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ORIGINAL

Richard J. Cohen is an American lawyer and the Managing Partner of the multinational law firm Goldberg Segalla, a position he has held since the founding of the firm in 2001.[1] He also serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Insurance Services Practice Group,[2] which is one of the largest of its kind among U.S.-based law firms,[3][4] and Chair of its Professional Liability Practice Group.[5]

Education

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Cohen earned his bachelor of science degree, with distinction, from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Management and his juris doctor, cum laude, from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School.[6]

Career

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After completing his law degree in 1989, Cohen practiced at WolfBlock in Philadelphia and then Saperston & Day in Buffalo, New York.[7] Both of those formerly large firms no longer exist.[8][9][10] Cohen and several partners broke away from Saperston & Day to establish Goldberg Segalla in 2001.[11]

He has overseen its growth[12] from this group of attorneys in Buffalo[13] into one of the largest law firms headquartered in the United States by attorney headcount; in 2016, it was ranked 178th largest, as measured by the National Law Journal.[14][15]

In 2013, Cohen was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel, a national organization dedicated to improving the quality of the practice of insurance law.[16]

Cohen possesses an AV Preeminent peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.[17] He is listed in the Best Lawyers in America for Insurance Law[18] and has been named to Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers each year since 2007.[19] He also consistently earns placement in Buffalo Business First’s Legal Elite (formerly Who’s Who in Law).[20][21][22][23]

Cohen, his wife Tamara, and their nine kids live in Western New York. Tamara Bigford Cohen is a former social media consultant, former President of the Western New York Paralegal Association, and former Technology Coordinator for the National Federation of Paralegal Associations.[24][25]

References

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  1. ^ Jones, Leigh (2010). "Midsize Hot List Spotlight: Goldberg Segalla's Richard Cohen". National Law Journal. American Lawyer Media. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "Global Insurance Services". Goldberg Segalla. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  3. ^ Sistrunk, Jeff (November 17, 2015). "The 10 Mightiest Insurance Practice Groups". Law360. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "On the Record". Buffalo News. December 15, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  5. ^ "Professional Liability". Goldberg Segalla. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  6. ^ "Richard J. Cohen". Martindale-Hubbell. LexisNexis. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  7. ^ Jones, Leigh (2010). "Midsize Hot List Spotlight: Goldberg Segalla's Richard Cohen". National Law Journal. American Lawyer Media. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  8. ^ "Did WolfBlock Infighting Lead To Its Demise?". ABA Journal. American Bar Association. March 26, 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  9. ^ Franczyk, Annemarie (December 17, 2001). "Saperston Firm Merges With Hiscock & Barclay". Buffalo Business First. American City Business Journals. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  10. ^ Robinson, David (January 27, 2002). "Overhead Fuels Merger of Smaller Firms". Buffalo News. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  11. ^ "Business People". Buffalo News. May 13, 2001. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  12. ^ "A Paradigm Shift in the Legal Services Industry". Intelligent Insurer. Newton Media Limited. September 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  13. ^ "The National Law Journal Names Goldberg Segalla to Midsize Hot List". National Law Journal. American Lawyer Media. August 9, 2010. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  14. ^ "An Interactive Ranking of the Top US Law Firms by Headcount". National Law Journal. American Lawyer Media. June 27, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  15. ^ Petro, Michael (July 5, 2016). "Growing Law Firm Goldberg Segalla Continues NLJ 500 Ascent". Buffalo Law Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  16. ^ "On the Record". Buffalo News. November 7, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  17. ^ "Richard J. Cohen". Martindale-Hubbell. LexisNexis. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  18. ^ "Richard J. Cohen". Martindale-Hubbell. LexisNexis. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  19. ^ "Richard J. Cohen". Super Lawyers. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  20. ^ "Legal Elite of Western New York 2016". Buffalo Law Journal. American City Business Journals. October 28, 2016. September 26, 2016.
  21. ^ "Legal Elite of Western New York 2015". Buffalo Law Journal. American City Business Journals. September 21, 2015. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  22. ^ "Legal Elite of Western New York 2014". Buffalo Law Journal. American City Business Journals. September 22, 2014. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  23. ^ Chandler, Matt (September 24, 2013). "Introducing (the First Members of) Our 2013 Legal Elite of WNY". Buffalo Law Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  24. ^ Bertola, David (June 28, 2010). "Rising Star: Tamara Bigford – Helping B Social Clients Be Social". Buffalo Business First. American City Business Journals. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  25. ^ Bigford, Tamara (June 29, 2009). "Positively Paralegals". Buffalo Law Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved October 31, 2016.


Category:American lawyers Category:Living people Category:University at Buffalo Law School alumni


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Richard J. Cohen is an American lawyer and the founding Managing Partner of the multinational law firm Goldberg Segalla, a position he has held since its origin in 2001.[1] Cohen has overseen its growth from a small group of attorneys in Buffalo, New York[2] into one of the largest law firms headquartered in the United States,[3][4] driven by a culture and hiring philosophy he and its other founders considered radically different from that of typical law firms.[5][6][7]

He also serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Insurance Services Practice Group,[8] which is one of the largest of its kind among U.S.-based law firms,[9][10] and Chair of its Professional Liability Practice Group.[11]

Education

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Cohen earned his bachelor of science degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Management and his juris doctor from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School.[12]

Career and Growth of Law Firm

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After completing his law degree in 1989, Cohen practiced at WolfBlock in Philadelphia and then Saperston & Day in Buffalo, New York.[13] Both of those formerly large law firms no longer exist.[14][15][16] A lack of cohesiveness was a significant factor in the downfall of both firms, he told the National Law Journal. "They were broken," he said of his previous firms.[17] Cohen and several partners broke away from Saperston & Day to establish Goldberg Segalla in 2001.[18]

In a 2010 interview with the National Law Journal, when the firm ranked on that publication’s Midsize Hot List,[19] Cohen described the vision he and his partners had for Goldberg Segalla as follows: “The seven of us who founded the firm, we came from an environment where there was a tremendous lack of teamwork. There were exceptional lawyers, but they weren’t always working on the same team ... and they were concerned more about themselves than the success of the team. That’s something we tried to avoid when we put this firm together. We wanted to focus on team first and everyone rowing their oars in the same direction.”[20]

Cohen’s vision and the firm’s focus on teamwork drive Goldberg Segalla’s hiring strategy and "quick yet methodical"[21] growth, he and others have noted. Law360 pointed out, “Goldberg Segalla’s organic growth strategy consists of Cohen hand-picking every single lawyer in the firm.”[22] Cohen told the Buffalo Law Journal in 2014, "We don’t tolerate anyone who puts their own interest above the firm as a whole,"[23] and in 2016, "I will admit that we attained that vision on an accelerated timetable. That was largely because we created a different business and service model, a different core-value system and different culture for a law firm. It resonated deeply with our client community and they gave us opportunities to accelerate our growth."[24]

In 2016, when Goldberg Segalla ranked 178th largest in the United States by attorney headcount, as measured by the National Law Journal,[25][26] it earned recognition for its workplace culture on the national Fortune 100 Best Medium Workplaces list.[27] It has earned similar workplace ratings regionally in New York[28] and Western New York[29][30][31][32], Illinois[33], Pennsylvania[34], and New Jersey.[35]

References

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  1. ^ Jones, Leigh (2010). "Midsize Hot List Spotlight: Goldberg Segalla's Richard Cohen". National Law Journal. American Lawyer Media. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  2. ^ Jones, Leigh (2010). "Midsize Hot List Spotlight: Goldberg Segalla's Richard Cohen". National Law Journal. American Lawyer Media. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "An Interactive Ranking of the Top US Law Firms by Headcount". National Law Journal. American Lawyer Media. June 27, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Petro, Michael (July 5, 2016). "Growing Law Firm Goldberg Segalla Continues NLJ 500 Ascent". Buffalo Law Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  5. ^ Jones, Leigh (2010). "Midsize Hot List Spotlight: Goldberg Segalla's Richard Cohen". National Law Journal. American Lawyer Media. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  6. ^ "A Paradigm Shift in the Legal Services Industry". Intelligent Insurer. Newton Media Limited. September 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  7. ^ Petro, Michael (December 27, 2016). "Goldberg Segalla's Growth Quick Yet Methodical". Buffalo Law Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  8. ^ "Global Insurance Services". Goldberg Segalla. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  9. ^ Sistrunk, Jeff (November 17, 2015). "The 10 Mightiest Insurance Practice Groups". Law360. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  10. ^ "On the Record". Buffalo News. December 15, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  11. ^ "Professional Liability". Goldberg Segalla. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  12. ^ "Richard J. Cohen". Martindale-Hubbell. LexisNexis. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  13. ^ Jones, Leigh (2010). "Midsize Hot List Spotlight: Goldberg Segalla's Richard Cohen". National Law Journal. American Lawyer Media. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  14. ^ "Did WolfBlock Infighting Lead To Its Demise?". ABA Journal. American Bar Association. March 26, 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  15. ^ Franczyk, Annemarie (December 17, 2001). "Saperston Firm Merges With Hiscock & Barclay". Buffalo Business First. American City Business Journals. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  16. ^ Robinson, David (January 27, 2002). "Overhead Fuels Merger of Smaller Firms". Buffalo News. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  17. ^ Jones, Leigh (2010). "Midsize Hot List Spotlight: Goldberg Segalla's Richard Cohen". National Law Journal. American Lawyer Media. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  18. ^ "Business People". Buffalo News. May 13, 2001. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  19. ^ "The National Law Journal Names Goldberg Segalla to Midsize Hot List". National Law Journal. American Lawyer Media. August 9, 2010. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  20. ^ Jones, Leigh (2010). "Midsize Hot List Spotlight: Goldberg Segalla's Richard Cohen". National Law Journal. American Lawyer Media. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  21. ^ Petro, Michael (December 27, 2016). ""Goldberg Segalla's Growth Quick Yet Methodical"". Buffalo Law Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  22. ^ Knaub, Kelly (June 24, 2014). "New Jersey Powerhouse: Goldberg Segalla LLP". Law360. Portfolio Media, Inc. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  23. ^ Petro, Michael (June 12, 2014). "Firms, Job-Seekers Strive for Perfect Fit". Buffalo Law Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  24. ^ Petro, Michael (December 27, 2016). "Goldberg Segalla's Growth Quick Yet Methodical". Buffalo Law Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  25. ^ "An Interactive Ranking of the Top US Law Firms by Headcount". National Law Journal. American Lawyer Media. June 27, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  26. ^ Petro, Michael (July 5, 2016). "Growing Law Firm Goldberg Segalla Continues NLJ 500 Ascent". Buffalo Law Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  27. ^ "Best Medium Workplaces". Great Place to Work. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  28. ^ "2014 Best Companies to Work for in New York State Ranks Revealed". New York State Council SHRM. New York State Society for Human Resource Management (NYS-SHRM). May 11, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  29. ^ "Best Places to Work 2013 Supplement". Buffalo Business First. March 8, 2013.
  30. ^ "BEST PLACES TO WORK CELEBRATION 2013 - Buffalo - Buffalo Business First". Buffalo Business First. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  31. ^ "Best Places to Work 2014 Supplement". Buffalo Business First. March 21, 2014.
  32. ^ "BEST PLACES TO WORK CELEBRATION 2014 - Buffalo - Buffalo Business First". Buffalo Business First. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  33. ^ "2016 'Best Places to Work in Illinois'". Best Places to Work in Illinois. Best Companies Group. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  34. ^ "2015 List of Best Places to Work in PA Revealed". Team Pennsylvania. Team PA Foundation. September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  35. ^ "Congratulations to the 2014 Best Places to Work in NJ!". NJBIZ. May 2, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2016.


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