Judge Zachary J. Cohen, a native of Allentown, was elected to the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas in 2022. Prior to the bench, he practiced privately for eighteen years with a Lehigh Valley Law firm, focusing on civil litigation, appeals, orphan's court litigation, and adjudications before local, state, and federal agencies. Before that, he served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Robert A. Freedberg, then President Judge of the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas.

Judge Cohen received his undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont with majors in philosophy and English, and went on to earn his Juris Doctor at Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.

Judge Cohen is a past President of the Bar Association of Lehigh County and former case editor of the Lehigh Law Journal.

Judge Cohen's Procedures

Judge Cohen's Civil Pre-Trial and Trial Procedures

Judge Cohen's Family Court Pre-Trial and Trial Procedures

Judges of the Court

President Judge J. Brian Johnson

Judge Robert L. Steinberg

Judge James T. Anthony

Judge Michele A. Varricchio

Judge Douglas G. Reichley

Judge Melissa T. Pavlack

Judge Anna-Kristie M. Marks

Judge Thomas M. Caffrey

Judge Thomas A. Capehart

Judge Zachary J. Cohen

Senior Judge Carol K. McGinley

Senior Judge Edward D. Reibman

Senior Judge Kelly L. Banach