Recognized for her extraordinary trial record of 58 defense verdicts, Lori G. Cohen is Vice Chair of Greenberg Traurig and Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Litigation Practice, leading a group of over 700 attorneys nationally and internationally. Lori is also Co-Chair of the Trial Practice Group, her “brain child,” which she created at GT. Upon joining GT, she built the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Group. Under Lori’s leadership, this group has risen through the ranks and has grown to over 140 attorneys in more than 40 offices in the U.S. and globally; in 2022, 2021 and 2011 the group was named Law360’s “Product Liability Practice Group of the Year,” and in 2018, named The American Lawyer’s “Product Liability Litigation Department of the Year.” Referred to as a “trial wizard,” Lori is often called upon to “parachute in” at the last minute before trial, especially in challenging cases and dangerous jurisdictions. In 2023, Benchmark Litigation lauded her as being among the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers,” “Top 10 Women in Litigation,” and “Top 250 Women in Litigation;” as well as a “National Practice Area Star” and “Local Litigation Star.” In 2022 and 2019, they named her “Product Liability Attorney of the Year.” She 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. Lori and her team routinely take complex cases to trial and win, including some of the most complex mass torts in history.
Lori’s creativity and work ethic resonate with clients:
- “Sources consider her to be ‘the best life sciences trial lawyer in the country right now.’”
- “Lori Cohen is highly skilled at quickly distilling a complex set of facts into a compelling, understandable trial theme.”
- “She is just phenomenal. She is a good, strategic thinker and presents well to any judge.”
- “Personally, working with her and having her on the team is a constant safeguard if I need to take a case to trial, and let the plaintiffs know there’s a threat of trial.”
- “She’s a very talented trial lawyer with a tremendous presence. Basically, she’s fearless in a courtroom.”
- “Lori Cohen is also a master at being highly relatable (and ultimately persuasive) to a wide variety of audiences from jurors to judges.”
- “Lori brings a very unique style to the courtroom. She’s not reading a list of questions and stuck to that script. She is evolving with where the witness is taking her.”
- “If I had a high-stakes product liability matter, there’s nobody I would rather try the case than her.”
- “She is very strategic, I trust her judgment immensely.”
Recent Honors:
- “Product Liability Practice Group of the Year,” Law360
- “Product Liability Litigation Department of the Year,” The American Lawyer
- “Life Sciences MVP,” “Trial MVP,” “Trial Ace” & “Top Female Trial Attorney,” Law360
- “Star Individual” & “Pharmaceutical Spotlight,” Product Liability & Mass Torts, Chambers USA
- “Band 1,” Litigation: Trial Lawyers, Chambers USA & Chambers Global
- “Hall of Fame,” Leading Trial Lawyers & Product Liability: Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices, The Legal 500 United States
- “Stand-Out Lawyer,” Thompson Reuters
- “Client Service All-Star,” BTI Client Service All-Stars Report
Updated Aug 2023
