Alison S. Cohen, Esq.
Partner

Partner Alison Cohen practices in the firm’s motion picture and television group, representing a vast number of award winning independent producers and production companies in the film and television industries, as well as major motion picture studios and cable networks. Ms. Cohen has developed particular expertise in structuring and negotiating agreements for the development, financing, production, and distribution of independent films with budgets ranging from a few hundred thousand dollars to forty million dollars.  Involved in all aspects of the trade, Ms. Cohen offers her clients day to day tactical business advice in connection with the acquisition of underlying rights, the development of scripts, the packaging of projects, and the various methods of securing financing for motion pictures.  She has been production counsel on dozens of critically acclaimed films and completed an unusually high number of both private equity and studio-based financings during her tenure at the firm, in addition to providing day to day development work for some of the firm’s most prestigious clients.  She regularly attends the Sundance Film Festival, where she has been involved in the sale of several high profile films.

Prior to Ms. Cohen’s film career, she practiced music law for over five years at Arista Records and at Epstein, Levinsohn, Bodine, Hurwitz & Weinstein.  During this time, Ms. Cohen represented independent music publishers, record companies, artists, producers and songwriters, and was involved in the acquisition and sale of several outstanding music catalogs.  Aside from her work for the firm, Ms. Cohen has served as a guest lecturer at Columbia University School of Law, and she has authored several articles published by Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts and Practicing Law Institute.

Ms. Cohen joined Epstein, Levinsohn, Bodine, Hurwitz, & Weinstein in 1997.  Prior to joining the firm, she practiced corporate law at Rosenman & Colin, LLP.  Ms. Cohen was admitted to the New York Bar in 1996, and received her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.  She lives in Westfield, New Jersey with her husband and two young children.