Stan Cohen

An Attorney for more than 25 years, Stan Cohen has a lifetime of diverse experience, based on his past opportunities.  He was:

• Managing partner of a law firm
• President of a chain of retail stores
• CEO of an organization financially supported by a public company
• In-House Counsel to a large real estate firm with a portfolio of more than one hundred million dollars in investment property
• CEO of a start-up internet company 
• Charter member of the NYS attorney-client fee dispute arbitration panel (now 25 years as a state mediator and arbitrator) 

Stan comes to any assignment as an Attorney, Mediator, Arbitrator or Business Consultant with a concept of assisting others. Early in Stan’s professional career, he had the opportunity to learn as the right-hand person to senior attorneys and business executives, learning how these successful professionals guided their businesses/firms, and counseling these same persons on:

• Long term planning
• Day to day operations
• Problem solving
• Strategizing and implementing organizational changes to assist in company growth, protection of corporate or personal assets or turn-around management.

Professional Experience

Stanley Dale Cohen, Attorney at Law, New York, NY                                          1977-Present

Managing Partner                                                                     

• Provide legal expertise in the areas of contracts, real estate, domestic relations and business counseling
• Advise decision makers and clients with business planning and dispute resolution
• Represented both husbands and wives in divorces
• Acted as mediator, arbitrator and counseled parties in both arbitrations and mediations

Your Hampton Home, Real Estate Developer and Broker                                  2004-2009

• Developer of New Homes in Southampton, Sag Harbor and Watermill, New York

Coronet Properties, New York, NY                                                                       1991-1996

In-House Counsel

Not For Profit Experience:

World Future Society                                                                                               2004-2010

Speaker

• Annual Conference lecturer

USA Club of Rome                                                                                                   2006- 2012

Board Member

• Served as a Board Member of the American Chapter of the Club of Rome, an international organization, whose purpose is to make the world a better place

Earth Society Foundation, New York, NY                                                             2001-2007

President and Director

• Formulated and implemented plan to turnaround this United Nations NGO, which had recently been embroiled amidst power struggles between disparate sides of former administration; as a result elected unanimously as President. 

Coalition for Family Justice                                                                                     2001-2006

Attorney Volunteer

• Attorney volunteer for not for profit organization teaching persons in family crisis, and gave consultation on litigation issues, strategies and resolution of family problems
• Involved in Westchester, NYC and Long Island chapters.

Concurrent Experience

GeneralTV.com, New York, NY                                                                             1999-2001

(Internet TV firm focusing on production of digital video for the Internet.)

CEO

Cyberdine.com                                                                                                          1992-1994

CEO

Camera Corner, Oceanside, NY                                                                             1981-1997

CEO First 1 hour FUJI photo lab on Long Island

Other Affiliations:

• NYS Court System arbitrator/mediator for Attorney fee disputes                                1998- Present
• Turnaround Management Association Board Member                                                 2002-2006
• NGO Committee on Human Settlements Board Member                                            2002-2006
• Manhattan Magazine Foundation Charter Board Member                                           1985-2000
• Little League and Booster Basketball Championship Coach                                        Through 1990’s
• Senator’s intern for Senator James Abourezk of South Dakota                                   1974

Publications:

• Several YouTube movies authored, produced and directed
• Several screenplays and stage plays written and produced
• Columnist for Bridal Magazine 2004 to present – Honeymoon column
• Editor and Publisher of Turnaround Management Association New York (TMANY) newsletter published at least four times per year. 2002-2005
• Attorney for several publications (i.e. Manhattan, New World Journal)
• Senator’s report on the rising cost of energy and its potential effects on the economy written in 1974