Six New Attorneys Join Cohen & Grigsby

September 2007

Cohen & Grigsby is pleased to announce the appointment of six new attorneys who will be based in the firm’s Pittsburgh offices:  

  •  Jonathan P. Altman joins Cohen & Grigsby as an associate in the firm’s Business Practice Group, where he will focus on general corporate matters.  He received his B.B.A. in finance and business pre-law from the Ohio University College of Business and his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.  Altman lives in Pittsburgh. 
  • Scott C. Graham joins the firm as an associate in the Business Practice Group.  He will concentrate his practice on general corporate matters.  Graham received his B.S. in finance from the Pennsylvania State University and his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.  Graham is a resident of Pittsburgh. 
  • Jessi D. Herman joins Cohen & Grigsby as an associate in the Labor & Employment Practice Group, where she will focus on representing and counseling employers on a wide range of employment-related matters.  She received her B.A. in history from Eastern University, an MTS from Candler School of Theology, and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law.  Herman lives in Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Andrea Kern joins the firm’s Business Practice Group as an associate where she will focus on general corporate matters.  She received her B.S.B.A. in accounting from Bucknell University and her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.  Kern lives in Cranberry Township.
  • Devin B. O’Neill joins Cohen & Grigsby’s Immigration Practice Group as an associate, where she will focus on employment-based immigration, including temporary and permanent visas, family-based immigration and naturalization.  Prior to joining Cohen & Grigsby, O’Neill was an immigration associate at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP in Rochester, NY. and the sole staff attorney at VIVE, Inc., a refugee shelter in Buffalo, NY.  O’Neill received a B.A. in Government/International Relations from Smith College in Northhampton, MA; a Masters of Public Health in International Health and Epidemiology from the University of Michigan School of Public Health; and a J.D. from the University of Michigan School of Law.  O’Neill lives in Pittsburgh.
  • Marie I. Rivera-Johnson joins the firm as an associate in the Labor & Employment Practice Group, where she will also focus on representing and counseling employers on a wide range of employment-related matters.  She received a B.A. in sociology from Duquesne University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.  Prior to joining Cohen & Grigsby, Rivera-Johnson was a law clerk for the Honorable Gary L. Lancaster, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.  Rivera-Johnson lives in Pittsburgh.