Alan M. Cohen Esquire - a Framingham, Worcester (MA) Commercial Collections Lawyer

Framingham Commercial Collections Lawyer

Updated: 02/28/2026

Areas of Practice

Commercial Collections
Commercial Debt Collection
Business Debt Collections
Debt Recovery
Business Debt Litigation
Foreign Judgment Enforcement
Domestication of Foreign Judgments
Judgment Collection
Bad Debt Collection
Commercial Litigation
Business Litigation
Collecting Overdue Accounts
Delinquent Accounts
Mechanic’s Liens, Notice of Contract, Statement of Account
Construction Litigation
Contract Review and Drafting
Credit Applications, Mortgages and Guarantees

Litigation: 98%

Attorney Information

Overview

Alan M. Cohen has been practicing law for nearly forty years. A graduate of Clark University (B.A. 1980) and Washington University School of Law (J.D. 1983), Attorney Cohen is a member of the Massachusetts Bar as well as admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit. Martindale Hubbell awarded Attorney Cohen with its highest rating – AV. Attorney Cohen is a member of the Commercial Law League of America and the Massachusetts Bar Association. He practices commercial litigation with a focus on commercial debt collection litigation, judgement enforcement, and mechanic's lien enforcement

Unlike others who write often ineffective letters and make time wasting telephone calls, Attorney Cohen takes a more direct approach. He strongly believes that timely and aggressive action is the key to effective debt collection.

Attorney Cohen’s philosophy is simple. Get You Paid! He immediately commences suit, seeking where appropriate, ex parte attachments of your debtor’s bank accounts, real estate or income stream using reach and apply injunctions. When successful, your debtor first learns of Attorney Cohen’s name when its bank tells them that he has attached their account. Attorney Cohen also prepares, perfects, and enforces mechanics liens.

Despite this use of aggressive and effective debt collection techniques, Attorney Cohen acts professionally thereby allowing you the choice of rehabilitating the debtor. Often, even after Attorney Cohen has aggressively collected the monies due to you, your debtor then hires Attorney Cohen to collect its debts!

Representative clients include international companies, national companies, regional companies, and Massachusetts companies which consist of: banks, lenders, lumber yards, plumbing suppliers, HVAC suppliers, electrical suppliers, building material suppliers, drywall suppliers, sand and gravel companies, produce suppliers, meat and poultry suppliers, fish and shellfish suppliers, equipment rental companies, commercial landlords, insulation companies, consultants, accountants and yes, even attorneys, to name but a few.

Attorney Cohen was selected by the National Business Institute to participate in a panel seminar on Collecting Delinquent Debts in Massachusetts and has spoke at many local National Association of Credit Managers meetings. To learn about Attorney Cohen’s background and aggressive, relentless and effective debt collecting techniques visit www.collections-law.com.

Awards and Honors

Honors

Congressional Fellow, United States Senator Paul Tsongas, 1983
AV-Rated, Highest Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

Education

Legal Education
- Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 1983
  J.D.
  Law Journal: Washington University Urban Law Journal, Senior Editor, 1982 - 1983
Non Legal Education
- Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1980
  B.A.
  Major: Government
  Major: Geography

Current Employment Position(s)

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Manager
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Past Positions

Newman & Newman, P.C., Associate, 1987 - 1994

References

David Perry, Concord Lumber Corporation, 1-800-698-4343

John Denison, E.G. Barker Lumber Company, Inc., 1-978-933-0057

Julieann M. Thurlow, President & CEO, Reading Co-operative Bank,  1-781- 942-5000

Classes and Seminars

Panelist, Collecting Delinquent Debts in Massachusetts, National Business Institute Seminar
Speaker, Local National Credit Managers Association Meetings
Featured Speaker, Northeast Chapter of National Association of Credit Managers (NACM) annual meeting held at Harvard University

Representative Clients

International Businesses, National Businesses, Regional Businesses and Massachusetts Businesses

Numerous Lumber Yards, Electrical Suppliers, Plumbing Suppliers,

Dry Wall Suppliers, Sand and Gravel Companies, Wholesalers,

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Publicly Traded Businesses
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Regional Business
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Commercial Landlords, Insulation Companies

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Banks, Credit Unions, Private Lenders
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Attorneys, Accountants, IT Consultants
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Judgement Holders
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Various Other Material and Service Providers

Representative Cases

Bagley v. Moxley
- Citation: 555 N.E. 2d 229
- Court: Supreme Judicial
- Year: 1990
- Serial Number: 1990093777
Edward J. King v. Globe Newspaper Company
- Citation: 512 N.E. 2d 241
- Court: Supreme Judicial
- Year: 1987
- Serial Number: 1987103311

Published Works

Articles

Comment, Milwaukee v. Illinois, Washington University Urban Law Journal, 1982
How to Get Results in Collection of Delinquent Debts in Massachusetts (Co-Author), NBI, 1994

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts, 1983
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1985

Other Affiliations

Massachusetts Bar Association, 1983 - Present (Member)

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Contact

Framingham, MA

600 Worcester Rd
Suite 203
Framingham, MA 01702

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