About Mark
Mark I. Cohen is a criminal defense attorney based in New York City, specializing in white-collar crime. He earned his Juris Doctor from Hofstra University School of Law in 1985 and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1982. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1986 and to the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York in 1987. He is fluent in Spanish. Mr. Cohen began his legal career in 1985 as an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx County District Attorney's Office.
He served as a trial attorney in the White Collar Crime, Rackets, and Investigation Division. In 1990, he left to start his own criminal defense practice in Manhattan. By 1995, he became a member of Cohen, Frankel & Ruggiero, LLP, a boutique criminal defense and real estate firm, where he has been in partnership with Peter M. Frankel, Esq., and Louis J. Ruggiero, Esq. Throughout his career, Mr. Cohen has handled criminal and corporate investigations and litigation in both the United States District Courts and New York State Courts. He also represents clients in administrative litigation proceedings against various U.S., New York State, and New York City agencies.
His practice areas include automobile crimes, criminal record sealing, desk appearance tickets, domestic violence, grand jury investigations, grand larceny, federal illegal reentry, fraud defense, identity theft, money laundering, narcotics crimes. RICO and enterprise corruption offenses. Mr. Cohen is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, the New York State Bar Association, the New York City Criminal Bar Association, and the New York County Lawyers’ Association. He has been recognized by judges for his efforts in court, with remarks such as "Mr. Cohen's effort. in everything he has done before the Court, is A-Plus. [R]ecently, in another case.
[before me], the result he achieved for his client. was quite impressive." from the Honorable Kenneth M. Karas, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Cohen maintains his office at 20 Vesey Street, Suite 1200, New York, NY 10007. He can be contacted by phone at 917-414-8585 or via email at mcohen@cfrlaw.net. His firm's website is.
