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Richard Cohen
Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Legal Services

Mr. Cohen is Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Legal Services of GCG. A former general counsel and senior executive of several large corporations, he assists GCG in providing legal support and settlement administration services for corporations and law firms. Prior to joining GCG, Mr. Cohen was the Chief Operating Officer at INTEGREX Professional Claims Services, where he was responsible for operations, IT, sales, and marketing.

His varied experience as an attorney includes positions as General Counsel for Ohio Power and Columbus Southern Power Companies; Senior Director, Corporate Legal Markets and Strategic Alliances/Licensing at Lexis-Nexis; Vice President at Lexford Residential Trust; Deputy Law Director for the City of Cuyahoga; and Assistant Law Director for the City of Akron.

Professionally active throughout his career, he has served as the President of the American Corporate Counsel Association in Ohio, Editor-in-Chief of the Electricity Journal, and former Editor of the Energy Information Bulletin. A member of the American and Ohio State Bar Associations, he has also chaired the American Bar Association's Coordinating Group on Energy Law and Ohio Electric Utility Legal Committee. Mr. Cohen is Co-Chair of The American Bankruptcy Institute's Mass Torts Subcommittee, and he is a member of the ABA Class Actions/Derivative Suits Subcommittee.

Mr. Cohen is a member of the Corporate Counsel Advisory Board for The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel and a recipient of the Distinguished Legal Service Award conferred by Corporate Legal Times. An alumnus of the State University of New York at Buffalo and the University of Akron School of Law, Mr. Cohen is also a graduate of Ohio State University's Management Development Program.