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Richard Cohn is a persistent, aggressive trial attorney who takes a "turn every stone" approach toward the legal matters he handles. He has been repeatedly designated a Southern California "Super Lawyer" by Los Angeles Magazine and Law and Politics. He was also one of only three lawyers in Orange County, California to achieve the distinction of being listed as a "Law Dragon" in the inaugural issue of Law Dragon Magazine, which designated him as one of the "Top 500 Litigators in the Nation.”  Mr. Cohn received the prestigious “Top Gun” Trial Lawyers of the Year Award in 2008 for his work on medical malpractice cases in Orange County.  Mr. Cohn is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubble’s Law Directory — which issues such ratings only to those attorneys who have demonstrated preeminent legal ability and the highest professional and ethical standards.. Mr. Cohn received his Bachelors Degree, Cum Laude, from University of California at San Diego (UCSD) in 1985 with a double major in Political Science and Communications. He obtained his juris doctorate degree from U.S.C. Law School in 1989, graduating among the top quarter of his class. He began his legal career at the law firm of McGinnis, Fitzgerald, Reese, Sharkey & McIntyre in San Diego, California, specializing in the field of medical malpractice defense.. Mr. Cohn joined Wylie Aitken in practice in July of 1990 and became a named Partner in January 2001. Mr. Cohn handles a wide variety of cases in major tort litigation including wrongful death and serious personal injury, medical malpractice, aviation tort law, insurance bad faith, products liability, construction site accidents, automobile and trucking accidents, premises liability, and governmental tort liability. (The subspecialty of medical malpractice has always constituted over 50% of his caseload.). Mr. Cohn is a past President of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, having assumed the Presidency of that organization in January 2001. Mr. Cohn has also served on the Board of Directors of a variety of other legal and charitable organizations, including the Orange County Bar Association and the United Cerebral Palsey Association of Orange County among others. He is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars including for California Continuing Education for The Bar (CEB) as well as for the State and Local Trial and Bar Association. He is also a frequent author of articles in legal publications. He has also been interviewed on multiple occasions by both televison and print news media regarding a variety of high profile cases.. Exemplary Results. Mr. Cohn has been trial counsel in a variety of lengthy, complex and high profile trials which have resulted in multi-million dollar verdicts. Examples include: Small v. County of Orange (involving the attack of a mountain lion on a young child in a public park -- Verdict: $2,100,000); Chavez v. Altig (a complex medical malpractice case wherein a 25 year old man was blinded as a result of anesthesia during ankle surgery -- Verdict: $3,800,000); Scott v. Burges Transportation, et al (wherein a Journeyman immigrant plumbing contractor was seriously injured when he was run over by a dump truck on a construction site -- Verdict: $1,900,000); (Redacted) v. Wings Express Aviation, et al. (an aviation case wherein a Piper Cherokee VI aircraft crashed at Fullerton Airport due to a combination of contaminated fuel and poor maintenance -- Verdict $2,760,535).. Mr. Cohn also has achieved numerous multimillion dollar settlements on behalf of his clients. Most recent highlights include: A $4.5 million dollar settlement on behalf of a man who suffered a quadriplegic injury when diving into a pool at a luxury resort (2010); A $3 million settlement for the wrongful death of a construction site worker struck by a dump truck (Bodine v. Western Trucking) (2006); A $7.25 million dollar settlement for a new mother who received a morphine overdose in the hospital after a C-Section, (Case I.D. confidential) (2007); a settlement for over $3 Million for the wrongful death of an elderly woman struck by a bus in a crosswalk (Case I.D. confidential) (2006); a $1.8 Million settlement for the wrongful death of a husband/father electrocuted when he contacted power lines (Case I.D. confidential) (2006); and a $2.4 million settlement in a medical malpractice matter involving the wrongful death of an executive/father of three due to anesthesiology error (Brown v. Neff, M.D., et al.). He also obtained a record $2.1 million dollar settlement for an 80 year old auto v. pedestrian victim (believed to be the highest personal injury award in California history for a victim over the age of 80). (Rubio v. Allstate Ins.) (2003). In other recent medical malpractice results, Mr. Cohn recently obtained a $4.0 million dollar settlement in a hard fought, complex birth injury case. (Doe v. Roe Hospital) (2007), and a 2.4 million settlement on the eve of trial in another Orange County birth injury matter, (2008.). Mr. Cohn has also briefed and argued a variety of appellate matters, and argued before the California Supreme Court in an insurance coverage dispute which resulted in over 140 pages of majority and dissenting opinion.. Personal. Mr. Cohn was married in 1993 and has two children. They live in Newport Beach, California.

I am a trial lawyer and the founding partner of Aitken Aitken Cohn in, Santa Ana, California.  At age 35 I was and am the youngest president in the history of the State Trial Bar.. Memberships include: President and Trustee of American Board of Trial Advocates Foundation; Board member of the National American  Board of Trial Advocates; Lawyer Representative to the 9th Circuit Judicial Court; and,  former member of Board of Governors of ATLA.  I have been a frequent guest speaker at numerous legal seminars, frequent guest on TV and radio shows, including Larry King Live, Inside Edition, KOCE, KNBC, KFI, published in several professional journals and one of the contributing editors of Jefferson’s California Evidence Benchbook. Repeatedly recognized by the State Legal Newspaper, The Daily Journal for being one of The Top 100" Most Influential Lawyers in California, a state of almost 200,000 lawyers; The Daily Journal’s Top 10 Rainmakers;  Southern California Super Lawyer; Lawdragon Top 500 Lawyers in America; and regularly featured in The Best Lawyers in America and the Pre-Eminent Lawyers of America.

Christopher R. Aitken,  who received his B.A. from the University of California (Los Angeles) in 1992 and his J.D. from the University of Southern California School of Law in 1996, is a partner in the Santa Ana firm of Aitken, Aitken, & Cohn. Mr. Aitken represents plaintiffs in major civil jury trial litigation involving personal injury, insurance bad faith, wrongful death, and general business litigation. He also is the creator and lead contributor of the Consumer Personal Injury Lawyer Blog.  He has also been a frequent continuing education speaker for the various California bar associations, and is a contributing member of the Consumer Attorney of California and the Orange County Bar Association.  For a complete biography, you can find me at: .

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