With more than three decades of experience, Bivona & Cohen, P.C. offers clients an assertive and meticulous legal defense to save them both money and time. Based in New York City, Bivona & Cohen boasts more than a dozen partners, and receives support from a team of litigation experts and private investigators. Bivona & Cohen provides legal defense and trial advocacy for a variety of matters, including personal injury, insurance coverage, environmental and toxic tort litigation, and product and property damage liability.

Bivona & Cohen has served thousands of clients, offering them a variety of avenues to pursue, including mediation and other alternative dispute resolution techniques, as well as thorough investigations utilizing cutting-edge technologies. Bivona & Cohen has been recognized for its quality legal representation and high ethics with an AV rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, and several staff members hold individual rankings from the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating system.

Bivona & Cohen provides expert legal representation in many disputes that involve the work place, especially construction and labor law. Even when construction companies establish a safe construction site, accidents still happen from time to time. When they do occur, Bivona & Cohen offers clients an effective investigation of the site to confirm the cause of the accident, and ensure a minimization or elimination of their liability. Bivona & Cohen also takes on disputes involving OSHA noncompliance, property damage, wrongful death and permanent disability, New York State labor laws and workers’ compensation claims, and contract claims and disputes. Bivona & Cohen works with clients such as insurance carriers, developers, general contractors, suppliers, and manufacturers, among other self-insured individuals, to build an effective and successful legal defense.

Outside of construction and labor law, Bivona & Cohen offers legal defense for other professional disputes, in particular malpractice cases. Professional malpractice suits occur in many industries, and often result in fines, license revocations, and diminished reputations and credibility. To defend against such claims, a law firm requires knowledge in the professional field involved, and Bivona & Cohen carries experience in the fields of architecture and engineering. Offering nationwide representation to its clients, Bivona & Cohen backs its services with a record of success in litigation, trial advocacy, and appeals, assuring clients of an aggressive legal defense with results.