Top Rated Family Law Attorney in New York, NY

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.