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Jordan CohenBiographyJordan S. Cohen is a partner in Wicker Smith’s Fort Lauderdale office. He is a cum laude graduate of Tulane University (Phi Beta Kappa), Duke University School of Law, and the Geneva Institute in Transnational Law, and joined the firm in 2003, after completing two years as a Judicial Law Clerk to Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal Chief Judge Mark E. Polen. Jordan’s impressive background and international education make him uniquely suited for complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts, and he has focused on these types of matters for over twenty years. As a young lawyer, he was fortunate to be mentored by former Managing Partner Dennis M. O’Hara. Armed with his own sharp intellect and Denny’s client service training, Jordan has carved a niche for himself representing clients in all manner of complex commercial and class action litigation matters. Jordan regularly works with clients around the globe, including direct client relationships in Canada, Brazil, Switzerland, Germany, and Israel. In addition to his personal contacts, he regularly represents the firm’s general liability clients in commercial matters that affect their business on a larger scale, such as intellectual property, trademark and copyright infringement, professional liability (with an emphasis on defending lawyers, accountants, engineers and construction professionals), Lanham Act violations, civil RICO and unfair trade practices. A well-known litigator, he also frequently has outside work referred to him by colleagues from both the defense and plaintiff’s bar. Jordan rarely says no to a case, and regularly takes on new subject areas so he can serve his clients in whatever capacity they require. His mental adaptability and capacity to learn quickly has afforded him the opportunity to work on a variety of interesting matters. Some of his recent engagements involve public trust violations / insider embezzlement; former U.S. military service members claiming long-term effects from medications taken in connection with deployments; non-domestication of a Brazilian judgment involving stolen lumber; unfair competition and intellectual property claims on behalf of a GLP-1 drug manufacturer; and administrative rate setting for harbor pilots in Florida’s deep water ports. Jordan has acted as lead counsel in numerous reported decisions, including seminal cases on class certification, medical device preemption, and Florida’s Uniform Foreign Judgment Act. Jordan currently serves as lead counsel on a high profile defamation action, and played an instrumental role in obtaining the reversal of the trial court’s order allowing punitive damages to proceed, see Federal Insurance Co. v Perlmutters, 376 So. 3d 24 (Fla. 4th DCA 2023)(pending before Florida Supreme Court). Jordan is also experienced in the defense of cases involving environmental and emissions issues, products liability (with an emphasis on pharmaceutical and medical device liability), regulatory compliance, employment law, and commercial landlord/tenant disputes. He has been counsel of record in over 75 class action lawsuits, and serves as national counsel for the country’s largest manufacturer of automatic doors. Jordan is admitted to practice before all courts in the state of Florida, and is admitted pro hac vice in three other states. He is an active member of The Florida Bar, Broward County Bar Association, and Defense Research Institute. Professional & Civic Affiliations
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Jordan S. Cohen is a partner in Wicker Smith’s Fort Lauderdale office. He is a cum laude graduate of Tulane University (Phi Beta Kappa), Duke University School of Law, and the Geneva Institute in Transnational Law, and joined the firm in 2003, after completing two years as a Judicial Law Clerk to Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal Chief Judge Mark E. Polen.
Jordan’s impressive background and international education make him uniquely suited for complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts, and he has focused on these types of matters for over twenty years. As a young lawyer, he was fortunate to be mentored by former Managing Partner Dennis M. O’Hara. Armed with his own sharp intellect and Denny’s client service training, Jordan has carved a niche for himself representing clients in all manner of complex commercial and class action litigation matters. Jordan regularly works with clients around the globe, including direct client relationships in Canada, Brazil, Switzerland, Germany, and Israel. In addition to his personal contacts, he regularly represents the firm’s general liability clients in commercial matters that affect their business on a larger scale, such as intellectual property, trademark and copyright infringement, professional liability (with an emphasis on defending lawyers, accountants, engineers and construction professionals), Lanham Act violations, civil RICO and unfair trade practices. A well-known litigator, he also frequently has outside work referred to him by colleagues from both the defense and plaintiff’s bar.
Jordan rarely says no to a case, and regularly takes on new subject areas so he can serve his clients in whatever capacity they require. His mental adaptability and capacity to learn quickly has afforded him the opportunity to work on a variety of interesting matters. Some of his recent engagements involve public trust violations / insider embezzlement; former U.S. military service members claiming long-term effects from medications taken in connection with deployments; non-domestication of a Brazilian judgment involving stolen lumber; unfair competition and intellectual property claims on behalf of a GLP-1 drug manufacturer; and administrative rate setting for harbor pilots in Florida’s deep water ports. Jordan has acted as lead counsel in numerous reported decisions, including seminal cases on class certification, medical device preemption, and Florida’s Uniform Foreign Judgment Act. Jordan currently serves as lead counsel on a high profile defamation action, and played an instrumental role in obtaining the reversal of the trial court’s order allowing punitive damages to proceed, see Federal Insurance Co. v Perlmutters, 376 So. 3d 24 (Fla. 4th DCA 2023)(pending before Florida Supreme Court).
Jordan is also experienced in the defense of cases involving environmental and emissions issues, products liability (with an emphasis on pharmaceutical and medical device liability), regulatory compliance, employment law, and commercial landlord/tenant disputes. He has been counsel of record in over 75 class action lawsuits, and serves as national counsel for the country’s largest manufacturer of automatic doors.
Jordan is admitted to practice before all courts in the state of Florida, and is admitted pro hac vice in three other states. He is an active member of The Florida Bar, Broward County Bar Association, and Defense Research Institute.
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Credentials
Education
- Duke University (J.D., cum laude, 2001)
- Geneva Institute in Transnational Law (1999)
- Tulane University
(B.A., cum laude, 1997)
Representative Matters
Favorable Resolution of a Compensation Dispute
Plaintiff sued our client and another party in arbitration over an alleged failure to pay the Plaintiff deferred compensation allegedly owed to him. We settled the case as to our client, but it remains ongoing against the other party.
Case Dismissed: Broward County, Florida (Medical Law)
West Palm Beach Partner Traci Glickman, Fort Lauderdale Partner Jordan Cohen, and West Palm Beach Associate Charles Roussin were successful in having Plaintiffs’ Fourth Amended Complaint dismissed with prejudice against their client, a certified surgical assistant who was alleged to have participated in a complex scheme involving “fake surgeries” and been a party to over 40 instances of malpractice.
Over the past three years, the legal team successfully filed motions to dismiss Plaintiffs’ voluminous initial Complaint as well as the two subsequent Amended Complaints. After dismissing the Plaintiffs’ Third Amended Complaint, the Court made it clear that it would give the Plaintiffs one final chance to fix the inadequacies in the prior Complaint and Amended Complaints.
This Fourth Amended Complaint, spanning over 1,400 pages, consisted of 41 plaintiffs bringing causes of action sounding in medical malpractice, civil conspiracy and civil RICO.
Glickman, Cohen, and Roussin again prepared a Motion to Dismiss this Fourth Amended Complaint against their client, for numerous grounds including failing to state discernible causes of action, conclusory allegations, failure to comply with the medical malpractice presuit action, failure to comply with the statute of repose, etc. A lengthy hearing was held on December 19, 2024.
On February 3, 2025, a Broward County Circuit Court Judge granted the Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice.
This was a complicated and challenging case. Congratulations Traci, Jordan, and Charles on your great work on behalf of our client.
Ruling Affirmed: Florida Third District Court of Appeal (Contested Foreign Judgment Domestication Proceeding)
Practices
Education
- Duke University (J.D., cum laude, 2001)
- Geneva Institute in Transnational Law (1999)
- Tulane University
(B.A., cum laude, 1997)
Honors
- The Best Lawyers in America – Commercial Litigation, 2015 – Present
- Florida Super Lawyers, 2009 – Present
Credentials
Admitted to Bar
- 2002, Florida
- 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida
Professional Affiliations
- The Florida Bar
- Broward County Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute, E-Discovery Committee
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society