Chairman Linda W. Cropp at the request of the
Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To confirm the appointment of Mr. Vincent H. Cohen to the Washington Convention Center
Board of Directors.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited
as the Washington Convention Center Authority Board of Directors Vincent H. Cohen
Confirmation Resolution of 1999.
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:
Mr. Vincent H. Cohen
1851 Redwood Terrace, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20012
(Ward 4)
as a public member of the Washington Convention Center Authority Board of Directors,
established by section 205 of the Washington Convention Center Authority Act of 1994, D.C.
Law 10-188, effective September 28, 1994, completing the unexpired term of Terence C.
Golden, whose term will end May 16, 1999 and for a full 4-year term to commence thereafter
ending, May 16, 2003, and as Chairman to serve at the pleasure of the Mayor.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this
resolution, upon its adoption, each to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall have no fiscal impact.
Sec. 5. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
Vincent H. Cohen
Partner, Washington Office
Litigation Practice Area
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION:
Business Litigation (defense)
Employment Litigation (defense)
Medical Malpractice Litigation (defense)
Personal Injury Litigation (defense)
ADDRESS: 1851 Redwood Terrace, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20012, 202/726-5630, (0)
202-637-5600
SPOUSE: Diane H. Cohen
CHILDREN: Robyn (3/7/66)
Traci (4/6/68)
Vincent (9/23/70)
EDUCATION:
L.L.B Syracuse University, Cum Laude, 1960
A.B. Syracuse University, Cum Laude, 1957
LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
Joined Hogan & Hartson, 1969
Director of Compliance, U S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1967-1969
Ohio Bell Telephone Company, Legal Department, 1967
U.S. Department of Justice, Trial Attorney, 1962-1967
Trial Attorney, Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., 1960-1962
PAST AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES:
Member. D.C. Circuit Judicial Conference Program Committee, 1991
Member of the Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit, 1986
Campaign Chairman, Ward IV Voters for Charlene Drew Jarvis, 1979
Lecturer, D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education Program, 1979
Member, WETA (Channel 26) Committee of Inquiry, 1979
Vice Chairman for Professions, United Negro College Fund, 1979
Member, Mayor Marion Barry’s Transition Steering Committee, 1978-1979
Civilian Aide-at-Large to the Secretary of the Army, 1977-1981
Member, Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia (D.C. Court of Appeals), 1967-1986
Member, Board of Governors, District of Columbia Bar (Unified), 1974-1976
Campaign Chairman, Citizens for Alexander, 1974
Member of the Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit, 1974
Member of tile Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Circuit, 1972
Recent Decisions Editor, Syracuse Law Review, 1959-1960
Associate editor, Syracuse Law Review, 1958-1959
Associated Press All.American Basketball Team, 1957
Helms Foundation All-American Basketball Team, 1957
United Press All-American Basketball Team, 1957
Advisory Board, United National Bank
American Bar Association
Appointed by Chief Judge David Bazelon a Member of the Judicial Conference Committee on
the Administration of Justice Under Emergency Conditions
At-Large Member, District of Columbia Democratic State Committee
Board Member, The City Club of Washington, D.C.
Board Member, The Economic Club of Washington
Board of Directors and Executive Committee, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, D
C.
Board of Directors, Neighborhood Legal Services Program
Board of Directors, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Chairman of Liaison Committee to the Citizens’ Advisory Committee (District of Columbia
Bar [Unified])
Chairman, Nominating Committee, District of Columbia Bar (Unified)
Charter Member, City Club of Washington
Charter Member, The Economic Club of Washington
Co-Chair, Task Force of the District of Columbia Circuit on Race & Ethnic Rules
Criminal Justice Act Advisory Board
Delegate to General Assembly of D.C. Federation of Civic Associations
District of Columbia Bar (Unified)
Elected Ward Four (4) Representative to the District of Columbia Democratic State
Committee
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Justinian Honor Society
Lecturer, Howard University School of Medicine
Lecturer, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Policy Academy
Member, Arrangements Committee for the 1977 Judicial Conference of the District of
Columbia Circuit
Member, Board of Directors of Americans for Democratic Action
Member, Board of Directors, Columbia Hospital for Women Foundation
Member, Board of Directors, Neediest Kids, Inc.
Member, Board of Governors, The District of Columbia Bar
Member, Board of Trustees of the Black Student Fund
Member, Board of Trustees’ Group Health Association, Inc.
Member, Board of Trustees, The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Member, Board of Visitors, Syracuse University College of Law
Member, District of Columbia Bar (Unified) Committee to Study the D.C. Bar Examination
Member, Division 4 Steering Committee (Courts, Lawyers and Administration of Justice) of
the District of Columbia Bar (Unified)
Member, Federal City Council
Member, Secretary of HEW’s Commission on Medical Malpractice
Member, Special Committee to the D.C. Democratic State Committee for the 1978 National
Democratic Mid-Term Conference
Member, Trial Practice Committee on Discovery
Member, United States District Court for the District of Columbia’s Committee on
Grievances
National Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Ohio Bar Association
The Order of the Coif
Treasurer and Member of Executive Council, Young Lawyers Section, Bar Association of the
District of Columbia
Vice President, Civic League of North Portal Estates
Washington Bar Association
Washington Trustee, Federal City Council
BAR ADMISSIONS:
U.S. Court of Appeals
D.C. Circuit, 1970
Fifth Circuit, 1977
Fourth Circuit, 1975
District of Columbia, 1968
New York, 1960
Ohio, 1967
U.S. Supreme Court, 1966
PUBLICATIONS:
"Extent to Which Corporate Directors May Act Without a Formal Board Meeting" 11
Syr. L. Rev. 6a (1959)
"Spouses Incompetent to Testify Against Each Other in Federal Criminal Cases" 10
Syr. L. Rev. 363 (1959)
"Dictum Raises the Question Whether New York May Abolish Consortium Action" 10
Sr. L. Rev. 133 (1958)
Web Biography
Vincent H. Cohen
Mr. Cohen is a cum laude graduate of Syracuse University and Syracuse University
Law School (1960) and was Associate and Recent Decisions Editor of the Syracuse Law
Review. A former All American basketball player as an undergraduate, he currently is
one of Hogan & Hartson’s litigation and labor partners.
Mr. Cohen has litigated civil and criminal jury and nonjury cases and argued appeals in
all of the local and federal courts of the District of Columbia. His litigation experience
includes products liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death, workers’ compensation,
Title VII, legal malpractice, false arrest, malicious prosecution and breach of contract.
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Cohen was a trial attorney with the United
States Department of Justice and Director of Compliance of the United States Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission. He is a member of the New York, Ohio and District of
Columbia Bars.
Mr. Cohen formerly served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Public Defender
Service of the District of Columbia, Vice Chairman of the District of Columbia Commission
on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, and two terms as a member of the Board of Governors
of the District of Columbia Bar. In addition, Mr. Cohen has served on numerous District of
Columbia Bar committees and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.