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Jay Cohen Named a 2015 DBR Most Effective Lawyers Finalist in Medical Malpractice
Jay Cohen has once again been named a Most Effective Lawyers finalist in the Medical Malpractice category by the Daily Business Review*. This past summer, Jay Cohen, as lead trial counsel, obtained a $14 million settlement in a class action suit against Broward...
Attorneys Obtain $14 Million Settlement in Class Action Suit
Jay Cohen, as lead trial counsel, recently obtained a $14 million settlement in a class action suit against Broward General Medical Center on behalf of cardiac stress lab patients exposed to contaminated saline over a five-year period. In 2009, the hospital learned,...
Jay Appointed to Urban League of Broward County
On February 10, 2015, the Urban League of Broward County welcomed a new chairman along with six new board members to help lead the organization as it celebrates 40 years of service and hosts the National Urban League Annual Conference on July 31-August 1, 2015 in Fort...
Florida’s Most Effective Lawyers Finalist, Medical Malpractice Category
Jay Cohen has been named Most Effective Lawyers finalist for 2014 in the Medical Malpractice category by the Daily Business Review. Earlier this year, he obtained a jury award of $19.25 million* for his client, a 43-year-old Hollywood woman who suffered damages due to...
Florida Bar Presents Jay Cohen with President’s Award of Merit
On June 27, 2014, The Florida Bar honored Jay Cohen with the President's Award of Merit. The award was presented by Eugene Pettis, President of the Florida Bar, for Jay's dedicated service as a member of The Florida Bar Board of Governors and for his "outstanding...
Jay Cohen Named In 2014 Super Lawyers
Jay Cohen has once again been recognized by Florida Super Lawyers, a distinction he has received every year since 2007. Super Lawyers rates attorneys (through independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations) in more than 70 practice areas to identify those...
Attorneys Win Large Jury Award for Victim of Medical Negligence
Jay Cohen and Rudy Ayala obtained a verdict of $19.25 million* for their client, a 43-year-old Hollywood woman who suffered damages due to negligent delay in treatment. A Broward jury determined that three of her doctors failed to timely identify and treat her spinal...
Jeff Running For Non-Profit Programs in 2014 Boston Marathon
Jeff Blostein be running in the 2014 Boston Marathon on April 21st in support of two non-profit programs they are personally involved in. Please join us in supporting their efforts. Thank you. From Jeff: My son, Zach, was diagnosed at age one with a rare,...
Jay Cohen Appointed Chair of 4th DCA Judicial Nominating Screening Committees
Jay Cohen was recently appointed Chair of the 4th DCA Judicial Nominating Screening Committees (14th, 15th and 17th Judicial Circuits). He also serves as a Member of the Supreme Court Screening Committee. Happy Holidays from all of us at the Law Office of Jay Cohen,...