David H. Marion and Gene D. Cohen Join State and Federal Judges in presentation

Montgomery McCracken executive partner David H. Marion and of counsel Judge Gene D. Cohen (Ret.) joined twelve state and federal judges as faculty members of "Trial by Judge," a CLE seminar presented by The Lawyers' Club of Philadelphia and held July 28 at the Union League. The program focused on various aspects of non-jury civil trial proceedings. Cohen, who was also a course planner, conducted a panel session on pre-trial proceedings and arguing dispositive motions. Marion led a discussion on bench trials. Post-trial motion practice and appellate advocacy were also covered in the program.

Montgomery McCracken's immediate past chairman and a former chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, Marion is widely known for his successful trial practice. He concentrates his practice in business litigation, antitrust, securities, professional liability and communications law. He has been counsel to plaintiffs and defendants in numerous antitrust and securities class actions, and in precedent setting federal ERISA class actions, libel and business tort cases. He was appointed Receiver by the U.S. District Court in a major Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement case which to date has collected more than $320 million for the benefit of victims of a "Ponzi" scheme.

Cohen, a member of the firm's litigation department, concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation matters and on public and private mediation and arbitration. Cohen served as a Court of Common Pleas judge from 1988 until February 2005 presiding over landmark cases including the Act 111 appeal of the Fraternal Order of Police in the first Rendell administration and the suit by Title Insurance Companies to bring Philadelphia Department of Records into compliance. He was the supervising judge of an investigating grand jury, a section leader in the Major Criminal Calendar Program, a civil motion court judge, a trial judge for the Civil Division, a principal civil major non-jury judge, and a team leader for the Commerce Court Program managing major commercial litigation.