Manhasset, NY

Michael Cohan

Michael Cohan is the force you want on your side when your life is disrupted by injury. As the founder and managing partner of Cohan Law, he represents injured New Yorkers with unwavering focus, legal precision, and real empathy. Whether the case involves a car crash, construction accident, nursing home abuse, or corporate negligence, Michael leads with one goal: justice for his clients. With millions recovered for victims of negligence, Michael blends aggressive strategy with a human-first mindset. He understands the physical, emotional, and financial toll of serious injuries, and he makes sure every client feels supported and informed from start to finish. He picks up the phone. He explains the process clearly. And when it’s time to fight, he fights like it’s personal. Michael has successfully challenged powerful insurance companies and multinational corporations. He even made legal history by forcing foreign entities to produce evidence in U.S. courts, breaking through international barriers to defend his clients’ rights.

Michael Kohan

Attorney Michael Kohan is a graduate of Queens College with a degree in Political Science and dual minors in History and Psychology, where he advanced to the Dean’s List every semester and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Michael went on to receive his Juris Doctor from Hofstra University School of Law, where he was a New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyer’s Section Statewide Trial Team Champion. As part of his studies, Michael was a student of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Prior to founding Kohan Law Group, Michael worked at one of Long Island’s largest litigation firms. In 2018, the Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department, appointed Michael to the Court’s Committees on Character and Fitness, to which he was re-appointed in 2022 and where he continues to proudly serve. As the founding partner of Kohan Law Group, PC, a boutique, civil litigation firm, Michael has significant experience litigating complex civil litigation matters from inception through trial or settlement. Moreover, Michael has proudly volunteered his time as the inaugural member of the personal injury division at Legally Links, a non-profit organization for the needy, including indigent widows and widowers. He has also volunteered by speaking regularly at a legal housing clinic in Woodside, NY with a retired Judge of the NYC Civil Court. Since 2015, Michael has been an annual panelist on the Queens County Bar Association’s continuing legal education courses on landlord-tenant law and real estate litigation. He has also presented CLEs on similar topics for the NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers, Nassau County Bar Association and Queens County Women’s Bar Association, among other organizations. Among the attendees of these courses have been thousands of sitting Judges, attorneys and real estate professionals. Repeatedly named “Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers, Michael has experience in many fields, involving both litigation and transactional matters, which has provided him with outstanding foresight and ability to isolate the primary issues in a matter. These skills have resulted in him being appointed as an arbitrator by the Nassau County Bar Association, where he regularly presides in the Nassau County District Court. As an active member of the Nassau and Queens County Bar Associations, Michael serves on various committees of those associations, including the Judiciary Committee (Queens), Ethics Committee (Nassau), Personal Injury Committee (Nassau/Queens) and the Appellate Law Committee (Nassau). Michael has also been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School where he has taught trial and litigation skills courses. Additionally, Michael serves as President of the Network of Bar Leaders, a coalition of over 50 bar associations in the New York metropolitan area. Prior to that, in coordination with various Appellate Division and Supreme Court justices, Michael co-founded Jewish Bar Alliance NY, an umbrella non-profit organization representing the local Jewish bar associations in the New York Metropolitan area. He is also the immediate past president of the Queens County Brandeis Bar Association of Jewish judges and attorneys. Finally, Michael is the co-founder of the NYC Legal Referral Network, which has hosted regular events among prominent judges and attorneys in Manhattan and beyond and which has been prominently featured in the New York Law Journal. In his free time, Michael enjoys traveling, exploring New York City, trying new restaurants and burning those calories playing ultimate frisbee and golf.

Steve Gokberk

Steve brings his vigorous courtroom advocacy and extensive knowledge of personal injury and medical practice law to the Kohan Law Group, following his experience at a prominent law firm. Steve maintains his focus on automobile accidents, construction site accidents, products liability, premises liability, and medical malpractice, priding himself on his involvement on each case from inception to finish. Steve is licensed to practice law in New York State and Federal courts. Steve’s energy, passion, and endless dedication to advocating for his clients has earned him an increasing number of recognitions, including: previously receiving the Top 100 Plaintiff’s Personal Injury acknowledgement and Top 40 Under 40 Award from The National Trial Lawyers, appointment to the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers Associate Board; appointment as Vice Chair of the Nassau County Bar Association’s Plaintiff’s Personal Injury committee; appointment as Co-Chair of the Board of the New York/New Jersey/ Connecticut Chapter of the Armenian Bar Association; being named in the Long Island Business News 40 Under 40, being named a New York Metro Super Lawyers in 2024 and being named Rising Star for six (6) consecutive years, receipt of the Long Island Top Professional 30 Under 30 Award from the Huntington Chamber of Commerce, being named a 20 Under 40 Rising Star from the Armenian Bar Association, and receipt of a Certificate of Recognition from the Armenian Bar Association. Steve has taught numerous CLE courses with the Nassau County Bar Association and New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. Recently, him and Adam Zabary co-presented on the subject of Notice of Claims for both organizations. He has obtained many favorable outcomes, by trial and settlement, for his clients, especially in cases of catastrophic loss and injury. His verdicts in Baletic v. Liu and Maurelis v. Gattuso have both been ranked as Top 100 Jury Verdicts by TopVerdict. His settlements have been published in the New York Law Journal, including the $5,000,000 recovery in Smith, Jr. v. City of Peekskill, which was ranked one of the highest mediated settlements in the New York Law Journal’s “2020 Top Verdicts Settlements Northeast” list and Wilson v. CM Associates Construction Mgt which was included in the “2019 Top Mediated Settlements” list. Steve began his law career early on. He started off on his high school mock trial team before attending St. John’s University to obtain his B.S. in Legal Studies and Philosophy, where he was also president of the University’s Legal Society. He continued on to St. John’s University School of Law to obtain his Juris Doctor. Outside of the office, Steve possesses an authentic passion for volunteering. As a first generation Armenian-American, Steve has been heavily involved with the Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief (SOAR), an international nonprofit organization that provides humanitarian relief to over 2,000 orphaned Armenian children and adults with disabilities. In previous years, Steve was also an active volunteer with the Nassau County Bar Association’s child mentoring program. He also helped to organize volunteer opportunities in his undergraduate program as the president of the St. John’s University Legal Society and participated in a full year externship with the New York Legal Assistant Group, a non-profit providing free civil legal services to New York residents who cannot afford private representation. Steve is a fan of classic rock music and enjoys playing the guitar.

Adam Zabary

Adam left a Manhattan law firm and joined Kohan Law Group in 2019, bringing with him his experience in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate litigation and negotiation, with an emphasis on landlord-tenant disputes, as well as general commercial litigation. Adam also has experience in numerous other areas of law, involving civil litigation and transactions, such as personal injury, medical malpractice, matrimonial, and trust and estate litigation. Adam has handled matters in all five boroughs of New York City and Nassau and Suffolk, including appellate courts, and has earned a reputation of being well-versed in the law, yet pragmatic and practical for the purpose of dispute resolution. Adam’s recent career highlights include an appearance in the New York Law Journal for a rare but successful argument in support of a late notice of claim against a municipal entity during the COVID-19 era, CLE courses he taught for the Nassau County Bar Association and Queens County Women’s Bar Association relating to recent changes in landlord-tenant law, COVID-19’s significant impact on landlord-tenant law, procedure, and dispute resolution, force majeure and commercial leasing strategies in a post-COVID world, and notices of claim against municipal entities. Adam has been recognized as a New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Star. Adam earned his Juris Doctor from Hofstra University School of Law. While a student, Adam clerked for a well-known personal injury and medical malpractice firm, as well as for a former administrative law judge that concentrated in personal injury and estate disputes. Adam earned his B.A. in History from Binghamton University, where he was active in the Chabad Jewish Student Center and served as the business manager for a popular student-run on-campus newspaper. Adam is an active board member of the Brandeis Association, Brandeis’ former delegate to the Network of Bar Leaders, and member of the Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA). He has also participated in NCBA’s mentorship program, which serves local middle school children. In his time outside the office, Adam enjoys spending time with his wife and daughters and is an avid sports fan (Knicks, Mets, and Giants).

Andrew Rozynski, Esq.

Andrew Rozynski is a distinguished partner at Eisenberg & Baum, LLP, where he brings extensive experience and passion to his nationally recognized civil rights practice. He serves as co-director of the firm’s Law Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing and leads the firm’s appellate practice. Through impactful litigation, Mr. Rozynski has helped shape legal precedent and expand protections for individuals across the country. Mr. Rozynski brings a rare combination of talents as both a formidable trial litigator and an accomplished appellate advocate, setting him apart in the legal field. Known for taking on complex cases that others avoid, he employs creative strategies to uncover winning arguments that are not immediately obvious. He has earned a strong reputation for successfully litigating cases of first impression and has secured more than 25 favorable verdicts and judgments from juries, judges, and arbitrators nationwide. Mr. Rozynski is admitted to practice before more than 40 federal district and appellate courts across over 25 states, and he has argued dozens of cases in both trial and appellate forums, including before the United States Supreme Court. His civil rights docket spans a wide range of landmark cases involving discrimination in healthcare, housing, education, government services, employment, and law enforcement. Throughout his career, he has championed his clients’ rights by securing numerous favorable rulings in federal Courts of Appeals nationwide-overturning adverse decisions, preserving critical victories, and positively impacting the lives of many. Mr. Rozynski has a particularly strong focus on Deaf discrimination cases. As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) with three Deaf family members, he is fluent in American Sign Language and has a deep understanding of Deaf culture. This personal connection allows him to advocate with unique insight, credibility, and cultural fluency-qualities that make him an especially effective advocate for the Deaf community. He has handled nationally significant cases involving hospitals, courts, housing providers, government agencies, colleges, nursing homes, banks, and large private employers. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TIME, and USA Today, and has appeared on major television networks including Fox News, ABC, NBC, and CBS. Beyond litigation, Mr. Rozynski is a committed mentor and frequent speaker on civil rights and accessibility. He welcomes opportunities to share his experience with attorneys, students, advocates, and the public. Mr. Rozynski has worked closely with and maintains good relationships with other civil rights advocacy organizations, including the United States Department of Justice, NAACP, ACLU, and National Fair Housing Alliance.

Doug Kaplan

Mr. Kaplan is an experienced litigator with over 39 years of experience handling injury cases. Mr. Kaplan has recovered tens of millions of dollars for his clients in a wide range of cases, including car accidents, slip and falls, workplace accidents, birth trauma, cancer misdiagnosis and surgical errors. He has won numerous trial verdicts and argued successful appeals in the First and Second Departments.

Lorenzo V. DeLillo, Esq.

Lorenzo V. DeLillo, a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group of Eisenberg & Baum, LLP, focuses his practice on representing clients in residential and commercial real estate transactions and real estate management. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. DeLillo was senior counsel and head of the real estate department of a boutique law firm in New York City. Additionally, Mr. DeLillo served as General Counsel to the Sapir Organization, a privately held company with a prime commercial and residential portfolio exceeding 6 million square feet. Mr. DeLillo has been responsible for negotiating and closing numerous acquisitions and divestitures of properties throughout New York City, including closing prominent retail and office leases for both landlords and tenants. Prior to his extensive experience in real estate matters, Mr. DeLillo co-managed the business and legal affairs of a boutique New York plaintiff’s personal injury law firm. Mr. DeLillo has experience spanning several legal disciplines and as a matter of practice offers guided legal and business solutions for his clients.