Joel M. Cohen

Joel M. Cohen, the Chairman of the LWOB Board, is a partner in the New York office of White & Case.

A former federal prosecutor, Joel is a member of the Firm’s Global White Collar Practice Group who represents clients in securities litigation, class actions, and antitrust matters. Joel has been lead or co-lead counsel in dozens of civil and criminal trials in federal and state courts. His experience includes all aspects of FCPA/anti-corruption issues, insider trading, cross-border tax issues, securities and financial institution litigation, class actions, sanctions, money laundering and asset recovery, with a particular focus on international disputes and discovery. 

Joel is on several other boards including New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and Jericho Project. Joel was an LWOB trainer in both Kenya and Liberia.