Cohen Stine Kapoor LLP

05/15/2026

Join the New York Women’s Bar Association for a special book party celebrating *Passion and Power: A Life in Three Worlds* by Harriet N. Cohen, Partner at Cohen Stine Kapoor LLP.

The book shares Harriet Newman Cohen’s extraordinary journey through law, family, power, and the changing landscape of women’s rights — from navigating a male-dominated legal profession to shaping some of the most personal and complex conversations in matrimonial law.

📅 Wednesday, May 20, 2026
⏰ 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Meenan & Associates, LLC
52 Duane Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10007

Register here:
https://www.nywba.org/events/book-party-passion-and-power-a-life-in-three-worlds-author-harriet-n-cohen/

05/07/2026

Passion and Power: A Life in Three Worlds, the memoir of Harriet Newman Cohen, was reviewed in the New York Law Journal by Daniel Kornstein, Esq. on May 4, 2026.

Kornstein praises the book as an unusually candid, remarkable and inspiring account of a life shaped by persistence, purpose, and the pursuit of justice, told with frankness, verve and self-understanding. Reflecting on Cohen’s extraordinary career in matrimonial law, divorce reform, and advocacy, Kornstein concludes that “this fine memoir, with its many cultural references, similes and metaphors, makes one want to read on. The timeliness, topicality, candor and style of the memoir attract wider interest and lay bare the struggles -- emotional as well as professional -- involved in a life and career. Cohen may be a divorce lawyer, but this is not a book about divorce. It is a book about the flame-like, tireless human spirit.”



Read more here:

Daniel Kornstein’s reviews 'Passion and Power,' the the memoir of pioneering divorce lawyer Harriet Cohen. He praises the book at unusually candid and inspiring, writing: "It is remarkable when the author happens to be a cultured, pioneering, feisty, energetic, still actively practicing 93-year-ol...

04/17/2026

02/17/2026

We’re proud to share this profile on Harriet Newman Cohen and to support her upcoming reading at Brooklyn Law School on March 17 at 5:30 PM. Her voice, leadership, and legacy continue to shape generations in the legal community.

Get ready for a great read from one of our powerhouse alumnae: Harriet Newman Cohen ’74, the founding partner of matrimonial and family law firm Cohen Stine Kapoor, where her clientele includes celebrities and other high-net-worth individuals. She was interviewed in New York Weekly about her forthcoming memoir, Passion and Power: A Life in Three Worlds ( Bloomsbury, Feb. 5, 2026).
In the book, Cohen describes what it was like to a divorce lawyer in the 1970s. There were few women in the field at the time, and she was often mistaken for being a client, not the attorney.
From the article:

Her new memoir explores that era’s gender barriers with frankness and humor, tracing her evolution from housewife to advocate. “I wanted to tell my story because the world I grew up in doesn’t exist anymore,” she said. “And I remember it all.”
Read more: https://nyweekly.com/book/passion-and-power-harriet-newman-cohen/

02/05/2026

AirMail Book Review of Passion and Power: A Life in Three Worlds, by Harriet Newman Cohen

01/22/2026

Big win for CSK. A New York court can’t create a civil marriage when a clergyman testifies that he did not perform a wedding ceremony between the parties. That would violate the separation of church and state. The existence of a marriage license -- these parties didn’t have one -- would not have changed this result.

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12/16/2025

CSK partner Ankit Kapoor is on Court TV breaking down the latest developments in the Antonio Brown case, including the attempted second-degree murder charge tied to an alleged Miami shooting—what the state must prove, possible defenses, and what to watch next as the case moves through court. All allegations at this stage; no verdict.

12/12/2025

Memoir by Harriet Newman Cohen, Bloomsbury, available for pre-orders now! Release date: February 5, 2026

08/20/2025

Social Life Magazine, August 2025 - Harriet Newman Cohen + Martha Cohen Stine: The Dynamic Mother-Daughter Duo of Divorce Law

07/28/2025

Martha Cohen Stine - Interview with Expert: Older People Share What Their Life Has Been Like After Divorce