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Michael J. Cohan
Shareholder

Telephone 334-834-7600
Fax 334-832-7419
Email mcohan@hillhillcarter.com

Mr. Cohan is a 1986 graduate of The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina, where he obtained a B.S. in Business Administration. Thereafter, he worked as a claims and marketing representative for a professional liability insurer in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Cohan graduated from Cumberland School of Law, obtaining his J.D. degree in 1993 and has since practiced throughout the State of Alabama. Mr. Cohan represents governmental entities, corporations, insurance companies and their insureds in a variety of legal interests, including workers' compensation, retaliatory discharge, personal injury, contract litigation, products liability, bad faith and fraud. His practice includes state and federal courts in Alabama and Georgia. He is admitted to the Alabama and Georgia Bar as well as all Federal District Courts in Alabama and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Cohan has also been appointed Special Judge of Probate, Montgomery County, Alabama. Mr. Cohan serves in the United States Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General's Corps, currently assigned to the 154th LSO, Trial Defense Service.

Practice Areas

  • - Appellate Practice
  • - Commercial & Business Litigation
  • - General Litigation
  • - Governmental Entities
  • - Insurance
  • - Labor & Employment
  • - Workers' Compensation


Education

  • - Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1993 J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  • - Judge Advocate General School-U.S. Army, Charlottesville, Virginia
  • - The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 1986 B.S., Business Administration

Bar Admissions

Alabama, 1993
Georgia, 1993

U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1993
U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama, 1993
U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 1993
U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama, 1993
U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia,1194

Associations

  • - Alabama State Bar - Member
  • - State Bar of Georgia - Member
  • - Montgomery County Bar Association - Member
  • - Defense Research Institute - Member
  • - Alabama Defense Lawyers Association - Member
  • - Alabama Workers' Compensation Organization - Member
  • - First United Methodist Church - Member
  • - YMCA - Member, Men's Working Committee
  • - Association of Citadel Men - Past President, Birmingham Alumni Association
  • - United States Army (Reserve) - Commissioned Officer (JAG)
  • - Association of Citadel Alumni - Member
  • - Montgomery Claims Association - President 2008
  • - Harlequins - Board of Directors
  • - Leadership Montgomery, Class XXIV - Member

Honors & Awards

  • - United States Army (Reserve) Commissioned Officer, JAG Corps