BA, European History, Columbia University, cum laude, 2007
JD, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2011
State of Illinois
State of New York
Elisheva Bernstein Cohen focuses her practice on estate planning and probate. As part of her estate planning practice, Elisheva works with clients to prepare living and testamentary trusts, special-needs trusts, IRA conduit trusts, wills, living wills, and powers of attorney for healthcare and property. Elisheva assists clients with both simple and complex estate plans, as well as with the administration of both large and small probate estates, always ensuring that the concerns of the client are met.
Elisheva earned her Bachelor of Arts, majoring in European History, from Barnard College, Columbia University. She attended law school as a Cardozo Scholar, graduating from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City. While in law school, Elisheva worked as a research assistant for Professor Marci A. Hamilton in the area of Constitutional Law. She also served as a clerk for the Deputy Commissioner of Trials for the New York City Police Department. She is admitted to the Illinois State Bar and the New York State Bar.