Albert C. Cohn

Albert C. Cohn (December 20, 1885^[1] – January 8, 1959) was a New York State Supreme Court Justice and the father of Roy Cohn. He was influential in Democratic Party politics.^[2]

Albert C. Cohn
Born	(1885-12-20)December 20, 1885 New York City, U.S.
Died	January 8, 1959(1959-01-08) (aged 73) New York City, U.S.
Employer	New York State Supreme Court
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse	Dora Marcus (1892–1967) ​ ​ (m. 1924)​
Children	Roy Cohn

Biography

Cohn was born and raised in New York; married Dora (née Marcus; 1892–1967) in 1924, when he was the First Assistant District Attorney for Bronx County.^[3][4] Their only son, renowned attorney Roy Cohn, was born in 1927.^[5][6] Cohn was inducted as a justice of the New York Supreme Court into Part III of Bronx Supreme Court in April 1929.^[7] A 1931 decision by Cohn stripped control of amateur boxing in New York from the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and placed it under control of the New York State Athletic Commission.^[8] In April 1937, Governor Herbert H. Lehman promoted Cohn to a five-year term on the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, where his fellow Justices included Irwin Untermyer.^[9]

He spearheaded a program for accreditation by the American Bar Association for his alma mater, New York Law School, starting in 1947, which was successful, in 1954.^[10] He died on January 8, 1959, in New York City.