Greg M. Kohn

Greg Kohn is a partner at Nagel Rice and specializes in complex civil litigation cases, including professional malpractice, personal injury, class actions, wrongful death, products liability, and commercial litigation.  He has extensive experience representing clients in both state and federal court.

Greg has tried many jury trials to verdict and has recovered over $120 million in settlements and verdicts for his clients. Recently, Greg obtained a $44 million jury verdict/settlement ($23 million verdict) in a construction accident case involving a paralyzed 21 year old, which is the highest in New Jersey. Greg also settled a worksite death case for $5 million.  Greg and his partner, Bruce Nagel, obtained a $14.2 million jury verdict after a five week trial for the former CEO of a major telecom company against his former financial advisor for breach of fiduciary duties. Greg also handles medical malpractice cases, involving misdiagnoses, wrongful birth, and delayed cancer diagnosis. Greg recovered $7.15 million in a wrongful birth case due to the doctor missing a deleted chromosome. Greg also recovered $2.9 million in settlements on behalf of two surgeons whose hospital privileges were wrongfully terminated.

Greg also obtained a $19 million nationwide class action against Payless Rental Cars for fraudulently charging customers for roadside assistance and gas.

Greg is also responsible for e-discovery for the firm.  His background in computer science allows him to understand not only the legal aspects of e-discovery, but the technology behind it as well. As a member of the Sedona Conference, Greg is able to participate in shaping the guidelines for e-discovery practice. Greg recently was part of a panel discussing how attorneys’ obligations under Rule 34 have really changed. He is also one of the authors of “The Sedona Conference Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 Primer” and “The Sedona Conference WG1 Primer on Managing Electronic Discovery in Small Cases.”

Greg is admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey, the District of New Jersey, the Southern District of New York, the Third Circuit and the Seventh Circuit.  He is a member of the New York, New Jersey, and American Bar Associations.

Greg has been named to Super Lawyer’s Rising Stars list from 2012-2020 and the Super Lawyer’s list in from 2022-2025.

• $44 Million jury verdict and settlement in construction accident case
• $19 Million Nationwide Class Action Settlement
• Greg Kohn Featured on Good Morning America Regarding Payless Class Action
• Notice of Claim Against NJ Transit For Hoboken Train Accident
• Nagel Rice Obtains $14.2 Million Verdict for Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio
• Nagel Rice Sues Amtrak on Behalf of Employee Injured During Derailment
• Nagel Rice Named One of America’s Elite Trial Lawyers
• $1.9 Million Settlement for Lost Eye in Auto Accident
• March 2014 – Nagel Rice Attorneys Recognized as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
• April 17, 2014 – Nagel Rice Brings Suit Against Live Nation For Illegal Ticket Practices
• February 21, 2014 – Nagel Rice Brings Suit Against AEG For Illegal Ticket Practices
• February 1, 2014 – Nagel Rice’s Class Action Against the NFL Featured in the NY Times
• Nagel Rice Brings Suit Against NFL for Withholding Super Bowl Tickets
• $7,150,000 Settlement Reached in Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Birth Case
• Bruce Nagel Wins $2.7 million in Arbitration Against Hedge Fund
• March 2013 – Nagel Rice, LLP Attorneys Recognized as New Jersey Super Lawyer’s and Rising Stars
• September 28, 2012 – Bruce Nagel and Greg Kohn settle personal injury action for $2.5 million after woman injured at baseball game.
• April 2012 – Congratulations to Greg M. Kohn, chosen as a New Jersey Rising Star in 2012
• January 16, 2012 – $1,578,000 settlement in Medical malpractice/wrongful death case