Joseph S. Cohen

• University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee (J.D., 1978)
• University of Tennessee (B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, 1975)

• All Texas state courts
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims

• Represented offshore exploration and production company in litigation challenging offshore drilling regulations
• Represented commercial tenant in litigation challenging landlord's efforts to re-locate tenant to other space
• Represented energy investment partnerships in trade secret litigation against competitors
• Counseled insurance companies on director and officer liability insurance issues
• Obtained summary judgment for purchaser of hotel in dispute over whether purchaser acquired adjacent strip of land
• Obtained affirmance of a summary judgment as lead defense counsel against a plaintiff's claim that her brain tumor was caused by an oral polio vaccine allegedly manufactured by Pfizer Inc.
• Represented commercial tenant in dispute with landlord regarding whether tenant could assign lease
• Counseled a trade association on antitrust issues
• Represented seller of multi-family housing property in dispute with purchaser over whether purchaser assumed obligation to pay existing indebtedness secured by the property
• Obtained a defense verdict exonerating a securities broker dealer and its CEO of civil liability for violations of federal and state securities laws
• Represented a biofuels company in resolving disputes with former directors and a former CEO
• Represented co-tenant in lawsuit to partition real estate
• Obtained summary judgment for a pharmaceutical manufacturer on a product liability claim involving arthritis prescription medication
• Represented real estate developer in lawsuit by purchaser alleging misrepresentations
• Defeated the certification of a consumer class against the maker of diabetes prescription medication
• Coordinated and managed Texas products liability litigation involving prescription diabetes medication
• Represented lenders in real estate foreclosures and related litigation
• Coordinated and managed Texas products liability litigation involving post-menopausal hormone replacement medications
• Represented a wireless telephone service provider in settling a consumer class action
• Represented a pharmaceutical company in drafting pharmaceuticals provisions of the 2003 Texas Tort Reform legislation
• Represented a mining company in drafting silicosis provisions of the 2005 Texas Tort Reform legislation
• Obtained mandamus directing trial court to compel arbitration despite a state agency’s purported primary jurisdiction over the parties’ dispute

• Contributor, “Spoliation Roundtable,” International Lawyers Network Roundtable Series, August 2006
• “Texas Sets Pace in Drug Tort Reform,” Drug Discovery and Development, June 2004
• Coauthor, “Arbitration Showdown,” Financial Planning magazine, July 2003

• Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Texas Monthly Super Lawyer, 2004

• State Bar of Texas
• Houston Bar Association
• Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
• Defense Research Institute
• Texas Associate of Defense Counsel
• Board of Directors, Houston Chapter, American Jewish Committee

• Presenter, “Lessons Learned from Lender Liability Litigation,” FINRA CLE Super Course, Sponsored by Network of Trial Law Firms, New York, New York, September 2012
• Presenter, “What’s Your Story? The Key to Winning Your Case,” Litigation Management in a New York Minute, Sponsored by Network of Trial Law Firms, New York, New York, August 2011
• Roundtable moderator, "The Ethics of Pharma,"  Pharmaceutical Executive, December, 2004