--- title: "Mark Howard Cohen | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mark-howard-cohen" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Mark Howard Cohen U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia - State: Georgia - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Georgia, 2014-present - American federal judge serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia since November 20, 2014 - Chief state administrative law judge, Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings, 1995-present - University attorney, University of Arizona, 1994-present - senior assistant attorney general, 1989-1994 - Office of the Attorney General, State of Georgia, 1981-1994 - assistant attorney general, 1982-1989 - staff assistant attorney general, 1981-1982 - Law clerk, Hon. Joel M. Feldman, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1979-1981 - 1979–1981: Law clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel M. Feldman, Northern District of Georgia ### Education - Emory University — B.A. (1976) - Emory University School of Law ### Additional information - Private practice, Atlanta, GA, 1999-2014 - executive secretary, 1998-1999 - Zell Miller, Georgia, 1995-1999 - executive counsel, 1995-1998 - Date of birth: 1955-01-01 - Office of Gov. - Birth place: Miami Beach, FL ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394651) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394651) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394651) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/666/mark-howard-cohen/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/666/mark-howard-cohen/) - [Wikidata: Mark Howard Cohen](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16186617) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mark-howard-cohen", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mark-howard-cohen", "name": "Mark Howard Cohen | KnowJudges", "description": "Mark Howard Cohen, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.