Cohen & Grigsby

Cohen & Grigsby is a United States-based law firm with over 140 attorneys. Cohen & Grigsby makes its headquarters in Downtown Pittsburgh in the EQT Plaza and has offices in Naples, Florida.

Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.
HeadquartersPittsburgh
No. of offices3
No. of attorneys130
Major practice areasGeneral practice
Date founded1981 (Pittsburgh)
Company typeProfessional Corporation
Website

The Firm's first office space was at the corner of Wood Street and Fort Pitt Boulevard in downtown Pittsburgh. The firm later moved to the U.S. Steel Tower, then to CNG Tower, and then to 11 Stanwix Street before returning to its current location in EQT Plaza (previously known as CNG Tower).

Cohen & Grigsby went through a few name changes since its inception, including 'Manion Alder & Cohen' and 'Alder, Cohen & Grigsby'.

On October 8, 2019, Dentons US, Bingham Greenebaum and Cohen & Grigsby announced a proposed combination and a new partnership that will enable the firms to build a new national law firm capable of serving clients from coast to coast as well as around the world. Cohen & Gribsy, P.C. will be known as Dentons Cohen & Grigsby.

Culture of Performance

Since its move to Pittsburgh's Cultural District in 2008, the firm's "A Culture of Performance" strongly supports the performing arts community in Pittsburgh. The firm is a Presenting Sponsor of the “Trust Presents” series, a programming division of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.

C&G's Gallery is an example of its involvement in the arts.

Recognition

Cohen & Grigsby Recognized in Chambers USA 2019 Rankings

John F. Wingerter Announced as Winner of The 10th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards

Christie Tillapaugh to be Honored as a 2019 PBT Women of Influence Award Winner

Cohen & Grigsby and Legal Aid Service of Collier County Host 4th Annual "Wills for Heroes" Event in Honor of Veterans Day [1]

Cohen & Grigsby Elects New President and CEO[2]

Wave of New Leaders at Cohen & Grigsby[3]

Charles C. Cohen to Receive Lifetime Achievement in Governance from the National Association of Corporate Directors [4]

Cohen & Grigsby Appoints Kate Dewey to Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt Organizations Practice[5]

Personalities of Pittsburgh: Cohen & Grigsby's Noland Cheung fuses science, law and learning[6]

Offices

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Naples, Florida

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Ethics dunces award and Immigration Scandal

In August 2007, Cohen & Grigsby was the object of a congressional investigation and the inauspicious Ethics Dunces Award from ProEthics Ltd.[7] In a video of a marketing seminar, featured speaker and Cohen & Grigsby Marketing director, Lawrence Lebowitz explains methods employers can use to skirt US immigration laws and disqualify American job applicants in favor of hiring foreign workers. Lebowitz coached the audience on how use technicalities to avoid hiring US applicants and hire foreign workers instead.

Our goal is clearly not to find a qualified and interested U.S. worker. And you know, in a sense that may sound funny, but it's what we are trying to do here. We are complying with the law, fully, but our objective is to get this person a greencard." —Lawrence Lebowitz[8]

Norm Matloff, a Computer Science professor with the University of California at Davis, spoke with the Christian Science Monitor, stating that there is nothing new in the video and that he had received a document listing numerous methods to deny employment to U.S. professionals favoring foreign workers.[9] The Programmers Guild could make a short Fair Use video segment before the removal of the entire series from the originally posted YouTube channel. Lou Dobbs reported on the issue and Senator Chuck Grassley and Representative Lamar S. Smith approached the Department of Labor seeking an investigation.[10][11]

References
  1. "Cohen & Grigsby and Legal Aid Service of Collier County Host 4th Annual "Wills for Heroes" Event in Honor of Veterans Day".
  2. "Cohen & Grigsby Elects New President and CEO". The Legal Intelligencer. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  3. "Wave of New Leaders at Cohen & Grigsby". The Legal Intelligencer. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  4. P.C., Cohen & Grigsby. "Charles C. Cohen to Receive Lifetime Achievement in Governance from the National Association of Corporate Directors, Three Rivers Chapter". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  5. P.C., Cohen & Grigsby. "Cohen & Grigsby Appoints Kate Dewey to Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt Organizations Practice". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  6. "Personalities of Pittsburgh: Cohen & Grigsby's Noland Cheung fuses science, law and learning". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  7. "August 2007 Ethics Dunces: Lawrence Lebowitz and the Pittsburgh Law Firm of Cohen and Grigsby". ProEthics LTD. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  8. Sostek, Anya (21 June 2007). "Advertisement City law firm's immigration video sparks an Internet firestorm". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  9. Francis, David R. (2 July 2007). "The vanishing American computer programmer". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  10. "Lou Dobbs: Law Firm teaches how to avoid hiring Americans". YouTube: ProgrammersGuild. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  11. Passarella, Gina (25 June 2007). "Immigration Law Seminar Generates Unwanted Publicity for Firm" (PDF). TheLegalIntelligencer.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015. It was the seventh annual immigration law update held by Cohen & Grigsby, but probably the first time the seminar reached thousands of YouTube viewers. The firm has seen a media and political firestorm regarding comments made by its attorneys at the May seminar regarding the ways employers can eliminate American job applicants in order to obtain green cards for foreign workers.
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