Attorney Profile

Lewis R. Cohen is the founding Partner of Cohen & Bobotas, with offices in Miami-Dade County, Florida. He has more than 20 years of experience in the areas of banking, commercial finance, real property finance, real estate transactions and commercial litigation. Formally General Counsel for United National Bank in Miami, Florida, Mr. Cohen's practice includes banking litigation, lender liability, regulatory compliance, real estate transactions, sales, acquisitions, foreclosure, asset recovery, contract disputes, contracts, business and real property finance. Mr. Cohen has earned the highest rating ("AV") from the prestigious Martindale Hubbell Law Directory and Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers and has been named as one of South Florida's "Top Lawyers" by the South Florida Legal Guide for the years, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. 

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance
• Commercial Law
• Litigation
• Real Estate
• Business Organizations

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1979
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1980
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1982

Education

• Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1979
  J.D.
  
  
• Boston University, Boston, MA, 1976
  B.A.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  
  

Representative Clients

• Mellon Financial Group
• Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust
• Dreyfus Service Corporation
• The Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company
• MB Financial Group
• Bank of America - BAL Global Leasing

Honors and Awards

• AV Rating, Martindale Hubbell Law Directory
• Named to the South Florida Legal Guide's "Top Lawyers" List, 2005 - 2010
• Named to Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 2005 - 2010

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Florida Bar
  Member