Attorneys

Partner

Elena L. Cohen

Honorifics: Dr., Prof. | Pronouns: she, her, hers

Elena L. Cohen is an attorney, Ph.D., and activist. She is also an adjunct associate professor teaching Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and Gender and the Law classes in the City University of New York system. Her legal practice includes criminal defense (primarily of those arrested for protest-related activities), creating and settling estates for people who die as a result of police or correctional officer misconduct, and civil rights litigation. She has published articles such as “Divided in Theory, United in Practice : the American Perspective on the Interface between Politics and the Courts”, “Reflections on Legal Support and Occupy Wall Street”, and a chapter in Biopolitics and Utopia: An Interdisciplinary Reader (2015).

Education

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Juris Doctor

City University of New York
PH.D., Political Science

Bar Admissions

• New York

Activities & Affiliations

• National Lawyers Guild, President
• Previously co-chair of the NYC NLG Chapter’s Mass Defense Committee

Areas of Expertise

• Sexuality
• Non-human animals
• Comparative constitutional law

Partner

J. Remy Green

Honorifics: Mx., Prof., Rev. | Pronouns: they, their, them

J. Remy Green specializes in civil rights, defamation, free speech, consumer rights, and voting rights litigation. When they can, Remy gravitates towards cases that present novel or untested legal theories. Remy (or, if you're feeling formal, Mx. Green) has argued and briefed cases before courts at every level, ranging from New York Small Claims Court to the Second Circuit Federal Court of Appeals. Their legal scholarship has appeared in the Syracuse Law Review, North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology, and the Rutgers Law Record, and they have published numerous essays in various other fora. Remy also teaches courses at various schools about civil and constitutional rights.

Education

University of Chicago Law School
Juris Doctor, 2016

NYU Gallatin
B.A., 2010

Bar Admissions

• New York, New Jersey
• US District Courts for Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
• Federal Courts of Appeal for the Second and Seventh Circuits
• United States Supreme Court

Activities & Affiliations

• Adjunct professor and guest lecturer at several schools including Boston University School of Law, John Jay College, and New York University
• Co-author of Violated: Sexual Consent and Assault in the Twenty-First Century

Areas of Expertise

• Civil Rights
• Defamation
• Free Speech
• Consumer Rights
• Voting Rights Litigation

Of Counsel

Jessica Massimi

Honorifics: Ms. | Pronouns: she, her, hers

Jessica Massimi has a longstanding commitment to protecting the constitutional and civil rights of New York City residents through litigation on behalf of Plaintiffs. Jessica focuses on issues which impact vulnerable and marginalized New Yorkers, such as police misconduct, employment discrimination, and housing court issues.  

Jessica’s practice includes representing Plaintiffs in situations where they have been sexually harassed, or discriminated against due to gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, national original, pregnancy or disability.  Jessica is particularly proud of her record in achieving substantial settlements for her clients even before litigation.

Jessica also has tremendous experience litigating police misconduct cases against the City of New York and the New York City Police Department.  She has substantial experience litigating excessive force cases involving severe injuries, false arrest, malicious prosecution, denial of fair trial, and wrongful conviction. Collectively, Jessica has managed and aggressively advanced more than 175 cases with multiple plaintiffs, taking them through initial conferences, depositions, discovery disputes, settlement conferences, fee motions, dispositive motions, and trial.

Education

City University of New York School of Law
Juris Doctor, 2010

Fordham University
B.A., 2005

Bar Admissions

• New York
• United States District Courts for Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Activities & Affiliations

• Super Lawyer Rising Star in Civil Rights Litigation, 2016-2020
• Police Accountability Project, member
• Civil rights Section of SDNY Federal Bar Association, past president
• Consumer Rights
• Voting Rights Litigation

Areas of Expertise

• Police misconduct
• Employment discrimination
• Housing Court