Biography
Jamie Kohen has been an employment lawyer for over twenty years. She currently serves as in-house employment counsel and Managing Director, Associate General Counsel at JPMorgan Chase Bank. Jamie manages a team of lawyers and other professionals who provide strategic advice, handle employment litigation, and support the firm’s human resources function. She also is pursuing education in executive coaching and leadership consulting.
Jamie previously worked at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and the firm f/k/a Cooley Godward LLP. Jamie also was part-time adjunct faculty member of Villanova University, where she taught an employment law seminar for Graduate Studies in Human Resources Development. She clerked for the Honorable William Alsup of the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Jamie graduated from Harvard Law School and Cornell University with Bachelor of Science in Human Development & Family Studies.
Jamie also is active with local nonprofits such as the New York/New Jersey chapter of the ADL (Anti-Defamation League), and AWARE NYC (Assisting Women through Action, Resources & Education), a nonprofit accelerator that partners with organizations supporting women. She lives in Manhattan with her husband two teenaged daughters.