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.
No caucus 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).