Cohen Johnson Bartlett LLP (CJB) specializes in representing clients in complex business and real estate transactions, business and real estate litigation and arbitration, and employment matters. CJB prides itself on developing and implementing creative, flexible, and cost-effective solutions for our clients.

The firm’s founders, Theodore (Ted) Cohen, Stuart Johnson, and Joseph Bartlett, are seasoned attorneys with decades of experience providing business owners, C-Suite executives, and investors with result-oriented, strategically focused legal advice on significant business, investment, and litigation matters.

CJB frequently fills the role of outside general counsel for family offices and middle-market firms to provide legal counsel on significant contracts, acquisitions, conflict resolution, governance, and employment matters. Ted Cohen’s clients include Aristotle Capital Management LLC, a nationwide investment advisory firm with over $80 billion in assets under management. Stuart Johnson actively advises a group of family office clients who collectively hold over $1 billion in real estate holdings. And Joseph Bartlett has been legal counsel to an individual green tech investor with personal investments totaling more than $1 billion. In engagements like these, CJB provides strategic legal advice, helps select and manage outside counsel, and ensures that counsel stay focused on achieving business goals while managing risk and expense.