Harriet Newman Cohen
Publications
PROFILES
Harriet Newman Cohen Recognized as one of the 2023 Notable Women in Law by Crain's New York Business Harriet has practiced matrimonial law for more than 40 years and has devoted her career to help individuals and families in complex family law matters
New York Lifestyles Magazine My New York Story: Harriet Cohen, Still on Top by Brian Aker June 1, 2022
Social Life Magazine Mother-Daughter Power Legal Duo: The Divorce Book for Men and Women Profile of Harriet Newman Cohen and Martha Cohen Stine by Bennett Marcus August 2021
Oprah Daily The Wisdom Corner: Interview with Celebrity Divorce Lawyer Harriet Newman Cohen by McKenzie Jean-Philippe April 13, 2021
New York Super Lawyers Metro Feature Attorney Profile The Second Life of Harriet Cohen…What the Matrimonial Lawyer Learned to Share with the World by Michael K. Park
The Magazine of Brooklyn Law School Profile Harriet Cohen '74, The Marriage Broker
New York Women’s Bar Association Profile of Past President Harriet Newman Cohen A matrimonial lawyer, she has been a champion of divorce reform and the rights of women and children.
New York City Opera - Leadership Profiles: Harriet Newman Cohen
JMHS Alumni News Profile Harriet Newman Cohen: From Latin to Family Law
The Commercial Observer Amongst The City's Power Elite, Harriet Newman Cohen Is The Maestro Of The Highly Public Marital Split. It's Fitting Then That One Of The City's Top Divorce Attorneys Has Left The Firm In Which She Was A Founding Partner And, In Dramatic Fashion, Taken An Uber-Prime Spot
BOOKS
A Glimpse Into Client Fears in Domestic Relations Cases Harriet Newman Cohen authors chapter in Heidi K. Brown’s, Untangling Fear in Lawyering, 2019 American Bar Association
"The Divorce Book for Men and Women: A Step-by-Step Guide to Gaining Your Freedom Without Losing Everything Else" by Harriet Newman Cohen Avon Books 1994 (Ralph Gardner, Jr., co-author)
Inside the Minds: "Helping Clients Achieve Happiness in Family Law Matters: Key Qualities and Strategies of Successful Family Law Attorneys" Chapter by Harriet Newman Cohen Aspatore Books 2016
PODCASTS
Barnard College: Morningside Memories Podcast An Interview with Harriet Newman Cohen, ‘52
The Divorce Dialogues Podcast What Differentiates a High-Profile Divorce, with Harriet Newman Cohen and Martha Cohen Stine On this episode of Divorce Dialogues, Harriet and Martha join Katherine Miller to discuss the heightened issues around publicity and confidentiality associated with celebrity divorce October 22, 2021
New York County Lawyers News Release Amicus Curiae Podcast with Host Daniel Wiig: An in-depth conversation with two Matrimonial Law Powerhouses, Harriet Newman Cohen and Martha Cohen Stine May 28, 2021
MEDIA
Business Insider Melania Trump Renegotiating Her Prenup Doesn’t Signal Divorce September 30, 2023 Harriet Newman Cohen on recent developments in the news
Bill and Melinda Gates Three Kids Live Wildly Lavish Lives October 7, 2023 Martha Cohen Stine and Harriet Newman Cohen weigh in
New York Law Journal, Special Matrimonial Law Section Divorce in NY, NJ, Connecticut and Massachusetts: What the Practitioner Should Know July 17, 2023 by Harriet Newman Cohen, assisted by Rachel Rutstein
Crain’s New York Business selects Harriet Newman Cohen as one of the 2023 Notable Women in Law June 20, 2023
The Daily Beast Harriet Newman Cohen comments on Herschel Walker’s ‘Kiss-Off’ Child Support Agreement October 14, 2022
New York Law Journal Surrogacy - From Baby M to Today’s Baby-Making Technology Harriet Newman Cohen July 22, 2022
Buzz Feed News Divorce Lawyers Know Why Relationships Fail. Here’s Their Dating Advice Harriet Newman Cohen August 29, 2022
2022 NWF Film Festival Vanguard Award & Panel HBO documentary series, Nuclear Family screening and panel discussion will include the filmmaker and documentary subject, Ry Russo-Young, her mothers Robin Young and Sandy Russo, and their lawyer, Harriet Newman Cohen, Esq. Nuclear Family explores the landmark custody dispute that hinged on the parental rights of Ry’s two mothers (a same-sex couple) and the interests of her biological father.
New York Post Gen-Z Invasion of NYC’s Bemelmans Bar Has Old-Timers In a Huff December 4, 2021
Fortune Magazine Divorces are on the rise thanks to COVID and the holidays. Three lawyers reveal what it costs to split up in 2021 by Felicia Hou November 19, 2021
The Divorce Dialogues Podcast What Differentiates a High-Profile Divorce, with Harriet Newman Cohen and Martha Cohen Stine On this episode of Divorce Dialogues, Harriet and Martha join Katherine Miller to discuss the heightened issues around publicity and confidentiality associated with celebrity divorce October 22, 2021
New York Times As Courts Reopen, Divorce Filings Are on the Rise Martha Cohen Stine and Harriet Newman Cohen discuss the recent rise in divorce filings September 9, 2021
New York Law Journal Substituting Judgment: Beware, Attorney For the Child What happens when the AFC believes that the child’s wishes are contrary to the child’s best interests and finds himself/herself at a crossroads with the child? The AFC must then decide whether it is permissible to use substituted judgment. Harriet Newman Cohen and Ankit Kapoor July 24, 2021
WSOU news sits down with lawyer Harriet Cohen to discuss what legal issues Britney Spears will be facing to try and get out of her conservatorship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0s98lIZAFg June 20, 2021
Wisconsin Association for Justice Annual Women’s Caucus, September 23-24, 2021 Harriet Newman Cohen, keynote speaker
New York County Lawyers News Release Amicus Curiae Podcast with Host Daniel Wiig: An in-depth conversation with two Matrimonial Law Powerhouses, Harriet Newman Cohen and Martha Cohen Stine May 28, 2021
Vanity Fair Divorce experts Harriet Newman Cohen and Martha Cohen Stine say there’s a clue in Melinda Gates’s blockbuster divorce filing May 17, 2021
The Sun News U.K. SPLITTING HEADACHE Melinda Gates ‘may be pushing for kids to get more than $10 MILLION inheritance each in divorce’ May 17, 2021
New York Post, Page Six Melinda Gates Could Be Angling to Change Kids’ $10M Inheritance in Split High-profile divorce attorneys Harriet Newman Cohen and Martha Cohen Stine interviewed May 17, 2021
The New York Times Divorce Rates Are Now Dropping. Here Are Some Reasons Why. Divorce Attorney Harriet Newman Cohen, founder of Cohen Stine Kapoor LLP in Manhattan, interviewed. Style Section, March 25, 2021
New York County Lawyers Association. Featured Members in the News. April 2021.
New York Times Planning Divorce? Manage Your Divorce Expectations Family Law Attorney Harriet Newman Cohen discusses what to expect January 31, 2021
Attorney At Law Magazine Cohen Stine Kapoor New Matrimonial and Family Law Firm Opens January 4, 2021
New York Post Page Six…We Hear that Martha Cohen Stine and Harriet Newman Cohen Are Opening A New Firm on January 1, 2021 December 28, 2020
Super Lawyer New York Metro The Legal, the Illegal, and the Inadvisable: What to know about digital spying during a divorce Harriet Newman Cohen, October 9, 2020
New York Law Journal Surrogacy Agreements Approved by New York…With Provisos July 27, 2020
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New York Law Journal Divorce vs. Death: Pecuniary Rights and How They Differ A discussion of the older client’s question: Am I better off getting a divorce or just waiting for my spouse to die? (Harriet Newman Cohen and Tim James) July 29, 2019
Business Insider Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reportedly aren't signing a prenup -- but here's why you probably still should (Harriet Newman Cohen) March 21, 2018
New York Law Journal Surrogacy in New York: Boon or Bane? A discussion of the proposed legislation to lift the ban on surrogacy agreements in NY (Harriet Newman Cohen) July 30, 2018
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn Law School hosts Stormy Daniels interview watch party, panel discussion (Harriet Newman Cohen) March 26, 2018
New York Post Weinstein's Ex: He's paying for lawyers and not child support (Harriet N. Cohen) December 21, 2017
New York Law Journal Social Media In Divorce and Family Law: A Trap for the Unwary? by Harriet Newman Cohen July 31, 2017
The Daily Beast Why Katie Holmes May Win Custody Harriet Newman Cohen 2017
Daily News Experts Say Police Could Pursue Criminal Charges If Anthony Weiner Sent Sexts To 15-Year-Old Teen "Harriet Cohen, a seasoned matrimonial lawyer, said high school kids as a group are increasingly "extreme graphic" on the internet, indulging in "risque behavior at younger and younger ages" — and Weiner was "acting in the role of predator" with this stream of texts. "It raises a lot of questions about whether this is criminal behavior,” Cohen said. September 21, 2016
New York Post How Celebs Manipulate the System to Keep Messy Divorces Private by Julia Marsh, July 26, 2016 (Harriet Newman Cohen)
New York Law Journal Court Gives Renewed Force to Policy Requiring Full Custody Hearings by Harriet Newman Cohen, Cohen Rabin Stine Schumann July 25, 2016
New York Law Journal New York's Proposed Maintenance Guidelines by Harriet Newman Cohen July 27, 2015
DivorceNY.com Litigating Prenuptial Agreements Is Going To Get Messier… Harriet Newman Cohen January 5, 2015
DivorceNY.com Husband in Divorce Action Ordered to Refinance Home or Pay Off Half of Mortgage Balance Harriet Newman Cohen 2015
New York Post NBA’s Paul George Settles Paternity Battle George’s attorney Harriet Newman Cohen told us, “They have reached a settlement with full joint custody and a financial package. They will be raising their daughter together. Paul George had always intended to do the right thing, and he is thrilled to have a daughter. The settlement is generous, the child is going to have a wonderful life, and both parents will be equally involved in bringing her up.” November 25, 2014
Indiana Star Indiana Pacers Forward Paul George is Close to Settling a Paternity Suit That Will Include Joint Custody "We're looking at joint custody both in action schedule as well as in decision making," said Harriet N. Cohen, George's New York-based family law attorney. "Paul was always, always ready to step up to the plate and do all those things and enjoy his daughter." October 16, 2014
Daily News NBA star Paul George is close to finalizing a “joint parenting, joint decision-making” resolution over his 5-month-old daughter (Harriet Newman Cohen) October 16, 2014
The Commercial Observer Full-service matrimonial, family law and litigation firm, will expand and relocate its headquarters from 7 Times Square to the more prestigious 11 Times Square August 12, 2014
New York Law Journal Child Support Modifications Are Easier After 2010 Amendments by Harriet Newman Cohen July 28, 2014
New York Law Journal "Automatic Orders" Prevent Wrongful Asset Transfers in Divorce Actions by Harriet Newman Cohen July 29, 2013
New York Law Journal Unwrapping the 2012 "'No Fault' Package” by Harriet Newman Cohen July 30, 2012
New York Law Journal Marriage Equality Remains an Aspiration. Non-recognition statutes pose legal complications for same-sex unions by Harriet Newman Cohen August 1, 2011
New York Times The Darker Side of Valentine’s Day James Barron February 7, 2011
Newsday Long Island Pall Stocks Affected by Marital Split Harriet Newman Cohen, an attorney for the wife, made a public statement on the events February 1, 2011
New York Law Journal What's Equitable When Distributing Businesses, Enhanced Earning Capacity? by Harriet Newman Cohen August 9, 2010
New York Law Journal Downward Modification In A Troubled Economy by Harriet Newman Cohen August 10, 2009
New York Law Journal Egregious To a Fault by Harriet Newman Cohen July 28, 2008
New York Law Journal The Alienated Child by Harriet Newman Cohen July 30, 2007
New York Daily News Tip for Tameka From One Who Survived Harriet Newman Cohen comments 2007
The New York Times Irreconcilable Interiors: When Mates Don’t Match Harriet Newman Cohen 2007
New York Law Journal To Have or Have Not (a Prenuptial Agreement)? by Harriet Newman Cohen August 7, 2006
New York Law Journal When Custody is Truly Contested, Who Decides Best Interests? by Harriet Newman Cohen June 6, 2005
New York Law Journal Equating 'Best' With 'Only' in Interstate Custody Cases Under the UCCJEA by Harriet Newman Cohen June 7, 2004
New York Law Journal Limiting Discovery in Custody Cases by Harriet Newman Cohen July 14, 2003
While Missouri is the 4-month-old’s home state, her maternal grandparents have a strong claim to keep her in Texas said lawyer Harriet Newman Cohen 2003
New York Law Journal Is 'Braiman' Still Vital After 24 Years? by Harriet Newman Cohen 2002
New York Magazine Trouble in Splitsville… Harriet Newman Cohen
Los Angeles Times A Different Kind of Economic Indicator Has Tabs Buzzing Mistresses (and male consorts) have become as integral a part of Manhattan’s dizzying bull-market affluence as $300,000 Lamborghinis, $1,000 bottles of wine and $28,000 Hermes crocodile leather purses… Harriet Newman Cohen