Chuck Cohen

Chuck Cohen

Associate Professor

Department

  • Law School

Contact Information

Biography

Before joining Capital in 2003, Professor Cohen practiced with the law firm of Farella Braun & Martel LLP in San Francisco, where his work focused on real property and bankruptcy transactions and litigation. Prior to law school he was a professional journalist, writer and editor based in New York. Professor Cohen's scholarly interests lie primarily in the field of real property, particularly takings and eminent domain law. His article Eminent Domain After Kelo v. City of New London: An Argument for Banning Economic Development Takings, appeared in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and has been cited by the highest courts of Ohio and Maryland as well as in numerous legal publications.
Degrees
  • J.D., cum laude, University of California, Hastings College of Law
  • B.A., cum laude, Harvard University
Scholarship

Law Review Articles

The Abstruse Science: Kelo, Lochner and Representation Reinforcement in the Public Use Debate, 46 DUQUESNE LAW REVIEW 375 (2008).

Eminent Domain After Kelo v. City of New London: An Argument for Banning Economic Development Takings, 29 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 491 (2006).

Takings Analysis of Police Destruction of Innocent Owners' Property in the Course of Law Enforcement, 34 McGeorge Law Review 1 (2002).

Other

"Tightening Eminent-Domain Reins Was Wise", Columbus Dispatch, August 5, 2006, at A8 (Op-Ed commenting on the Ohio Supreme Court’s decision in City of Norwood v. Horney)