Attorneys

He is a qualified expert in building construction and real property matters and serves as a neutral on the Construction, and Commercial Mediation panel for the American Arbitration Association (AAA.) He is a certified Property Mold Specialist in mold inspection and mold remediation.  He holds a Real Estate Broker's license and a class "B" and "C10" Contractor's license. He is also a qualified expert in real estate standards of care and duty, broker's and agent's disclosure and property management duties and has served as an expert in this field since 1985.  He is also a member of the International Code Council (ICC), formally (ICBO) International Conference of Building Officials

Judge Cohen studied Divorce Mediation and Domestic Relations Dispute Resolution under the Acadamy of Family Mediators in 1995 at Pepperdine University.  Over the past 15 years he has succesfully mediated dissolution/divorce issues that include child custody/co-parenting, spousal suport and child support, and distribution of assets.  He continues to help parties in divorce reach closure in a dignified manner.

In the area of Labor & Employment he is an approved Mediator on numerous State and Federal panels and has mediated disputes for the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC), the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the U.S. Postal Service, L.A. Superior Court, California State Department of Insurance and the USDA & US Forest Service through the Center for Dispute Resolution (CEDR.)  He currently serves as an Adminstrative Law Judge for the Appeals Board for the CUIAB.

Judge Cohen has also worked in the probate arena having recently co-authored an appellate brief and successfully overturned a lower court decision.  The Court of Appeal properly viciated a mediated settlement agreement, and confirmed an arbitration due to a lack of a meeting of the minds of the parties.  Having a combined background in family law and having worked in the probate arena makes Judge Cohen and excellent choice as a neutral in probate matters involving property distribution, property management, the duty to make corpus productive, distribution to beneficiaries, and trustee duties.

Judge Cohen has been an adjunct professor and has taught Arbitration, Mediation and Negotiation on the graduate, undergraduate and Corporate level. He earned his MBA from Pepperdine University School of Business and the Graduate Level Certificate in Dispute Resolution (ABA approved) from Pepperdine University School of Law. He earned his Doctorate of Law-Jurisprudence (JD) degree from British American University School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in the State of California and the United States District Court, Central District.

He received special recognition in 1995, 1997, 2002 and 2003 "Who's Who in Business Professionals & Executives" and is now a lifetime achievement member. He is currently a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), the Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA) and the American Arbitration Association (AAA). He is also a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), the LA County Bar Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and the Santa Monica Bar Association.