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Before Jeffrey D. Cohen was a lawyer, he was a corrections officer, a private investigator, and a social worker — three jobs that taught the criminal justice system from angles most attorneys never see. He then spent nearly six years prosecuting for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, rising to senior prosecutor in the felony trial bureau, before opening a defense practice in 2007 at 125-10 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens — directly across Queens Boulevard from the borough’s Criminal Courthouse, where the DWI cases he now defends are arraigned and tried.
At a Glance
| Firm | Law Offices of Jeffrey D. Cohen, P.C. (Cohen’s Law Firm) |
| Principal Attorney | Jeffrey D. Cohen |
| Office | 125-10 Queens Boulevard, Suite 323, Kew Gardens, NY 11415 — opposite the Queens Criminal Courthouse |
| Focus | DWI and criminal defense in Queens and across all five boroughs, plus Nassau and Suffolk; civil rights and domestic-violence defense matters |
| Background | Assistant District Attorney, Kings County (Brooklyn) DA’s Office — nearly 6 years, promoted to felony trial bureau, senior prosecutor |
| Education | B.S. Business Administration, Hofstra (1993); M.S. Criminal Justice, LIU (1995); J.D., Touro Law (2001); NY bar since 2001; admitted SDNY and EDNY |
| Fee Structure | Free 20-minute consultation; 24/7 availability; callers can reach Cohen personally |
Career History
Cohen’s path to the defense bar ran through more of the system than most: work as a corrections officer, a private investigator, and a social worker preceded his law degree, giving him ground-level experience of incarceration, investigation, and the social circumstances that bring people into criminal court. After his 2001 admission he joined the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, where he distinguished himself as a trial attorney, earned promotion to the felony trial bureau, and became a senior prosecutor over nearly six years. In 2007 he founded his own practice in Kew Gardens. He is a member of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (since 2014), the New York State Defenders Association, and the Nassau County Bar Association.
Practice Concentration
The firm’s DWI practice is a dedicated line with its own detailed practice materials, covering first offenses through second- and third-offense felony exposure, the DMV track, and the professional-license consequences — for physicians, attorneys, and other licensees — that make a Queens DWI conviction reverberate beyond the courtroom. Cohen takes DWI cases from all five boroughs plus Nassau and Suffolk, and the firm advertises that callers speak with Cohen personally rather than an intake screener. The broader practice covers criminal defense across drug, weapon, and violent-crime charges, domestic-violence defense, and civil rights matters. The courthouse-opposite office location is a practical detail that matters: this is a practice physically embedded in the corridor where Queens criminal justice happens.
Track Record
The verifiable record is the career structure: felony trial experience as a Brooklyn senior prosecutor, and nearly two decades of defense practice since 2007. The firm points prospective clients to its published reviews and case results but does not maintain an itemized public DWI dispositions ledger, and this research did not independently verify individual outcomes; we disclose that rather than fill the gap with vague claims. Directory characterizations of Cohen as among the best defense lawyers in Queens originate from peer-and-client-review-based listings and from the firm’s own materials, and are attributed as such. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.
Client Voice
The review record is consistent across platforms. One client described the representation as “clear, helpful, and transparent” from first conversation to resolution. Recurring themes: Cohen keeps clients informed at every step, communicates efficiently, and delivers outcomes clients hoped for — several reviews are referrals from prior satisfied clients, a pattern that is difficult to manufacture. This research did not surface a pattern of negative reviews or any public disciplinary findings.
Beyond the Courtroom
Cohen’s pre-law careers are themselves a form of community grounding — social work and corrections are public-service occupations — and his current practice’s accessibility choices continue the posture: free consultations, around-the-clock availability, and direct personal access to the attorney rather than a call center. His membership in the New York State Defenders Association aligns the private practice with the state’s indigent-defense community.
Recognition
The recognitions here are professional-association memberships and review-based directory standing rather than formal awards, and we characterize them accordingly: NYSACDL, NACDL, and NYS Defenders Association memberships reflect engagement with the defense bar; “considered one of the best in Queens” framing comes from review-driven directories and the firm’s own site, not an independent adjudicated honor. A disclosure we apply to every New York profile: New York State does not operate a board certification program for legal specialties comparable to the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, so no New York attorney profile on this site will describe its subject as a state-certified specialist, and this profile attributes no certification to Cohen.
New York Legal Backdrop
New York’s impaired-driving offenses are tiered under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192: Driving While Ability Impaired by alcohol (§ 1192(1)) is a traffic infraction typically charged between .05 and .07 BAC; per se DWI (§ 1192(2)) begins at .08; Aggravated DWI (§ 1192(2-a)(a)) begins at .18. Leandra’s Law makes DWI with a child aged 15 or younger in the vehicle (§ 1192(2-a)(b)) a class E felony on a first offense, and VTL § 1198 mandates ignition interlock devices for misdemeanor and felony DWI convictions. A second DWI within ten years is a felony under § 1193 — the repeat-offense terrain the firm’s materials specifically address — and a chemical-test refusal triggers a separate DMV hearing under § 1194 that can revoke a license for at least a year regardless of the criminal outcome. Queens DWI cases are prosecuted by the Queens County District Attorney and heard at the Criminal Courthouse on Queens Boulevard — across the street from this firm’s office. None of this is legal advice; consult a licensed New York attorney about your situation.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
The strengths are locality and life experience: a Queens practice physically situated at the borough’s courthouse, felony-bureau prosecutorial training from Brooklyn, an unusually complete pre-law grounding in the system’s non-lawyer roles, direct attorney access instead of intake screening, and a clean two-decade record. For a Queens DWI defendant, this is the borough-native option in a category that skews heavily Manhattan.
The honest trade-offs, stated plainly: this is a solo-led practice with the capacity limits that implies, and a criminal-defense generalist with a strong DWI line rather than a DWI-only boutique. No NCDD affiliation appears in the record, and no public DWI-specific results ledger exists to evaluate outcome-by-outcome. The “best in Queens” language circulating in directories is review-derived and firm-repeated, and we weight it below the verifiable career record.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched and written independently by Awesome Attorneys in August 2026 without the participation, sponsorship, or payment of the Law Offices of Jeffrey D. Cohen, P.C. Primary sources: the firm’s website (cohenslawfirm.com), including its Queens DWI practice page, about page, and testimonials. Independent verification: Avvo attorney profile (Brooklyn DA career history including felony trial bureau promotion and senior prosecutor role, education across Hofstra, LIU, and Touro, 2001 bar admission, SDNY/EDNY admissions, association memberships); Justia directory listings (DWI among practice areas; pre-law background as corrections officer, private investigator, and social worker); Yelp business listing (office address at 125-10 Queens Boulevard Suite 323, 24/7 hours); ReachAttorneys aggregated client reviews. The absence of a published DWI-specific results ledger is disclosed in Track Record. Statutes cited in the New York Legal Backdrop were verified against New York Vehicle and Traffic Law §§ 1192, 1193, 1194, and 1198.
Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice
Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal-directory publisher. This profile was not paid for by the Law Offices of Jeffrey D. Cohen, P.C., and inclusion in our editorial coverage cannot be purchased. Our methodology and editorial standards are applied consistently across all firms we cover.