HON. MELVIN E. COHN (Ret.)

Judge of California Superior Court, San Mateo County, 1964-1983. Judge of the San Carlos Municipal Court, 1963-1964. Served as full time Settlement Judge, California Superior Court, 1977-1988.

EXPERIENCE AND SPECIALTIES

In private practice, Judge Cohn was a partner at Aaronson, Cohn and Dickerson, with experience in municipal law, commercial, construction, trusts and estates, family, personal injury, professional liability and toxic torts. Senior City Attorney, City of San Carlos, San Mateo County, 1956-1963. Counsel, Federal Security Agency, Washington D.C., 1940-1942. Member of faculty, California continuing judicial studies program (CJER), Berkeley, 1981-1983; faculty member, California Judicial College (CJER), Berkeley, 1973-1974 and 1983. California Judicial Councils Representative on California Criminal Justice, 1973-1976; former Chairman, Judicial Planning Committee, 1975-1981.

SPECIAL HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Past President, San Mateo County Bar Association, 1959; President San Carlos Chamber of Commerce, 1951; Past President, National Conference of Conciliation Courts, 1970-1971. Member California Judges Association. Inducted into Phil Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity.

EDUCATION

AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1937; J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, 1940.

SPECIALTIES

Municipal law

Commercial law

Construction defects

Trust and Estates

Family law

Personal injury

Professional liability

Toxic torts