Harriet Newman Cohen

Attorney Profile
Top Rated Family Law Attorney in New York, NY
New York, NY 10036
- Family Law
Attorney Harriet Newman Cohen is a founding partner of Cohen Stine Kapoor LLP law firm in New York, New York. A nationally ranked lawyer with more than 45 years of total legal experience, Ms. Cohen has achieved remarkable success assisting and guiding clients throughout the greater New York City metro with all of their important and pressing family law challenges, including divorce, child custody and support, high-asset property division and other related matters.
Known as the "doyenne" of matrimonial and family law attorneys in her area, Ms. Cohen has published several reference texts on family law, and she regularly creates analyses of matrimonial legal issues along with writing articles to educate and edify judges, other attorneys and the public on the state's family laws.
She has also been featured in a variety of publications for her outstanding legal knowledge and abilities, and she regularly appears on various television and radio programs, as well as in print publications, where she offers in-depth legal commentary on a wide range of family law topics. Moreover, she has taught continuing legal education courses and served as panelist for the American Bar Association's Family Law Meetings. She has also served on judicial panels, and she has served as member of the President’s Advisory Council of Brooklyn Law School.
Honored for her outstanding professionalism, Ms. Cohen has earned an AV Preeminent peer review rating* from Martindale-Hubbell along with a Top 100 Lawyers designation for New York as well as perennial designation as among the Top 50 Women Attorneys of New York. She has also received numerous testimonials and referrals from her satisfied clients, who have included several high-profile, high net worth clients, such as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and various celebrities and professional athletes.
Ms. Cohen obtained her Juris Doctor cum laude from Brooklyn Law School in 1974, and the New York State Bar Association admitted her to practice the following year. She is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court.
*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 Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
- 100%Family Law
Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Same Sex Family Law, Father's Rights
Selections


Super Lawyers: 2006 - 2020
Top Lists
- Top 100: 2020 New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2020 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2019 New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2019 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2018 New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2018 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2017 New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2017 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2016 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2016 New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2015 New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2015 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2014 New York
- Top 50: 2014 Women New York
- Top 100: 2013 New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2013 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2012 New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2012 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2011 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2010 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 100: 2010 New York — Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2009 Women New York — Metro Super Lawyers
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About Harriet Cohen
Admitted: 1975, New York
Professional Webpage: https://csklawny.com/harriet-newman-cohen
Honors/Awards:
- Top Lists New York - Metro Super Lawyers
- Top 100 New York: 2010-2021
- Top 50 Women Attorneys New York: 2009-2021
- 2021 Peer Rated for Highest Level of Professional Practice
- Highest rating for many years, AV Preeminent Rated 5.0, Martindale Hubbell, 2021
- Selected as one of NYC's top 100 attorneys for many years, Top 100 Attorneys, New York Metro Super Lawyers, 2019
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Mediation Committee of the New York State Supreme Court, County of New York, 2019
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Executive Board, New York State Bar Association Family Law Section, 2021
- Member, President’s Advisory Council, Brooklyn Law School
- Committee on Matrimonial Law, New York City Bar Association
- Past President, New York Women's Bar Association
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Member, New York State Bar Association
- Member, New York County Lawyers' Association
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Child Support Commission of the State of New York
- Foster Care Commission of the City of New York
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2019/07/26/divorce-vs-death-pecuniary-rights-and-how-they-differ/, Author, Divorce vs. Death, NYLJ.com, Family Law, 2020
- Super Lawyer New York Metro The Legal, the Illegal, and the Inadvisable: What to know about digital spying during a divorce Harriet Newman Cohen, October 9, 2020https://www.superlawyers.com/new-york-metro/article/what-to-know-about-digital-spying-during-a-divorce/369afa02-38fc-4b17-85ae-0d4ada8b4408.htmlhttps://www.superlawyers.com/new-york-metro/article/what-to-know-about-digital-spying-during-a-divorce/369afa02-38fc-4b17-85ae-0d4ada8b4408.html, What to Know About Digital Spying, Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Matrimonial, 2020
- https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2020/07/24/surrogacy-agreements-approved-by-new-york-with-provisos/, Co Author, Surrogacy Agreements Approved by New York - With Provisos, New York Law Journal, Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Matrimonial, 2020
- A Glimpse Into Client Fears in Domestic Relations Cases Harriet Newman Cohen authors chapter in Heidi K. Brown’s, Untangling Fear in Lawyering, 2019 American Bar Association, Author of Chapter, A Glimpse Into Client Fears in Domestic Relation Cases, American Bar Association, Heidi K. Brown, Divorce Custody Family Matrimonial Law, 2019
- https://www.superlawyers.com/new-york-metro/article/the-second-life-of-harriet-cohen/ef73c7f2-1bec-4b82-a635-a882498e3327.html, The Second Life of Harriet Newman Cohen, New York Super Lawyers 2008 - Metro, Divorce, Family Law
- New York Law Journal, July 27, 2015, N.Y.'s Proposed Maintenance Guidelines
- New York Law Journal July 29, 2013, Automatic Orders' Prevent Wrongful Asset Transfers in Divorce Actions
- New York Law Journal, July 28, 2014, Child Support Modifications Are Easier After 2010 Amendments
- New York Law Journal, July 30, 2012, Unwrapping the 2012 'No Fault' Package” by Harriet Newman Cohen and Tim James
- New York Law Journal. August 1, 2011, Marriage Equality Remains an Aspiration. Non-recognition statutes pose legal complications for same-sex unions
- New York Law Journal Family Law, August 9, 2010, What's Equitable When Distributing Businesses, Enhanced Earning Capacity?
- New York Law Journal, August 10, 2009, Downward Modification In A Troubled Economy
- New York Law Journal, August 26, 2009, Needs of Children, Snapshot, Not Movie, Letter to the Editor
- New York Law Journal, July 30, 2007, The Alienated Child
- New York Law Journal, July 28, 2008, Egregious To a Fault
- New York Law Journal, August 7, 2006, To Have or Have Not (a Prenuptial Agreement)?
- New York Law Journal, June 6, 2005, When Custody is Truly Contested, Who Decides Best Interests?
- New York State Law Reporting Bureau January 3, 2013, Bonnie Rabin and Martha Cohen Stine make law in Appellate Division, First Department in Nederlander v. Nederlander, 102 A.D. 3d 416 (2013), case of first impression involving mortgages that matured during pendency of divorce action
- New York Law Journal, June 7, 2004, Equating 'Best' With 'Only' in Interstate Custody Cases Under the UCCJEA
- New York Law Journal, July 14, 2003, Limiting Discovery in Custody Cases
- New York Law Journal, July 15, 2002, Is 'Braiman' Still Vital After 24 Years?
- The Divorce Book for Men and Women: A Step-By-Step Guide to Gaining Your Freedom Without Losing Everything Else, Avon Publishers, New York City, July 1994, Divorce Book for Men and Women: A Step-By-Step Guide to Gaining Your Freedom Without Losing Everything Else, Divorce Law
- Co-author, Valuation of Property in Marital Dissolutions, XXIII ABA Fam. L.Q.2, Summer 1989, Co-Author, Valuation of Property in Marital Dissolutions, XXIII ABA Fam. L.Q.2
- Harriet Cohen writes regular analyses and articles for the edification of bench, bar and lay persons, including a yearly article on matrimonial and family law for the New York Law Journal special Matrimonial Section., Yearly articles on matrimonial and family law for the New York Law Journal special Matrimonial Section.
- JMHS Alumni News, Harriet Newman Cohen' 49: From Latin to Family Law
- The Magazine of Brooklyn Law School, Harriet Cohen '74 The Marriage Broker
- Member and Editor, Brooklyn Law School Law Review, 1972-1974, Law Review Member and Editor, 1972-1974, Brooklyn Law School
- Panelist, Annual ABA Family Law Meetings, ABA Family Law Panelist
- Harriet Cohen, who has taught CLE courses, has been a panelist at annual ABA Family Law Meetings as well as a featured speaker for other professional and bar associations and groups., Professional and Bar Associations and Organizations, Panelist and Featured Speaker
Verdicts/Settlements:
- Mediation Committee of the New York State Supreme Court, County of New York, 2019
Representative Clients:
- Paul George (NBA star), Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Lawrence Fishburne, Linda Lavin, (Wife of) Howard Stern and many other celebrities
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Honored by Brooklyn Law School as Alumna of the Year, 2020
Educational Background:
- Barnard College, B.A.
- Bryn Mawr College, M.A.
Industry Groups
- Custody
- Divorce
- High Net Worth Family Law Cases
- Matrimonial Law
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Last Updated: 1/13/2021