Michael D. Cohen (lawyer)
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| Born | 1966/1967 (age 49–50) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Thomas M. Cooley Law School |
| Occupation | Personal lawyer for Donald Trump |
| Employer | U.S. President Donald Trump |
| Political party | Republican |
Michael Dean Cohen (born 1966/67) is an American attorney who works as a lawyer and spokesperson for U.S. President Donald Trump. Prior to this appointment he was Executive Vice-President of the Trump Organization and special counsel to Trump. Cohen also previously served as co-president of Trump Entertainment and a member of the board of the Eric Trump Foundation, a children's health charity. He joined the Trump Organization after having been a partner at Phillips Nizer.
Cohen grew up on Long Island. His mother was a nurse, and his father, who survived the Holocaust, was a surgeon. He graduated from American University and the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
Cohen volunteered for the 1988 presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis, was a legislative intern for Congressman Joe Moakley, and voted for Barack Obama in 2008, though he later became disappointed with Obama. He also ran for New York City Council in 2003 as a Republican and briefly campaigned for a seat in the New York State Senate in 2010. He was a registered Democrat, until he officialy registered as a Republican on March 9, 2017.
While an executive at the Trump Organization, Cohen was known as Trump's "pit bull." In late 2011, when Trump was publicly speculating about running for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, Cohen co-founded the website "Should Trump Run?" to draft Trump into entering the race.
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