, 2010, June 14, 2011, June 28, 2012, and June 27, 2013, June 23, 2014, July 15, 2015, July 18, 2016 and July 18, 2017)
• “Beating the Traffic:  How to Staff & Set-Up a TAR Matter,” Electronic Discovery Institute, New York, June 7, 2017
• “Ethics 2.0(16) - Ethical Issues in the Digital Age,” New Jersey Defense Association & Association of Corporate Counsel New Jersey Products Liability Seminar, Iselin, NJ, Sept. 23, 2016
• “Now Do You Think E-Discovery Is Important?,” Mass Torts Judicial Forum, New York, April 17, 2015
• “The Ethical Discovery of Social Media,” Defense Research Institute Product Liability Conference, Las Vegas, Feb. 5, 2015
• “Social Media Ethics and the Courts,” New York State Judicial Insitute CLE, White Plains, NY, Sept. 30, 2014 and 9th Judicial District Judges Program, White Plains, NY, March 19 and 27, 2014
• “Preserve, Prepare and Protect: Responding to the Corporate Witness Subpoena,” Association of Corporate Counsel, Mid-America Chapter program, Kansas City, Nov. 13, 2013
• “Death, Taxes and … Social Media? How Companies Can Adapt to the Social Media Age,” Bloomberg BNA webinar, Oct. 10, 2013 (available at http://www.bna.com/death-taxes...) 
• “Managing E-Discovery: From Complaint to Production,” Defense Research Institute Product Liability Conference, National Harbor, MD, April 5, 2013
• “Cross-Border Discovery: Navigating the Legal, Technical and Cultural Maze,” Women in e-Discovery Presentation, New York, Oct. 18, 2012
• “Avoiding the Bermuda Triangle: Effective and Efficient Collaboration Among In-House Counsel, Outside Counsel and Vendors,” Carmel Valley e-Discovery Retreat, Monterey, CA, July 25, 2012
• “Privilege in the Electronic Age,” New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association/New Jersey Defense Association, Woodbridge, NJ, March 2010 and March 2012
• “Cross-Border Discovery: Asia, Europe and More,” webinar, June 30, 2011 http://www.catalystsecure.com/...
• “The Expanding Role of Search in E-Discovery,” Webinar, May 23, 2011 http://www.catalystsecure.com/...
• “Data Protection,” International Bar Association Conference, Krakow, Poland, May 20, 2011
• “Watson, The NY Times Doomsday Article and the Legal Profession,” ESIBytes Podcast, April 1, 2011 www.esibytes.com/?p=1829 
• “What Lawyers Need to Know About Search,” Catalyst Secure’s “The Expanding Role of Search in E-Discovery” Seminar, New York, March 2, 2011
• “Legacy Data Issues and E-Discovery Pain,” ESIBytes Podcast, Jan. 18, 2011 (available at www.esibytes.com/?p=1601 
• “e-Discovery Case Law Update – Winter/Spring 2010,” Fios Inc. webcast, March 24, 2010
• “Multilingual Madness: Globalization is Colliding with the Complexity of E-Discovery,” Legal Tech, New York, Feb. 3, 2009
• “We’re All in This Together: Coordination with Your Outside Counsel is Essential to Successful E-Discovery,” Corporate Counsel Seminar, Mastering the Discovery Process for the General Counsel, New York, November 2008
• “Data Overload: Effectively Dealing with Information Preservation and Discovery,” Mealey’s Litigation and Trial Strategies SuperConference, Miami, October 2008
• “Qualcomm v. Broadcom: What Lessons Have We Learned?,” Association of Litigation Support Professionals, webinar, May 2008
• “Discovery of Foreign Language Documents,” Catalyst Secure Seminar, New York, December 2007
• “Use of Technology at Trial,” Atlantic City Inns of Court, Atlantic City, NJ, March 2007
• “Electronic Discovery,” New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association/New Jersey Defense Association, Woodbridge, NJ, October 2005

• Member and past chair (2010 – 2012), New Jersey Defense Association Products Liability Committee
• Member, International Bar Association, Litigation and Product Law and Advertising Committees
• Member, Defense Research Institute (DRI) Data Management and Security Committee and DRI International

• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York