Harriet Newman Cohen

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.