Debra S. Cohen

Debra S. Cohen is the co-chair of the Civil Rights Practice Group of Newman Ferrara LLP. Ms. Cohen practices in both federal and state courts in New York State, at both the trial and appellate levels, focusing on a wide variety of civil rights issues, including police misconduct, sex and gender identity discrimination, child abuse, and open government violations.

Ms. Cohen serves as co-chair of both the Legislation Committee and ERA/Civil Rights Committee of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) and is a delegate to WBASNY’s Board of Directors for the New York Women’s Bar Association (NYWBA).

For over twenty-five years, Ms. Cohen has been an adjunct professor at Pace University’s Haub School of Law, teaching courses in civil rights law and civil rights litigation.

She has been recognized for inclusion on the list of Super Lawyers® every year since 2013 in recognition of her work in the area of civil rights.