HONORABLE JERI B. COHEN Biographical Information EDUCATION 1985 Georgetown Law Center, J.D., Magna Cum Laude 1979 Geneva Switzerland, Institute for Advanced International Studies, Post-Graduate work 1978 Harvard University, MA, Magna Cum Laude 1975 Boston University, BA, Magna Cum Laude 1974-1975 Durham University, Durham England, Arabic Studies Program EMPLOYMENT 1997-present Circuit Court Judge in and for the 11 th Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade County, Florida serving in Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Court, Family Drug Court, Unified Family Court, General Jurisdiction Civil, Criminal Adult Felony Drug Court 1993-96 Associate Administrative Judge of the Criminal Division for the County Court 1992-96 County Court Judge, Miami-Dade County, FL. 1990-91 Assistant State Attorney, Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office 1988-89 Associate Attorney, Tew Jordan, specializing in Securities Defense 1986-88 Trial Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Securities Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 1985-86 Law Clerk to Superior Court Judge A. Franklin Burgess, Washington, D.C. COMMITTEES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 2016 Chair, Human Services/Addiction Studies Advisory Committee, Miami-Dade College 2015-present Board Member, National Association of Drug Court Professionals 2015 present National Mentor Drug Court for Children and Family Futures 2014-present Florida Supreme Court Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse 2013-present Chair, Florida Association of Drug Court Professionals 2013-present Executive Board Member, South Florida Behavioral Health Network 2012-2013 Senior Judicial Fellow for the National Drug Court Institute 2010 Member, Committee to Nominate Statewide Guardian Ad Litem 1
2010-present Executive Board Member, South Florida Behavioral Health Network, Inc., Managing Mental Health and Substance Abuse Entity for Miami-Dade County 2009-2012 Member, Steering Committee, Florida Families and Children in the Court 2010-2011 Member, Dependency Data Elements Workgroup 2009-present Advisory Board Member, University of Miami Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute 2009-2012 Member, Judges Advisory Board, Therapeutic Jurisprudence Center, University of Miami School of Law 2009-2012 Chair, Florida State-wide Dependency Court Improvement Project 2008-2012 Chair, Community Based Care Alliance for Miami-Dade County; presently Board Member 2008-2010 Board Member, Research and Reform for Children in Court, Inc. 2007-2008 Member of the Advisory Committee for Florida Supreme Court Supervised Visitation Standards 2006-2010 Member, A Girls' Place Planning Committee, University of Miami Miller School Medicine 2004-2006 Member, International Board of Overseers, The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies 2003-2006 Board of International Overseers for Tel-Aviv University 2001-2002 Member, Behavioral Health Services Integration Workgroup 2000-2002 Board Member, The Education Fund, Serving the Miami-Dade Public Schools 1999 Co-Chair and Education Chair, National Association of Women Judges Conference 1999 Advisory Planning Committee, National Association of Drug Court Professionals, Juvenile Drug Court Conference, Phoenix 2000 1999-2001 Governor's Task Force, Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse 1999-2001 Advisory Board, Kristi House, Inc. 1997-1998 Co-Chair, Florida Bar Special Committee on Gender Equality in the Profession 1998-present Faculty, Florida Advanced Judicial College 1998-2000 Advisory Board, University of Miami Center for Treatment and Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse 1995-1996 Member, Florida Supreme Court Gender Bias Study Implementation Commission 1994-1999 Member, Florida Bar Special Committee on Gender Equality in the Profession 1994-1998 Member, Criminal Jury Instruction Committee for the State of Florida 1994-1998 Member, Florida DUI Review Board 1989-1992 Board Member, American Jewish Committee, Miami, Florida 1980-1982 Board Member, American Jewish Committee, Washington, D.C. 1979-1982 Associate Director, Union of Counsels for Soviet Jews, Washington, D.C. 2
1979-1982 Co-Director, Robert F. Drinan Human Rights Information Center in Madrid, Spain, Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL HONORS 2013 Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Celebrating the Accomplishments of Jewish Women in Florida, Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU 2012 Our Kids of Miami-Dade/Monroe, Mother Teresa Award of Appreciation 2012 Community Advocate of the Year, Florida Guardian Ad Litem Foundation 2010 Children s Hero Award, Family Resource Center of South Florida 2009 Visionary Award, Miami-Dade Community Based Care Alliance, 4th Annual Regional Child Welfare Conference 2008 Mentoring Award, Youth Shine 2008 Community Affairs Judicial Award, Jewish Federation 2008 Day Of The Child Appreciation Award 2007 The South Florida Council Child & Adolescent Psychiatry for Outstanding Contributions to the Mental Health Needs of the Children & Families of Dade County, Florida 2007 Phoenix Award, American Association of University Women 2003 Eleventh Judicial Circuit Certificate of Appreciation, "Building a World Safe for Children" 2003 Monsignor Walsh Outstanding Human Services Professional Award, United Way of Miami-Dade 2003 The Kartika Award, Victims Rights Week Award 2003 Friend of the Field Award, Florida Association for the Treatment of Opiod Dependence 2003 Honoree, Women Who Make a Difference, Junior League of Miami 2002 Most Valuable Protector Award for Child Advocacy, Voices for Children 2001 Gladstone Award for statewide Child Advocate of the Year 2001 Pioneering Woman of the Year Award, In the Company of Women 2000 Miami Law Women, Distinguished Service, Contribution through Judicial Process Award for the Welfare of Women & Children 1998 Adjudicatory Award, National Commission Against Drunk Driving for the Miami-Dade County Recidivism Project 1998 Circuit Court Chair's Award for Excellence for the Miami-Dade DUI Recidivism Project, Conference of Florida Circuit Judges 1996 Distinction Award, Mothers' Against Drunk Driving 1996 Judicial Leadership Award of Excellence, Miami Dade Women's Association 1995 Award of Honor, Mothers' Against Drunk Driving 1995 Distinguished Leadership Award, County Court Conference 1994 Award of Honor, Mothers' Against Drunk Driving 1993 Meritorious Service Award, AMIT Women 1993 Women Worth Knowing Award, City of Miami Beach 3
1992 Honor Roll, American Civil Liberties Union 1992 Exemplary Service Award, League of Women Voters 1991 & 93 Finalist, Up & Comers Award 1991 Humanitarian Award, Northeast Dade Involved Democrats 1990 Humanitarian Award, Florida Abortion Rights Action League VOLUNTARY BAR AFFILIATIONS Dade County Bar Association Cuban American Bar Association Florida Association of Women Lawyers ADMITTED LECTURER Florida District of Columbia Colorado National Institute on Drug Abuse Expert Panel on Drug Courts; National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada; The Florida College of Advanced Judicial Studies; National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; American Methadone Association; Florida Association of Drug Court Professionals; National Association of Drug Court Professionals; American Society of Addiction Medicine; Consultant for the Department of Justice and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment on Family Drug Courts and Dual-Diagnosis; Presenter, Conference on Law and Psychiatry, Padua, Italy; Chair, Therapeutic Jurisprudence tract a conference for the International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Berlin; Florida Conference of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; New Judges College; Justice Department, Bureau of Justice Affairs; Dependency Regional Conference and Summit; Harvard University School of Law; University of Miami School of Law; University of Miami School of Public Health; National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare and CAP International Academy of Law and Mental Health; ABA /APA conference on Youth at Risk 4
PUBLICATIONS Cohen, J.B.; Dakof, G.A.; & Duarte, E. Dependency Drug Court: An intensive intervention for traumatized mothers and young children. In J. D. Osofsky (Ed.), Young Children and Trauma, New York: Guilford Press. Dakof, G.A., Cohen, J.B., Henderson, C.E., Duarte, E., Boustani, M., Blackburn, A., Venzer, E., & Hawes, S. A randomized pilot study of the engaging moms program for family drug court. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment Dakof, G.A.; Cohen, J.B.; & Durarte, E., Increasing Family Reunification For Substance Abusing Mothers and Their Children: Comparing Two Drug Interventions In Miami, Juvenile & Family Court Journal, Vol. 60, No.4, Fall 2009, 11 23. Brown, S. & Cohen, J.B. A Conversation about Teen Pregnancy, Today Magazine, Juvenile & Family Justice, Fall 2009. Jeri B. Cohen and Clyde Wolfe, A View From the Bench: The Supervised Visitation Standards Committee Update, in The Bar and Bench Visitation Report, produced by the Institute for Family Violence Studies at Florida State University. Katz, Sheinberg, Claussen, Baker and Cohen, Screening Young Children in Dependency Drug Court, Child Law Practice, Vol. 25 No. 1, March 2006 Haack, Alemi, Nemes and Cohen, Experience with Family Drug Courts in Three Cities, Substance Abuse, Vol. 25(4) 2005 Dice, Claussen, Katz and Cohen, Parenting in Dependency Drug Court, Juvenile and Family Court Journal, Vol. 55, No. 3, Summer 2004 Oetjen, Cohen, Tribble and Suthahar, Development of the Miami-Dade County Dependency Drug Court, Technical Assistance Brief, Permanency Planning for Children Department, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, December 2003 Final Workgroup Report on Children's Mental Health and Substance Abuse, prepared for the Governor's Commission on Mental Health and Substance Abuse, January 2001 RESEARCH Received numerous research grants for the 11 th Judicial Circuit, including, inter alia, grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, The Bureau of Justice Affairs and the Children s Bureau. 5
Honorable Jeri B. Cohen Circuit Judge, 11 th Judicial Circuit 1351 NW 12 th Street, Room 405 Miami, Florida 33125 305-548-5103 305-548-5105 (fax) jcohen@jud11.flcourts.org www.jeribethcohen.org 6