Mark Cohen has 38 years of experience as a lawyer. He earned a B.A.in Economics at Whitman College and earned his law degree at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He earned an LL.M. Agricultural and Food Law from the University of Arkansas, where he also taught advanced legal writing. His diverse legal career includes service as an Air Force JAG, a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, a prosecutor, a municipal judge for Boulder, six years on the Advisory Board of The Colorado Lawyer (including one as chairperson), and service on the Executive Board of the Colorado Municipal League. He founded the nonprofit Plain English Institute and is its president.
Mark wrote six articles in the Am.Jur. Proof of Facts series, including the seminal article on piercing the corporate veil. He has written numerous articles and book reviews for The Colorado Lawyer. In 2004, he won 2nd prize in the SEAK National Legal Fiction Writing Competition. He wrote two mysteries published by Time Warner, and his first mystery, The Fractal Murders, became a Book Sense ® mystery pick and was a finalist for the Colorado Book of the Year. His non-legal articles have appeared in magazines such as Inside Kung Fu, Camping & RV, and Modern Dad. He is a member of the Institute of General Semantics and the Mystery Writers of America. He writes a regular column for the Nederland Mountain-Ear.
Mark’s practice focuses on drafting and reviewing legal documents including contracts, corporate documents, real estate documents, employment documents, intellectual property documents, motions, pleadings, and briefs. He also litigates cases arising out of poorly drafted documents. He enjoys helping businesses and other lawyers improve their legal and non-legal documents by translating them from Legalese into plain English.
Mark holds a black belt in karate and serves on the board of directors of Dart, Inc., a Boulder non-profit that offers training in personal safety, violence prevention, and appropriate dating relationships.
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