Profile - Max J. Cohen

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Company

LOWE STEIN, LLC
701 Poydras St Ste 3600
New Orleans, LA 70139-7735

Phone

(504) 581-2450

Member Bio

Max J. Cohen has extensive experience in state and federal courts defending insurers in coverage disputes; defending businesses and individuals in personal injury, premises liability, products liability, and property damage cases; and defending professionals, whose conduct has been questioned.

As a result of Hurricane Katrina, Mr. Cohen and his insurance practice group defended over 280 lawsuits against insurance agents of which over 145 were successfully resolved by motion practice, trial, or by obtaining voluntary dismissals without any settlement payments. In all cases handled by Mr. Cohen, he is especially careful to develop a litigation plan that balances the desire for positive results with the cost of litigation. In an effort manage defense costs, Mr. Cohen is willing to discuss alternative billing arrangements, including flat fee agreements.

Mr. Cohen earned his undergraduate degree in 1983, with distinction, from The University of Michigan, where he was a member of the Men’s Rowing Team and a member of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity. He graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1986, where he was the Brief Editor of the Moot Court Board and a member of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Team.

After graduation, Mr. Cohen moved to New Orleans to join one of the city’s largest law firms. In June 1988, Mr. Cohen welcomed the opportunity to join Lowe, Stein, Hoffman, Allweiss & Hauver, which was founded in May 1987. Mr. Cohen has been a Partner at Lowe, Stein since 1994. Mr. Cohen has been awarded an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, acknowledging that Mr. Cohen’s peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence.

Mr. Cohen is a member of the Louisiana State, Texas State, Federal, and American Bar Associations, and is admitted to practice before all Louisiana state and federal courts, all Texas state courts and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

In 1989, Mr. Cohen wrote the respondent's brief in the case Carden v. Arkoma Associates, 494 U.S. 185, 110 S.Ct. 1015, 108 L.Ed.2d 157 (1990). Mr. Cohen is also a member of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), the Defense Research Institute (DRI), and the Professional Liability Defense Federation (PLDF).

Mr. Cohen was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1961, where he graduated from Christian Brothers High School.

Firm Information

FIRM OVERVIEW

Delivering The Resources Of An Entire Firm One Client At A Time.

It is not a secret what clients want. We ask our clients. Clients assume that lawyers will know the law. Clients want their lawyers to answer their telephone calls and emails, listen actively, and find ways to add value to their business. Clients want advisors who understand them, their goals and challenges, and they need lawyers who can help them shape solutions that really work, reliably and efficiently. At Lowe Stein, we have built our firm culture around satisfying our clients. We devote ourselves to creating relationships based on the bedrock of trust, honesty, and enthusiasm for our clients’ businesses. Whatever legal matters our clients face, we work thoroughly to resolve them.

From New Orleans To The World, One Matter At A Time.

How do we serve our clients from one office in New Orleans? Our clients’ businesses take them all over the country and increasingly, around the world. Therefore, we have positioned ourselves to help our clients efficiently wherever they need help. We have done so not by raising our rates to subsidize branch offices in expensive markets, but by going to the locations of our clients’ matters. Our litigators have handled cases on site in virtually every state, and our transactional lawyers regularly handle matters nationally and internationally. We act as general counsel for clients headquartered from New York to California. We practice coast-to-coast at New Orleans legal rates.

PRO BONO AND COMMUNITY COMMITTMENT

Lowe Stein is committed to supporting and helping people and organizations in the communities where we live and work. Driven by our lawyers’ interests, we provide legal representation in projects locally and nationally that are pro bono publico --- for the public good. We contribute professional skills and substantial resources in cases and projects that help those who could not otherwise afford legal representation, and we support diverse social causes and enhance access to the arts and cultural expressions of New Orleans.

Since Hurricane Katrina, we have spent substantial resources rebuilding the community that we are proud to call our home.

Examples of Involvement:
•Tour de Lis
•The Emeril Lagasse Foundation
•Langston Hughes Academy
•Temple Sinai of New Orleans
•Jewish Federations of North America
•Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans
•Anti-Defamation League
•The St. Bernard Project
•The New Orleans Pro Bono Project
•Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
•Ray Hester Memorial for Leukemia Research
•Habitat for Humanity

DIVERSITY INITIATIVE

Diversity conferences and literature usually focus on the business reasons for diversity. At Lowe Stein, we believe that to succeed in the long term, the principal motivation behind a diversity initiative has to focus on creating a vibrant culture in which lawyers of all backgrounds can and want to succeed both now and in the long term. We are committed to building a firm that contributes in important ways to all areas of our community life and reflects the diversity of New Orleans.

Throughout its history, Lowe Stein has implemented a deliberate, purposeful growth plan --- one lawyer at a time. We do not hire or acquire practice groups, and we have never merged with another law firm or group of attorneys.

The ever-changing needs of the 21 century require diversity in the legal profession and in the community. That results in a better work product and in a deeper appreciation of differences that affect us all. We strongly believe that our historical civic commitment, tied with diversity initiatives for the community, can create a firm that reflects our community as a whole.

TECHNOLOGY

Our lawyers devote themselves to serving clients. They do so by foreseeing needs and quickly responding to the distinct challenges of their businesses. At Lowe Stein, we have always done business that way. And we always will. Today’s vibrant environment requires our lawyers to operate alongside our clients wherever and whenever needed. Innovative law firms like Lowe Stein can no longer remain confined to fixed office locations and still expect to deliver timely and relevant legal services to meet clients’ increasing needs. New technology approaches in this digital age allow Lowe Stein to extend our assistance outside of our office in New Orleans.

Technology-based collaboration and information sharing has allowed our lawyers to work with clients in an anytime/anywhere environment, improving response times and the overall quality of lawyer work product. Another major advantage is the elimination of multiple versions of draft documents, which frequently result in an unmanageable labyrinth of data. Today’s technology allows both our lawyers and our clients to work from a single document.

Now, more than ever, our lawyers enjoy access to a host of state-of-the-art technology tools and services that make it easy to communicate with clients. Our lawyers can take their offices with them to the client workspace, or anywhere they need to be, using mobile applications and wireless communication. The ability to respond to client requests and to gain access to client files quickly and effortlessly is critical. Using external services and internal technologies like scanning and imaging, Lowe Stein lawyers can share information with their colleagues with a high degree of efficiency. This fosters successful collaboration on client matters without additional administrative costs.

Lowe Stein is dedicated to using progressive technology to provide the most efficient, cost-effective solutions for our clients. Our technology committee regularly evaluates new hardware and software and incorporates innovative technology to keep the firm’s lawyers competitive and our systems up-to-date. Clients who cannot meet their lawyers in person can connect via video conference services. Lawyers can communicate with and support clients via teleconference in real-time Web meeting facilities, saving both time and travel costs.

SUSTAINABILITY POLICY

In recognition of Lowe Stein’s determination to provide first-rate legal services to clients while maintaining our long-term impact on the planet, we pledge to incorporate sustainable policies into our day-to-day operations and long-term strategy.

Because law firms use a considerable amount of paper, we are attentive in our efforts to limit our use of paper. All printers and copiers use 30% post-consumer recycled paper and whenever possible, firm notices and memos are distributed electronically. We continue to use electronic-only versions of many documents, and we encourage employees to limit their use of paper documents without ever sacrificing the quality of their work.

In addition to purchasing 30% post-consumer recycled paper, we are integrating the use of office supplies made from recycled materials. We continue to reduce the use of non-paper materials by working to re-use and recycle as many products as possible, including using durable products to the maximum practical extent possible and avoiding artificial or toxic products when more natural alternatives are available.

In an effort to reduce the amount of waste produced by the firm, we have purchased mugs and glasses and encourage members of the firm to use them for refreshments in place of disposable containers. The firm has stopped serving bottled water and provides filtered water in our kitchen areas and during all catered meetings.

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Casualty
Insurance Law
Personal Injury Litigation
Products Liability
Professional Liability

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Insurance Law
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