Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims
  • Virginia, Associate Member

Education

  • State University of New York at Oswego, 1979, B.A.
  • California Western School of Law, 1983, J.D. with Honors

Professional Association

  • Western New York Trial Lawyers Association, former president
  • National Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, past member
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Erie County Bar Association, Professional Ethics Committee
  • New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Western Region
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Financial Industry Regulation Authority (FINRA) - Arbitrator

Community Involvement

  • Adjunct Faculty, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law, 2001–present
  • United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, past
  • Board Director: Alcohol and Drug Dependency Services Foundation, Inc. D/B/A Kids Escaping Drugs, past
  • Amherst Senior Citizens Foundation Inc. - past
  • Compass House - past
  • Headway of Western New York Inc. affiliate of People Inc., advisory council - past
  • Lou Gehrig Youth Baseball, Chairman, past

Professional Recognition

  • AV Rated "Preeminent" by Martindale-Hubbell, 2022
  • Buffalo Business First Legal Elite of Western New York
  • Selected by Best Lawyers in America, New York's Best Lawyers - Personal Injury Law 2021-2026
  • Selected by New York Super Lawyers Upstate Edition - Personal Injury Law 2008, 2009, 2011-2024

Howard B. Cohen is focused on the prosecution and trial of substantial personal injury accident claims, which include automobile accidents, workplace accidents, wrongful death claims, construction accident and fall-down defect claims. He has also prosecuted substantial Insurance, Securities and Fraud claims.