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Home Professionals David R. Cohen

David is the former chair of our Records & E-Discovery (RED) Group and a member of the Emerging Technologies group. A Harvard Law graduate with more than 35 years of commercial litigation experience, David has served as e-discovery counsel and information governance counsel to some of the top companies in the world. He has also represented clients in complex litigation matters and has counseled companies of all sizes on information governance and litigation readiness issues. David retired from the firm in June 2025 but continues to collaborate with other Reed Smith lawyers, on a contractor basis, to provide advice to information governance and e-discovery clients.

Credentials

  • Harvard Law School, 1983, J.D., cum laude
  • Kenyon College, 1980, B.A., summa cum laude

  • Pennsylvania
  • New York

  • All State and Federal Courts - Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals - Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals - Third Circuit
  • U.S. District Court - Western District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court - Western District of Pennsylvania

  • EDRM – Chair of Board of Project Trustees; co-chair of Cross Border Discovery Team
  • Georgetown University Law Center, Advanced eDiscovery Institute – Advisory Board
  • Sedona Conference
  • Strafford Publications, Inc. – Editorial Advisory Board for Litigation Conferences
  • Allegheny County Bar Association (past Chair of Technology Utilization Committee)
  • American Bar Association (past Chair of Litigation Technologies Subcommittee of Litigation Section)
  • Temple Emanuel of South Hills (Past President)
  • Legal Aid Society of Pittsburgh (past member of Board of Directors, 1988-1997)
  • Harvard Law School Association of Western Pennsylvania (past President)
  • Kenyon College Alumni Association, Pittsburgh Region (past President)

Awards & Recognition

  • Winner of Tech Law Awards’ 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Ranked in Chambers Global for USA E-Discovery & Information Governance
  • Winner of Legal Intelligencer’s 2023 Pennsylvania Innovator of the Year Award
  • Winner of Law 2.0’s 2022 Distinguished Leadership Award
  • Selected for inclusion in the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list for E-Discovery
  • Ranked in Chambers USA for Nationwide E-Discovery & Information Governance, 2024-2025
  • Winner of Legal Intelligencer’s 2020 Pennsylvania Trailblazer Award
  • Listed in Who's Who Legal

Witness Testimony

  • 7 November 2013 Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules — Hearing on Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Washington, D.C.