Dechert Leader Cohen Follows ‘Upstairs’ Mentor to New Challenge
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on January 4, 2023
Vincent Cohen Jr. will take on a new challenge as a Dechert global managing partner later this year while juggling his work as a white collar litigator for corporate giants including Microsoft Corp.
The ascendancy brings a special significance for Cohen because of his efforts to boost the ranks of Black and other diverse lawyers at Dechert and throughout Big Law. He’s building on a family legacy as the son of the trail-blazing D.C. lawyer Vincent H. Cohen, a trial attorney with Robert Kennedy’s Justice Department who later became the first Black partner . . .
