Jeffrey M. Cohen, Esq. has been a mediator and facilitator in private practice since 1991, concentrating in the resolution of disputes involving business, commercial, organizational, workplace, labor and domestic relations issues. In addition to his private practice, he presently serves on a national mediation roster serving the United States Department of the Interior, a New York State roster mediating labor contracts for the Public Employee Relations Board, and is a mediator for the City of Albany, New York.

In addition, Mr. Cohen is currently the co-chair of the Association for Conflict Resolution Ethics Committee. He previously served on the Board of Directors of the Association for Conflict Resolution from 2008 until 2014 and assisted in the creation of the “Academy of Family Mediators” within that organization. He has earned the designation of “Advanced Practitioner” from the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) and is a member of the ACR “Academy of Family Mediators”. He is currently the leader of the ACR Emeritus Leadership Council.

He is a regular lecturer at Syracuse University David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics on the topic of the ethically embraceable practice of mediation. In addition, he is a frequent guest lecturer at various organizations and schools on the topics of commercial, workplace and domestic relations mediation, mediation ethics and standards of practice for mediators, and regarding public policy issues relating to alternative dispute resolution.