Paul F. Cohen - Los Angeles, CA
Attorney at Cohen Law Partners
Wills and Estate Litigation Lawyers in Los Angeles, CA
4929 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 510 Los Angeles, CA 90010
- Free Consultation
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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62
Years
Experience
Los Angeles Wills and Estate Litigation Lawyer
Updated: 03/02/2026
Areas of Practice
- Wills and Estate Litigation
- Trust Litigation
- Elder Abuse
- Conservatorships
- Probate Litigation
- Business Litigation
Litigation: 90%
Attorney Information
Overview
Representative High Profile Elder Abuse Cases
- Successfully represented the administrator of an estate in recovering more than $4,000,000 in property in litigation against a 45 year-old attorney who claimed to have married a 93 year-old Los Angeles woman in a secret ceremony in Mexico, and then transferred ownership in her property to an offshore trust in the British Virgin Islands. Retained Mexican counsel who obtained an order that the marriage did not exist. We then persuaded the Virgin islands Trust company to dissolve the trust.
- Successfully represented a conservator in litigation with an elder abuser who stole $1,000,000 from a 90 year old woman and wired the money to a foreign bank. Conducted discovery which assisted federal and state authorities in a criminal action which resulted in guilty pleas and the recovery of the $1,000,000.
Appellate Cases
Published:
Schwartz v. Labow (2008) 164 Cal.App.4th 417.
Unpublished:
Cohen v. Burger (2008)
Alfano v. Giordano (2004)
Other
- Active on the Los Angeles County Probate Volunteer Panel (“PVP”), attorneys found by the Probate Court of the Los Angeles Superior Court to have the requisite skill and experience necessary to represent the interests of persons against whom petitions for appointment of conservatorship have been filed. Served on more than 100 appointments as both a PVP attorney and guardian ad litem in the past 18 years.
- Frequent lecturer at Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations continuing legal education panels on the laws and duties governing PVP attorneys.
- Lectured at Pepperdine University Law School seminar on Improvisational Mediation, using his own live jazz trio to demonstrate the principles of creativity, improvisation, cooperation, and discourse in mediation of legal disputes.
- Frequent consultant to estate planning attorneys and tort lawyers on trying contested probate matters in probate and civil court.
Awards and Honors
Other Sources of Feedback About Paul F. Cohen
Included on the 2026 Southern California Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Southern California Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Southern California Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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New York University School of Law,
New York,
New York, 1963
L.L.B.
Honors: Member, Moot Court Board
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New York University School of Law,
New York,
New York, 1963
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Non Legal Education
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University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 1959
B.A.
Honors: cum laude
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University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 1959
Bar Admissions
- California, 1970
- District of Columbia, 1964
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1970
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1970
Other Affiliations
- State Bar of California
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1989 - 1991 (Member, Board of Trustees)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1983 - 1987 (Superior Courts Committee, Member)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1984 - 1986 (Superior Courts Committee, Chair)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1985 - Present (Vice Chair, Client Relations Committee)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1979 - Present (Fee Arbitrator)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1983 - 1991 (Delegation to State Bar Conference of Delegates)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, 2007 - 2008 (Member Executive Committee of the Trust and Estates Section)
- Beverly Hill Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 1979 - 1981 (Member, Board of Governors)
- California Jazz Foundation, 2011 - Present (Member, Board of Directors)
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Contact
4929 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 510
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: 323-937-7105
Fax: 323-937-0958
Email: Send a message
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