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Douglas Cohen is the founding partner at Peak Legal LLC. He has been a Colorado licensed attorney since 1996 and has tried over 100 felony and misdemeanor cases. He served as a Senior Deputy District Attorney, for more than 12 years, in Jefferson County, Colorado, a Denver Metro area prosecutor's office. During that period, he served in both the felony division and special victims (sex assault and domestic violence) units. Mr. Cohen is especially well-versed in homicide, violent crimes, and Colorado’s complex sex offender and child abuse laws.

Mr. Cohen graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1986 and The University of Missouri School of Law in 1996, where he was appointed Order of Barristers based on his trial advocacy and litigation skills.

Mr. Cohen has tried numerous felony and misdemeanor cases, including: homicides, sexual assaults, child abuse, domestic violence, drug distribution and possession, robberies, and theft. He has also represented hundreds of parents in domestic relations and dependency and neglect cases in the Denver Metro area, both as a private counsel and state appointed attorney. In the past, he also served as a guardian ad litem, representing the best interests of children.

Mr. Cohen was selected to speak at the statewide Colorado District Attorneys Council annual conferences about preparation and prosecution of major felony cases, both as a prosecutor and as a defense counsel. He also spent several years defending entities and professionals against lawsuits, has served on the statewide Child Fatality Review Team, and was a Senior Corporate Ethics & Compliance Counsel and Director of Investigations at Qwest Communications, a Fortune 500 Company.

Before his law career, Mr. Cohen was a journalist and investigative reporter, covering major crime and court trials. This experience makes him uniquely skilled at questioning police and other witnesses to elicit critical facts and achieve the best outcome for his clients.

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