Charles E. Cohen
Assistant Professor of Law
B.A., cum laude, Harvard University, 1987;
J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif, University of California, Hastings
College of the Law, 1999.
Professor
Charles E. Cohen teaches in the areas of property law and commercial law.
Before coming to Capital, he was with the law firm of Farella Braun &
Martel LLP in San Francisco, where his practice focused on real property
and bankruptcy litigation. Professor Cohen served as a law clerk to The
Hon. Thomas G. Nelson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit. While a student at Hastings College of the Law, he was senior
articles editor for the Hastings Law Journal. Prior to becoming
an attorney, Professor Cohen was a freelance writer and editor, a staff
writer for People Magazine and Money Magazine and an editor
of the electronic edition of the New York Times. Professor Cohen's
scholarly interests lie primarily in the field of real property law, particularly
takings law. His most recent article, Takings Analysis of Police Destruction
of Innocent Owners' Property in the Course of Law Enforcement, appears
in 34 McGeorge Law Review 1 (2002).
Professor
Charles E. Cohen teaches in the areas of property law and commercial law.
Before coming to Capital, he was with the law firm of Farella Braun &
Martel LLP in San Francisco, where his practice focused on real property
and bankruptcy litigation. Professor Cohen served as a law clerk to The
Hon. Thomas G. Nelson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit. While a student at Hastings College of the Law, he was senior
articles editor for the Hastings Law Journal. Prior to becoming
an attorney, Professor Cohen was a freelance writer and editor, a staff
writer for People Magazine and Money Magazine and an editor
of the electronic edition of the New York Times. Professor Cohen's
scholarly interests lie primarily in the field of real property law, particularly
takings law. His most recent article, Takings Analysis of Police Destruction
of Innocent Owners' Property in the Course of Law Enforcement, appears
in 34 McGeorge Law Review 1 (2002).