Jeffrey B. Cohen, Attorney
Jeffrey B. Cohen
Litigation, Labor Law, Employment, Bankruptcy, General Practice
- Law Office: Tawshunsky Law Firm Pllc
- Washington Law Firms
- Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
- Status: In Good Standing
- Licensed: 43 years
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Immediately before joining the firm, Mr. Cohen was Chief Counsel of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the federal agency that insures traditional, private pensions plans. In that capacity, he directed the work of 50 attorneys and served as lead counsel for the agency in major bankruptcy proceedings and ERISA litigation. Before his appointment as Chief Counsel, he served for many years as Deputy General Counsel of PBGC. While at PBGC, he was lead counsel for the agency in the bankruptcy proceedings, and related district court and appellate litigation, in such cases as United Airlines, Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlines, US Airways, Enron, Kaiser Aluminum, Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, Pan American World Airways, Trans World Airlines, and
In March 2006, The American Lawyer named him as a Dealmaker of the Year for 2005 for his work on behalf of PBGC in the United Airlines bankruptcy and other major bankruptcy cases. He is a frequent speaker at conferences on ERISA, bankruptcy, and ERISA litigation. Mr. Cohen is a Fellow of the
Mr. Cohen is a Contributing Author to Business Workouts Manual (2d ed. Thomson/West 2007), for which he wrote a chapter on Pensions in Restructurings. Additionally, Mr. Cohen was recently quoted in the New York Times and interviewed on the Fox Business Network regarding pension issues in the automotive sector.
Before joining PBGC, Mr. Cohen was a partner in a
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Georgetown University Law Center | J.D. | Law School | N/A |
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District of Columbia | 1981 |
New York | 1981 |
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