Media

In 2006, USA Commercial Mortgage, a direct real estate lender financed by 3,000 investors whose investments were secured by mortgages, filed for bankruptcy. The district court initially rejected 3,000 investors’ attempts to recover their property. Three and a half years later the district court acknowledged the earlier egregious error, but the damage had already been done: the investors lost nearly 40% of the value of their assets, initially worth $900 million. William Cohan, a legal adviser to the investors’ group, sought reversal of the district court’s ruling in the 9th Circuit. This is the true story of how 3,000 investors are being denied justice.

William A. Cohan has litigated in federal trial and appeals courts throughout the United States for the last forty years. He has obtained more acquittals in criminal tax cases than any attorney practicing in the United States over the last 40 years (including 2 cases involving more than $100 million), secured several multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for plaintiffs, and successfully defended against several multi-million dollar civil claims and forfeitures.

In 2006, USA Commercial Mortgage, a direct real estate lender financed by 3,000 investors whose investments were secured by mortgages, filed for bankruptcy. The district court initially rejected 3,000 investors’ attempts to recover their property. Three and a half years later the district court acknowledged the earlier egregious error, but the damage had already been done: the investors lost nearly 40% of the value of their assets, initially worth $900 million. William Cohan, a legal adviser to the investors’ group, sought reversal of the district court’s ruling in the 9th Circuit. This is the true story of how 3,000 investors are being denied justice.

William A. Cohan has litigated in federal trial and appeals courts throughout the United States for the last forty years. He has obtained more acquittals in criminal tax cases than any attorney practicing in the United States over the last 40 years (including 2 cases involving more than $100 million), secured several multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for plaintiffs, and successfully defended against several multi-million dollar civil claims and forfeitures.

The Law Office of William A. Cohan is featured in an exciting, exclusive, in-depth and inside interview, discussing the case of Robert Kahre. Informally it’s called the Kahre case after the primary defendant, business owner Robert Kahre, who paid workers in gold and silver coins. The trial relied heavily on evidence gathered in a controversial armed raid in May 2003 on several of Kahre’s business premises. More than 20 workers were handcuffed and confined, in 106-degree heat without shade or water while agents collected records and equipment, which Kahre described in this interview with great detail. The trial resulted in zero convictions on 161 charges faced by nine defendants, a major win for William Cohan and Robert Kahre.

William A. Cohan has litigated in federal trial and appeals courts throughout the United States for the last 35 years. He has obtained more acquittals in criminal tax cases than any attorney practicing in the United States over the last 30 years (including 2 cases involving more than $100 million), secured several multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for plaintiffs, and successfully defended against several multi-million dollar civil claims and forfeitures.