Stanley Cohen (attorney)

Stanley Cohen (born 1950) is an attorney and political activist.

He has represented members of Hamas and Hezbollah, a relative of Osama Bin Laden, as well as other controversial clients. In 2014 he pleaded guilty to tax charges and was sentenced to 18 months in prison, resulting in suspension of his law license.

Cohen was born in 1953 and grew up in Port Chester (New York) between Greenwich, Conn., and Rye (N.Y.) He was raised by Orthodox Jewish parents and attended Hebrew schools. He ceased practicing Judaism at 14.

When he was still a law student at Long Island University, he teamed with attorney Lynne Stewart to represent Kathy Boudin, member of Weather Underground and May 19th Communist Organization who was accused of involvement in the 1981 Brinks Robbery.

After graduating, in the 80s, Cohen worked for seven years at the Legal Aid Society in the Bronx. He also worked on the Winnebago, Omaha and Santee Sioux reservations for an anti-poverty program as a VISTA volunteer. After VISTA, he headed a drug program for homeless teens in Westchester County (N.Y.).In 1983 he earned a J.D. degree at Pace University Law School.

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