Gail E. Cohen

Gail Cohen is a litigation partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office, and has been in practice since 1979. During her career, Ms. Cohen has specialized in representing the insurance and financial services industry in a wide range of litigation, from trial through appeal.

Ms. Cohen has had extensive experience handling punitive damages, high-exposure actions and class action cases, and has personally acted as lead counsel in numerous state and federal court trials, FINRA (formerly called NASD) arbitrations and reinsurance arbitrations. For example, she served as one of the lead trial counsel in In re Executive Life Insurance Company, the largest life insurance company insolvency in history.

Ms. Cohen’s work has also included financial institution litigation, coverage litigation, agent/broker litigation, ERISA litigation, employment litigation, and the representation of insurers with regard to market conduct issues before the Department of Insurance.

Ms. Cohen has briefed and argued numerous appellate matters before the state courts of appeals, the California Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit. In addition, she has lectured extensively on litigation and insurance topics at ABA and various industry conferences.