Lawrence R. Cohan

Mr. Cohan’s practice involves toxic and mass torts including asbestos, PFAS, paraquat, talc, benzene, lead Camp LeJeune, chemicals and other dangerous products, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical and medical device liability, including defective hip implants, vaccine-related injuries, products liability, class action, FELA, and other complex personal injury matters.

LEADERSHIP ROLES

As a leader in many complex cases, Larry has forged new law in the trial and appellate court levels in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Larry was Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel for the multidistrict litigation (MDL) on the infamous “human tissue” scandal case. He served on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for the Morcellator MDL in Kansas City, Kansas.

Larry is currently serving on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee of the MDL entitled IN RE: Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation. Larry is the co-chair of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committees’ Public Water Provider Sub Committee and has prepared two of the first ten cases selected for Bellwether trial.

Larry has served for decades on boards of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Associations. He completed his term as president of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, the oldest and largest local trial lawyer association in the country.

Mr. Cohan has represented literally thousands of steelworkers, many who worked at USX in Bucks County, Pennsylvania for claims arising out of their lung disease, including mesothelioma, caused by exposure to asbestos. He also regularly represents victims of exposure to benzene, many of whom worked at local refineries, who are suffering from various forms of leukemia. Mr. Cohan has handled toxic tort and environmental claims against major chemical producers, including Rohm and Haas, Honeywell, Dupont, 3M, Syngenta and others.

Mr. Cohan served as Lead Counsel in the first and only “market share” lead poisoning case filed in Pennsylvania against the lead pigment industry. Larry has also represented victims of defective medical devices including victims of a recalled robotic surgical device, the potentially deadly uterine morcellators and recalled metal on metal hip implants.

Larry has obtained multimillion-dollar jury verdicts in toxic tort and medical malpractice cases in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He obtained the first plaintiff’s verdict in an asbestos case in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with the first verdict of its kind against asbestos “friction” product defendants GE, GTE and Eaton Cutler-Hammer Corporation. Recently, Larry obtained a $7 million jury verdict in a groundbreaking mesothelioma case. He also testified before the Pennsylvania State House against proposed asbestos legislation which would have denied victims rights.

Mr. Cohan represents victims suffering from rare vaccine injuries before the United States Federal Claims Court in Washington, D.C. as part of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, and serves as co-chair of the American Association for Justice Vaccine Litigation Group. He has also lobbied with the Pennsylvania legislature on behalf of children injured by lead poisoning.