Jessica Cohn
Jessica.Cohn@kennedyslaw.com
+1 908 647 8390
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Education
- New York Law School, JD, 2012
- The George Washington University, BA (cum laude), 2009
Jessica is an associate in the Basking Ridge office. She handles arbitrations and litigation involving insurance coverage matters. Jessica is experienced in handling first-party property and liability claims. She has experience litigating large, complex liability claims, including litigation arising from mass asbestos tort liabilities.
Jessica has experience handling product liability, commercial litigation and multi-plaintiff tort actions in both state and federal court. Previously, she defended the design and manufacture of motor vehicles and their component parts, as well as other consumer products. Additionally, Jessica has defended mass tort actions, including high profile actions arising out of the 2014 East Harlem gas explosion and the 2007 steam pipe explosion in midtown Manhattan.
Qualifications and admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
- US District Court for the District of New Jersey
- US District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Work highlights
- Obtained decision granting summary judgment and dismissing Plaintiff’s breach of contract and bad faith claims in property coverage action on the grounds that the property damage was not caused by a covered loss and that the policy’s exclusions applied.
- Served as second-chair trial counsel in a three-week jury trial in the District of Massachusetts, resulting in a favorable verdict on behalf of client in case involving allegations of breach of a license agreement and misappropriation of know-how.
- Obtained decision granting summary judgment and dismissing Plaintiff’s complaint in its entirety in product liability action involving a hoverboard.
- Obtained voluntary dismissal in coverage action after filing opposition to plaintiff’s summary judgment motion in advance of depositions and before any discovery was conducted.
Presentations and publications
- Co-author, “Insurer has standing in insureds’ Chapter 11 case,” published for Kennedys (June 2024)
Insurance and reinsurance