Lori G. Cohen

Lori G. Cohen is Vice Chair of Greenberg Traurig and serves as co-chair of the firm’s Global Litigation Practice, leading a group of over 600 attorneys nationally and internationally. Lori is chair of the Trial Practice Group, her “brain child” which she created at GT. Lori is also chair of the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice, a nationally renowned group that Lori built upon joining GT. Under Lori’s leadership, this practice has risen through the ranks and has grown to include over 100 attorneys in more than 30 offices in the U.S. and globally; in 2018, the group was named The American Lawyer’s “Product Liability Litigation Department of the Year.”

Nationally recognized for her extraordinary trial record of 57 defense verdicts, Lori leads a global practice that focuses on complex litigation of all types including products liability and pharmaceutical, medical device, and health care litigation. Lori has served as national, regional, and trial counsel for numerous medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers, handling all types of litigation, including class actions, multidistrict litigation, and trials nationally. Lori and her team routinely take complex cases to trial and win, including some of the most complex mass torts in history. Well known for her ability to win high-stakes trials, Lori is often called upon to “parachute in” at the last minute before trial, especially in challenging cases in dangerous jurisdictions.

Referred to by her clients in Chambers USA Guide as a “Trial Wizard,” Lori has been lauded for “using creative approaches to explain to lay jurors complex evidence.” In addition to her vast trial experience, she has significant Daubert and scientific expertise with a number of her victories captured in published opinions. She has worked extensively on and lectured nationally regarding the use of technology in courtroom presentations of complex medical, scientific and other catastrophic injury cases.

Lori is a high-energy, high-profile leader among trial attorneys, and an effective, passionate mentor. In an industry where two thirds of attorneys in civil cases are men, and women represent only a quarter of lead or trial counsel, Lori stands out as a female leader and a champion of developing the next generation of attorneys, particularly diverse attorneys. She is widely regarded for her ability to build strong, diverse, trial-ready teams made up of not just lawyers but nurses, in-house graphics/demonstratives designers, technology consultants, paralegals and legal assistants, who are “all hands on deck” up to and through trial.

Lori was honored as 2019 “Product Liability Attorney of the Year” by Benchmark Litigation, which has also selected her as a “National Litigation Star” (2019), “Top 100 Trial Lawyer” (2018-2019), and “Top 10 Women Litigator” (2018-2019). In 2018, Lori was recognized as “Product Liability Attorney of the Year” by LMG Life Sciences and inducted into the Life Sciences Hall of Fame. She has been selected by Law360 as a 2018 “Life Sciences MVP,” 2016 “Trial MVP,” 2015 “Trial Ace,” and 2012 “Top Female Trial Attorney.”

Lori has been profiled twice in “Winning Litigators,” a special report recognizing the top U.S. litigators in The National Law Journal, which also named her one of “The 50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America” and declared two of her defense trial victories “Top Defense Wins.” Courtroom View Network recognized her team’s victory in a pelvic mesh trial in state court in Missouri as the “Top Defense Verdict of 2016.” The American Lawyer recognized Lori’s team as their 2018 “Product Liability Litigation Department of the Year,” as well as the 2018 “Regional Litigation Department of the Year for Georgia.”

Lori is one of two attorneys listed in The Legal 500 “Hall of Fame” for product liability litigation involving pharmaceutical and medical devices, and she is one of a very small group of attorneys selected nationally for inclusion in the 2010-2019 editions of Chambers USA Guide's National Pharmaceutical Industry Products Liability Table. Lori is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA Guide, Chambers Global Guide, Outstanding Lawyers in America, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, The International Who's Who of Life Science Lawyers, The International Who's Who of Products Liability Defense Lawyers, Georgia Trend's “Legal Elite,” and Georgia Super Lawyers magazine, including “Top 10 Georgia Super Lawyers” (2013-2019), “Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyers” (2005-2019) and “Top 50 Female Georgia Super Lawyers” (2005-2019).

Lori serves as a member of the Emory Law School Advisory Board, as well as the Advisory Board for the Institute for Complex Litigation and Mass Claims. She is a member of the board for the Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC) and the steering committee for the AdvaMed Legal Defense Academy. Lori is also a board member for the National Board of Trial Advocacy and the National Board of Complex Litigation.

She has served as an instructor for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) and the Emory Law School Trial Techniques Program, and she has served as a faculty member of the International Association of Defense Council’s (IADC) elite Trial Academy.

Lori is chair of American Heart Association’s 2020 Atlanta Heart Ball, as well as a board member for the Ovarian Cancer Institute.

Concentrations

•Jury trials
•Products liability and toxic tort litigation
•Pharmaceutical and medical device litigation
•Mass torts and multidistrict litigation
•Class actions
•Medical malpractice litigation
•Automotive products liability

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Recipient, Emory Law School’s “Eleonore Raoul Trailblazer Award,” 2019
•Listed, Daily Report's Georgia Legal Awards, Best Mentor, 2019
•Team Leader, The American Lawyer’s “Products Liability Litigation Department of the Year,” 2018
•Team Leader, The American Lawyer’s “Regional Litigation Department of the Year - Georgia,” 2018
•Listed, Chambers Global Guide, Litigation: Trial Lawyers - USA, 2018-2020
• Band 1, 2020
•Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2007-2020
•Nationwide, Litigation: Trial Lawyers, 2015, 2017-2020
• Band 1, 2019-2020
•Nationwide, Product Liability & Mass Torts, 2007-2020
• Star Individuals, 2019-2020
•Nationwide, Product Liability: Pharmaceutical “Spotlight Table,” 2010-2020
•Georgia, Litigation: General Commercial, 2009-2020
• Band 1, 2020
•Listed, Law360
•“Life Sciences MVP, ” 2018
•“Trial MVP, ” 2016
•“Trial Ace, ” 2015
•“Top Female Trial Attorney, ” 2012
•Team Member, “Product Liability Practice Group of the Year,” 2011
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States
•“Leading Trial Lawyers, 2018-2019
•Hall of Fame,” 2018
•“Litigation - Products Liability and Mass Tort Defense - Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices,” 2010-2019
•“Hall of Fame,” 2018-2019
•“Leading Lawyers,” 2014-2019
•Dispute Resolution - General Commercial Disputes, 2019
•Dispute Resolution - International Litigation, 2019
•Dispute Resolution - Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Actions - Consumer Products (Including Tobacco) - Defense, 2019
•Listed, Benchmark Litigation
•“National Practice Area Star (General Commercial, Health Care, Product Liability),” 2020
•“Local Litigation Star,” 2020
•“Top 100 Trial Lawyers,” 2018-2020
•“Product Liability Attorney of the Year,” 2019
•Shortlisted, “Product Liability Attorney of the Year,” 2020
•“National Litigation Star” 2019
•“Top 10 Women Litigators,” 2018-2019
•“Top 250 Women in Litigation,” 2015-2019
•Listed, Acritas Stars Independently Rated Lawyers, “Star Lawyers,” 2019-2020
•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants; Health Care Law, 2005-2020
•Listed, “Lawyer of the Year,” Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions-Defendants, Atlanta, 2018
•Listed, “Lawyer of the Year,” Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Litigation, Atlanta, 2014
•Listed, “Lawyer of the Year,” Medical Malpractice Law, Atlanta, 2012
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Georgia Super Lawyers, 2003-2020
•Listed, “Top 100 Lawyers in Georgia,” 2007-2020
•Listed, “Top 50 Female Lawyers in Georgia,” 2007-2020
•Listed, “Top 10 Lawyers in Georgia,” 2013-2020
•Listed, Who’s Who Legal
•International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers, 2008-2019
•International Who's Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers, 2003-2018
•Inducted, LMG Life Sciences, “Life Sciences Hall of Fame,” 2018
•Winner, “Product Liability Attorney of the Year,” 2018
•Listed, “Life Science Star,” 2012-2019
•Shortlisted, Product Liability Attorney of the Year, 2019
•Shortlisted, Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2019
•Winner, Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards, “Best in Life Sciences, 2016
•Listed, Euromoney Legal Media Group's Expert Guides: Women in Business Law, “Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law,” 2014, 2017
•Shortlisted, “Best in Life Sciences,” 2013-2015 and 2017-2018
•Listed, Euromoney Legal Media Group's Expert Guides, “Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law,” Euromoney Institutional Investor, 2012
•Team Member, The Daily Report’s“Georgia Products Liability & Mass Torts Litigation Department of the Year,” 2013 and 2015-2017
•Recognized, JAMES Magazine, Georgia's Most Influential Politically-Connected Attorneys, 2019
•Team Member, Courtroom View Network’s“Top Defense Verdict of 2016”
•Team Member, Missouri Lawyer’s Weekly, “Top Defense Wins in 2016”
•Listed, Lawdragon 500, “Leading Lawyers in America,” 2013-2020
•Listed, Georgia Trend magazine “Legal Elite,” 2008-2013 and 2015
•Recipient, The AmLaw Litigation Daily, “ Litigator of the Week, ” March 8, 2012
•Featured, The National Law Journal, “Winning - Successful Strategies from Some of the Nation's Top Litigators,” a special report recognizing ten attorneys across the nation, 2008
•Listed, Guide to the World's Leading Product Liability Lawyers, 2007-2008
•Selected, The National Law Journal, “50 Most Influential Women Lawyers in America,” 2007
•Listed, The Outstanding Lawyers of America, 2003-2007
•Listed, The National Law Journal, “Top 40 Under 40,” 2003
•Recognized, The National Law Journal, “Top Defense Wins,” for two defense trial victories, 1999-2000
•Rated, AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0