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Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, has expanded its financial services team with one of the top bank regulatory and compliance lawyers in the country, Michael L. Kadish. Joseph & Cohen is a boutique law firm based in California, primarily serving the legal requirements of banks, credit unions, fintechs and other financial services companies with highly seasoned and skilled attorneys.

Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, proudly announced today that Randall Schai has joined the Firm as a Partner.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – February 10, 2020. Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, proudly announced today that James C. Olson, a nationally esteemed lawyer and advisor with over 40 years of experience, has joined the Firm as a Senior Partner. Mr. Olson expands the Firm’s financial services, bank regulatory, fintech, corporate and transactional capability. His expertise includes significant banking and financial services industry mergers and transactional experience, federal and state regulatory matters as well as extensive skill in corporate governance, commercial and corporate debt and equity finance, syndicated credit facilities, treasury matters, derivatives and other complex financial transactions. He regularly advises

San Francisco, CA — On Tuesday, March 27th, Joseph & Cohen filed a lawsuit in the San Francisco Superior Court against the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) on behalf of San Francisco Federal Credit Union (SFFCU), seeking $28 million in compensatory damages arising from defaulted taxi medallion loans and the SFMTA breaches and failures in connection with the transferable taxi medallion market in San Francisco. Jonathan D. Joseph, Joseph & Cohen’s Founder and Managing Partner, recently spoke to Wilson Walker of KPIX-TV CBS 5 in an exclusive interview about the significance of the lawsuit. Below is a link to

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – November 1, 2017. Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, announced today that attorney Kristina A. Del Vecchio has re-joined the Firm as Partner. Ms. Del Vecchio joins the Firm from CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) where she was Director & Senior Counsel. CIT is a financial holding company, and its principal subsidiary is CIT Bank, N.A. (formerly known as OneWest Bank NA). As an accomplished advisor and litigator for banks and their holding companies, credit unions and other financial services companies, the addition of Ms. Del Vecchio augments and expands the Firm’s core financial institutions capability. The

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – February 16, 2017. Joseph & Cohen, Professional Corporation, announced today that senior litigation partner Jeffrey J. Lederman was recognized by BTI Consulting Group as one of only eight super all-star attorneys in the United States. BTI Consulting Group’s 2017 annual guide is unique as it identifies the select few attorneys that command the attention of General Counsel and legal decision makers who are truly influencing and changing the legal industry. Mr. Lederman was one of eight attorneys named a Client Super All-Star from BTI’s 2017 list of 319 attorneys from 160 law firms nationwide who were

On August 2, 2016, San Francisco Federal Credit Union based in San Francisco (“Credit Union”) and Disability Rights Advocates based in Berkeley (“DRA”) announced a precedent-setting settlement agreement which resolved threatened claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”) and the California Unruh Act.  Q2 Software, Inc. (“Q2”), based in Austin, Texas, a digital banking services leader, was also a party to the agreement. Joseph & Cohen, San Francisco, CA, acted as outside counsel for the Credit Union.  Pursuant to the agreement, the Credit Union and Q2 agreed to work together with DRA to ensure that the Credit