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Palm Beach County Judge Barry Cohen retiring after 42 years in law
Barry Cohen will finally take off his black robe on Thursday morning to end a 25-year-long career as a Palm Beach County judge. He also has a four-decade-plus legal career. After presided over more than 1000 jury trials, Cohen, a 66-year old native New Yorker, was honored by local lawyers as a “champion of justice”.…
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Barry M. Cohen, Palm Beach County Judge Who Spoke Out on Racial Profiling, Reprimanded by Supreme Court
The Judicial Qualifications Commission’s investigative committee filed formal charges against Palm Beach County Judge Barry M. Cohen in October 2012. They claimed that Cohen used his bench as a “bully pulpit” or “a neutral, detached magistrate”. After the judge’s outspoken comments on racial profiling, mandatory sentences, and other issues, the findings were made. Cohen specifically…