Richard A. Cohn

Richard A. Cohn is a compassionate and capable personal injury attorney at the law firm of Aitken Aitken Cohn. He offers top-notch services to the residents of Santa Ana, California, who are suffering as a result of medical malpractice or catastrophic accidents. For more than 33 years, he has been providing comfort, hope and strength to injured victims.

Known across California for obtaining historical jury verdicts, bench decisions, settlements and arbitration awards, Mr. Cohn goes the extra mile to obtain the compensation his clients need and deserve. Some of his representative results include a $15 million settlement in a wrongful death case, $11 million for a young man paralyzed in a pool accident and $10 million in a construction site accident.

Mr. Cohn’s accomplishments and commitment to clients have resulted in a number of honors and awards. He was named to the Top 50 Medical Malpractice Attorneys list by The National Trial Lawyers and the Top Attorneys of the Inland Empire list by the Inland Empire Magazine. He was also recognized by The Best Lawyers in America in 2021, and he is AV Preeminent peer-review rated,* the highest rating, through Martindale-Hubbell. Additionally, he is a recipient of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association’s Top Gun award, he was included on the Top 500 Litigators in the Nation list by Lawdragon Magazine and he has been named on the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Lawyers list.

Mr. Cohn attended the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree (double major in political science and communications) in 1985. He then graduated with his Juris Doctor degree from USC Gould School of Law in 1989. He passed the California bar examination and obtained his license to practice law the same year.

Maintaining connections within the community is important to Mr. Cohn. He holds active memberships in the Banyard Inn of Court, the Consumer Attorneys of California, the Celtic Bar Association of Orange County, the Public Law Center and the American Association for Justice. He is the former president of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association and the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Orange County. He is currently the Orange County Bar Association’s chairman of education.

Mr. Cohn regularly delivers presentations and continuing legal education seminars to fellow professionals and others on topics related to his practice area.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.