Michael S. Cohen
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
USA
Phone: +1 215 979 1882
Fax: +1 215 405 2592
Email: mcohen@duanemorris.com

Michael S. Cohen concentrates his practice in the areas of employment law training and counseling. Mr. Cohen has trained and counseled employers throughout the country on subjects including harassment prevention; workplace diversity; discipline and discharge; hiring and recruiting practices; performance evaluations; FMLA, ADA and FLSA compliance; leave of absence policies; performance management; workplace privacy; sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace; substance abuse testing; workplace violence; records retention; conducting background checks; teens in the workplace and managing attendance problems. He has conducted trainings for executives, directors, managers, supervisors and employees in many industries, including financial services, healthcare, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, retail, real estate development, law firms and human services. Mr. Cohen also has conducted trainings for executives, deans and faculty in several institutions of higher education and secondary education. He has conducted more than 150 trainings in the last year.

Mr. Cohen has conducted investigations into claims of harassment and discrimination and has drafted employee handbooks, employment agreements, noncompete agreements and post-termination agreements. He has represented clients throughout the country in EEO and other administrative proceedings.

Mr. Cohen has been cited as a national authority on employment issues by The New York Times, The Associated Press, USA Today, MSNBC.com, The New York Daily News, New York Newsday, The San Francisco Chronicle, Law National, Law.com, HR Magazine, HR Executive Magazine, HR Executive Online, SHRM On-Line, Employment Law 360, Inside Counsel Magazine, What's Working in Human Resources, Workforce Management Magazine, Human Rights Campaign On-Line, Yahoo! Sports, The Sporting News, The Newark Star-Ledger, The Houston Chronicle, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, The Syracuse Post-Standard, The Ann Arbor News, The Harrisburg Patriot News, The Mobile Press Register, The Flint Journal, The Desert Sun, The Courier-Post, The Honolulu Advertiser, The Stamford Advocate, The Huntsville Times, AM New York, The Workplace Substance Abuse Advisor, Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics, Talent Management, BusinessInsurance.com, AZcentral.com, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, The Columbus Dispatch, The Myrtle Beach Sun News, Richmond Times Dispatch, Detroit News and Business & Legal Reports, Inc. He has been a regular guest lecturer on human resources issues at West Chester University for its Masters of Science in Administration program. He also is a member of the board of editors for the Privacy Law Journal and of the SHRM PA State Council Diversity Committee.

Mr. Cohen is a 1997 magna cum laude graduate of Temple University Beasley School of Law and a cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

Areas of Practice

• Employment Law

Professional Activities

• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Philadelphia Bar Association
• Independence Business Alliance
  -Board of Directors

Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey

Education

• Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1997
• University of Pennsylvania, B.A., cum laude, 1993

Board Memberships

• Independence Business Alliance
  - Board of Directors

Selected Publications

• Quoted in "Employers Advised to Use Extreme Caution With Social Media Background Checks," Bloomberg BNA Daily Labor Report, June 19, 2013
• Author, "Workplace Madness: Important HR Lessons from NCAA Basketball," Sports Litigation Alert, May 17, 2013
• Author, "Workplace Madness: Important HR Lessons from NCAA Basketball," Duane Morris Sports Law Blog, April 19, 2013
• Author, "A Site (Un)Seen: Using Social Media in Hiring Decisions," The Legal Intelligencer, December 22, 2010
• Quoted in "Hear what's happening in workplace law?" HR Magazine, May 2010
• Author, "Want an Extraordinary Law Firm? Listen to a Kindergartner," Association of Legal Administrators, November/December 2009
• Author, "They're Not In My Locker Room . . . Or Conference Room - The Myth Of The Gay-Free Workplace," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, February 2006

Selected Speaking Engagements

• Panelist, "Paying Interns," WCPN Cleveland, June 26, 2013
• Speaker, "Drafting Employee Handbooks and Avoiding the Most Common Handbook Mistakes," Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry's HR Roundtable, King of Prussia, PA, April 26, 2012
• Speaker, "Duane Morris' Developments in Workplace Law & Practice 2010," New York, May 12, 2010
• Speaker, "Employment Law Update and Harassment Prevention and Correction," Association of Legal Administrators Annual Conference, New Orleans, May 19, 2009 (#1 ranked speaker)
• Speaker, "Hiring and Interviewing and It's Not Just a Game: Examining Employment Law Subjects Through the World of Sports," SHRM National Staffing Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 29-30, 2009
• Speaker, "Drafting Employee Handbooks and Performance Appraisals, Yes They Do Matter," Community Hematology and Oncology Consortium, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, April 24, 2009
• Speaker, "Complying with Major Discrimination Laws and Union Awareness," Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, April 21, 2009
• Speaker, " Harassment Prevention and Correction," Delaware Valley Human Resources Summit, Philadelphia, October 3, 2008 (#1 ranked speaker of conference)