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Rachelle H. Cohen

PRACTICE AREAS:

Corporate transactions
Estate planning
Advising on legal ethics

Rachelle Cohen’s areas of practice include business and real estate transactions, estate planning, and legal ethics consulting.

She serves as an outside “in-house” counsel to many of her clients and provides day-to-day guidance on legal challenges that arise in her clients’ businesses.

Rachelle speaks and writes frequently about business entities and transactions and legal ethics. In addition, she has taught a course at the USC Gould School of Law on contract drafting and strategy.

BAR ADMISSIONS:

State Bar of California
Los Angeles County

EDUCATION:

Cornell University, BS Business Management, 1997
University of California Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 2001

PUBLICATIONS:

Update Author of CEB 3rd Edition of Advising California Partnerships;
Summer Vacation Planning for Attorneys, California Lawyers Association eNews, May 2, 2022;
“Informal Consultations with Outside Lawyers: How Much Can Be Shared?”, The Practitioner, California Lawyers Association, March 1, 2021;
“Rule 7.3 examined: texts and messaging as solicitations”, Los Angeles Daily Journal, February 28, 2020.
Litigation Financing: A Focus on the Lawyer’s Duty of Confidentiality, Los Angeles Count Bar Association Update, October 1, 2019;
California Court of Appeals Opinion – Statutory California Partner Buy-Out Rights Do Not Apply to Foreign LLCs and LPs, CLA Partnerships and LLCs Committee E-Bulletin, April 4, 2019;
Court Holds Reverse Triangular Merger Does Not Change Title To Real Estate, CLA Corporations Committee E-Bulleting, October 11, 2018.
New Rules of Professional Conduct Changes Requiring Reporting Up of Illegal Conduct in Representing Organizations, CLA Partnerships and LLCs Committee E-Bulletin, October 3, 2018;
“California’s New LLC Law is Coming: Prepare for its Arrival” State bar Business Law Committee – distributed at various presentations;
“All Grown Up: The New LLC Law and Fiduciary Duties” State Bar Business Law News, Issue 2, 2013;
“Law Firm Dissolutions: Who Gets the Results of Unfinished Business?” State bar Business Law Section, E-news, July 9, 2012

NEWS AND EVENTS

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Rachelle H. Cohen

Rachelle Cohen Spoke to ProVisors on Ethical Marketing by Lawyers

Rachelle H. Cohen spoke about ethical marketing practices for legal professionals at on Jan. 16 meeting of the Westlake Lawyers...

Rachelle Cohen Volunteered for Youth Civic Education Program

Rachelle Cohen, who currently is the Chair of the California Lawyers Association’s Civics Engagement and Outreach Committee, helped organize and...

Rachelle Cohen Spoke on Ethical Marketing by Lawyers

Rachelle Cohen spoke about ethical marketing practices for legal professionals on July 18 at a meeting of the California Lawyers...

INSIGHTS

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Rachelle H. Cohen

Flat Fees Are Not Always Fully Earned Up Front

Flat fee agreements have become increasingly common in legal practice. A new formal ethics opinion from the State Bar of...

A Consumer Protection Bill Changes the Legal Marketplace

Effective January 1, 2026, Senate Bill 37 (SB 37) took effect and updated the rules governing how attorneys may advertise...

Contracts Have Limits for Wrongdoers

Companies often spend significant time and resources negotiating contracts before entering into business relationships, especially where the parties intend to...