Proskauer

Justin Cohen is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the Antitrust Group. His practice focuses on complex civil litigation, including antitrust class actions, commercial disputes, and securities litigation. He represents clients in federal and state courts across the country, as well as in investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Justin has experience at every stage of litigation, including managing complex fact and expert discovery, taking and defending depositions, preparing witnesses and experts, drafting dispositive motions, and preparing cases for trial.

Justin was a member of the trial team that secured a landmark victory for Sanderson Farms in a broiler chicken antitrust conspiracy case, defeating $7 billion in damages claims. After 13 of the 14 defendants settled, Sanderson Farms proceeded alone to a six-week trial in the Northern District of Illinois, where the jury returned a complete defense verdict. The team received The American Lawyer’s “Litigators of the Week” and Law360’s “Legal Lions” recognition, as well as Benchmark Litigation’s “Impact Case” award.

Justin earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. While at Columbia, he worked at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Prior to law school, he worked as an intelligence analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense.