Marc Cohen

Partner

Marc.Cohen@lewisbrisbois.com

Marc Cohen is a partner in the Boston office of Lewis Brisbois. As a member of the Professional Liability Group, Marc focuses his practice on the defense of professional liability claims, including design professionals, lawyers, accountants and other professionals. Marc also provides claims management and contract review services for design professionals. Marc has an extensive background in insurance defense matters, including mediation, arbitration, risk and claims analysis, and complex settlement negotiations, specializing in the defense of design professionals under professional liability insurance policies. In addition to his prior law firm experience, Marc has also worked in risk management for an international office supply company, and served as corporate counsel for a national restaurant chain. In those capacities, Marc worked on numerous general liability, insurance defense, and employment matters. 

Primary Area(s) of Practice

• Professional Liability
• COVID-19: Construction/Contractors/Architects & Engineers

Admissions

Massachusetts

Professional Presentations

• Speaker, “The Many Faces of Professional Liability”; Topic: Architects, Engineers and Design Professionals; Lewis Brisbois Webinar Series, June 20, 2019
• “Recent Court Interpretations of the Economic Loss Doctrine”, Design & Construction Management Professional Reporter, October 2009
• Speaker/Panelist: “Ten Most Common Areas of Design Professional Liability”, Design Professional Roundtable, June 2012
• Speaker/Panelist: “Recent Court Decisions That Impact Design Professionals”, Design Professional Roundtable, June 2015
• Guest Lecturer, Legal Issues in Engineering Practice, Tufts University, 2011–2015
• Guest Lecturer, Legal Issues in Engineering Practice, Northeastern University, 2016–2018

Education

Suffolk University Law School

Juris Doctor, 1996

Brandeis University

Bachelor of Arts in Politics, cum laude, 1992