BARRY D. COHEN, ESQUIRE

• Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Civil Trial Attorney, 2001 to present

• New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association, 1990 – present, member of Board of Trustees, 1995 to present: New Jersey Trial Association, Civil Practice Committee, 1996 to present

• Rutgers University B.A. 1974 summa cum laude; Catholic University of America-Columbus School of Law J.D. 1979. Law Review; Member of the New Jersey Bar, 1979; United State District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1979; Supreme Court of the United States, 1985

• Cooper Perskie April Niedelman Wagenheim and Levenson P.C. 1979 – 1998 – member of the firm, 1983 –1998; co-founding member of Petro Cohen P.C. 1998

• Vice-President, New Jersey Defense Association, southern New Jersey region, 1988-1990; Appointed by Governor Whitman as member of New Jersey-Israel Trade Commission, 1996; master, Inns of Court, Atlantic County Chapter, 1997 to present: New Jersey Trial Association Annual Boardwalk Seminar, lecturer 1998; National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council National Board 1989 to present - National co-chair, Women’s Task Force, 1989-1990: National Co-chair, Immigration Task Force, 1990-1991: National Co-chair, Committee on Energy and the Environment, 1993-1996; National Co-chair, NJCRAC Joint Program Plan, 1998: National Conference of Christian and Jews Program Advisory Board 1989-1994.

• A founding member of Richard Stockton College Human Relations Coalition, 1992 to present,: Jewish Community Relations Council, Chairman 1985-present; Jewish Federation of Atlantic/Cape May Counties, Vice President 1992 to 1996 –chair of Long Range Planning 1992-1994; Congregation Beth Judah, Vice President 1995 to 2001 and President 2001-2003, Chairman of Board of Trustees, 2003-present; Young Judaea, National Executive Board Member, Chug Chalutzi 1969-1970; Hamagshimim, the first Jewish American college age general Zionist movement, National Vice President and co-founding member 1970-1973

• a founding member of (NJPIRG) New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, 1973:

• SERVICE AWARDS: Outstanding Service to Community and Bar, Atlantic Bar Association, 1989; Young Leadership Award from the Federation of Jewish Agencies of Atlantic County, 1989; Humanitarian Award for Outstanding Community Service from the National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1992: Volunteer of the Year Award-Volunteer Center of Atlantic County, 1994

• Practice concentration civil trial practice; personal injury, maritime, product liability, professional negligence and construction trial practice

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