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Our Team
Our dedicated team is comprised of legal and medical professionals with decades of experience in ERISA and state law, commercial insurance, billing, and coding, and federal and state regulatory agencies. Our reputation for successfully handling claims, especially reviving claims that our clients have written off, is a direct result of our team’s collaborative approach to each and every claim.
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Leslie Howard, Esq.
Co-Founder, Managing Partner
Leslie Howard, Esq.
Co-Founder, Managing Partner
Leslie Howard, Esq., is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Cohen Howard, a law firm dedicated solely to representing out-of-network providers, to increase their reimbursements from commercial insurance companies and third-party administrators. Being in the trenches every day with the insurance companies, combined with her expertise in ERISA and state healthcare law regulations allows her to be nimble in overcoming the insurance industry barriers faced by providers today. She is a member of the New Jersey and New York bar for over 25 years.
A graduate of Fordham Law School, Leslie has worked in various niches across the law industry from an associate in the national insurance litigation law firm Anderson Kill Olick & Oshinsky to real estate and immigration before discovering her true passion for healthcare law. This passion derives from her desire to help right injustice, an ambition she has had since her early days of visiting the municipal courts with her father. She cites her own personal battle with insurance companies over her son’s health conditions as the profound moment she knew she needed to champion for change. Her flair for risk-taking and disregard for failure is seen in her drive to advocate for providers nationwide.
Aside from her business, her greatest life achievement is her two children, Jonathan and Alexandra, whom she shares with her loving and supportive husband of over 20 years, Matthew. She resides with her family in Little Silver, New Jersey. In her spare time, Leslie enjoys both singular and group exercising and physical activities as well as reading inspiring nonfictional journeys of people who have had to overcome great odds. A self-proclaimed “adventure seeker,” Leslie loves to try new things and seeks the company of those who enjoy adventure and laughter as much as she does.
Where She’s Been Featured
– (02/1/2022) On ReliasMedia.com – https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/148935-underpayment-is-major-concern-for-eds-with-new-surprise-billing-law
– (12/30/2021) On New Jersey Business Podcast, Episode 19 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqlJZ9umTaM
– (04/28/2021) On BergenMama.com – https://bergenmama.com/article/leslie-howard-esq.-represents-doctors-with-vigor
– (04/14/2021) On Health.com – https://www.health.com/money/surprise-medical-bills
– (08/2021) On The GWSB Proud Podcast, Episode 22 – https://business.gwu.edu/gwsb-proud-podcast
– (06/11/2018) She spoke at the NJDPA Practice Enhancement Seminar – https://cohenhoward.com/blog/leslie-howard-speaks-at-the-njdpa-practice-enhancement-seminar/
– (06/01/2015) On AAOS.org – https://www.aaos.org/aaosnow/2015/jun/managing/managing1/
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Matthew Cohen, Esq.
Co-Founder, Partner
Matthew Cohen, Esq.
Co-Founder, Partner
As Co-Founder of Cohen Howard, Matthew plays an integral advisory role in the planning and execution of the law firm’s direction, including its business strategies to improve operations, profitability, management, and structure. In the 1990s, the Rutgers’ alumnus developed his skills and reputation as one of New Jersey’s rising attorneys in real estate and corporate, founding Two Rivers Title Company, LLC as well as becoming Co-founder of Cohen Howard. Matthew is a lifetime champion for political causes, conservation, and other non-profits. He currently serves as Vice-President of the Monmouth Conservation Foundation; is a board member for STEAMPark, a non-profit that provides educational, emotional, and wellness support for children in under-served communities; and serves on the New Jersey State Bar Association Board of Consultors, Real Property Trust and Estate Law Section, as well as is a Trustee for the Monmouth County Bar Association. Matthew is a lecturer and continuing education instructor on a range of subjects for the State and County Bars. Together with his wife, co-founder, Leslie Howard, they have a daughter Alexandra, a son Jonathan, as well as their pets, Romeo and Juliet.
