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Robin Cohen

In her 30-plus-year career as one of the nation’s foremost litigators, Robin Cohen has consistently taken on—and beaten—the world’s largest insurance companies. Recognized as one of the most effective and innovative insurance lawyers in the world, Robin has recovered over $10 billion for policyholder plaintiffs like Pfizer, Walmart, CBS, Verizon, and AMC. These and other blue-chip corporations repeatedly choose her to secure coverage for catastrophic losses. Among other groundbreaking results, Robin secured the extremely rare reversal of a jury verdict, while representing Conduent State Healthcare in its pursuit of insurance coverage relating to a $236 million Medicaid settlement. The decision was recently upheld by the Delaware Supreme Court. Robin’s work has also established precedent in vital areas of D&O insurance, including a recent major win for Harman International Industries, when the Delaware Supreme Court held that a “bump-up” exclusion in a D&O policy did not bar coverage for Harman’s $28 million settlement of an underlying shareholder class action. Outside the courtroom, Robin focuses on bet-the-company insurance issues that materially impact the bottom line for her clients. Organizations rely on her to address coverage questions stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic, governmental investigations, securities litigation against directors and officers, regulatory developments, and computer system breaches. · Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna

United StatesInsurance Coverage, Directors And Officers Liability

About

Robin Cohen is a leading insurance litigator who has recovered over $10 billion for policyholder clients including Pfizer, Walmart, CBS, Verizon, and AMC. She co-founded Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna in 2021 and serves as chair of the firm.

Practice areas

Insurance CoverageDirectors And Officers LiabilityLitigation

Office

United States

Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna · In her 30-plus-year career as one of the nation’s foremost litigators, Robin Cohen has consistently taken on—and beaten—the world’s largest insurance companies. Recognized as one of the most effective and innovative insurance lawyers in the world, Robin has recovered over $10 billion for policyholder plaintiffs like Pfizer, Walmart, CBS, Verizon, and AMC. These and other blue-chip corporations repeatedly choose her to secure coverage for catastrophic losses. Among other groundbreaking results, Robin secured the extremely rare reversal of a jury verdict, while representing Conduent State Healthcare in its pursuit of insurance coverage relating to a $236 million Medicaid settlement. The decision was recently upheld by the Delaware Supreme Court. Robin’s work has also established precedent in vital areas of D&O insurance, including a recent major win for Harman International Industries, when the Delaware Supreme Court held that a “bump-up” exclusion in a D&O policy did not bar coverage for Harman’s $28 million settlement of an underlying shareholder class action. Outside the courtroom, Robin focuses on bet-the-company insurance issues that materially impact the bottom line for her clients. Organizations rely on her to address coverage questions stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic, governmental investigations, securities litigation against directors and officers, regulatory developments, and computer system breaches.

United States

Expertise

Policyholder Insurance CoverageDirectors And Officers InsuranceCatastrophic Loss CoverageCovid-19 CoverageSecurities LitigationGovernmental Investigations

Education

  • B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1983
  • J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1986

Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas