604 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
P: (215) 873- 4836
E: dcohen@stephanzouras.com
David J. Cohen is a highly skilled and successful class-action attorney who joined Stephan Zouras, LLC in 2016. Dave manages our Philadelphia office and has spent his entire career fighting to protect the rights of thousands of healthcare professionals, restaurant workers, transportation workers, IT professionals, shareholders, union members and consumers.
Before joining the private sector, Dave completed a unique clerkship with the Hon. Stephen E. Levin in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, during which he helped to develop a respected and efficient system to resolve the Court’s class action cases and contributed to several well-regarded works on class actions.
Dave earned a J.D. from the Temple University School of Law in 1994. While attending law school, Dave was awarded the Barristers Award for excellence in trial advocacy and worked as a teaching assistant for Hon. Legrome Davis (E.D. Pa.) as part of Temple’s award-winning Integrated Trial Advocacy program.
Dave is a member of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bar Associations, and has been admitted to practice in many courts nationwide, including: the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third and Sixth Circuits and the District Courts of California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and the District of Columbia. Dave is also recognized by Super Lawyers in both Pennsylvania and Delaware, a distinction given to no more than 5% of the lawyers in the states.
Professional and Community Activities
- University of Chicago Alumni Interviewer; 1994-Present
- Pennsylvania Bar Association Member; 1995-Present
- Philadelphia Bar Association Member; 1995-Present
- Union League of Philadelphia Member; 2001-Present
- Street Tails Animal Rescue Foster Care Sponsor; 2014-Present
- University of Chicago “Wisr” Alumni Mentoring Network; 2017-Present
- Philadelphia Bar Association Legal-Line Volunteer; 2015-2020
- Foundation for First Responders and Firefighters Sponsor; 1994-2020
Publications
- Arbittier & Simon’s Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Civil Practice Manual (9th Ed.) Contributor to sections on class actions, motions and statutory appeals; 1998
- Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas “Civil Trial Division at a Glance,” Statutory Appeals Program author; 1996-1998
- Pennsylvania Bar Institute “Class Action Suits in State and Federal Courts: Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor and its Legacy” contributor; 1996-1998
Education
University of Chicago, B.A. (cum laude), 1991
Temple University School of Law, J.D., 1994
Admitted to Practice:
New Jersey State Courts, 1994
Pennsylvania State Courts, 1995
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2001
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2010
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 2015
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1994
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1999
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2012
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 2012
Admitted Pro Hac Vice:
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee