Steven Pinker Praises Mark’s Article
Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker praised Mark’s article, How to Draft a Bad Contract, as “simply brilliant.” Mark’s satircal article was first published in The Colorado Lawyer in August of 2015. Pinker, a legend in the field of language, read the article and praised it as “simply brilliant.” Mark’s article will be published again in […]
Mark’s Article on Enforcing Oral Contracts Published in The Colorado Lawyer
Mark’s article, Enforcing Oral Contracts, was published in the January 2021 issue of The Colorado Lawyer.
Court Quiets Title to Road in Favor of Mark’s Client
In May of 2021, after lengthy litigation, Boulder District Judge Andrew Hartman enter a Quiet Title Decree that gave Mark’s client, a homeowners association, the exclusive right to control access to the Summer Access Road, a private road in Boulder County that connects Ridge Road to Colorado Highway 119. The case provides a good example […]
TCL Publishes Mark’s Paper on Indemnification
In 2020, The Colorado Lawyer magazine published Mark’s article on Indemnification Provisions in Commercial Contracts.
Mark’s Clients Prevail in Claim for an Injunction Concerning an Equestrian Easement
On October 28, 2021, Arapahoe County District Judge Peter Michaelson denied a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction seeking to prohibit Mark’s clients for installing gates in an equestrian easement. The Court accepted Mark’s argument that Colorado law does not prevent a the owner of a servient estate from putting unlocked gates in a non-exclusive easement […]
Mark Selected to Speak to Rocky Mountain Surveyors
Mark Cohen has been selected to speak on Colorado easement law at the Rocky Mountain Surveyors Summit in 2022. Mark is honored to have been selected and looks forward to this opportunity
Mark Again Named a Super Lawyer
Mark was again named a Super Lawyer for 2022. Super Lawyers selects attorneys using a patented multiphase selection process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with independent research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.
Mark Defeats Statute of Limitations Defense in Quiet Title Case
In a quiet title action Mark filed on behalf of a condominium owner after another unit owner sold its unit without first offering it to Mark’s client, as required by the Declarations, the Arapahoe County District Court denied the Defendants’ motions for summary judgment. In two Orders issued on January 28, 2022, District Judge Frederick […]
Two TCLG Lawyers Publish Article in Causes of Action
Mark Cohen and Sierra Swearingen co-authored an article in the prestigious Causes of Action series. Their article, Cause of Action to Establish Liability of Corporate Director or Officer for Corporation’s Wrongful Conduct, appears at 36 COA2d 441. Causes of Action, published by Thomson West, is a series that provides extensive articles and case studies on […]
Trade Association Recognizes Mark Cohen’s Work Analyzing Legislation
The International Association of Certified Home Inspectors, InterNACHI, has recognized Mark Cohen’s work in analyzing proposed home inspection legislation in Missouri. To read the full story CLICK HERE
The Cohen Law Group Prevails in Piercing the Corporate Veil Case
Mark Cohen successfully represented multiple defendants in an action where Plaintiffs sought to hold them personally liable for the debts of a company with which they were associated. The four-day trial took place in July of 2009. On October 1, 2009, Boulder District Court Judge Gwyneth Whalen issued an 11-page Ruling and Order finding in […]
TCLG Wins Trial in Farm Loan Case
Mark Cohen successfully represented TCLG’s client in a three-day bench trial in Boulder District Court arising out of series of small loans the client made to neighbors (husband and wife) to help them avoid foreclosure and preserve their farm and equine operation. The firm’s client had made the loans, at the request of the wife, […]
TCLG Wins Appointment of Receiver
This District Court of Larimer County ruled in favor of a TCLG client and appointed a receiver for a judgment-debtor. The Court found that was a probability that fraud had occurred or will occur and that the company’s assets were in danger of being dissipated, lost, concealed,, or removed from the reach of the Court. […]
TCLG Wins 3-day Trial in Rock Crusher Dispute
TCLG’s Mark Cohen successfully represented the firm’s client in a 3-day trial in Adams County District Court. The firm’s client filed suit to collect damages arising out of its lease of a Terex/Pegson rock crusher to a customer to crush concrete into class 6 road base. The customer counterclaimed for misrepresentation and breach of contract. […]
TCLG Helps in Formation of Timberline Fire Authority
The Cohen Law Group, which represents the High Country Fire Protection District, played an important role in helping HCFPD join with the Colorado Sierra Fire Protection District to form the new Timberline Fire Authority. The two districts, which share common borders, believe formation of the Authority will help them to provide fire protection and emergency […]
TCLG Collects Debt and Attorney’s Fees for Client from Bankruptcy Debtor
Ending a dispute that arose in 2005, TCLG recently recovered money owed to an equipment distributor by a debtor that has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy for several years. Prior to seeking Chapter 11 protection the debtor had signed an equipment lease with the firm’s client that included a provision for payment of attorney’s fees. […]
New Timberline Fire Protection District Chooses TCLG as its Counsel
The new Timberline Fire Protection District, which was formed when voters approved the dissolution of the Colorado Sierra Fire Protection District and its inclusion into the High Country Fire Protection District, has selected The Cohen Law Group as its legal counsel.
New Mexico Court Rules for TCLG Client
The Bernalillo County District Court in Albuquerque has rejected a man’s attempt to gain an injunction to prevent a TCLG client from selling two air quality permits at a sheriff’s sale to satisfy a judgment entered in favor of TCLG’s client for failure to pay a business debt for leased rock crushing equipment. The Court […]
Mark’s Litigating Like the Viet Cong Published
Mark’s articlce, Litigating Like the Viet Cong, was published in the Docket (the magazine of the Denver Bar Association) in November of 2016. The article discusses how to litigate against an opponent with superior resources.
Mark’s Book Review Published
Mark’s Review of Avoiding Bad Depositions was published in The Colorado Lawyer in the October 2016 edition.