Hon. David B. Cohen

David B. Cohen is a judge of the New York Supreme Court 1st Judicial District, having assumed office on December 31, 2020, with a term ending January 1, 2035. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2015 and subsequently elected in 2020, winning the general election on November 3, 2020. Prior to his Supreme Court tenure, Cohen served as a judge of the New York City Housing Court from 2004 until his election to the Civil Court in 2011, and then as a judge of the New York City Civil Court until 2020. Earlier in his career, he worked as a legislative associate for New York State Assembly member Sheldon Silver, a court attorney for Richard Lee Price of the New York State Supreme Court, and as an assistant New York attorney general in the Litigation Bureau. Cohen earned his B.A. from Yeshiva University in 1990 and his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1992.