PARTNER BRIAN COHEN TO SPEAK AT ABA WEBINAR ON WHAT LAWYERS AND BAR ASSOCIATIONS CAN DO TO COMBAT ANTISEMITISM

Partner Brian Cohen was honored to be appointed to the American Bar Association’s Presidential Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, a group of 20 leaders in the public, private, nonprofit, and academic legal communities throughout the country. Brian was appointed by ABA President Bill Bay and Immediate Past President Mary Smith who created the task force, which is being co-chaired by Barbara Mayden and Mark Schickman. The task force is implementing the ABA House of Delegates resolution that the association take a leadership role in combating antisemitism through various initiatives.

To that end, on Tuesday, April 8th at 12:30 pm, Brian, who previously served as Co-Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Asian Hate, will be speaking at a virtual webinar, “The Scourge of Antisemitism: What State, Local, Diversity and Specialty Bars Can Do.”

Brian and fellow task force members Jay N. Silberblatt, Past President, Pennsylvania Bar Association, and Steven Richman, Past President, New Jersey State Bar Foundation, will discuss the history of antisemitism, the danger it poses to democracy, why lawyers should become engaged, and what state and local bar associations can and should do to fight antisemitism. The discussion will be moderated by task force member Edith G. Osman, Past President, The Florida Bar. ABA President-Elect Michelle Behnke will give opening remarks.