Attorneys

• Charles C. Cohen
• Henry C. Cohen
• Robert S. Grigsby (1926-2004)
• Lawrence M. Lebowitz
• John E. Lyncheski
• Hugh W. Nevin, Jr.

Six of Cohen & Grigsby’s attorneys have been included in the 2001-2002 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.  Those selected for the list include Charles C. Cohen and Hugh W. Nevin, Jr. for Corporate Law, Lawrence M. Lebowitz for Immigration Law, John E. Lyncheski for Labor and Employment Law, Robert S. Grigsby, Director for Personal Injury Litigation, and Henry C. Cohen for Tax Law.

“We are pleased with the recognition this publication provides to our attorneys,” said Richard (Chip) Nelson, the Firm’s president.  “In addition to being excellent attorneys, each of these individuals exemplifies our Firm’s dedication to client service and results.”

Charles Cohen is a founder and chairman of Cohen & Grigsby and concentrates his practice in public and private capital formation and financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and banking organizations.  Mr. Cohen is also a law professor, arbitrator and lecturer, who has been quoted in professional journals, newspapers and magazine articles.  He is a Board member of several companies and nonprofit organizations.  Mr. Cohen earned his A.B. (with distinction) from Dartmouth College in 1962 and J.D. (with distinction) from the University of Michigan Law School in 1965.  Robert Grigsby has more than 40 years of experience and is a trial lawyer actively engaged in civil litigation and a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. 

Mr. Grigsby is a prolific speaker on the topics of evidence, trial tactics, product liability, medical malpractice and in programs sponsored by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy.  He has been extensively quoted in professional journals, newspapers and magazine articles, both nationally and regionally.  He was a Judge in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, 1978-79.  He earned his B.S. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1950 and L.L.B. from Duquesne University School of Law in 1955.

Hugh Nevin is a founder and former president of Cohen & Grigsby and concentrates his practice in merger and acquisition matters, business law and international tax.  Mr. Nevin, who is fluent in German, focuses a substantial part of his practice in advising foreign enterprises and individuals investing and conducting their businesses in the United States and U.S. companies doing business abroad.  He has regularly handled securing temporary and permanent visas and labor certifications for foreign nationals.  He earned a B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude) from Harvard College in 1968, a Rotary International Fellowship from Freie Universitat Berlin in 1971, and a J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Law School in 1974.  Mr. Nevin is licensed to practice law in Florida and, together with Mr. Henry Cohen, is opening the Firm’s office in Naples, Florida where he will be advising foreign individuals, primarily Germans and Canadians as to U.S. estate, gift and income tax.

John Lyncheski chairs the Healthcare Practice Group and is the senior member of the Labor & Employment Group.  One of the founding members of Cohen & Grigsby, Mr. Lyncheski is Vice President of Legal Personnel.  He counsels management and employers throughout the U.S. on labor and employment matters.  Mr. Lyncheski has authored more than 100 articles on labor and employment law topics for regional and national trade publications and has a prominent history as a national public speaker.  He earned his B.A. from Cornell University in 1967 and J.D. (cum lade, Order of the Coif and Law Review) from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1970.

Henry Cohen is a business and tax attorney who concentrates his practice in the areas of individual and corporate income taxation (including extensive experience in compensation planning and business ownership transfer transactions), mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations and estate planning.  He is also head of the Estates & Trusts Group and serves as the Firm’s Vice President, Florida Practice.  Mr. Cohen is a Certified Public Accountant in Pennsylvania and Ohio (inactive).  He earned a B.S. from Miami University in 1967 and J.D. from Cornell University in 1971.  Mr. Cohen is licensed to practice law in Florida and, together with Mr. Hugh Nevin, is opening the Firm’s office in Naples, Florida where he will be advising foreign individuals, primarily Germans and Canadians as to U.S. estate, gift and income tax.

Lawrence Lebowitz is the head of the Immigration Group and also chairs the International Business Group at Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.  He focuses his practice on business immigration, representing both public and private employers in securing temporary and permanent visas for foreign national employees.  Mr. Lebowitz is also Cohen & Grigsby’s Vice President of Marketing.  He earned a B.A. (magna cum laude) from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984 and J.D. (cum laude, Order of the Coif) from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1987.

The current listing is the result of the ninth survey undertaken by Woodward/White, Inc.  To compile the current database, lawyers throughout the United States were asked to rate the clinical abilities of other lawyers in other areas of specialization.  Only those attorneys who earned the consensus support of their peers were included, and listings cannot be brought.  Inclusion of the Best Lawyers list is considered to be a singular honor for the profession.