Danny Cohen receives honorary doctorate

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Daniel Cohen received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Lafayette College during the school’s commencement ceremony on May 20.

A member of Lafayette’s class of 1965, Cohen is an attorney and partner at the Hof and Reid firm, which specializes in personal injury law, in Bethlehem. Within the Lehigh Valley Jewish community, Cohen has served as president and board member of the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, the Lehigh Valley Jewish Foundation and B’nai Abraham Synagogue (which was merged into Congregation Bnai Shalom).

A native of Easton, he graduated from Easton High School and Lafayette College, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He went on to attend the University of Pennsylvania Law School and began practicing law in 1968, partnering soon afterward with Norman Seidel in the firm Seidel and Cohen, which became Hof and Reid.

Cohen has served as a member of a hearing committee of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He also has served on the board of directors and as president of ProJeCt of Easton as well as on the boards for the Hugh Moore Canal Commission, Premier Bank (now Fulton

Bank), Friends of the State Theatre and the City of Easton Police Practices Commission.

He has been admitted before the trial and appellate courts of Pennsylvania, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania.

His practice has concentrated in land-use law, business organizations and corporate matters, transactions and wills, trusts, and estates. At Lafayette, Cohen has volunteered for Gateway Career Center in various capacities, including job fairs, internships and the 1826 Law Society.

He is married to Nancy Cohen, and they have two daughters. They live in Easton.