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Firm: Aitken * Aitken * Cohn
3 Macarthur Pl #800 , Santa Ana , California 92707
Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace, Civil , Insurance , Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice
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.
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Firm: Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Goldman and Menzies, P.C.
12100 Wilshire Boulevard 950 9 , Los Angeles , California 90025
Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace,Personal Injury,Products Liability,Trucking Accidents,Wrongful Death
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Firm: Rouda, Feder, Tietjen and Zanobini
44 Montgomery 4000 , San Francisco , California 94104
Practice Areas: Admiralty & Maritime,Animal Bites,Automobile Accidents,Aviation & Aerospace,Civil ,Construction ,Elder ,Medical Malpractice,Premises Liability,Sexual Abuse,Slip and Fall,Wrongful Death
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Firm: Carroll, Burdick and McDonough LLP
44 Montgomery Street 400 , San Francisco , California 94104
Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace,Civil ,Insurance ,Products Liability
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555 Street 26th Floor 9 , San Francisco , California 94104
Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace,Civil ,Intellectual Property ,International & Trade,Mergers & Acquisitions
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Firm: Rogers Joseph O'Donnell
311 California St Fl 10 , San Francisco , California 94104
Practice Areas: Administrative , Aviation & Aerospace, Civil , Communications & Media , Corporate , Government Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Contracts, Securities & Investment Fraud, Aviation
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Firm: Law Offices of Robert M. Moss Inc.
1416 Sixth Street 510 , Santa Monica , California 90401
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Firm: Robert Griscom and Associates
3750 John J Montgomery Drive B Californ , San Diego , California 92123
Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace,Business & Commercial,Transportation
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Firm: Chevalier, Allen & Lichman, LLP
695 Town Center Drive Suite 700 , Costa Mesa , California 92626
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Firm: Perkins Coie LLP
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Firm: Davies Blakemore LLP
Po Box 276148 , Sacramento , California 95827
Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace, Civil , Construction , Franchise , Personal Injury, Products Liability, Aviation
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1800 888 South Figueroa Street , Los Angeles , California 90017
Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace,Insurance
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Firm: Law Offices of Richard A. Eastman
201 Spear St Ste 1100 , San Francisco , California 94105
Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace, Construction , International & Trade, Litigation
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Firm: Aerlex Law Group
2800 28th Street 200 , Santa Monica , California 90405
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Firm: Irell and Manella LLP
900 1800 Avenue of the Stars (Century City , Los Angeles , California 90067
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Three Embarcadero Center 12th Floor , San Francisco , California 94111
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Firm: Richard R. Robinson
6731 La Cumbre Dr 402 , Orange , California 92869
Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace
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Firm: Mesriani Law Group
12100 Wilshire Boulevard 430 , Los Angeles , California 90025
Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace,Business ,Civil ,Employment & Labor ,General Practice,Insurance ,Intellectual Property ,Medical Malpractice,Personal Injury,Real Estate ,Social Security Benefits & Disability,Toxic Substances
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Firm: Sellar, Hazard, McNeely & Manning, A Professional Law Corporation
283 Lakewood Rd , Walnut Creek , California 94598
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Firm: Walkup, Melodia, Kelly, Wecht and Schoenberger, A Professional Corporation
26th Floor 650 Street 9 , San Francisco , California 94108
Practice Areas: Aviation & Aerospace,Personal Injury,Products Liability