Lawrence R. Cohan

Lawrence Cohan is a partner at Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky and chairs the firm’s Mass Tort and Toxic Tort Departments. Larry's practice involves toxic and mass torts including asbestos, PFAS, paraquat, talc, benzene, lead Camp Lejeune, chemicals and other dangerous products, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical and medical device liability, including defective hip implants, vaccine-related injuries, products liability, class action, FELA, and other complex personal injury matters. As a leader in many complex cases, Larry has forged new law in the trial and appellate court levels in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Larry was Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel for the multidistrict litigation (MDL) on the infamous “human tissue” scandal case. He served on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for the Morcellator MDL in Kansas City, Kansas.

Larry is currently serving on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee of the MDL entitled IN RE: Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation. Larry is the co-chair of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committees’ Public Water Provider Sub Committee and has prepared two of the first ten cases selected for Bellwether trial. Larry has served for decades on boards of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Associations. He completed his term as president of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, the oldest and largest local trial lawyer association in the country.