David K. Cohn - Bakersfield, CA

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1975

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Southern California, 1972
    Bachelor's Degree
    Honors: cum laude
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Partner

Languages

• English (Primary)

• Spanish

Classes and Seminars

• Trial Series: Opening Statements, Kern County Bar Association
  
• Civility Matters, American Board of Trial Advocates
  
• Auto and Home Insurance Workshop (How to Protect You and Your Family), Kern Schools Federal Credit Union
  
• Elder abuse and neglect awareness is more important now than ever, Elder Abuse Awareness Month
  
• Keeping safe at work in Kern County’s summer sun and adverse air quality, National Safety Council

Pro Bono Activities

• Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Kern County
• Kern County Law Day

Published Works

Articles

• The wrongful death case of David Sal Silva
  Chain | Cohn | Clark helped settle a wrongful death, civil rights case that brought national and international media attention to Bakersfield. For the Silva family, that settlement was a vindication of a three-year campaign for justice.
• Chain | Cohn | Clark partners David Cohn, James Yoro selected into ‘Best Lawyers in America’ publication
  For the third year in a row, two veteran attorneys at Chain | Cohn | Clark have been recognized in the Best Lawyers in America program, the oldest and among the most respected attorney ranking services in the world.
• Chain | Cohn | Clark featured in Bakersfield Life Magazine as ‘Hall of Fame’ inductee, Bakersfield Life Magazine
  Chain | Cohn | Clark was inducted into the inaugural “Best of Kern County” Hall of Fame, awarded to men, women, businesses, and organizations with a long history of excellence in their respective fields, and who also give back to our community.
• Chain | Cohn | Clark lawyers selected by peers in Bakersfield Life Magazine’s “Top Attorneys” poll
  Local legal professionals have voted, and the results show that Chain | Cohn | Clark law firm has some of the top attorneys in the Bakersfield and Kern County area.
• Exec Profile: David K. Cohn, The Bakersfield Californian, 2017
  A profile about the managing partner of Kern County's-leading law firm, Chain | Cohn | Clark.

Bar Admissions

• California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California

Specialties and Certifications

• Arbitrator

Other Affiliations

• Kern County Trial Lawyer's Association (Past President)
• Consumer Attorneys of California (Sustaining Member)
• American Trial Lawyers Association (Sustaining Member)
• Kern County Bar Association (Sustaining Member)
• City of Bakersfield Planning Commission (Past Member, Commission Chairman)
• Bakersfield Museum of Art (Executive Board)
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) (Board of Directors)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
• Martindale-Hubbell (AV Preeminent )
• International Society of Barristers (Fellow)
• Southern California Super Lawyers (Super Lawyer)