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Mark Cohen's Biography

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Office

75 Ted Turner Drive
Atlanta, GA 30303-3309

Full Name:

Mark Howard Cohen

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

1955

Birth Place:

Miami, FL

JD, Emory University School of Law, 1976-1979

BA, Emory University, 1972-1976

No political experience information on file.

Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 2014-present

Partner, Troutman Sanders Limited Liability Partnership, 1999-2014

Confirmed by United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, November 18, 2014

Nominated by President Barack Obama, Judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, December 19, 2013

Counsel, Troutman Sanders, Limited Liability Partnership, 1995-2000

Executive Secretary, Office of the Governor State of Georgia, 1998-1999

Executive Counsel, Office of the Governor, State of Governor, 1995-1998

Chief State Administrative Law Judge, Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings, 1995

Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, State of Georgia, 1989-1994

Attorney, University of Arizona Office of the General Counsel 1, 1994

Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, State of Georgia, 1982-1989

Staff Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, State of Georgia, 1981-1982

Law Clerk, Honorable Joel M. Feldman, United States Magistrate Court Northern District of Georgia, 1979-1981

Research Assistant, T. Brian Glass, 1978-1979

Former Research Assistant, Alston, Miller & Gaines, 1977

Former Research Assistant, arland, Nuckolls, Kadish & Martin, Atlanta, 1977

Member, Gridiron Secret Society, 2002-present

Member, Bleckley Inn of Court, 1998-present

Member, American Bar Association, 2013

Board Member, AMIKids of Georgia, Incorporated (formerly Georgia Wilderness Institute, 2003-2011

Vice Chair, AMIKids of Georgia, Incorporated (formerly Georgia Wilderness Institute, 2008-2010

Member, Advisory Board, Emory Public Interest Committee, 2003-2009

Member, Northern District of Georgia Magistrate Judge Selection Panels, 2001-2008

Member, Board of Governors, Georgia World Congress Center Authority, 1999-2003

Executive Secretary, Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission, Governor Zell Miller, 1998-1999

Executive Counsel, Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission, Governor Zell Miller, 1995-1998

Awards:

Lawyers Foundation of Georgia Fellow (2007--present)

Selected as a Super Lawyer by Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine for excellence in
Government Law (2004-present)

AV Rated, Martindale Hubbell (Highest Ranking for Legal Ability and Ethical Standards)
(1995-present)

Recognized by Georgia Trend Magazine as a member of Georgia's Legal Elite" in
Appellate Law (2012)

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in Administrative Regulatory Law (2007--
present) and Government Relations Law (2011)

Resolution of Commendation, State Bar of Georgia, for advancement of justice in
Georgia and support of the State Bar of Georgia (1998)

Resolution of Commendation, Georgia House of Representatives, for legal assistance to
the House during legislative and congressional redistricting (HR 1286) (1992)

Resolution of Commendation, Georgia State Senate, for legal assistance to the Senate
during legislative and congressional redistricting (SR 619) (1992)

Honorary License to Practice Pharmacy, Georgia State Board of Pharmacy (1989)

Publications:

The Work Product Doctrine in Government Litigation and Its Application to Open Records Laws, Government Attorneys Seminar, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (Apr. 2006).

Ethics and Professionalism: Considerations for Lawyer Lobbyists in Georgia, Troutman Sanders LLP (Jan. 2006).

The Georgia Regional Transportation Authority: Governor Barnes Prescription for Traffic and Pollution Control, Regional Transportation Seminar, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (Oct. 1999).

With David C. Will, Administrative Law, 51 Mercer L. Rev. 103 (1999).

Letter to the Editor, The Atlanta Journal Constitution (April 14, 1999).

Letter to Roger Ebert, Film Critic, Chicago SunTimes (June 28, 1998).

Disciplinary Procedures Before the State Examining Boards, Institute for Continuing Legal Education (Spring 1989).

With Stephanie B. Manis, Georgias Open Records and Open Meetings Laws: A Continued March Toward Government in the Sunshine, 40 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (1988).

With Stephanie B. Manis, Administrative Law,39 Mercer L. Rev. 43 (1987).

With Stephanie B. Manis, Administrative Law,38 Mercer L. Rev. 17 (1986).

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