Albert C. Cohn (December 20, 1885World War I draft registration – January 8, 1959) was a New York State Supreme Court Justice and the father of Roy Cohn. He was influential in Democratic Party politics.
Biography Cohn was born and raised in New York; married Dora ( Marcus; 1892–1967) in 1924, when he was the First Assistant District Attorney for Bronx County. Their only son, renowned attorney Roy Cohn, was born in 1927. Cohn was inducted as a justice of the New York Supreme Court into Part III of Bronx Supreme Court in April 1929."Justice Albert Cohn Takes Office", The New York Times, April 3, 1929. Accessed March 18, 2008. A 1931 decision by Cohn stripped control of amateur boxing in New York from the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and placed it under control of the New York State Athletic Commission."Control of Boxing by A.A.U. is Ended. Justice Cohn Decides Amateur Boxing Must Be Supervised by State Commission. Appeal of Ruling Planned. Dissolution of Many Clubs Is Seen If Decision Is Upheld by Higher Courts. Action Taken in Test Case. Recalls 1929 Opinion. Helps Other Sports. Stand Gives His Views.", The New York Times, August 13, 1931. Accessed March 18, 2008. In April 1937, Governor Herbert H. Lehman promoted Cohn to a five-year term on the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, where his fellow Justices included Irwin Untermyer."Justice Albert Cohn Promoted", The New York Times, April 28, 1937. Accessed March 18, 2008.
He spearheaded a program for accreditation by the American Bar Association for his alma mater, New York Law School, starting in 1947, which was successful, in 1954. He died on January 8, 1959, in New York City.
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