Meet Our Staff
We believe our success as a personal injury law firm is due in great part to our staff – a group of people who are respectful, caring and committed to meeting our clients' needs.
Upper left, clockwise: Tiffany Bobson, Nancy Stein, Shelly Baker, Robert Taylor, Dorothy Tiffin, Katie Fridzon, Evelyn Morffi, Donna Levine
Evelyn Morffi, Administrator
Evelyn has been with Jay Cohen for over 20 years, starting as his litigation paralegal, and ultimately running his office. Educated in both litigation support and human resources, she is uniquely qualified to manage our firm's operations. Evelyn is also fluent in English and Spanish.
Investigative Team
Our trained investigators assist in every facet of the case from presuit to trial.
Nancy Stein, R.N., M.N.
Nancy is a seasoned medical investigator who brings a wealth of firsthand knowledge in the medical-legal field that is necessary for the complex investigation of your claim.
She is a licensed Registered Nurse since 1976, with a Master's degree in Medical-Surgical Nursing, and vast clinical experience in nursing, medical-surgical intensive care, neurosurgical intensive care, cardiovascular intensive care and trauma care. She has served in a wide-variety of positions as Nurse Manager, Educator, and Clinical Specialist in Neurological and Neurosurgical Nursing. She will conduct a painstaking investigation into your medical malpractice, wrongful death or personal injury case.
Her knowledge of hospital operations, policies, procedures, critical care and her medical-legal experience in conducting investigations and consultation with experts will offer an excellent resource for the analysis and evaluation of the standard of care in the medical specialties involved for the care that was rendered.
Robert M.Taylor
Our field investigator, Robert Taylor, brings to the Law Office of Jay Cohen over 33 years of military, law enforcement, maritime and aviation experience. These years of experience involve both plaintiff and defense law firms specializing in catastrophic injury and death cases.
As a military flight instructor aboard an airborne AWACS platform, Robert maintained a Top Secret clearance at all times and participated in numerous active air defense missions. To this day those missions remain classified.
As a police patrol officer Robert responded and assisted in traffic homicide investigations, injury crashes as well as other police response calls of service. Robert was assigned to the Criminal Investigations Unit and was promoted to the rank of detective. As a detective Robert investigated robberies, burglaries and crimes against persons, which required court testimony resulting in the convictions of hundreds of offenders.
While working directly for Lloyds of London syndicate, Robert has investigated aviation related incidents, mega yacht claims and large property losses occurring in the United States and South America. A number of these property losses included security related issues at businesses, commercial airports and govemmental agencies. Robert's expertise in the areas of premises liability and his experience consulting on security issues has allowed underwriters to limit current and future exposure to claims.
Robert has worked with numerous Special Investigative Units (SIU) in their investigations of motor vehicle accidents, fraudulent property and inflated value claims. These investigations have been instrumental in the limiting of liability claims, exposure and losses to insurance companies worldwide.
Robert is another valuable member of the legal team at the Jay Cohen law firm.