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 Nicoletti Hornig & Sweeney / Wall Street Plaza / 88 Pine Street / New York, NY 10005 / Phone: 212.220.3830 / Fax: 212.220.3780

Michael Marks Cohen 
Wall Street Plaza
88 Pine Street
7th Floor
New York, New York 10005-1801
 

Communication Center 
Phone: (212) 220-0390
(212) 220-3830, Ext. 390
E-mail: mcohen@nicolettihornig.com
Fax: (212) 220-3784
Web site: http://www.nicolettihornig.com

PositionAreas of PracticeEducation
HonorsPublished WorksAffiliations

Current Employment Position(s):
Of Counsel
Areas of Practice:
Admiralty Litigation
International Arbitration and Mediation
Charter Parties and Carriage of Goods by Sea
Commodities Contracts
Marine Insurance
Litigation Percentage:
90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1966
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
Education:
Columbia Law School, New York, New York, 1965
LL.B.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Law Review: Columbia Law Review, Managing Editor


Columbia College, 1959
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude


Published Works:
American Maritime Cases, (Associate Editor 1974 - date)


Index and Digest of the Award Service of the Society of Maritime Arbitrators, (1976 - 1996, 2007 - 2009)


Benedict on Admiralty (7th edition), Volumes 2, 6 and 7, (1980 - 1992)


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Admiralty Law Course, Columbia Law School (1975 - 2006)


Honors and Awards:
New York's Super Lawyers (Transportation/Maritime) [from inception through 2008]


The Best Lawyers in America (Maritime Law) [from inception through 2008]


Chambers USA List of Leading Lawyers (Shipping: Litigation) [from inception through 2008]


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Law Institute (John Minor Wisdom Award)
Advisor for Restatement (Third) of Agency


Comite Maritime International (Titulary Member)


Maritime Law Associations of United States (former Executive Committee), Canada, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa


American Bar Association (former Development Officer, Section of International Law; currently one of the A.B.A. Representatives to the United Nations Social and Economic Council)


Association of the Bar of the City of New York


Internation Bar Association


Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law


Baltic and International Maritime Council (Former Member, Documentary Committee)


Past Employment Positions:
Nicoletti Hornig & Sweeney, New York, (Of Counsel), 2002 - Present


Burlingham Underwood, LLP, New York, (1970 - 2002 - Senior Partner - 1990 - 2002)


U.S. Department of Justice, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Washington, D.C., 1967 - 1970