• Joined Firm, 1982
• University of Puget Sound School of Law, Acting Dean, 1980, Associate Dean, 1979 and 1981, Associate Professor, 1978-82
• University of Michigan Law School, Assistant Dean and Director of Graduate Studies, 1976-78
• University of Tennessee College of Law, Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor, 1974-76
• Private business, 1972-74
• Attorney, Jenner & Block, Chicago, 1970-72

Mr. Cohen’s practice focuses on complex litigation, and on energy, telecommunications, and state and municipal government law, both litigation and non-litigation.

• Counsel at trial and appellate levels in Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill, 437 U.S. 153 (1978) – the “snail darter” case – seminal litigation under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, resulting in successful review by U.S. Supreme Court enjoining completion of major dam project.
• Represented public utilities and board and council members in Washington Public Power Supply System Securities Litigation, which involved a multi-billion dollar municipal bond default, in lawsuits before various Washington state courts and federal trial and appellate courts, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Settled three months into federal court trial.
• Successfully represented city in the SeaTac Airport “third runway expansion” litigation, 113 Wn.App. 375 (2002), in State of Washington Growth Management Hearings Board proceedings and appeals to Superior Court and Court of Appeals.
• Represented defendant at trial and on appeal in Maleng v. King County Corrections Guild, 150 Wn.2d 325 (2003), which involved the constitutionality and charter compliance of a voter initiative to reduce the size of the county council. Successfully sought direct emergency review of adverse trial court decision, which the Washington State Supreme Court unanimously reversed.
• Serves as General Counsel to consortiums of public utilities engaged in energy and telecommunication activities, including renewable energy and rural area broadband projects. Representation includes transactional matters, open public meeting and public records act compliance, municipal bond financing, litigation, administrative agency matters, and legislative work.

• Board of Trustees, Mercer Island Open Space Conservancy Trust (2004-present) (Chair, 2008-present; Vice Chair, 2006-2008)
  
• Mercer Island Parks Levy Stakeholders Committee (Chair, 2007-present)
  
• City of Mercer Island Planning Commission (1991-2001) (Chair, 1996-2001)
• City of Mercer Island Citizen of the Year (2000)
• Seattle University School of Law Board of Visitors (1997-2001)

• Martindale-Hubbell AV-Rated
  
• Order of the Coif
• Board of Editors, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW
• Continuing Legal Education Presentations
• City of Mercer Island Citizen of the Year (2000)