Stewart Cohen

Stewart L. Cohen is a shareholder at Cohen, Placitella, Roth & Goslee, P.C. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his practice centers on complex civil litigation, including medical malpractice, product liability, workplace accident and class action cases. He has represented children who suffered catastrophic birth injuries, people hurt on a dangerous roadway, victims of bank fraud and, in an environmental case, the state of Pennsylvania over mining damage to state parkland.

Over more than 30 years, his clients have recovered from hospitals, physicians, engineers, manufacturers, banks, insurers and drug companies. His results have been recognized as the top settlement or verdict of 2013 in Pennsylvania, a top 100 jury verdict nationally and a top 20 recovery in New Jersey. He is admitted in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, and has written and lectured widely on trial practice and legal ethics.

Cohen graduated from Penn State in 1973 and earned his J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 1977. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania appointed him six times to roles with its Disciplinary Board, which he chaired, and he served on judicial selection panels for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He has led the board of the Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania, served as an officer of United Cerebral Palsy and received Penn State’s Distinguished Alumni Award. He is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.