Celia Cohen is an accomplished trial lawyer and strategic advisor. She represents corporations and individuals in high-stakes civil litigation and in sensitive government enforcement matters. She is a problem solver who can efficiently cut to the core of the most complex challenges.
Celia has handled matters involving fraud, bribery, embezzlement, money laundering, tax evasion, sanctions violations, theft of trade secrets, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) violations, and racketeering. She has also represented clients in complex commercial matters across a range of subject areas, including commercial real estate, executive compensation, hotel management and licensing agreements, distressed debt and investments, and intellectual property. In addition, Celia conducts sensitive internal investigations for companies and other entities.
Prior to joining KKL, Celia served for nine years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), where she handled some of the SDNY’s most sensitive matters and tried numerous cases to verdict. Most recently, she served as deputy to the United States Attorney and Chief of the White Plains Division.
Celia V. Cohen
Attorney
EDUCATION:
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
B.A., Middlebury College
magna cum laude
Certificate, Institut d’Etudes Politiques
CLERKSHIPS:
Hon. Alison J. Nathan, U.S. District Court, SDNY
GOVERNMENT SERVICE:
Acting Special Counsel, U.S. Attorney’s Office, SDNY
Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, SDNY
Deputy Chief, White Plains Division
Co-Chief, White Plains Division
ADMISSIONS:
District of Columbia
New York
Virginia
U.S. District Court, DDC
U.S. District Court, EDVA
U.S. District Court, SDNY
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit